Friday, May 1, 2009

Polish Lessons for beginners

Vowels

a as in father
e as in bed
i as in marine
o as in lot
ó as in goof
u as in toot
y as in swim

Consonants:


r as in red
s as in song
s as in wish
t as in top
w as in vote
x as in kicks
z as in haze
ź as in seizure like in "are you sure?"
ż as in genre

The Polish alphabet has 32 letters, 9 vowels and 23 consonants:
a, ą, b, c, ć, d, e, ę, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, ł, m, n, ń, o, ó, p, r, s, ś, t, u, w, y, z, ź, ż
The letters q, v, x are not normally used in the Polish language except in words taken from English and other languages, e.g., fax, veto, cv.

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