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Polish Alphabet
Why it’s worth spending a while learning Polish alphabet?
Because Polish phonetics is really easy – that is, in most cases only one sound is connected with a letter or a group of letters, and so once you learn the alphabet you will be able to read any text in Polish you will happen to find (I mean in modern Polish, don’t apply that to 16th century poetry or something). There are some exceptions, but few really. So, why don’t you have a look at the alphabet and learn it (or revise it) quickly.
Polish alphabet
English approximation & Polish example
a cat, cot or cut (depends on variety of English) kat ('executioner')
b bus bas ('bass')
c pots co ('what')
cz kitchen czas ('time')
ć what's your ćma ('moth')
d dog dom ('home')
dz woods dzwon ('bell')
dź would you dźwięk ('sound')
dż jam dżem ('jam')
e ten ten ('this')
f phase futro ('fur')
g god gmin ('plebs')
h / ch loch hak ('hook'), chór ('choir')
i seek miś ('teddy bear')
j way or yes jutro ('tomorrow')
k rocket kmin ('caraway'), kurczę ('chicken’)
l lock pole ('field')
ł now or way mały ('small'), ładny ('pretty')
m man masa ('mass')
n not noga ('leg')
ń el Niño koń ('horse')
o caught kot ('cat')
p top pas ('belt')
r rolled (vibrating) r as in arriba krok ('step')
s some sala ('hall')
sz shoe szum ('rustle')
ś sheer śruba ('screw')
t set tom ('volume')
u / ó boom, do, to bum ('boom')
w vase wór ('bag')
y roses (depending on variety of English) mysz ('mouse')
z zero zero ('zero')
ź where's your źle ('badly')
ż / rz treasure żona ('wife') rzeka ('river')
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