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Polish Alphabet
| Letter | Sounds like |
|---|---|
| a | Long aa like "rather" |
| ą | nasal sound, like the "on" sound in "only," except the "o" is not as long |
| b | b like "boy" |
| c | Sounds like "ts" |
| ć | softly pronouncing "ch" like "cello" |
| d | d like "dog" |
| e | e like "bed." |
| ę | This is another nasal sound, like the "en" sound in "enter" |
| f | f like "fan" |
| g | like g in "go" |
| h | h like "hat" |
| i | long ee like "see" |
| j | like y in "yet" |
| k | k like "king" |
| l | l like "lion" |
| ł | like "w" in "wood" |
| m | m like "mouth" |
| n | n like "nose" |
| ń | pronounced like "ni" in "onion." |
| o | o like "pot" |
| ó | oo like in "wood" |
| p | p like "Polish" |
| r | rolling, like "er" |
| s | s like "Somer" |
| ś | like "sh" in "shoe", soft. |
| t | t like "Tom" |
| u | oo like "root" |
| w | like a "v" |
| y | short i like "pit" or like "i" in "this." |
| z | z like "zebra" |
| ź | like "s" in "measure". This is a hard z sound like "zh". |
| ż | like "dge" in "wedge" |
| ci | Like a soft "ch" as in "cello" |
| ni | like "ni" in "onion" Never like "night". Like Polish ń-i. |
| ch | like "h" in "ha." but aspirated; like "h" in "hare" |
| sz | Like "sh" in "shell" |
| cz | Like "ch" in "check" |
| dz | like "ds" in "cads" |
| dź | similar to the "g" in "gene" |
| dż | like "j" in "John" |
| rz | like the "j" in "jacques" |
| si | soft "sh" like "shoe" |
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