Polish Sounds - Introduction to Polish Pronunciation

Vowels
Polish Notation of Sound	Example	Audio
a	bat, mama, tata	[pronunciation]
e	lek, meta, mleko	[pronunciation]
ę	pęk, lęk,stęka	[pronunciation]
o	oko, most, potop	[pronunciation]
ą	wąs, bąk, kąsa	[pronunciation]
u (ó)	ból, ucho, ósmy	[pronunciation]
i	kit, lipa, wita	[pronunciation]
y	byt, byk, pyza	[pronunciation]
Consonants
Polish Notation of Sound	Example	Audio
p	pal, pustka, wypada	[pronunciation]
t	tak, typ, fakt	[pronunciation]
k	kot, kropla, znak	[pronunciation]
f	fala, mafia, traf	[pronunciation]
s	sam, asysta, atlas	[pronunciation]
sz (rz)	szafa, krzyk, poszlaka	[pronunciation]
ś (s)	wieś, śni, silny, sito	[pronunciation]
ch (h)	chory, hata, chusta, macha	[pronunciation]
b	bal, baba, oby	[pronunciation]
d	dom, daleko, wydra	[pronunciation]
g	góra, wygoda, droga	[pronunciation]
w	wnuk, woda, trawa	[pronunciation]
z	znak, zupa, razem	[pronunciation]
ż (rz)	żaba, rzeka, tworzy	[pronunciation]
ź (z)	źrebak, zima, ziewa	[pronunciation]
l	lot, lato, palma	[pronunciation]
r	rana, wiatr, wraca	[pronunciation]
m	mama, brama, witam	[pronunciation]
n	noga, won, wino	[pronunciation]
ń (n)	koń, nigdy, toń	[pronunciation]
Affricates
Polish Notation of Sound	Example	Audio
c	cyc, cal, baca	[pronunciation]
dz	dzwon, widza, wydzwania	[pronunciation]
ć (c)	ćma, lać, ciocia	[pronunciation]
dź (dz)	dźwiga, dziwny, widzi	[pronunciation]
cz	czy, czeka, tyczka	[pronunciation]
dż (drz)	dżokej, drzazga, drze	[pronunciation]
Semi-Vowels
Polish Notation of Sound	Example	Audio
j	jeden, maj, gaj	[pronunciation]
ł	łata, łapa, pała	[pronunciation]

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