POLISH PRONUNCIATION | Polish sounds

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  • Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
  • In this video you will get familiar with all the letters and sounds that exist in the Polish language. I will tell you what sounds are produced when reading words with specific letters or combination of letters.
    Here is the list of letters:
    Intro 00:00
    A a 0:41
    Ą ą 1:07
    B b 1:32
    Voiced vs. voiceless consonants 2:24
    C c 3:08
    CH ch 3:24
    CZ cz 3:47
    CI ci 4:09
    Ć ć 4:30
    D d 4:57
    DZ dz 5:36
    DZI dzi 6:16
    DŹ dź 6:37
    DŻ dż 7:13
    E e 7:50
    Ę ę 8:13
    F f 8:46
    G g 9:04
    H h 9:29
    I i 9:45
    J j 10:06
    K k 10:19
    L l 10:53
    Ł ł 11:12
    M m 11:29
    N n 11:45
    NI ni 12:12
    Ń ń 12:27
    O o 12:41
    Ó ó 12:56
    P p 13:13
    (Q q) 13:29
    R r 13:50
    RZ rz 14:09
    S s 14:41
    SZ sz 15:00
    SI si 15:22
    Ś ś 15:39
    T t 15:56
    U u 16:11
    (V v) 16:37
    W w 17:06
    (X x) 17:34
    Y y 17:55
    Z z 18:11
    ZI zi 18:40
    Ź ź 18:55
    Ż ż 19:23
    Summary 20:08
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 248

  • @gurriato
    @gurriato 8 місяців тому +13

    Similarly to Chinese, whenever you are not sure on how to read a Polish consonant, try with some kind of sh or ch sound and you'll be fine most of the time.

  • @angelleon8948
    @angelleon8948 Рік тому +91

    I fell in love with a polish woman and we have communication issues at times so i dedicated my time to learning polish meanwhile she learns English and ma'am you're videos have helped me so much, we've started having small conversations in polish and I'm so happy

  • @emmawitter8148
    @emmawitter8148 2 роки тому +119

    I just moved to Warsaw from the US, and you are my HERO. Thank you for these videos!!

    • @mayazeynalli9694
      @mayazeynalli9694 2 роки тому

      I watched your video. Do you like there?

    • @mayazeynalli9694
      @mayazeynalli9694 2 роки тому

      @Ahmed Afraz Haha i am sorry,i mentioned actually Emma Witter. She has her own blog on youtube. But nice to hear. I am going to apply to Poland for study. And now i am learning the language. To me it is easier because i am also a fluent russian speaker. Meny words are same with russian

    • @mayazeynalli9694
      @mayazeynalli9694 2 роки тому +2

      @Ahmed Afraz I am from Azerbaijan,but currently i work in Moscow

    • @mayazeynalli9694
      @mayazeynalli9694 2 роки тому

      @Ahmed Afraz aftet covid it became harder,there are no new projects related to my job. I was offered a new workplace in Moscow and came here

    • @profmiguelmartinez6974
      @profmiguelmartinez6974 2 роки тому

      @@mayazeynalli9694 aa

  • @Clara-tk8ln
    @Clara-tk8ln Рік тому +29

    OMG how difficult, yet beautiful language! I will keep learning, many thanks for your lessons!

    • @juilescieg
      @juilescieg 8 місяців тому +1

      I was born in poland an can speak the language. yet i am not good in writing it. so don´t bother to much with the letters. learn to speak and understand it. ^^

    • @jacekplacek8274
      @jacekplacek8274 4 місяці тому +1

      @@juilescieg Writing is easiest than speaking. :)

    • @Knollbrothers
      @Knollbrothers Місяць тому

      ​@@jacekplacek8274Agreed.

  • @andhirep5376
    @andhirep5376 2 роки тому +41

    This video is very usefull and i get alot of informatioan about pronountiation in poland... it's so detail and easy to understand because you give us a slides show... thank you very much Monica. I really appreciat what have you done..
    this is maybe also helpful for your audiens

    1. A a 0:45
    2. Ą ą 1:07
    3. B b 1:32
    4. C c 3:08
    5. CH ch 3:24
    6. CZ cz 3:51
    7. CI ci 4:17
    8. Ć ć 4:33
    9. D d 5:01
    10. DZ dz 5:42
    11. DZI dzi 6:20
    12. DŹ dź 6:37
    13. DŻ dż 7:18
    14. E e 7:54
    15. Ę ę 8:13
    16. F f 8:46
    17. G g 9:04
    18. H h 9:29
    19. I i 9:48
    20. J j 10:06
    21. K k 10:22
    22. L l 10:56
    23. Ł ł 11:15
    24. M m 11:30
    25. N n 11:45
    26. NI ni 12:12
    27. Ń ń 12:27
    28. O o 12:41
    29. Ó ó 12:47
    30. P p 13:13
    31. R r 13:50
    32. RZ rz 14:09
    33. S s 14:42
    34. SZ sz 15:00
    35. SI si 15:26
    36. Ś ś 15:41
    37. T t 15:57
    38. U u 16:12
    39. W w 17:06
    40. Y y 17:56
    41. Z z 18:12
    42. ZI zi 18:42
    43. Ź ź 18:59
    44. Ż ż 19:21
    45. Summary 20:13

  • @rexounouille4817
    @rexounouille4817 Рік тому +24

    I fell in love with the Polish language, really beautiful one I think. Thank you for this videos

  • @robertellington8930
    @robertellington8930 Рік тому +17

    I am learning Polish, and I really like this video a lot! You do a great job of explaining the letters and their sounds!

  • @Jonathan-kz8mr
    @Jonathan-kz8mr Рік тому +6

    Thank you so much!!!! I just randomly decided one day to learn polish and I’m starting from the bottom up and luckily your video is the first one I’ve seen that’s very helpful and insightful . Thank you thank you thank you

  • @RamKrishna-hf6dd
    @RamKrishna-hf6dd 3 місяці тому +1

    The best video I've found thus far regarding pronunciation of Polish

  • @soupertlh2674
    @soupertlh2674 Рік тому +7

    trying to learn this language to surprise my friend who is a native speaker! thank you so much

    • @jacekplacek8274
      @jacekplacek8274 4 місяці тому

      And what with you suprise? :) Still the same friend? :)

  • @debbenning-edgar
    @debbenning-edgar Рік тому +12

    Dzięki, dzięki! Finally I understand the reasons of ‘why’ for voice & voiceless constanants❣️

  • @i_prefer_cake9677
    @i_prefer_cake9677 Рік тому +8

    I love this video! I'm also glad that I already know what sounds will be voiceless because in this case polish is similar to hungarian.

  • @Skiskiski
    @Skiskiski Рік тому +28

    The first thing you should know is that "a" with ogonek is not any more pronounced as nasal "a," but as nasal "o" sound in Polish. Polish o is really "ɔ." And it is pronounced like an "o" sound in the American English pronunciation of "thought" [θɔːt]. Polish "o" is not pronounced like the "o" in the American pronunciation of "pot."

    • @aidenbustos8625
      @aidenbustos8625 Рік тому +3

      But thought and pot make the same o sound though.

    • @ilovesparky13
      @ilovesparky13 Рік тому +1

      Thought and pot have the same exact sound

    • @henbane2247
      @henbane2247 Рік тому +1

      thought and pot have different sounds

    • @rick_terscale1111
      @rick_terscale1111 26 днів тому

      ą = bon (french) or song (english) ... 'ohn' sound but without pronouncing the n. It is very similar to the French pronunciation.
      Thought = aw = thaw-t ... a slightly shorter sound than "awn' or "ohn". It is just the 'aw' or 'oh' ound.
      Pot = o .... even shorter still. It is just the 'o' sound.

  • @mockingbird3099
    @mockingbird3099 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent presentation! This brings much clarity. Thanks!

  • @chilehabanero007
    @chilehabanero007 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks Monika , great lesson I have watched your previous videos for specific letters or letter combinations and they helped me greatly with the pronunciation, thanks again I’m glad to see you back

  • @dylanjarmolkowicz7698
    @dylanjarmolkowicz7698 2 роки тому +6

    Thank you Monika! Your channel is helping me a lot to understand my (non) native language, hope to see more videos soon!! Hugs from Argentina

  • @flowologee
    @flowologee 2 роки тому +11

    Dzięki Monika! To jest najlepszy filmik z wymową, jaki kiedykolwiek widziałam. Thanks Monika! This is the best pronunciation video I've ever seen.

  • @LittleWalnut
    @LittleWalnut 2 роки тому +1

    the best for me to clear all the confusions of polish alphabets Pronouciation ever!
    Many thanks.

  • @earlhassel2400
    @earlhassel2400 5 місяців тому +1

    There are many such videos for learning Polish but this is truly the best.

  • @marynarkiewicz9794
    @marynarkiewicz9794 Рік тому +3

    Oh if only some learning would stick in my brain! I grew up hearing my father and aunts and uncles speak Polish to their mother, my grandmother.. I only picked up a few words as a child.. Trying to learn over the decades.. This is very helpful.. a bit daunting, but very helpful!!!

  • @bluemotion2701
    @bluemotion2701 2 роки тому +2

    Am about to learn Polish
    I like the way you teaching.
    Thank you💐

  • @MukesVacseen
    @MukesVacseen Рік тому

    This channel is so underrated. Thanks Monica :)

  • @verandi3882
    @verandi3882 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome lesson, the voiced and voicless consonant issue especially clears confusion.

  • @MewMew811
    @MewMew811 9 місяців тому +1

    would be nice to know what nasal sound is and actually how to make it

  • @goncalves_rj
    @goncalves_rj 11 місяців тому +3

    Omg! I don’t know if it’s like that in schools but I love the way you teach, it sounds very clear to me, as I was learning using IPA

  • @robertkukuczka9469
    @robertkukuczka9469 Рік тому +2

    Najlepsza lekcja Jakab do tej pory widzialem. Dobra robota.

  • @dlngkts
    @dlngkts Рік тому

    Bardzo dziękuję Monika! This video is so helpful!

  • @olatatina9856
    @olatatina9856 Рік тому +1

    Świetny materiał, szukałam czegoś, co ma od razu wytłumaczone ubezdźwięcznienia. Uczniowie często nadaremnie próbują wymawiać głoski dźwięczne w miejscach, gdzie po prostu nie da się ich wymówić. Zasada jest bardzo prosta, dlatego uważam, że jak najbardziej umieszczenie jej w filmiku to super wybór. Fajnie byłoby też wspomnieć, że "ą" to nosowe "o", bo uczniom kojarzy się zawsze z literą "a". Wielkie dzięki!

  • @my_graphics
    @my_graphics Рік тому

    She made it super easy . Like its almost nothing... Thank you so so much.

  • @skyz_connect
    @skyz_connect 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much Monika really helpful.

  • @saramizzanu1208
    @saramizzanu1208 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much Monica for this useful video ♥️

  • @emmanuellorenzo3905
    @emmanuellorenzo3905 Рік тому +1

    What a wonderful video, I started learning Polish a month ago and this video is so helpful. Thanks a lot, new subscriber here.

  • @robertkukuczka9469
    @robertkukuczka9469 Рік тому +1

    Moniko pieknie wytlumaczylas zasady.

  • @deepakshah490
    @deepakshah490 2 роки тому +2

    I was really in search of such video on pronunciation.
    Great.. Madam. Thank you veryyyy... Much....

  • @toorasika1515
    @toorasika1515 2 роки тому

    Thanks for help. Great work 💛

  • @TheLearningLounge
    @TheLearningLounge Рік тому +1

    I have been suffering with my Polish pronunciation. This helps. Many thanks.

  • @christinedoris1
    @christinedoris1 11 місяців тому

    Fantastic video. Thank you!!!

  • @alyelmorsey6468
    @alyelmorsey6468 2 роки тому

    Amazing 👏👏 thank you

  • @FONIX11
    @FONIX11 7 місяців тому

    Thnku you so much 🙏❤️

  • @nocomment2468
    @nocomment2468 4 місяці тому

    There are many letter combos to remember in Polish, but they seem logical. Thanks for the very clear video!
    There's no comparison with English, which has so many more combinations, and half of the time the rules are broken.

  • @villagedalbeauty3093
    @villagedalbeauty3093 Рік тому

    So nicely you explained each alphabet accent. thanks Ma'am.

  • @johnjaleco5683
    @johnjaleco5683 2 роки тому +8

    I was going to ask for a lesson just like this and now you've done one . Are you a mind-reader Monika?😵 I think I'll have to watch this one many times.

  • @azurelblu
    @azurelblu 2 роки тому

    Thank you! This video really helps!🥰👍👍

  • @javierbarrio2337
    @javierbarrio2337 6 місяців тому

    Dziękuję

  • @renatorodrigues1500
    @renatorodrigues1500 Рік тому +1

    Monikaaa, teacher, 🙂 Thank you so much for explain the vowels and consonants from the Polish
    I 'm from Brazil , I loved knowing this features, than it is time to speak each word , but unfortunately I need to train alone !! But thanks again !!!
    Sucess for you !!

  • @amazingworld4306
    @amazingworld4306 Рік тому

    Thanks 😇 you explained very beautiful

  • @calebhumphrey8220
    @calebhumphrey8220 7 місяців тому

    This was very helpful, thank you.

  • @junaidmahmood326
    @junaidmahmood326 10 місяців тому

    I started to follow you is very helpful your video thank you so much 😊

  • @jimjones6106
    @jimjones6106 2 роки тому

    Fantastic lesson thank you

  • @vishnushaji484
    @vishnushaji484 Рік тому

    Thanks for your teaching

  • @Theoppositesex
    @Theoppositesex 10 місяців тому

    I love your channel. Thank you for your invaluable video content!

  • @georgemicelli8405
    @georgemicelli8405 10 місяців тому

    Really, thank you so much!!! Because such a detailed video shows how correctly read polish words 🥹🫶💛

  • @khadiraeio58
    @khadiraeio58 9 місяців тому

    this was veryy helpful thank you monika :) !

  • @premsinghsolanki9312
    @premsinghsolanki9312 Рік тому

    Superb 👌

  • @jackbaldwin7440
    @jackbaldwin7440 2 роки тому

    thank you’re amazing

  • @theophilus237
    @theophilus237 2 роки тому

    I just love this.

  • @simoncrooks7441
    @simoncrooks7441 3 місяці тому

    thanks, good lesson

  • @dedesuryana856
    @dedesuryana856 2 роки тому

    Thank you very much monica.. I'am very happy to learning language polish with monica.. I'am from Indonesia..

  • @darthszarych5588
    @darthszarych5588 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you! Wow Polish is difficult, but I want it to connect with my roots. My family likes in the USA. We are Polish, but we have forgotten the language.

  • @vijaygupta-vk3mq
    @vijaygupta-vk3mq Рік тому

    Very useful video and excellent way of teaching.

  • @mdshahidullahelali3094
    @mdshahidullahelali3094 2 роки тому +1

    Best and good teachers.

  • @shaunhunterit342
    @shaunhunterit342 2 місяці тому

    Great video thank you

  • @johnkier9343
    @johnkier9343 Рік тому

    Great job!

  • @aliosman8927
    @aliosman8927 2 роки тому

    Awesome ❤️

  • @Haehaehg
    @Haehaehg Рік тому +2

    dz : /dʒ/
    me: easy
    dź : /dʒi/
    me: got it. next
    dż : /d/
    me: wtf?!?!?!?

    • @PiotrPilinko
      @PiotrPilinko 9 місяців тому +1

      It is: /d͡ʐ/ voiced retroflex affricate.

  • @MerleBowers
    @MerleBowers 7 місяців тому

    I just discovered your site. I am checking out Polish and agree that it is hard!

  • @pammillerhoward7785
    @pammillerhoward7785 Місяць тому

    I have been using Duolingo, but they never explain. You have to guess the rules on pronounciation. Your video is so helpful Monika!

  • @nanipolandjaijanasena4224
    @nanipolandjaijanasena4224 Рік тому

    Super madam thank you so much

  • @garystefan8550
    @garystefan8550 Рік тому

    This video is soooo helpful!

  • @arslenedhahri6465
    @arslenedhahri6465 10 місяців тому

    Thanks very much😁

  • @netskinob7101
    @netskinob7101 Рік тому +3

    Just move here in Poland and im interested to learn your language since its useful specially at work. Your video is so informative

  • @stephengerish6978
    @stephengerish6978 5 місяців тому

    This language is so hard. My brain is fried. Subbed. I'm going to try and learn.

  • @narsareddybaddam3724
    @narsareddybaddam3724 Рік тому

    Thanks for teaching me

  • @sahanmur
    @sahanmur 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @robertvideochannel
    @robertvideochannel 3 місяці тому

    sound is so unversal vs. writing. Amazing idea! , Eine sehr gute Idee. 🌍🌎🌏👂🦻

  • @okomkardancefitness1.2m30
    @okomkardancefitness1.2m30 2 роки тому

    Plzz make more videos maim ,you'r amazing 😍😍

  • @shenoudayassa6076
    @shenoudayassa6076 5 місяців тому

    You are amazing teacher and you hope the best for you

  • @profmiguelmartinez6974
    @profmiguelmartinez6974 2 роки тому

    Great Teacher

  • @ChinoBatchatero
    @ChinoBatchatero 11 місяців тому

    You truly are one of a kind. I have confidence to learn Polish. I used to try but the sounds destroyed me. I speak Russian so I wanted to learn all the Slavic Languages. Thank you for your clear explanation. You teach Polish very well to foreigners like myself.

  • @xavier6158
    @xavier6158 Рік тому

    Very beautiful

  • @makedaevilmage
    @makedaevilmage Рік тому

    Thanks a lot for the vid, I learned a lot! Also that words are pronounced the same or similar to some Russian words. (I learned a little Russian about two years ago. I'm Dutch).

  • @VerticalBlank
    @VerticalBlank Рік тому +3

    Excellent lesson -- I'm an English student of Russian looking to broaden my knowledge.
    Also: come back, Cyrillic alphabet, all is forgiven. 🤣
    Writing a Slavic language in a Latin alphabet is like the English proverb "don't put a quart into a pint pot" -- which is like "don't put a liter into a half-liter pot".

    • @PiotrPilinko
      @PiotrPilinko 9 місяців тому

      Western Slavs went for Latin (as they were tied with western culture), while Eastern and partially Southern Slave went for Cyrillic alphabet (but before they used grazhdanka which was totally different from Cyrillic). It's impossible to write all Polish sounds with Cyrillic (i.e. almost all Slavs languages lost nasal vowels and current version of Cyrillic lack them: there was created a modified Polish Cyrillic, but actually never used). Also is direct representation of Polish digraph "dż" in Cyrillic? "дж" is not the same sound.

  • @tomrox8921
    @tomrox8921 Рік тому

    thank you

  • @skhdelwar3825
    @skhdelwar3825 Місяць тому

    Thanks good tech

  • @jacekplacek8274
    @jacekplacek8274 Рік тому +3

    А зараз дивимося вас в нашій українсько-польській групі. Наша група називається: "Вчимо польську мову. Річ Посполита наших країн". Сердечно вітаю з Польщі і бажаю перемоги. Усім серцем з Україною. 💙💙💙💛💛💛🤍🤍🤍❤❤❤
    Rewelacja. Wyczerpujące logiczne i inteligentne. Może tylko dodam, że w Krakowie wymawiamy "ę" na końcu wyrazów na przykład jeżdżĘ, imiĘ, a nie ja jeżdże lub imie jak w Warszawie. Pozdrawiam.

    • @PiotrPilinko
      @PiotrPilinko 9 місяців тому +2

      We Wrocławiu podobnie. Może bez przesadnej emfazy, ale na końcu nadal słychać nieco złagodzone nosowe "ę" a nie zwykłe "e".

    • @jacekplacek8274
      @jacekplacek8274 4 місяці тому

      @@PiotrPilinkobo we Wrocławiu dużo ludzi zza Buga - a zatem dialekt krakowski i lwowski. W krakowskiem ludność jako najbardziej zakorzeniona w Polscem zachowuje swoją oryginalną wymowę. Zawsze mówimy trochĘ, pijĘ, pracujĘ itd.

  • @seenintheeyes565
    @seenintheeyes565 6 місяців тому

    Thanks, mam its very useful for me

  • @alifoda4754
    @alifoda4754 9 місяців тому

    Good morning my greatly beloved teacher ..Monika❤️‍🔥🌹🌹👏👏

  • @domingacasas4167
    @domingacasas4167 2 місяці тому

    I would like to learn Polish. It sounds interesting. I like how you teach. Thanks for your help

  • @mdshahidullahelali3094
    @mdshahidullahelali3094 Рік тому

    Very good teacher mam.

  • @jacksonamaral329
    @jacksonamaral329 Рік тому

    good lesson.

  • @T0m41_08
    @T0m41_08 Рік тому +1

    This is causing a lot of crossing out in my notebook😂 (I messed up lol)

  • @nemocedillo6185
    @nemocedillo6185 2 роки тому +1

    ( Bookmarks )
    2:45 ( Voiced / Voiceless Consonants )

  • @ldoll6296
    @ldoll6296 10 місяців тому +2

    This is such a good video you’ve done so well explaining it I have learnt a lot!! We don’t have any of the ‘ć, dż, ń’ letters in the English language so I’m used to saying letters exactly how they are written in English if that makes sense 😂 so I want to say ć like ‘ka’ but in polish it’s more of a ‘ch , I wonder if polish is easier to learn if you’re French or Spanish cause I know they use diacritics 🧐❤

    • @ldoll6296
      @ldoll6296 10 місяців тому

      I also cannot roll my tongue to make the ‘R’ sound 😢

  • @alifoda4754
    @alifoda4754 9 місяців тому

    My Monika is my real sweet chocolate..... I'm so happy to engrave your beautiful voice deeply in heart ... Really I gain too much from your pronounciation...thanks my Monika🌹❤️‍🔥😍

  • @PolishwithMonika
    @PolishwithMonika  2 роки тому

    Get more resources for learning Polish on my website: polishwithmonika.com/

  • @rick_terscale1111
    @rick_terscale1111 26 днів тому

    6:28 - something I've discovered about dzi, from what I'm hearing. While in most cases dzi sounds like 'gee" as Monika says, if dzi goes before 'e' as in tydzień then it sounds more like "jeh" (as in jeremiah). And if it goes before ę it sounds more like "gen".
    dzie > Tydzień = tuh-JEH-nyah .. or tuh-JENyah
    dzię > Dziękuję = GEN-ku-yeh
    So the "ee" sound appears to be dropped.

  • @eddysanta1213
    @eddysanta1213 Рік тому

    Nice video..

  • @kimberly-owo
    @kimberly-owo 4 місяці тому

    [b] tem som de [p] quando;
    - a letra [B] está no final da palavra, ex: chleb
    - quando estiver do lado da letra [K]
    cz som de [ T ]
    - d no final de uma palavra fica sem som, com som de '' T "
    - ou se estiver perto de uma palavra de consoante sem voz, o som fica como um '' T '' curto e mudo
    - DZ no final de uma palavra fica com som de '' T ''
    consoantes sem voz:
    p, t, c, ć, cz, k, f, s, sz
    consoantes sonoras:
    b, d, dz, dź, dż, g, w, z, ż (rz)

  • @ACzechManGoingHisOwnWay
    @ACzechManGoingHisOwnWay 9 місяців тому

    OK, now I begin to understand, why to me as a Czech person, it is way easier to read Polish than it is to hear it spoken. Czech keeps distinct spellings as well as pronunciations for H and CH, U and Ó, RZ and Ź etc. While in spoken Polish, there seems to be no difference, making mapping back to archaic, similar or equivalent Czech words very hard or ambiguous. Very nice video.

  • @ef01mw
    @ef01mw 7 місяців тому

    I made sense of the rz combination but what gets me is the letter K, which seems to be a consistent and straight forward sound. But when I hear the basketball coach's name Mike Krzyzewski, I don't understand how the K becomes silent or becomes "ch" sound with the combo of krz. Maybe I'm just hearing his name wrong or just mispronounced.