{"id":1529,"date":"2019-06-10T13:55:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T11:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popolsku.net\/nie-badz-snobem\/"},"modified":"2019-09-06T17:49:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T15:49:52","slug":"nie-badz-snobem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popolsku.net\/en\/nie-badz-snobem\/","title":{"rendered":"How not to sound like a snob in Polish \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/popolsku.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/7136806099_8aa00b0376.jpg\" alt=\"facepalm\" class=\"wp-image-589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/popolsku.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/7136806099_8aa00b0376.jpg 480w, https:\/\/popolsku.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/7136806099_8aa00b0376-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/popolsku.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/7136806099_8aa00b0376-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Remember! Hyper-correctness in a language is also a mistake! (\u270f\ufe0fMitchypop)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All right, it may sounds a bit controversial. Dear students,&nbsp;sometimes you can just forget about the rules of reading Polish sounds. It\u2019s all about the letter \u201e\u0119\u201d who is guilty of all the confusion. But, let\u2019s start with some basics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Polish alphabet is almost entirely phonetic. It&nbsp;means that most of the sounds are read exactly like they were written.&nbsp;An example? Her you go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To write the following sentence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Ten dom jest du\u017cy.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I need 14 letters. So how many phones should we pronounce to read this sentence? Of course \u2013&nbsp;14 phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturally, there are some exceptions. The most common concern the diphtongs: cz, sz, rz, d\u017c,&nbsp;d\u017a i ch. In that case one sound&nbsp;is represented by two letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So where is the problem with the \u201e\u0119\u201d? Well, a lot of people read this letter as \u201e\u0119\u201d regardless it\u2019s place in a word. It\u2019s a huge mistake. Emphasizing the \u201e\u0119\u201d especially in the end of a&nbsp;word&nbsp;leads to sound like a snob.<br><br>How to avoid it?&nbsp;Just remember this simple rule: the \u201e\u0119\u201d in the end of a&nbsp;word changes into&nbsp;\u201ee\u201d (or nasal \u201e\u0119\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dzi\u0119kuj\u0119 [dzi\u0119kuje]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lubi\u0119 ci\u0119 [lubie cie]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pisz\u0119 t\u0119 notatk\u0119 [pisze te notatke]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, avoid to emphasize&nbsp;the&nbsp;\u201e\u0119\u201d in the end of a&nbsp;word and surely you\u2019ll sound more like a good pal than an old lady&nbsp;\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be sure you sound more like a good pal than an old lady! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,24],"tags":[11,13],"class_list":["post-1529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fonetyka-2-en","category-jezyk-polski-en","tag-fonetyka","tag-jezyk-polski"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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