Comments on: Is Polish a Phonetic Language

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:32:44 +0000

Hi Thomas!
Thank you for your comment! I will do my best to make your attempts to read Polish as painless as possible! Actually, I am thinking of another post explaining the phonetic bits and pieces. I hope that will be helpful for you as well.

By: thomas westcott

thomas westcott — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:03:25 +0000

An-na, Thank you for explaining why many people consider Polish to be phonetic. Since I learned English “by sight”, I am forced by old learning habits to learn Polish the same way – one word at a time.

I wish I could read Polish phonetically. So far, I have been unable to place a sound with each symbol I see on the page or the screen.
Also, with listening to Polish I have a similar problem that is the bones of my inner ear are vibrating ok but my mind does not hear those vibrations.

Some sounds such as z. as in z.aba (frog) I have acquired ok and can read and pronounce z. correctly but rz still eludes me.

I have had Polish compared to Spanish in that it is pronounced the way it is read.

Your examples and explanations make sense.

I will have to put this blog on my favorites list.

Again, thanks, Thomas Westcott.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:41:56 +0000

Hi Tom!
I’ll try my best, but if all else fails, we’ll do a podcast.

By: Tom Wysocki

Tom Wysocki — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:34:13 +0000

Thank you, Anna. The close English equivalent is very helpful.
Dzien dobry!