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Accent marks in Polish language


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MATTB1
  Sep 26, 07, 09:25  #1

Hi

I'm trying to get some understanding of writing Polish for signs. Can anyone tell me if you need to but accents etc on words if they are in capitals?

Thanks

Matt

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plk123
  Sep 26, 07, 10:00  #2

there is no such thing as accent marks in Polish.. the little signs that you see are part of the letters and have to be there regardless if they are caps or not.

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kochanie
  Sep 27, 07, 04:32  #3

I know what you mean, in French the accents can be taken away for capitals, but for languages like German and Polish where they are part of the letter, they have to stay even for caps :) x

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Aristoboulos
  Dec 3, 07, 23:13  #4

Polish has accent on the second syllable counting form the end of the word in almost all cases. Exceptions are so rare that you don't need to learn them. For examle, in word Warszawa syllable sza is stressed (or accented): War-SZA-wa.

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z_darius
  Dec 3, 07, 23:18  #5

Quoting: MATTB1
Can anyone tell me if you need to but accents etc on words if they are in capitals?

Yes, but these are called diacritics, or diacritical marks (signs), as they have nothing to do with accent.

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