need pronounciation for great-grandmother please

grizhun 2 | 3

5 Feb 2009 / #1

Just found out that I'm going to be a Babcia! When our daughters were born my sister & I were told by our mother that her mom was to be called Babcia, she didn't want that. When my daughter found out she was expecting she told me she wanted her kids to call me Babcia which thrilled me to death. What would be Polish for great-grandmother & how is it pronounced? Also need Aunt & Uncle pronounciation. I am 1/4 Polish & 3rd generation American. Thanks

McCoy 27 | 1,269

5 Feb 2009 / #2

great-grandmother

prababcia

Aunt & Uncle

Ciocia & Wujek

for pronunciation check this site: ivo.pl/ivonaonline.html

Davey 13 | 388

5 Feb 2009 / #3

prababcia - [pra-bab-chya]
aunt - ciocia - [chyo-chya]
uncle - wujek - [voy-ek]

osiol 55 | 3,921

5 Feb 2009 / #4

prabapchya
chyochya
vooyek

I've just described it slightly differently to Davey's suggestions and put in bold the stressed syllables.

Easy_Terran 3 | 312

6 Feb 2009 / #5

Moderator,

could we have a sticky with ivona.com url in it for user wanting to know how to pronounce words?

Wroclaw 44 | 5,379

6 Feb 2009 / #6

could we have a sticky with ivona.com url

We already have a 'sticky' thread in: General Polish Language. You could drop a post in there, if ivona is not there already.

esek 2 | 228

6 Feb 2009 / #7

could we have a sticky with ivona.com url in it for user wanting to know how to pronounce words?

or expressivo:

say.expressivo.com/?lang=pl

(this is the same company/software engine)