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Ciumek pronunciation



zonaThreads: 6
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Is ,Ciumek' pronounced ,chew-mik'?

Would this be an appropriate term to call my fiance [male] as a pet name?
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"chew-mek" may be better, "mek" rhyming with "trek" or "deck".
SzwedwPolsceThreads: 13
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zona:
Is ,Ciumek' pronounced ,chew-mik'?

Difficult to describe. But something like "tchew-mek".


zona:
Would this be an appropriate term to call my fiance [male] as a pet name?

That's so personal and intime that we can't give him pet-name. But it's more common to give girls pet-names in Polish.
MatowyThreads: 1
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"Chew-Mek" is pretty much accurate.
zonaThreads: 6
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Pio, SzwedzPolsce, and Matowy, thank you very much for your answers.

SzwedwPolsce:
Difficult to describe. But something like "tchew-mek".

I thought ,Ci' dropped the ,tch' sound, thank you for the correction.

My fiance's name is Eliasz, so I was trying to think of a cute Polish pet-name for him. But if it's not common for men to have pet-names, I won't try one. =)
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zona:
I thought ,Ci' dropped the ,tch' sound, thank you for the correction.

"Ci" have t-sound. But Polish "ch" drops the t-sound, and this is a very common combination.


zona:
My fiance's name is Eliasz, so I was trying to think of a cute Polish pet-name for him. But if it's not common for men to have pet-names, I won't try one. =)

You can make a normal diminutive of it, that sounds a little "cuter". But I am not sure how to make diminutive of Eliasz.
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SzwedwPolsce:
But I am not sure how to make diminutive of Eliasz.

It's not a typical Polish name (Jewish, isn't it?), but I think it could be something like Eliaszek, Elek, Elu¶ or Eli.

Cinek
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
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Eli reminded me of Orzeszkowa's Jewish novel 'Eli Makower'. Anybody ever hear of it or actually read it?
zonaThreads: 6
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cinek:
It's not a typical Polish name (Jewish, isn't it?)

You are correct, his name is from the Bible Old Testament. He said it is similar to Elijah.

Polonius3:
'Eli Makower'. Anybody ever hear of it or actually read it?

Never heard of it.
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