grizhun 2 | 3 5 Feb 2009 / #1Just 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 / #2great-grandmotherprababciaAunt & UncleCiocia & Wujekfor pronunciation check this site: ivo.pl/ivonaonline.html
Davey 13 | 388 5 Feb 2009 / #3prababcia - [pra-bab-chya]aunt - ciocia - [chyo-chya]uncle - wujek - [voy-ek]
osiol 55 | 3,921 5 Feb 2009 / #4prabapchyachyochyavooyekI've just described it slightly differently to Davey's suggestions and put in bold the stressed syllables.
Easy_Terran 3 | 312 6 Feb 2009 / #5Moderator,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 / #6could we have a sticky with ivona.com urlWe 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 / #7could 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)