A Compendium o Polish alphabet and pronunciation

Hi all,

I made a compendium of the polish alphabet (borrowed pieces of information here and there), and I was wondering if I got it right. Can anyone skim through it and comment on it please? (and anyone please feel free to use it for your own benefit of course).

c = ts as in cats
e = e as in spelling
g = hard g as in game
i = ee as in creep
j = y as in yes
o = o as in blog
s = s as in silk
u = oo as in moose
w = v as in vowel
y = i as in sit
ą = nasal o as in own
ć = soft ch as in cheap
ę = nasal e as in en
ł = w as in way
ń = soft n as in onion
ó = oo as in moose
ś = soft sh as in she
ź = soft zh asin azure
ż = hard zh as in zhivago
au = ow as in oh no!
ch = h as in h
ci = chea as in cheap
cz = ch as in chip
dź = g as in gene
dzi = ge as in geronimo
dż = j as in john
eu = ehw as in ..ehm.. ehw?
rz = hard zh as in zhivago
si = shee as in sheep
sz = hard sh as in ship
zi = soft zh as in azure

Kind regards,

Maurits

What about the rest of the alphabet?

No, that is not right. It is more like the 'a' in the English word 'sawmill' with a longish a sound. It is deffinitly not the 'o' sound in own.

More like the 'ou' in the word out.

Thanks for the correction!

Maurits

Hi Zgubiony,

Ehm....what rest? :)

These are all the sounds that are dissimilar to the pronounciation like in english... Am I wrong and are there more I should be aware of?...then please specify wich ones!

Thanks for the reply

Maurits

So far, I see these missing:

a- ah
ć- check
dz-adds

Thanks for adding to it!

Maurits