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"nazywam sie" to introduce yourself.


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Darrell jThreads: 5
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Can someone confirm that if you use "nazywam sie" to introduce yourself then you should give your surname but if you use "JESTEM" then you should give your first name. Also how do you pronounce "jestem" ? Thanx
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That's fairly normal. Jestem is easy to pronounce - yestem. Accent on the first syllable.
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Darrell j:
"nazywam sie" to introduce yourself then you should give your surname but if you use "JESTEM" then you should give your first name.


Nazywam siê requires the surname, but you can also give both first and surname (the latter is just required, the former is optional).
"Jestem" means "I am" and you can give anything or anyone you are ;-)
If you want to give just your first name you can say: "Mam na imiê ..." which means "My first name is...."

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"PieknE or pieknA" ? Whats the difference and how to pronounce them. Also how do you pronounce "mam na imie" ? Thanks
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Darrell j:
"PieknE or pieknA" ? Whats the difference and how to pronounce them


Pronounce it like it looks, but the e is actually ê so it has more of an "en" sound (not exactly, but it's the easiest way to explain).
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Hi, you can use http://www.ivona.com/ to check the pronunciation, enter whatever you wanna hear into the textbox on the right and hit play..
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Darrell j:
"PieknE or pieknA" ? Whats the difference


Piêkne - singular neuter or plural non-personal masc.
Piêkna - singular feminine

:-)

Cinek
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Cardno85:
Pronounce it like it looks, but the e is actually ê

just the first e.. and A ending is feminine and the E is neuter


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