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How do you pronounce the word "W"?

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ellenmh	Nov 7, 11, 13:38 #1
The Polish bid for the foreign language academy award is called "W Ciemności". I was wondering how one would pronounce the W on it's own. (I'd also be interested in the pronunciation of ciemności)

OlafThreads: 8 Posts: 1,369 Joined: Oct 29, 09 ♂	Nov 7, 11, 14:06 #2
W in Polish is pronounced exactly as [v]. Polish may be hard in pronounciation because it is very accurate - you pronounce almost exactly as you spell.

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	Nov 7, 11, 14:08 #3
ellenmh: (I'd also be interested in the pronunciation of ciemności) ciemności can be approximated by saying chemnoshchee in English but bear in mind this is an approximation only (for Poles the sound 'ś' and 'ci' are very different from 'sh' and 'chee'

mafketisThreads: 17 Posts: 1,880 Joined: Mar 31, 08 ♂	Nov 7, 11, 14:18 #4
ellenmh: I was wondering how one would pronounce the W on it's own. It rarely occurs on its own. When it does, it's like an English v with no vowel following. Most of the time, attach it to the following word and if the first sound of the next word is p, t, k, ć, c, cz, s, sz then its pronounced more like f. w ciemności = fchyem-NO-shchi (with vowels like Spanish).

ellenmh	Nov 7, 11, 14:35 #5
Thank you all very much :D

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