L.1 ALFABET I WYMOWA
ALPHABET AND PRONUNCIATION
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The Polish alphabet has 32 letters.
It includes special characters such as ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ź, ż, which represent sounds not found in many other languages.
Polish also uses digraphs, where two letters combine to create one sound, for example ch, cz, sz, rz, dz, dź, dż.
Alfabet
Waz
Balon
Cma
Dom
Introduction to Polish Digraphs
In Polish, some sounds are written using two letters together. These letter pairs are called digraphs.
Although they are made of two letters, they represent one single sound and are not separate letters of the alphabet.
Soft Sound Combinations
In Polish, some consonants become soft when they appear before a vowel.
These soft sounds can be written in two ways: as a single letter with a diacritic (like Ć, Ś, Ń, Ź, DŹ) or as a letter combination with I (like CI, SI, NI, ZI, DZI).
Both forms represent the same sound, so they sound identical when spoken.
Polish Spelling Rules- Introduction
In Polish, some sounds can be written in different ways.
Examples:
U–Ó → it sounds the same: ulica / król
RZ–Ż → it sounds the same: rzeka / żaba
CH–H → it sounds the same: chleb / hotel
These are the same sounds, but they have different spellings depending on the word.
Although the pronunciation is identical, the spelling follows specific rules.
The full explanation of these rules can be found in the Grammar section: Polish Spelling Rules.
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