a ą b c ć ci cz d dz dź dż dzi e ę f g h ch i j k l ł m n ń ni o ó p r rz s ś si sz t u w y z ź ż zi
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Polish Letters and Sounds
A quick guide to Polish speech sounds and letters
START
a ą b c ć ci cz d dz dź dż dzi e ę f g h ch i j k l ł m n ń ni o ó p r rz s ś si sz t u w y z ź ż zi
i j c r w y
Introduction
a e o u b d f g h k m n p s t z
Which Letters
ó ł ń ś ź ć ż ą ę
ch cz rz szdz dź dż dzi
How to read Polish letters and letter combinations
ci ni si zi
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introduction
Intro to the Polish Aphabet
a ą b c ć d e ę f g h i j k l ł m n ń o ó p r s ś t u w y z ź ż
Polish alphabet has 32 single letters. Each letter represents a single sound.
Just like English, Polish uses the Latin alphabet, but it adds extra letters to represent Polish speech sounds that the original Latin alphabet didn’t have. That is why some Polish letters have special marks (for example: ą, ć, ł, ń, ó, ż ). These marks change how the letter reads.
+ info
In words of foreign origin, the letters q, v, x may appear, but they are not part of the traditional Polish alphabet.
©️Polipop Playskool
No-brainer Letters
These Polish letters look the same and sound just as the English letters.
lot may not not put sun not put zoo
a b d e f g h k
as inas in as in as in as in as in as in as in
as in as in as in as in as in as in as in as in as in
carbar dog eggfun dog hot kite
l m n o p s t u z
©️Polipop Playskool
Tricky letters
Tricky Polish Letters
These Polish letters look just as the English ones but make different sounds.
e y tz r v
i j c r w
like like like like like
be, we
you
waltz
Spanish (rolled r ) van
in in in in in
©️Polipop Playskool
Letters with diacritics
Letters with Marks
Some additional Polish letters are formed with special marks called diacritics.
like on in Mon Parislike in in Moulin Rouge like ci in ciao like w in wet like ni in onion and Pennsylvania like u in put like g in genre and beige close to si in Asia no similar English sound
ąę ć ł ń ó ż ź ś
©️Polipop Playskool
TOPIC 01 A great title
Digraphs
A digraph is a pair of letters that together make one sound. There are 10 Polish digraphs.
cz
sz
dź
cz
ch
rz
dz
dż
ci
si
zi
ch cz sz rz dż dz dź ci si zi
h ch sh g j ci si
in hop in chop in shop in genre or beige in joy in ciao in Asia
like like like like like no similar sound in English no similar sound in English like no similar sound in English close to
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Polish trigraph
Trigraph: dzi
A trigraph is a combination of 3 letters that together make a single sound.
Letters dzi stand for one sound. There is no English sound exactly like the Polish dzi, but it’s somewhat close to the j sound in jeans.
+ info
©️Polipop Playskool
Polish Pangram
Pangram is a sentence containing every letter in the alphabet. This is a classic Polish pangram:
Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig.
It contains all 32 letters of the Polish alphabet.
jeż
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same sound - different spelling - part 1
Same Sound ⎻ Different Spelling
In Polish, the same sound is often represented by different letters or letter combination.
u ó
h ch
ż rz
dź
ń ni
dź dzi
ź zi
©️Polipop Playskool
same sound - different spelling - part 2
Same Sound ⎻ Different Spelling
In Polish, the same sound is often represented by different letters or letter combination.
f w
k g
c dz
t d
p b
s z
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same sound - different spelling - part 3
Same Sound ⎻ Different Spelling
In Polish, the same sound is often represented by different letters or letter combination.
sz
sz rz ż
ś siź
ć cidź
same sound - different spelling (zapasowa kopia)
Same Sound ⎻ Different Spelling
In Polish, the same sound is often represented by different letters or letter combination.
ś si
ń ni
ź zi
ć ci
dź
ż rz
u ó
dź dzi
h ch
©️Polipop Playskool
dź・ a ・ d ・ e ・ k
dziadek
Polish Letters
How to pronunce Polish letters and letter combinations
TOPIC 01
Sections like this will help you organize
introduction to the polish alphabet
+ info
The 32 Letters
Polish is written using the Latin alphabet, just like English or Spanish. But when people first tried to write Polish words using Latin letters, they quickly discovered that the alphabet didn’t have enough symbols to represent all the sounds used in everyday Polish speech. Polish has many soft, hissing, buzzing, and nasal sounds that simply didn’t exist in Latin.
To solve this problem, Polish speakers created new ways to write down Polish sounds. They did this in two main ways: • by adding special marks (diacritical marks) to existing Latin letters, • and by combining two or three letters to represent a single Polish sound. Thanks to these additions, every Polish sound now has a clear and consistent way to be written. This makes Polish spelling logical and predictable once you learn the system.
©️Polipop Playskool
THEME 02 A great title
Trigraph: dzi
Trigraph dzi is a three letter combination standing for one or two sounds.
Trigraph dzi is pronuanced either as a short sound dź or a little longer as dź+i . There is no sound similar to dzi in English language.
dź・ a ・ d ・ e ・ k
dź・ e ・ń
r ・ a ・ dź ・i
dź・ i ・k
dzień
dzik
radzi
dziadek
or
+ info
+ info
+ info
TOPIC 03 A great title
dzi
dź (short sound)
dźi (long sound)
dzień dź e ń
dziś dź i ś
rodzic r o dź i c
dziecko dź e c k o
chodzi ch o dź i
dziadek dź a. d. e k
introduction to the polish alphabet: part 2
Origins of the Polish Alphabet
Polish uses the Latin alphabet, just like English or Spanish. But when people started writing Polish words, they discovered something important: the Latin alphabet didn’t have enough letters to show all the sounds we make in Polish. Polish has extra sounds that don’t exist in many other languages, so we needed extra ways to write them. To fix this, Polish speakers created new letters in two simple ways: • They added special marks to some letters (for example: ą, ć, ł, ń, ó, ż). These marks change how the letter sounds.• They combined two or even three letters to make one new sound (like: sz, ci, dzi). Thanks to these changes, every Polish sound has its own clear spelling, and once you learn the system, reading Polish becomes much easier.
©️Polipop Playskool
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dzi + vowel → dź• dzień → dź e ń • dziecko → dź e c k o • niedziela → ń e dź e l a dzi + consonant or at the end → dźi • dziś → dź i ś • chodzi → ch o dź i • rodzice → r o dź i c e.
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- It tells stories hierarchically.
- It matches your audience.
- It adjusts the fonts and color to the theme.
- It includes images and entertains.
- It represents data with graphs.
- It uses timelines.
- It is animated and interactive.
- It excites the brain through multimedia elements.
- It does NOT overdo the bullet points 🙃.
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a ą b c ć ci cz d dz dź dż dzi e ę f g h ch i j k l ł m n ń ni o ó p r rz s ś si sz t u w y z ź ż zi
Polipop Playskool
Polish Letters and Sounds
A quick guide to Polish speech sounds and letters
START
a ą b c ć ci cz d dz dź dż dzi e ę f g h ch i j k l ł m n ń ni o ó p r rz s ś si sz t u w y z ź ż zi
i j c r w y
Introduction
a e o u b d f g h k m n p s t z
Which Letters
ó ł ń ś ź ć ż ą ę
ch cz rz szdz dź dż dzi
How to read Polish letters and letter combinations
ci ni si zi
©️Polipop Playskool
introduction
Intro to the Polish Aphabet
a ą b c ć d e ę f g h i j k l ł m n ń o ó p r s ś t u w y z ź ż
Polish alphabet has 32 single letters. Each letter represents a single sound.
Just like English, Polish uses the Latin alphabet, but it adds extra letters to represent Polish speech sounds that the original Latin alphabet didn’t have. That is why some Polish letters have special marks (for example: ą, ć, ł, ń, ó, ż ). These marks change how the letter reads.
+ info
In words of foreign origin, the letters q, v, x may appear, but they are not part of the traditional Polish alphabet.
©️Polipop Playskool
No-brainer Letters
These Polish letters look the same and sound just as the English letters.
lot may not not put sun not put zoo
a b d e f g h k
as inas in as in as in as in as in as in as in
as in as in as in as in as in as in as in as in as in
carbar dog eggfun dog hot kite
l m n o p s t u z
©️Polipop Playskool
Tricky letters
Tricky Polish Letters
These Polish letters look just as the English ones but make different sounds.
e y tz r v
i j c r w
like like like like like
be, we you waltz Spanish (rolled r ) van
in in in in in
©️Polipop Playskool
Letters with diacritics
Letters with Marks
Some additional Polish letters are formed with special marks called diacritics.
like on in Mon Parislike in in Moulin Rouge like ci in ciao like w in wet like ni in onion and Pennsylvania like u in put like g in genre and beige close to si in Asia no similar English sound
ąę ć ł ń ó ż ź ś
©️Polipop Playskool
TOPIC 01 A great title
Digraphs
A digraph is a pair of letters that together make one sound. There are 10 Polish digraphs.
cz
sz
dź
cz
ch
rz
dz
dż
ci
si
zi
ch cz sz rz dż dz dź ci si zi
h ch sh g j ci si
in hop in chop in shop in genre or beige in joy in ciao in Asia
like like like like like no similar sound in English no similar sound in English like no similar sound in English close to
©️Polipop Playskool
Polish trigraph
Trigraph: dzi
A trigraph is a combination of 3 letters that together make a single sound.
Letters dzi stand for one sound. There is no English sound exactly like the Polish dzi, but it’s somewhat close to the j sound in jeans.
+ info
©️Polipop Playskool
Polish Pangram
Pangram is a sentence containing every letter in the alphabet. This is a classic Polish pangram:
Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig.
It contains all 32 letters of the Polish alphabet.
jeż
Polipop Playskool
same sound - different spelling - part 1
Same Sound ⎻ Different Spelling
In Polish, the same sound is often represented by different letters or letter combination.
u ó
h ch
ż rz
dź
ń ni
dź dzi
ź zi
©️Polipop Playskool
same sound - different spelling - part 2
Same Sound ⎻ Different Spelling
In Polish, the same sound is often represented by different letters or letter combination.
f w
k g
c dz
t d
p b
s z
©️Polipop Playskool
same sound - different spelling - part 3
Same Sound ⎻ Different Spelling
In Polish, the same sound is often represented by different letters or letter combination.
sz
sz rz ż
ś siź
ć cidź
same sound - different spelling (zapasowa kopia)
Same Sound ⎻ Different Spelling
In Polish, the same sound is often represented by different letters or letter combination.
ś si
ń ni
ź zi
ć ci
dź
ż rz
u ó
dź dzi
h ch
©️Polipop Playskool
dź・ a ・ d ・ e ・ k
dziadek
Polish Letters
How to pronunce Polish letters and letter combinations
TOPIC 01
Sections like this will help you organize
introduction to the polish alphabet
+ info
The 32 Letters
Polish is written using the Latin alphabet, just like English or Spanish. But when people first tried to write Polish words using Latin letters, they quickly discovered that the alphabet didn’t have enough symbols to represent all the sounds used in everyday Polish speech. Polish has many soft, hissing, buzzing, and nasal sounds that simply didn’t exist in Latin.
To solve this problem, Polish speakers created new ways to write down Polish sounds. They did this in two main ways: • by adding special marks (diacritical marks) to existing Latin letters, • and by combining two or three letters to represent a single Polish sound. Thanks to these additions, every Polish sound now has a clear and consistent way to be written. This makes Polish spelling logical and predictable once you learn the system.
©️Polipop Playskool
THEME 02 A great title
Trigraph: dzi
Trigraph dzi is a three letter combination standing for one or two sounds.
Trigraph dzi is pronuanced either as a short sound dź or a little longer as dź+i . There is no sound similar to dzi in English language.
dź・ a ・ d ・ e ・ k
dź・ e ・ń
r ・ a ・ dź ・i
dź・ i ・k
dzień
dzik
radzi
dziadek
or
+ info
+ info
+ info
TOPIC 03 A great title
dzi
dź (short sound)
dźi (long sound)
dzień dź e ń
dziś dź i ś
rodzic r o dź i c
dziecko dź e c k o
chodzi ch o dź i
dziadek dź a. d. e k
introduction to the polish alphabet: part 2
Origins of the Polish Alphabet
Polish uses the Latin alphabet, just like English or Spanish. But when people started writing Polish words, they discovered something important: the Latin alphabet didn’t have enough letters to show all the sounds we make in Polish. Polish has extra sounds that don’t exist in many other languages, so we needed extra ways to write them. To fix this, Polish speakers created new letters in two simple ways: • They added special marks to some letters (for example: ą, ć, ł, ń, ó, ż). These marks change how the letter sounds.• They combined two or even three letters to make one new sound (like: sz, ci, dzi). Thanks to these changes, every Polish sound has its own clear spelling, and once you learn the system, reading Polish becomes much easier.
©️Polipop Playskool
QUIZ
Sections like this will help you get organized
START
QUESTION 1/5
Quiz
QUESTION 2/5
Quiz
QUESTION 3/5
Quiz
QUESTION 5/5
Quiz
Quiz
Quiz completed!
NEXT
Recommended readings
Do you feel like your text still lacks something? Add animation tocapture your audience.
01
Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate visually rich note-taking through the use of images, graphs, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
02
Write a great text by clicking on Text in the left sidebar. Note: fonts, size, and color should match the theme you are addressing.
03
Bring life to the elements of your creation with animation. It's impossible not to pay attention to content that moves!
04
Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
05
You have done agreat job!
Remember to come back within 48 hours to review what you just learned!
Write agreat headline
With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience in awe. You can also highlight a phrase or specific fact that sticks in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!
Write a great headline
When making a presentation, there are two objectives to pursue: to convey information and to avoid yawns. To achieve this, it may be good practice to create an outline and use words that will be etched in the minds ofyour audience.
Here you can put ahighlighted title
dzi + vowel → dź• dzień → dź e ń • dziecko → dź e c k o • niedziela → ń e dź e l a dzi + consonant or at the end → dźi • dziś → dź i ś • chodzi → ch o dź i • rodzice → r o dź i c e.
Write agreat headline
With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a phrase or specific data that will stick in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!