POLISH ACCENT | How Poles speak English

In this video I present the characteristics of the Polish accent, how a Polish person speaks English.
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[emmawitter]

now my roommates and i are just saying random words back and forth comparing our accents.

[dangervontango]

My grandmother is first generation American in a Polish family and didn’t learn English until she started school. She’s lost her knowledge of Polish but she still has the accent very faintly. Its very interesting watching this and hearing some of her linguistic idiosyncrasies featured here.

[shereemirabito]

This was really helpful, thank you! I needed to learn a Polish accent and this made it much easier to break down and understand so I could do so.

[lugh.i]

I live in a Spanish speaking country and I'm playing a tabletop roleplaying game called 7th Sea, which is set on a fictional Europe-like continent. When I direct the game, I use different accents according to the nationality of the characters.

One of the nations is similar to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and I needed to learn this accent! Excellent video, thanks for the upload!

[remembernovember]

I'm playing a Polish character in an RPG game my friend is running, and this video is really helping me practice the accent.

[camilomauricio]

I´m so greatful to you because now I understad why my uncle spoke English a little different and it helps me to learn polish accent. You are a very good teacher. Thanks a lot.

[The_Petrichor]

The phonetics of "th" is interesting because most Slavic speakers' muscle memory (due to the nature of the language) have their tongues flat when at rest. Where English speakers have the tip of their tongue touch the roof of their mouth when at rest, which happens to be the position for the appropriate "th" sound.

[TheHilltopPillbox]

Thank you! Very helpful information for an audition I just got...I have to speak English with a strong Polish accent, and also about 6 sentences in actual Polish. Toughest audition ever.

[Howdy._.]

Im learning this so i can gaslight people, i am 50% polish but didn't grow up with the accent. But i want to learn it so i can gaslight people into thinking my American accent isnt my real one lol. Your a very good teacher by the way❤

[AyyashAhmad]

Also, words with a "ch" in it tend to be pronounced as "h" even when it's supposed to be pronounced with a "k" sound. For example, my Polish friend sometimes pronounces the word "character" as "haracter" or "chemist" as "hemist". Must be due to the Polish orthography, I think.

[raularcos]

Dzień dobry Miss Monika
Yes, interesting observations
We do almost the same thing with Spanish.
so good video!

[NNefarious]

Thanks for this. I am working on a Polish accent for my first voice acting gig!

[StarBe]

This was so helpful! Working on a Polish accent for an audition I have coming up. Thanks for your advice!

[GaleoneOfficial]

your accent is way more better than polish folk i met during business meetings. I barely understood what they said and was blamed by my supervisor for that. This video really helps, thanks

[pitamul]

Great video! I talked to some of my British friends asking about the “Polish accent” and nobody was really able to pinpoint it - too many of us speaking the lingo and everyone doing it his/her unique way

[mnca]

im fully polish with 100% polish blood, but i was born in the UK and grew up with an english accent, im still trying to learn polish haha

[robeva]

I came here because I'm about to go on a date with a polish lady who I've been enjoying many conversations with but still haven't met or heard her voice. This was helpful.

[tbgnb]

I am a Polish native speaker living abroad and I am wondering if anyone had success in improving their English pronunciation to the level where you are not immediately recognized as non-native speaker ? I feel like there is something about our language that makes it somehow impossible, people can have great grammar, vocabulary etc. but the way we speak we still sound "Polish".

[hussar]

that's because we use tongue differently for Pronunciation.

In English, the letter ‘A’ has seven possible sounds; in Polish, just the one!
‘Y’ in English is a versatile character. From ‘apply’ to ‘youthful’ to ‘fishy’, this chameleon shifts sounds based on the word. In Polish, however – much like the other vowels – it has one sound that never changes.
In English, the ‘R’ sound is made with the tongue pulled back, in the middle of the mouth. The rolling ‘R’ is instead made by tapping the roof of your mouth.
In English, the ‘th’ sound (not including examples such as the word ‘Thailand’) can be either voiced or unvoiced, though tongue and jaw placement doesn’t change between words such as ‘think’ or ‘that’ – it’s simply about the amount of air expulsion.
utilising a hard ‘D’ or ‘T’ sound (like in do or too). You may also hear the ‘F’ sound, such as in ‘foot’. The correct pronunciation, which involves extending the tip of your tongue between your front teeth, is not a natural position for Polish speakers.

ONLY uneducated people have problems with how others pronounce words

[DamonDesade]

Very cool video, Monika!
Thank you for all of the insight :)
I never thought about any of these, but listening back to my polish friends talk, especially with the "r's" it's spot on!