The Secret of Polish Diacritics: Unlocking the Mystery

Polish diacritics! In this video, I'll explain all the "weird" Polish characters, including ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ś, ź, and ż. Discover the history, pronunciation, and usage of these fascinating letters that give the Polish language its distinctive sound and flair. Whether you're a language enthusiast, a Polish learner, or just curious, this guide will illuminate the nuances of Polish diacritics.

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[jnb]

Thank you! You explain it so well. Dziękuję! I wish I could see more videos from Let's Polish.

[dutchschultz]

Thank you for the tutorial. Love from Detroit USA 🇺🇸

[Stanley.]

I always remember the "ł" like in Wisła Krakow. Sadly my Polish-speaking relatives are no longer alive. My Polish grandparents did not live in the same US state as I did until I was about 9 or 10 years old. My grandmother did teach me some Polish in the late-1980s, but I did not have any friends my age that spoke Polish in my neighborhood, so at that young age I never realized how valuable the Polish language could have been to me, especially in the Chicago-area. Hopefully I can learn to pick up the language, or at least some of the basics.

[mattszafranski]

Wow, Darek 1:18 into the video and already getting into trouble! 😂

[TheRubenDK]

completely normal to pronounce things like domb, dembowa, zomb, zemby, bende, and so on. In fact people almost never pronounce będę as you do it in this video

[WolfgangSourdeau]

I know how to read czech, but in Polish, I cannot hear the difference between ź and "rz", "ć" and "cz" or "ś" and "sz". In Czech, river is spelt "řeka", thus with that weird sound mixing a rolled "r" and "j", but it does not seem to be the case for "rz", which to me sounds like an english "j" (like "to jump" without the "d" sound).

[SEACRUZNY]

Dziękuję bardzo. Would you do names? My friend's surname is Kwiatkowski. Gracias amigo.

[fyrha]

I love Poles. I have a lot of friends in the game called lords mobile and I haven't learned their language. I've been playing with them for 3yrs. 😅 All i know is Hej, Tak, Nie, Dzien Dobry and Dobranoc. Hehe

[ricm]

Great video, thank you. Please note that in English, the S sound is very very very different from the sh sound. You are pronouncing your s like sh, which is incorrect. Still your english is excellent.

[vadimplotkin]

Darku, przydałyby się tu jakieś ćwiczenia fonetyczne polszczyzny.

[Sewelia]

Zaponiałes o ó, dż, dź, dz, sz, cz, ch 😂

[oposho]

So many ZZZZs in that part of the world....