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--Robert McKeeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17563367719144161001noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649539.post-19340573287925529072015-05-12T12:00:00.000-04:002015-05-15T16:02:11.435-04:00Rozmawiać<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">I don’t understand Polish so much as I deduce it, as a detective considering clues.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17563367719144161001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649539.post-84115412065121454492015-04-23T12:00:00.000-04:002015-05-15T16:02:28.820-04:00Milość<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17563367719144161001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649539.post-56614570868450352582014-12-26T12:00:00.000-05:002015-05-15T16:02:46.575-04:00Polish Word of the Day For Americans<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #191919; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By request (on fb), I will explain the excruciating pronunciation of “Happy New Year” in Polish. By sharing this now, you will have a few days to practice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note that “sz” and “cz” are one sound and count as one letter each: sh and ch, respectively. Practice by saying “shhh, shhh, shhhch” (as if you were going to say “shchess”). Actually, shchess is pretty close to the first syllable, which is “shchen” (but twang that “en” [ę]).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ś is also a “sh” sound. Thanks, Polish! Or should I say Poliś? Hah? Haaah? No, I know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, let’s just go with that first word (which is an adjective in masculine form, cos rok (year) is a masculine noun): Szczęśliwego, or shchen-shlee-veh-go. Four syllables. Now say it fast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let’s just jump in with the whole thing: shchen-shlee-veh-go noh-veh-go rroh-ku. (Yes, the Poles roll the “r,” but not too much. You’re not rolling the “r” over so much as pushing it a little.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Try it again: shchen-shlee-veh-go noh-veh-go rroh-ku! (Remember to twang that “en!”) (Accent on the second to last syllable.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Try it again: Szczesliwego Nowego Roku!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Practice this for 15 minutes a day and come midnight New Year’s Eve, you’ll be able to yell out like me, “SHCHAYGO NOGU ROKU!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Or just yell out the last word.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 18px;">The word “jump” (as when playing with a dog and telling the dog to jump) is pronounced “scotch.”</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17563367719144161001noreply@blogger.com0Wrocław, Poland51.1078852 17.03853760000004150.948439199999996 16.715814100000042 51.2673312 17.361261100000039tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649539.post-10375480756802878712013-03-30T12:00:00.000-04:002015-05-15T16:03:53.501-04:00Because I Wanted To<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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