Szczecin – [Schtche-tcheen]
Dzień dobry. [jeen dobree] Good Morning
Dobry wieczór. [dobree vye-choor] Good Evening
Do widzenia. [doh veetsenya] Good Bye
Dobranoc. [dobrah-nots] Good Night
Cześć. [tcheshtsch] Hi/Hello
Proszę. [prosheh] Please/Here you are/You’re welcome
Dziękuję. [jean-koo-yehn] Thank you
Przepraszam. [pshe-pra-sham] I’m sorry/Excuse me
Nie wiem. [nyeh viehm] I don’t know
Tak. [taq] Yes/such
Nie. [nyeh] No/not/non
Nie mówię po polsku. I don’t speak Polish.
Nie rozumiem. [nyeh rozoomyem] I don’t understand
Rozumiem. [rozoomyem] I understand
Proszę to powtórzyć. [prosheh toh povtoojeetsch] Could you repeat that?
Proszę to napisać. [prosheh toh napeesatsch] Please write that down.
Co? [tso] What?
Gdzie? [gdjie] Where?
Gdzie jest …? [gdjie yest] Where is…?
Kiedy? [qiedee] When?
Ile to kosztuje? [eeleh toh coshtooyeah] How much is this?
Jak się to wymawia? [yak shen toh veemavia] How do you pronounce it?
Pan/Pani – Mr./Mrs (very often used in a speaking language)
Proszę mi pomóc. [proshen mee pomoots] Help me please.
uniwersytet [ooniversiteth] university
dworzec PKP [dvojeats peh-kah-peh] train station
przystanek tramwajowy / autobusowy [psheestaneck tramvayovee/awtoboosovee]tram/bus stop
C | as the English ‘ts’ in cats |
CZ | as the English ‘ch’ in church |
DZ | as the English ‘ds’ in beds |
DŻ | as the English ‘j’ in jam |
G | as the English ‘g’ in girl |
H or CH | as the English ‘h’ in hen |
J | as the English ‘y’ in yet |
Ł | as the English ‘w’ in win |
SZ | as the English ‘sh’ in show |
W | as the English ‘v’ in van |
Ż or RZ | as the English ‘s’ in pleasure |
A | as the English ‘u’ in cult |
E | as the English ‘e’ in ten |
I | as the English ‘i’ in fit |
O | as the English ‘o’ in cot |
U or Ó | as the English ‘oo’ in boot |
AJ | as the English ‘i’ in like |
EJ | as the English ‘a’ in take |
Ą | between the the ‘awn’ in lawn and the ‘ong’ in long |
Ę | like the ‘eng’ in engage, where the ‘ng’ is one sound, not ‘n’ followed by ‘g’ |
Y | as the English ‘i’ in bit |