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A set of 58 colorful flashcards with daily activities such as: brushing teeth; washing face; playing a game; feeding a pet; using the toilet; wearing a school uniform; crossing the street; doing homework and many more. The flashcards might be used separately or with English – Polish captions.
It's rather hard, because the verbs in Polish conjugate (the forms given are infinitives) so I would have to write up to 6 different forms for every verb, depending on the person (i.e. to eat / jesc would be: jem, jesz, je, jemy, jecie, jedza However, there are some tips (first Polish letter or diagraphs then kind of English equivalents) : cz = ch sz = sh dz = ds (like in roads) dz (d and z with a dot) = j z (z with a dot) = zh (visual) rz is the same like z (visual) y = short i l (crossed l) = w w = v there are no long vowels in Polish: a = u (but) e = e (red) i = i (tin) o = o (pop) u = oo (book) ó (o with a comma above) is the same like u (book) a (a with a comma) = ou e (e with a comma) = short e+w c = always ts k = k All the letters with a comma above them (except ó) - I just cannot describe them :) and they are to hard to pronounce anyhow for someone who doesn't know the language. They are 'softer' versions of the sounds indicated by the letters.
And coming back to your example:/ ba,k/ will be indeed /bonk/, because k, which is velar, is still closer to alveolar n than to labial m Any more questions about Polish phonology? :-D
Yes, I would say that Polish/ a,/ is a little bit like French or just /on/ or /om/ (depending on the next consonant - so in the word / tra,bka/ (trumpet) the pronunciation would be 'trompka' (b becomes voiceless p), because 'm' is labial (like 'b' and 'p', and in / tra,cac'/ (jostle, poke) it would be /trontsatch/, because 'n' is alveolar the same like 'ts'. e, is (roughly) pronounced as /en/ e.g. in /me,zny/ (courageous) it will be menzhnee. At the end of the word /sie,/, /ide,/(I'm going) it would be just 'e' (like in egg) /sh-e/ /ee-d-e/. Well, the explanation looks bizzare, but I hope it will help. Phew... :)))
These are lovely! Thank you for taking the time to make these- a girl in my class has been smilling all day!
Thank you very much for a GREAT resource. I will pass this on to all the teachers of my new Polish pupils.