Polish is a Slavic language, related to Russian, Czech and many other central/eastern European languages. It is written using the Latin alphabet with some exceptions, and some letters have accent marks. These accented letters are considered to be separate letters so they are always included as part of the alphabet. The alphabet is as follows.
| Polish letter | English sound | German sound |
| A a | "ah" | "a" |
| Ą ą | "on" (French nasal sound) | "on" (French nasal sound) |
| B b | "b" (or "p" at end of word) | "b" |
| C c | "ts" | "z" |
| Ć ć | "ch" | "tsch" |
| D d | "d" (or "t" at end of word) | "d" |
| E e | "e" in "egg" | "e" |
| Ę ę | "en" (French nasal sound) | "en" (French nasal sound) |
| F f | "f" | "f" |
| G g | "g" in "gigabytes" | "g" |
| H h | gutteral "h" | "ch" |
| I i | "i/ee" | "i" |
| J j | "y" | "j" |
| K k | "k" | "k" |
| L l | "l" | "l" |
| Ł ł | "w" | "u" like English "w" |
| M m | "m" | "m" |
| N n | "n" | "n" |
| Ń ń | "n"/Spanish "�" | "n"/Spanish "�" |
| O o | "o" | "o" |
| � � | "oo" | "u" |
| P p | "p" | "p" |
| R r | rolled "r" | rolled "r" |
| S s | "ss" | "ss" |
| Ś ś | "sh" (rather harSH!) | "sch" |
| T t | "t" | "t" |
| U u | "oo" | "u" |
| W w | "v" | "v"/"w" |
| Y y | short "i" | short "i" |
| Z z | "z" | "s" in "Sohn" |
| Ź ź | "zh" in "leisure" | "sch/j" like French "je" |
| Ż ż | "zh" in "leisure" but harsher | more like "sch" |
NOTE (1): q, x and v are not really in the Polish alphabet but, with Poland these days being much more a part of the international community, these three other letters are used quite a lot in foreign words and advertising.
NOTE (2): When pronouncing words, the stress should always fall on the syllable before the last. e.g. "przeprasham".
REMEMBER: The stress should always fall on the syllable before the last.
| Polish | English meaning/prounciation | German meaning/pronunciation |
| Tak | Yes / "tahk" | Ja / "tak" |
| Nie | No / "nyeh" | Nein / "nje" |
| Dzień dobry | Hello / "djen dobri" | Guten Tag / "Dschen dobre" |
| Do widzenia | Goodbye / "do vitsenya" | Auf Wiedersehen / "do witsenja" |
| Dziękuję | Thank you / "djenkuyeh" | Danke / "dschenkuje" |
| Proszę bardzo | You're welcome / "prosheh bardzo" | Bitte sch�n / "pro-sche bard-so" |
| Przepraszam | Goodbye / "p-sheprasham" | Entschuldigung / "pscheprascham" |
| Nazywam się ... (informal) | My name is ... / "nazivam sheh ..." | Ich hei�e ... / "nasiwam sche ..." |
| Jak się nazywasz? (informal) | What's your name? / "Yak sheh nazivash?" | Wie hei�t du? / "Jak sche nasiwasch?" |
| 1 | Jeden | "yeden" |
| 2 | Dwa | "d-va" |
| 3 | Trzy | "t-zhi" |
| 4 | Cztery | "ch-teri" |
| 5 | Pięć | "pyench" |
| 6 | Sześć | "shesh-ch" |
| 7 | Siedem | "shedem" |
| 8 | Osiem | "osh-em" |
| 9 | Dziewięć | "djev-yench" |
| 10 | Dziesięć | "djesh-ench" |
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