{"id":3191,"date":"2012-04-23T23:02:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T23:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2014-07-29T00:33:52","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T00:33:52","slug":"digraphs-dwuznaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/digraphs-dwuznaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Digraphs &#8211; dwuznaki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A combination of two letters representing one sound is called digraph (<strong>dwuznak<\/strong>, plural: <strong>dwuznaki<\/strong>). There are few of these in Polish language.<\/p>\n<p>Here they are as well as examples of words we use them in:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">CH<\/span> \u2013\u00a0In modern standard Polish, &#8220;ch&#8221; is pronounced identically to &#8220;h&#8221;. It obviously makes the pronunciation aspect easier while messing up the simplicity of the spelling at the same time\u2026 For most Polish students, learning when to use &#8220;ch&#8221; and &#8220;h&#8221; is a painful process involving hours of writing mind-bogglingly boring dictations. The same goes for rz and \u017c, and for u and \u00f3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ch<\/span>odnik (pavement)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ch<\/span>emia (chemistry)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ch<\/span>leb (bread)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ch<\/span>irurg (surgeon)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ch<\/span>mura (cloud)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ch<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">rz<\/span><\/span>e\u015bcija\u0144stwo (christianity)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #339966\">CZ<\/span> \u2013\u00a0This sound is pronounced similarly to the English ch in chalk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #339966\">cz<\/span>as (time)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #339966\">cz<\/span>erwony (red)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #339966\">cz<\/span>asami (sometimes)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #339966\">cz<\/span>\u0142owiek (person)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #339966\">cz<\/span>yta\u0107 (to read)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #339966\">cz<\/span>u\u0107 (to feel)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">DZ<\/span> \u2013 \u00a0it becomes softer sound when followed by &#8220;i&#8221; (for example &#8220;dzik&#8221; &#8211; boar)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">dz<\/span>won (bell)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">dz<\/span>ban (jug)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">D\u0179<\/span> \u2013\u00a0Try not to confuse it with \u0107 or d\u017c!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">d\u017a<\/span>wi\u0119k (sound)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">d\u017a<\/span>wig (lift, elevator)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">d\u017a<\/span>wignia (lever)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">\u00a0D\u017b<\/span> \u2013\u00a0It sounds more or less like the English j in Joe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">d\u017c<\/span>em (jam)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">d\u017cd\u017c<\/span>ownica (earthworm)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">d\u017cd\u017c<\/span>ysty (rainy)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">d\u017c<\/span>ungla (jungle)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">d\u017c<\/span>insy (jeans)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">d\u017c<\/span>entelmen (gentleman)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">RZ<\/span> \u2013\u00a0You pronounce it identically to\u00a0<strong>\u017c<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 practically the same as the\u00a0<em>s<\/em>\u00a0in\u00a0<em>leisure<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>pleasure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">rz<\/span>e<span style=\"color: #339966\">cz<\/span> (thing)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">rz<\/span>\u0105d (row)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">rz<\/span>eka (river)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">rz<\/span>adko (rarely)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">rz<\/span>e<span style=\"color: #339966\">cz<\/span>ownik (noun)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">rz<\/span>e<span style=\"color: #339966\">cz<\/span>oznawca (expert)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993366\">\u00a0SZ <\/span>\u2013 similar to English &#8220;sh&#8221; in shovel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993366\">sz<\/span>ary (gray)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993366\">sz<\/span>pilka (pin)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993366\">sz<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966\">cz<\/span>ery (honest)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993366\">sz<\/span>arlotka &#8211; (apple pie)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993366\">sz<\/span>alony (crazy)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993366\">sz<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966\">cz<\/span>\u0119\u015bcie (happiness)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dwuznaki - digraphs\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rLG1BLTVC2Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Let me know if you have questions:)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do nast\u0119pnego razu&#8230; <\/strong>(Till next time&#8230;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A combination of two letters representing one sound is called digraph (dwuznak, plural: dwuznaki). There are few of these in Polish language. Here they are as well as examples of words we use them in: CH \u2013\u00a0In modern standard Polish, &#8220;ch&#8221; is pronounced identically to &#8220;h&#8221;. 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