{"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 – dwuznaki"},"content":{"rendered":"

A combination of two letters representing one sound is called digraph (dwuznak<\/strong>, plural: dwuznaki<\/strong>). There are few of these in Polish language.<\/p>\n

Here they are as well as examples of words we use them in:<\/p>\n

CH<\/span> \u2013\u00a0In modern standard Polish, “ch” is pronounced identically to “h”. 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 “ch” and “h” 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

ch<\/span>odnik (pavement)<\/p>\n

ch<\/span>emia (chemistry)<\/p>\n

ch<\/span>leb (bread)<\/p>\n

ch<\/span>irurg (surgeon)<\/p>\n

ch<\/span>mura (cloud)<\/p>\n

chrz<\/span><\/span>e\u015bcija\u0144stwo (christianity)<\/p>\n

\u00a0CZ<\/span> \u2013\u00a0This sound is pronounced similarly to the English ch in chalk<\/p>\n

cz<\/span>as (time)<\/p>\n

cz<\/span>erwony (red)<\/p>\n

cz<\/span>asami (sometimes)<\/p>\n

cz<\/span>\u0142owiek (person)<\/p>\n

cz<\/span>yta\u0107 (to read)<\/p>\n

cz<\/span>u\u0107 (to feel)<\/p>\n

\u00a0DZ<\/span> \u2013 \u00a0it becomes softer sound when followed by “i” (for example “dzik” – boar)<\/p>\n

dz<\/span>won (bell)<\/p>\n

dz<\/span>ban (jug)<\/p>\n

D\u0179<\/span> \u2013\u00a0Try not to confuse it with \u0107 or d\u017c!<\/p>\n

d\u017a<\/span>wi\u0119k (sound)<\/p>\n

d\u017a<\/span>wig (lift, elevator)<\/p>\n

d\u017a<\/span>wignia (lever)<\/p>\n

\u00a0D\u017b<\/span> \u2013\u00a0It sounds more or less like the English j in Joe.<\/p>\n

d\u017c<\/span>em (jam)<\/p>\n

d\u017cd\u017c<\/span>ownica (earthworm)<\/p>\n

d\u017cd\u017c<\/span>ysty (rainy)<\/p>\n

d\u017c<\/span>ungla (jungle)<\/p>\n

d\u017c<\/span>insy (jeans)<\/p>\n

d\u017c<\/span>entelmen (gentleman)<\/p>\n

\u00a0RZ<\/span> \u2013\u00a0You pronounce it identically to\u00a0\u017c<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 practically the same as the\u00a0s<\/em>\u00a0in\u00a0leisure<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0pleasure.<\/em><\/p>\n

rz<\/span>ecz<\/span> (thing)<\/p>\n

rz<\/span>\u0105d (row)<\/p>\n

rz<\/span>eka (river)<\/p>\n

rz<\/span>adko (rarely)<\/p>\n

rz<\/span>ecz<\/span>ownik (noun)<\/p>\n

rz<\/span>ecz<\/span>oznawca (expert)<\/p>\n

\u00a0SZ <\/span>\u2013 similar to English “sh” in shovel<\/p>\n

sz<\/span>ary (gray)<\/p>\n

sz<\/span>pilka (pin)<\/p>\n

sz<\/span>cz<\/span>ery (honest)<\/p>\n

sz<\/span>arlotka – (apple pie)<\/p>\n

sz<\/span>alony (crazy)<\/p>\n

sz<\/span>cz<\/span>\u0119\u015bcie (happiness)<\/p>\n