One: jeden (ye-den) Two: dwa (dva) Three: trzy (tshih) Four: cztery (chte-rih) Five: pięć (pyen’ch’)
Six: sześć (shesh’ch) Seven: siedem (sh’ye-dem) Eight: osiem (o-sh’yem) Nine: dziewięć (d’ye-vyen’ch) Ten: dziesięć ( d’ye-sh’yen’ch')
Counting money and objects like apples or bottles Doing mental math Playing games that require numbers like Go Fish or Monopoly Using things like phone numbers, addresses, etc.
a is like in the “a” “cat” e sounds like the “e” in “red” ą, and ę sound like nasalized versions of the a and e sounds i is like “beet” except when it comes before e. The letters ie together have the sound “ye. ” ó and u are pronounced the same, like the “oo” in “boot” y is pronounced like the “y” in “syllable”
c is a “ts” sound like at the end of “bats” ć sounds like the “ch” sound in words like “cheap” and “chipper” g sounds like a hard “g” in English, like in “give” j sounds like the beginning of “yellow” or “yet” ł is pronounced like the “w” in “water” ń sounds like the “ny” in words like “canyon” r in Polish is rolled, like in Spanish s is pronounced like the “s” in words like “salad,” not with a “z” sound like in words such as “laser” ś sounds like the “sh” sound in “shift” or “shame” w is pronounced like the English “v” in words like “vat” or “van,” except at the end of words, when it sounds like “f” ź sounds roughly like the “zh” sound in “azure”
ci and cz all sound ‘’ć’’ and like the “ch” sound in words like “cheap” and “chipper” ch together make the sound like at the end of “loch” dzi, dź, and dż sound like the “j” at the beginning of “jab” rz is either like the “zh” sound in “azure” at the beginning of a word, or a “sh” sound when it comes after other letters si and sz sound like ś, and like the “sh” sound in “shift” or “shame” szcz sounds like “sh” and “ch” running together as a single sound, as in “fresh cheese” said quickly ż and zi sound like ‘’ź’’, roughly like the “zh” sound in “azure”
eleven - jedenaście (yeh-den-ahsh-chye) twelve - dwanaście (dvah-nahsh-chye) thirteen - trzynaście (tshi-nahsh-chye) fourteen - czternaście (chter-nahsh-chye) fifteen - piętnaście (pyeh-nahsh-chye) sixteen - szesnaście (shes-nahsh-chye) seventeen - siedemnaście (shye-dem-nahsh-chye) eighteen - osiemnaście (o-shyem-nahsh-chye) nineteen - dziewiętnaście (dzyev-yeht-nahsh-chye) twenty - dwadzieścia (dvahdzh-yesh-chya) thirty - trzydzieści (tshi-dzhyesh-chi) forty - czterdzieści (chter-dzhyesh-chi) fifty - pięćdziesiąt (pyehch-dzhyesh-yaht) sixty - sześćdziesiąt (shyeshch-dzhyesh-yaht) seventy - siedemdziesiąt (shye-dem-dzhyesh-yaht) eighty - osiemdziesiąt (o-shyem-dzhyesh-yaht) ninety - dziewięćdziesiąt (dhyev-yehch-dzhyesh-yaht) one hundred - sto (sto)
Hello - Dzień dobry (Dzyen doh-bri) How are you?- Jak się masz? (Yak she mash) My name is Loretta - Mam na imię Loretta (Mahm nah eem-ye Loretta). Please - Proszę (Prosh-ye) Thank you - Dziękuję (djen-koo-ye) Excuse me! / Sorry! - Przepraszam. (pshe-prah-sham) Goodbye! - Do widzenia! (Do veed-zhe-nya)
White - biały (bya-wi) Black - czarny (char-ni) Red - czerwony (cher–woh–ni) Blue - niebieski (nyeh-byeh-ski) Green - zielony (zyel-o-ni)
