Pronunciation of some Polish names and words
These files are in "au" audio format, technically 8-bit u-law, mono, 8000 Hz.
- Agnieszka, girl's name
- Aniela, girl's name
- babcia, dziadek, grandmother, grandfather
- Stefan Banach, mathematician
- Basia, Barbara, girl's name
- Maksymilian Cie,z'ki, person
- chrzan, horseradish
- Cze,stochowa, city, site of the Jasna Gora Monastery
- Jan Czochralski, scientist
- Wojciech Dzieduszycki, actor, singer
- dzien' dobry, dzie,kuje, , prosze, , przepraszam ,
good day, thanks, please, excuse me
- Ewa, girl's name
- Franciszek, Franek, boy's name
- Pawel/ Gburzyn'ski, computer scientist
- Gdan'sk, Krako'w, L/o'dz', Poznan', Warszawa, Wrocl/aw, cities
- Andrzej Gol/ota, boxer
- Hawrylewicz, last name
- Jacek, boy's name (Hyacinthus)
- Jadwiga, Jadzia, girl's name
- Je,drzejczyk, family name
- Wl/adysl/aw Jo'z'wiak, person
- Monika Karlin'ska, person
- Michal/ Karon'ski, mathematician
- Kasia, Katarzyna, girl's name
- Krzysztof Kies'lowski, movie director
- Katarzyna Kleszczyn'ska, Kan'ski, names
- Mikol/aj Kopernik, Copernicus, astronomer
- Jo'zef Korzeniowski, original name of Joseph Conrad, writer
- Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American semanticist
- Tadeusz Kos'ciuszko, military
- ksie,zniczka, princess
- Marek Kubale, computer scientist
- Kazimierz Kuratowski, mathematician
- Witold Lutosl/awski, musician
- L/an'cut, town in southeastern Poland
- Staszek L/ojasiewicz, mathematician
- Tomasz L/uczak, mathematician
- Jan L/ukasiewicz, mathematician
- Teresa Majewska, yes, this is our Tracy
- Adam Mickiewicz, poet
- Stanisl/aw Mikol/ajczyk (1901-1966), statesman
- Czesl/aw Mil/osz, poet
- Naprzo'd, forward, (go) ahead
- Michal/ Olszewski, person
- Ignacy Paderewski, musician, politician
- Zbigniew Palka, mathematician
- Krzysztof Penderecki, musician
- Joanna As'ka Pierzchal/a, person
- Jo'zef Pil/sudski, military, politician
- Konrad Piwakowski, computer scientist
- (Rzeczpospolita) Polska, (formal) name of the country Poland
- Przemys'l, town in southeastern Poland
- Przewalski, kon' Przewalskiego, surname, horse breed
- Teresa Przytycka, mathematician
- Kazimierz Pul/awski, (Pulaski) military
- Andrzej Rucin'ski, mathematician
- Zbigniew Rybczyn'ski, media art and experimental film
- Henryk Sienkiewicz, writer (the author of Quo Vadis)
- Skoczyn'ski, last name
- Solidarnos'c', worker's union
- Edmund Strzelecki, explorer
- Maciej Sysl/o, computer scientist
- Jakub Szczygiel/, our computer magician
- Wisl/awa Szymborska, poet
- Basia Trzetrzelewska, jazz-pop singer
- tes'ciowa, mother in law
- Stanisl/aw Ulam, mathematician
- Andrzej Wajda, movie director
- Lech Wal/esa, founder of Solidarity
- Wilczewski, last name
- Wl/adysl/aw, Wl/adek, boy's name
- Wl/odzimierz, Wl/odek, boy's name
- Wo'jcicki, popular last name
- Czesl/awa Wojtkowska Chrostowska, person
- Karol Wojtyl/a, Pope John Paul II
- Wysocki, Wysocka, popular last name,
Halina i Eugeniusz Wysoccy
- Zbigniew Zamachowski, actor
and myself
Looking for information on your Polish roots ?
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of finding solid starting point.
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