Language woes

[fuzzyred]

I have been working on the present tense skill in Polish, and it gives a lot of questions as example sentences. In particular, it likes to ask questions starting with "Dlaczego". In English, that means "Why" and is basically what I've been saying to my screen for the entire lesson. Polish is mind-bending in its use of consonants.

Case in point (first sentence in lesson 5/8):
Polish: "Prawnicy pytają ich o tamten dzień."
English: "The lawyers are asking them about that day."


ETA: This one made me go "Awww :("
Polish: "Ten tygrys jest smutny, bo żyje w zoo."
English: "This tiger is sad, because it lives in a zoo."

Comments

[technoshaman]

"W" ??

That's probably not pronounced "dubya"...

[fuzzyred]

XD It would be funny if it was, but no. On it's own, it sounds like "Vo" (like "go" but with a v instead), as near as I can tell. As part of a sentence, it sort of gets mashed into the other words and you don't really hear it. (Again, as far as I can tell from the recordings I've heard.)

[stealthsystem]

I'm sure Smutny is also not pronounced like Smut Nee but yaknow!

[fuzzyred]

Closer to Smoot-ni, where the first syllable sounds like boot, and the second one sounds like the start of the name "Nick". Smut nee is very amusing to say though :D