Alfabet polski składa się z 32 liter. Opiera się na alfabecie łacińskim i zawiera znaki ze znakami diakrytycznymi: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ź, ż.

(The Polish alphabet consists of 32 letters. It is based on the Latin alphabet and includes characters with diacritical marks: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ź, ż.)

  1. In the Polish language, digraphs (sz, rz, cz, dz, dż, dź) are used, which represent single sounds.
  2. In addition to digraphs, the Polish alphabet also has one trigraph, which is: dzi.
AAutobus (bus)FFoka (seal)MMama (mom)ŚŚnieg (snow)
ĄWąż (snake)GGóra (mountain)NNos (nose)TTelefon (telephone)
BBanan (banana)HHerbata (tea)ŃKoń (horse)UUcho (ear)
CCukier (sugar)IIgła (needle)OOko (eye)
 
WWoda (water)
ĆĆma (moth)JJajko (egg)ÓStół (table)YRyba (fish)
DDom (house)KKot (cat)PPies (dog)ZZamek (castle)
EEkran (screen)LLas (forest)RRower (bicycle)ŻŻaba (frog)
ĘZęby (teeth)ŁŁ (elk)SSok (juice)ŹŹrebak (foal)

Exceptions!

  1. The letters q, v, x do not belong to the Polish alphabet – they occur only in borrowed words (e.g. quiz, video, x-ray).
  2. Letters with diacritics (ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ź, ż) change the pronunciation and meaning of words.

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Joanna Majchrowska

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