This page gives quick access to the videos that accompany the book The Polish Alphabet.
The book, and the videos, cover all of the sounds you need for Polish pronunciation, and all of the symbols in the Polish writing system.
For best results, watch with the book open!
There are also a couple of bonus videos at the end on how to roll your r’s (how to pronounce a ‘trilled’ r).
For more information, including how to buy a copy, please visit the book product page.
Rolling your r’s, in other words pronouncing a ‘trilled r’, is one of the harder aspects of mastering Polish pronunciation. It’s a common sound in languages including Spanish, Italian, Czech, and others. It’s also present in some English-speakers’ accents (hello Scotland) – but it’s absent from many other English-speaker’s accents, so it may not be immediate obvious how you do it. Below are a couple of videos that explain how to sneak up on it, step by step.