Sounds
The basic sounds of the Warsaw dialect were those of the Polish language, with several notable differences. See Polish language for comparison.
The most important differences between the literary Polish language and the Warsaw dialect are the following:
| Difference | Sound affected (IPA) | Polish example | Warsaw dialect | English translation | Remarks | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vowels | |||||||||||||
| disappearance of the nasal vowels, especially in word-final syllables | , | ||||||||||||
| palatalisation of velar consonants before and, especially in ending syllable | , | rękę ( or | rękie | hand or palm (Accusative) | |||||||||
| replacement of the vowel cluster by or | , | zawoalowany | zawualowany | veiled | |||||||||
| replacement of the vowel with or | kochany |
kochany ( or ) |
beloved | ||||||||||
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Famous quotes containing the word sounds:
“The comedy of hollow sounds derives
From truth and not from satire on our lives.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence.”
—Paul Simon (b. 1941)