I enjoyed your video. However, if you want to impress the locals, try to avoid pronouncing the city's name as Kra-COW with that hard second syllable. Locals pronounce it Kra - kuhf, which is much softer on the ear.
I'm glad you enjoyed it - more to come. I find at the moment sometimes I say it one way and then the other - but will try and stick to Kra-kuhf from now on. Kazimierz is a whole other ball game...
@@planetkrakow Also a note on the stress: the rule of thumb is we stress the last but one syllable (with few exceptions). So Kazimierz will become ka-ZI-mierz, apteka will become ap-TE-ka, ulica (street) will become u-LI-ca and so on. This pattern stays the same no matter the case of the word, so e.g. you say KRA-ków, but "w kra-KO-wie" ("in Cracow"), so it's always the last but one syllable. Still, I've noticed that you get better with each video, so it's safe to say you'll be a pro in no time.
@@planetkrakow Yes, if the word has two syllables only, you stress the first one: MA-ma (mum), TA-ta (dad), KRA-ków, POL-ska. WARNING! Lecture incoming: once you get a hang of how to pronounce each letter, you'll be able to read ANYTHING correctly because in Polish each letter corresponds to one (and always the same) sound, with the exception of some pairs of letters forming one sound, like sz (your "sh" sound), cz (your "tch" sound), ch (your "h" sound), rz (it's basically voiced "sz" - as in your throat has to vibrate when you say it out loud, like it does when you say "z" as opposed to "s"). Still, if you articulate voiceless "sz" instead of voiced "rz" in Kazimierz, that's fine, because we usually make the last sound in a word voiceless so that it's easier to pronounce.
I am a catholic but coming to see you for the pubs
Just in case: there are masses in English in St. Giles' Church in Kraków :)
Piedmont means foothill or “podgórze” in polish
Ahh that makes sense now
Mate. Where are you from? I can't figure out your accent
Near Hartlepool, ENGLAND. But lived USA (NY and CA) 20 years before coming here
@@planetkrakow I can hear the northern accent, it's just really softened
A week back in the north east and it comes back
@@planetkrakow How long have you lived in Krakow?
Since December
Pope JP 2nd Ged
So I realize, way to offend a whole nation! But hey, for a lapse Catholic I was close!!
I enjoyed your video. However, if you want to impress the locals, try to avoid pronouncing the city's name as Kra-COW with that hard second syllable. Locals pronounce it Kra - kuhf, which is much softer on the ear.
I'm glad you enjoyed it - more to come. I find at the moment sometimes I say it one way and then the other - but will try and stick to Kra-kuhf from now on. Kazimierz is a whole other ball game...
@@planetkrakow Also a note on the stress: the rule of thumb is we stress the last but one syllable (with few exceptions). So Kazimierz will become ka-ZI-mierz, apteka will become ap-TE-ka, ulica (street) will become u-LI-ca and so on. This pattern stays the same no matter the case of the word, so e.g. you say KRA-ków, but "w kra-KO-wie" ("in Cracow"), so it's always the last but one syllable. Still, I've noticed that you get better with each video, so it's safe to say you'll be a pro in no time.
@@chrolka6255 oh boy, so if two syllables, you stress the first? Krakow only has two syllables I thought ...aaargh
@@planetkrakow Yes, if the word has two syllables only, you stress the first one: MA-ma (mum), TA-ta (dad), KRA-ków, POL-ska. WARNING! Lecture incoming: once you get a hang of how to pronounce each letter, you'll be able to read ANYTHING correctly because in Polish each letter corresponds to one (and always the same) sound, with the exception of some pairs of letters forming one sound, like sz (your "sh" sound), cz (your "tch" sound), ch (your "h" sound), rz (it's basically voiced "sz" - as in your throat has to vibrate when you say it out loud, like it does when you say "z" as opposed to "s"). Still, if you articulate voiceless "sz" instead of voiced "rz" in Kazimierz, that's fine, because we usually make the last sound in a word voiceless so that it's easier to pronounce.