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Hi Polish learners,
In today's lesson, we will learn more about accents.
Polish accent is always on next-to-last syllable with few exceptions.
Accent on next-to-last syllable
Accent on next-to-last syllable is in majority of words. This gropu includes words of polish origin with except of verb in past tense plural.
As an example:
- woda
- wódeczka
- ryba
- noga
- jedziemy
- pijemy
- słyszymy
- czytają
- chcemy
- rybaczówka
- kwadrat
- niziołek
- gruzini
- ryboczłek
Letter "ó" with acute accent doesn't show place of accent, but just is a remainder of long polish o.
Greek loanwords
In greek loanwords with ending -ika, -yka accent is always on antepenultimate syllable. For example:
- matematyka
- arytmetyka
- fizyka
Accent in plural forms of past tense
In plural forms of past tense accent is on antepenultimate syllable too.
- zrobiliśmy
- widzieliśmy
- chcieliśmy
- chcieliście
- mogliście
- pisaliście
- czytaliście
- widzieliście
- ukradliście
- mieliście