Polish Consonant Changes
Polish is unique to English in that the consonants in adjectives and nouns often change based on certain declension forms.
Consonants are either hard, hardened, or soft. Below is a chart of these:
Hard consonants are black.
Hardened are blue.
Soft are red.
m |
b |
p |
w |
f |
n |
d |
t |
z |
s |
ł |
r |
g/gi |
k/ki |
h/hi |
ch/chi |
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mi |
bi |
pi |
wi |
fi |
ni |
dź |
ć |
ź |
ś |
l |
rz |
dz |
c |
ż |
sz |
dż |
cz |
j |
Various cases requires these consonants changes. Let’s look at some examples in the locative case:
Nominative | Locative |
książka
cecha szkoła szef |
W książce
O cesze W szkole szefie |