POLISH the POLISH Opera #37 Verbum nobile: Aria of Zuzia (pronunciation)

Описание: Stanisław Moniuszko, "Verbum nobile", Aria (dumka) of Zuzia (Susie)
PRONUNCIATION

PERFORMANCE EXAMPLE: Krystyna Pakulska    • Moniuszko - Verbum Nobile - Dumka Zuzi   (little differences in text edition)

TRANSLATION OF THE POLISH TEXT:

Stacho is leaving, he won’t come back any more. When the morning shone for me so beautifully, when I was surrounded by the tangle of bluebottles, roses, how could I think that all of this was just a dream! How to subdue the grief, make myself believe that it is madness? Stacho, why did you let me, the unfortunate one, know what love was? It hurts so much when I look in my lonesome future without you, I shall bury my soul in sorrow, my heart will be filled with grief, I shall bury my soul in sorrow, my heart will be filled with grief. Now, when the fate tells you to go the other way, my sun is overcast, my heart is longing, my eyes are filled with tears. I won’t reconcile with my life, the everlasting sorrow will smoulder in it. Stacho, why did you let me, the unfortunate one, know what love was? Stacho, why did you let me, the unfortunate one, know what love was?

LIST OF THE PHONETIC SYMBOLS USED IN THE VIDEO:

[a] like the ‘a’ in ‘cat’ /a/
[b] like ‘b’ /b/
[d] like ‘d’ /d/
[ɛ] like the ‘e’ in ‘met’ /e; ę at the end of a word/
[ɛ̃] nasal ɛ (like in a French word ‘bien’) /ę/
[f] like ‘f’ /f; w: at the end of a word and after ‘s’ and ‘t’/
[g] like the ‘g’ in ’game’ /g/
[i] like the ‘ee’ in ‘feet’ but shorter /i/
[ɨ] like the ‘y’ in ‘myth’ or ‘i’ in ‘sit’ /y/
[j] like the ‘y’ in ‘yes’ /j; i: ia, ie, io, iu/
[k] like the ‘c’ in ‘cat’ /k; g: at the end of a word/
[l] like ‘l’ /l/
[m] like ‘m’ /m/
[n] like ‘n’ /n/
[ɲ] like the ‘ny’ in ‘canyon’/ń; ni: nia, nie, nio, niu/
[ɔ] like the ‘au’ in ‘author’ or ‘o’ in ‘cord’ /o, ą: ął/
[ɔ̃] nasal ‘o’ (like in a French word ‘bon’) /ą/
[p] like ‘p’ /p; b: at the end of a word/
[r] rolled r /r/
[s] like the ‘s’ in ‘snake’ /s; z: at the end of a word/
[t] like ‘t’ /t/
[u] like the ‘oo’ in ‘moose’ or ‘ou’ in ‘soup’ /u; ó/
[v] like the ‘v’ in ‘very’ /w/
[w] like the ‘w’ in ‘will’ /ł/
[x] like the ‘h’ in ‘house’ /h, ch/
[z] like ‘z’ /z/

[ʃ] like the ‘sh’ in ‘ship’ or ‘wash’ /sz; ż: at the end of a word/
[ɕ] clearly softer than ‘ʃ’ /ś; si: sia, sie, sio, siu/
[ʒ] like the ‘si’ in ‘vision’ or like French ‘j’ in ‘je’ /ż; rz/
[ʑ] a little softer than ‘ʒ’, more like the ‘su’ in ‘measure’ /ź; zi: zia, zie, zio, ziu/

[ʦ̑] like the ‘ts’ in ‘cats’ /c; dz: at the end of a word/
[ʧ̑] like the ‘ch’ in ‘chase’ /cz/
[ʨ̑] clearly softer than ʧ̑ (more like the ‘ch’ in ‘peach’) /ć; ci: cia, cie, cio, ciu; dź: at the end of a word/

[ʣ̑] like the ‘ds’ in ‘beds’ /dz/
[ʤ̑] like the ‘g’ in ‘George’ /dż/
[ʥ̑] softer than ‘ʤ̑’ (like a combination of letters ‘d’ and ‘ʑ’) /dź/