Re: Wenedyk numerals (was: Judajca)

 --- Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> wrote:
> >
> > No problem at all. But I think it took me quite
> some effort fourteen
> > years ago
> > when I started to learn Polish.
> >
>
> I can imagine that! To palatalise a consonant before
> another consonant, I have
> to make such a conscious effort that by the time I'm
> done I don't remember the
> rest of the word ;))) . My tongue is usually
> flexible, but the palatal position
> is still a not well-known country for me ;)) .
>
i seem to remember reading that russian palatalised
consonants have a very slight i-glide before them.

ona [V'nA]
oni [V_I'n_ji]

don't know whether this is true in polish, but it
certainly helps me when i try to pronounce
preconsonantal palatals ( whether the result is
convincing is another matter )

bn

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