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C is ordinarily pronounced like ts, but c before i (and ci before

a vowel) are sounded somewhat like ch.

The vowels may be given the familiar "Italian" values; y need not

be distinguished from i. (But on i as a diacritical sign,

modifying a preceding sibilant, see the preceding paragraph.)

Furthermore, i following a consonant (not a sibilant) and

preceding a vowel, is pronounced like y, as in Jankiel

(Yan'kyĕl).

These rules, it must be said, are incomplete and inexact to a

degree that will shock any person with a scientific knowledge of

Polish pronunciation. In the present instance brevity seemed of

more importance than strict accuracy.

PAN TADEUSZ

OR

THE LAST FORAY IN LITHUANIA1

BOOK I.-THE FARM

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