Calques from Polish 2

This is a continuation of an exercise I wrote in 2017. 

Ex. Correct the following sentences: they contain non-native phrases translated directly from Polish.

1. When you write an essay, you have to plan it in advance to make sure it has arms and legs.

2. Jane was tired and left the party in English. No one knew she was gone until the others started to leave.

3. I know nothing about philosophy. During Professor Jones's lecture on Hegel I sat as if I was at a Turkish sermon.

4. Jake's plans to move to Portugal and open a B&B are just castles from sand.

5. Before you make business with the Chinese, you need to know a few things about Chinese culture.

6. The secretary printed out the document and put a spinach on the pages.

7. Frank's a morning bird - he gets up at six even on Sundays.

8. It's worth to see this film.

9. I can't remember the last time I watched a tele-tournament.

10. Father tried to throw smoking last year but he started to smoke again after a week.

11. She always got high marks from her English exams.

12. I forgot my umbrella and got as wet as a hen.

13. The shopkeeper doubled and tripled to serve all the customers.

14. After the divorce the actor didn't have a penny at his soul.

15. You have to pay for the course from above.

Key

1. ... it makes sense. 2. ... left the party without saying goodbye. 3. ... Hegel I couldn't understand a word/a thing. / Professor Jones's lecture on Hegel was all Greek/double Dutch to me. 4. ... are just pie in the sky. 5. ... do business. 6. ... put a paper clip on the pages. 7. ... an early bird. 8. This film is worth seeing. 9. ... a game show/quiz show on TV. 10. ... to quit/give up smoking 11. ... high marks in 12. ... soaking wet. 13. The shopkeeper bent over backwards 14. ... the actor was broke/penniless. 15. ... pay for the course up front/in advance.

Polish words mistranslated into English: 1. mieć ręce i nogi, 2. wychodzić po angielsku, 3. siedzieć jak na tureckim kazaniu, 4. zamki na piasku, 5. robić interesy/biznes, 6. spinacz, 7. ranny ptaszek, 8. warto obejrzeć, 9. teleturniej, 10. rzucić palenie, 11. oceny z egzaminów, 12. zmoknąć jak kura, 13. dwoić się i troić, 14. nie mieć grosza przy duszy, 15. z góry

Pronunciation of "e" and "e" with diacritic marks

Dear Readers, I'm back after a long break, ready to begin another year of teaching English pronunciation.

I looked up a few words in Cambridge Dictionary at dictionary.cambridge.org while writing today's exercises.

Ex. 1 Put the following words in categories depending on the pronunciation of "e". Some words have more than one letter "e".

left, Pete, abdomen, crumpet, deck, women, den, trumpet, barren, neck, jet, psyche, kite, Crete, mete, shake, Swedish

1. /e/   2. /iː/  3. /ə/   4. /ɪ/   5. silent

Ex. 2 Choose the correct transcription of the following borrowings which contain the letter "e" with diacritics. Remember that we are interested in Anglicisation according to the rules of RP, not in the original French pronunciation.

1. pâté, 2. fiancé, 3. café, 4. cafetière, 5. cause célèbre

1. A. /peɪt/, B. /ˈpæt.eɪ/, C. /'pæt.i/
2. A. /fjɒns/, B. /fiˈɒn.seɪ/, C. /'fjæn.si/
3. A. /kɑːf/, B. /ˈkæf.eɪ/, C. /kɑː'f.eɪ/
4. A. /kəf.ə'tj.eə/, B. /ˌkæf.əˈtjeə/, C. /'kɑːf.ətj.ə/
5. A. /kəʊ. 'seləbə/, B. /ˌkɔːz selˈeb.rə/, C /kɒs sə.ləb'.rɑː/


KEY

Ex. 1 1. /e/ left, deck, den, neck, jet 2. /iː/ Pete, Crete, mete, Swedish 3. /ə/ abdomen, barren,    4. /ɪ/ crumpet, women, trumpet, psyche (the allophone /i/)   5. silent Pete, kite, Crete, mete, shake
Ex. 2 All the options B are correct. 1. /ˈpæt.eɪ/, 2. /fiˈɒn.seɪ/, 3. /ˈkæf.eɪ/, 4. /ˌkæf.əˈtjeə/, 5.  /ˌkɔːz selˈeb.rə/

/ʒ/ in words and phrases derived from French

The consonant /ʒ/ appeared in English after the Old English period and it is still impossible to find in words that are originally Germanic. This post focuses not on well-known words containing /ʒ/, such as television, but more foreign-sounding and looking words. Note that the pronunciation is Anglicised according to RP rules: it is not original French pronunciation.
I used Cambridge Dictionary at https://dictionary.cambridge.org to write this exercise.

Ex. Decode the orthographic spelling of the following transcribed words and phrases. Note that some of the words use diacritics which do not usually occur in English.

1. /ˌʒə nə seɪ ˈkwɑː/ 2. /ˌdeɪ.ʒɑː ˈvuː/ 3. /ˌməʊ ˈʒuːst/ 

4. /ˌbon vɔɪˈɑːʒ/ 5. /ˌdeɪ.kuːˈpɑːʒ/ 6. /ˌdeɪ.kɒl.ɪˈtɑːʒ/

KEY
1. je ne sais quoi, 2. déjà vu, 3. mot juste, 4. bon voyage, 5. découpage, 6.
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