In either English , Polish or Ukrainian...?

Question

How do you pronounce the surname Polowa or Polowy

Answer 1

In Polish you would pronounce 'Polowa' as 'Po-lo-vha' which means either 'a half' or 'a lady from the field'. I guess, in Ukrainian the meaning is the same.

Answer 2

The pronunciation in Polish would be like this:

P - like in "plan",

o - like in "orbit".

l* - like W in "what".

o - just the same as the first O,

w - W should be read like V, just like in, for instance, "vein".

a - like in "army".

l* - Just being accurate to the Polish alphabet, you should write ł instead regular l.

P.S as to "Polowy", everything is just the same. "y" should be read just as it is in "system"

Answer 3

the W is pronounced as a V

Poh- lo-vah   poh-lo-vee

Answer 4

i'm ukrainian. :]

so it's pohlohwaah. i guess. x)

but english ppl would say it powlowah.

since all languages have diff sounds. :]

why? xD

Answer 5

Agreed with the above, for Polish, at least.

po-WO-vah (female version - Polowa)

po-WO-vih (male version - Polowy)

The L has a slash through it, and, counterintutively for English speakers, that has a "w" sound.

The W sounds like the English V.

And the final Y in the male version is like the "I" in brick. (not an EE/long-E sound)