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The Polish Pan, Pani, and Panna correspond roughly to the English Mr., Mrs., and Miss. As an aid to the pronunciation of the minor names the following directions may be of some service:— Accent all names on the penult, or next to the last syllable. W is ordinarily pronounced as v, but before surd consonants it has the sound f.
There are no gutturals or aspirates. All the words end either in one of the six vowels, or in b,d,f,g,l,m,n,r, or v; so that there are fifteen distinct terminations. The accent is usually on the penult vowel, sometimes on the last, but never on the antipenult. The radical words, mostly monosyllables or dissyllables, are estimated at 1973.
The vowel in the penult is originally long, but in consequence of the throwing back of the accent upon the initial syllable is frequently shortened and even rejected. I. VIII. Umbro-Sabellian Migration I. VIII. Their Political Development I. VIII. Their Political Development I. IV. Oldest Settlements in the Palatine and Suburan Regions
The vowel in the penult is originally long, but in consequence of the throwing back of the accent upon the initial syllable is frequently shortened and even rejected. I. VIII. Umbro-Sabellian Migration I. VIII. Their Political Development I. VIII. Their Political Development I. IV. Oldest Settlements in the Palatine and Suburan Regions
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