Like most European alphabets, Polish is derived from the Roman alphabet and has 32 letters. Nine of them are unique and confound even Polish speakers, and they look like this: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń ó, ś, ż, ż. It is these nine letters that keep learners of the language confused. Yet, the Polish have a weakness for them with these most popular words:
"źdźbło" (blade of grass).
"szept" (whisper)
"brzdęk" (plunk)
"szeleścić" (to rustle)
In addition to these changing letters, another frustration for foreigners are the digraphs i.e.: cz, ch, sz, rz, dz, dż and dź. Arranged in different combinations, they create tongue twisters like "Chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie w Szczebrzeszynie.”