Thread: Russian spelling

Marcus, I'm not sure of the first word (it sounded to me like рош), but I understood праздник and исчез.

P.S. Okay, I looked in my Russian dictionary for a hint at what the first word might be, and I'm guessing that it's рожь. (A word I recognize, but one that I seldom have reason to use!)

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Marcus, I'm not sure of the first word (it sounded to me like рош), but I understood праздник and исчез.

P.S. Okay, I looked in my Russian dictionary for a hint at what the first word might be, and I'm guessing that it's рожь. (A word I recognize, but one that I seldom have reason to use!)

You see that it was impossible to guess the spelling of the word "рожь", if you hadn't known it before.
You misheard the second word. THe stress is on the second syllable.

Originally Posted by Marcus

You see that it was impossible to guess the spelling of the word "рожь", if you hadn't known it before.
You misheard the second word. THe stress is on the second syllable.

If you know the rule that voiced sounds change to unvoiced ones in the end of the word ('ж' sounds like 'ш') then it should be rather easy to guess how to spell "рожь". Perhaps the only problem would be the soft sign.

Я удивляюсь, что столько людей здесь думает русская орфография простая! Для меня это самый сложный аспект изучания этого языка. Да, конечно, правила есть, но их столько, что запомнить их всех невозможно, не говоря даже об исключениях! Правописание наречий, редукция гласных, чередование гласных в корнях, приставки, о или ё после шипящих - это просто кошмар какой-то! Русская орфография это был самый страшный предмет во время моей учёбы!