Thread: книгочей

книгочей

is this pronounced like kneega-chay?

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книгочей is pronounced like kneega-chay, as well as самолёт - samalyot, вертолёт - vertalyot.

Originally Posted by msbll

...as well as самолёт - samalyot, вертолёт - vertalyot.

I don’t understand your logic.

The logic makes sense if you don't understand the word книгочей

I do understand the word...

Dosn't he mean a not o when pronounced?

Hm, it might be. But it is still looking loose without proper explanation.

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Originally Posted by msbll

...as well as самолёт - samalyot, вертолёт - vertalyot.

I don’t understand your logic.

1. Usually we write книгочей (stress книгочЕй) but we say "knigachei" (also stress книгочЕй).
2. Книгочей = книг (book) + о (connecting vowel) + читать (to read)
самолёт = сам (himself) + о (connecting vowel) + лететь (to fly) = aircraft
вертолёт = вертеть (to rotate) + о (connecting vowel) + лететь (to fly) = helicopter

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is the e in книгочей pronounced ё? Same with лицедей?

Originally Posted by sperk

is the e in книгочей pronounced ё? Same with лицедей?

Nope, plain e (not ё) in both cases

Originally Posted by translationsnmru

Originally Posted by sperk

is the e in книгочей pronounced ё? Same with лицедей?

Nope, plain e (not ё) in both cases

thanks, I don't know why someone was writing about самолёт and вертолёт.

Originally Posted by sperk

Originally Posted by translationsnmru

Originally Posted by sperk

is the e in книгочей pronounced ё? Same with лицедей?

Nope, plain e (not ё) in both cases

thanks, I don't know why someone was writing about самолёт and вертолёт.

1. I mean that "knigochay" is a compound word. It derives from "книг + о (connecting vowel) + читать".
We write "книгoчей" whereas we pronounce "knigachey".

2. And there are other compound words resembling “книгочей” in this rule, eg. "самолёт" and "вертолёт". That's why I was writing about them. I believe that you can see the resemblence:
(i)"самолёт" derives from "сам + о (connecting vowel) + лететь".
We write "самолёт" and we pronounce "samalyot".

(ii) "вертолёт" derives from "вертеть + о (connecting vowel) + лететь".
We write "вертолёт" and we pronounce "vertalyot".

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