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  1. June 16th, 2005, 09:34 PM #1
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    Уй

    I saw the following letter combination today for the first time, and I have no idea how to pronounce it. The combo is Уй. Usually I can either pronounce it or evetually figure it out, but this just throws me for a loop . I did not even know й could come after У. Would it be pronounced somethin like oo or ooee or am I totally missing something. Could this be somesort of typo that I saw?
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  2. June 16th, 2005, 10:38 PM #2
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    depends - how do you pronounce "buoy" the thing that floats in the water? Or "boy"? In Russian it's like "boy" but with a long "oo". It's not like fooie, which is foo-ee, but "fooy" if there were such a word.

    The й following a vowel is pronounced like english "y" following a vowel. SAY would be in Russian spelling СЭЙ, buoy would be БУЙ. Our month of May just passed is май.
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  3. June 17th, 2005, 04:42 AM #3
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    You will find the letter combination pretty often in imperatives, for example:

    Аттакуй - attack!
    Голосуй - vote!
    провоцуй - provocate!

    basically any verb with the -овать stem
    Hei, rett norsken min og du er død.
    I am a notourriouse misspeller. Be easy on me.
    Пожалуйста! Исправляйте мои глупые ошибки (но оставьте умные)!
    Yo hablo español mejor que tú.
    Trusnse kal'rt eturule sikay!!! ))
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  4. June 17th, 2005, 04:52 AM #4
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    Don't forget about танцуй!
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  5. June 17th, 2005, 04:59 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
    провоцуй - provocate!
    провоцируй

    I like the word провоцуй, though
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  6. June 17th, 2005, 05:00 AM #6
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    You all forget the most well-known word from 3 letters.
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  7. June 17th, 2005, 05:02 AM #7
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    Nooooo, don't say ittttt!!!

    N, не провоцуй меня!
    Hei, rett norsken min og du er død.
    I am a notourriouse misspeller. Be easy on me.
    Пожалуйста! Исправляйте мои глупые ошибки (но оставьте умные)!
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    Trusnse kal'rt eturule sikay!!! ))
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  8. June 17th, 2005, 05:04 AM #8
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    Quick...someone command me to "страховать". *girlish immature chuckle*
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  9. June 17th, 2005, 05:17 AM #9
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    kalinka_vinnie, не балуй!
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  10. June 17th, 2005, 05:27 AM #10
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    нет_серфчик, ты лучше мотивируй меня!
    Hei, rett norsken min og du er død.
    I am a notourriouse misspeller. Be easy on me.
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  11. June 17th, 2005, 05:30 AM #11
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    kalinka_vinnie, если я тебя начну мативировать, боюсь MA меня забанит :)
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  12. June 17th, 2005, 11:42 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
    провоцуй - provocate!
    the correct form is "провокуй" (in ukrainian, of course)
    as for russian, other ppl have corrected it already.
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  13. June 18th, 2005, 07:07 PM #13
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    Do you know what some footbal fans scream beginning with "атакуй, не атакуй"?
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».
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  14. June 18th, 2005, 09:21 PM #14
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    That reminds me of one poster "Голосуй не голосуй, всё равно получешь *уй" :) Unfortunately I couldn't find it...

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  15. June 26th, 2005, 04:52 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
    Аттакуй - attack!
    Атака, атакуй. One "т".
    За ночь под свинцовым градом,
    За то, что меня нет рядом,
    Ты прости, сестра моя, Югославия...
    (Лена Катина, будущая "татушка", 1999 г.)
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  16. June 28th, 2005, 08:52 PM #16
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    I remember there was a historical anecdot of how a tutor explained to a tzar's son that 3-letter word is imperative for "ховать".
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  17. June 28th, 2005, 09:37 PM #17
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    A long time ago a grad student I knew got a Fullbright grant to study in Moscow. His last name was Huey. I suppose he spelled it Хюи though.
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  18. June 28th, 2005, 10:00 PM #18
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    Однажды Волк, Заяц и Хорек собрались ехать в Китай. В посольстве им сказали, что их имена надо обязательно переделать на китайский. Волк говорит: "Я буду Вуй". Заяц говорит: "Я тогда буду Зуй". Хорек говорит: "Ну, я тогда вообще в Китай не еду".
    DO NOT READ MY SIGNATURE!
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