Alot of help needed on pronunciation
Well, im an english person learning russian out of pure interest.
I have already learnt the alphabet as such but am finding alot of hard things to overcome.
Its quite hard to explain really what I find difficult.
When pronounced, Є and E sound the same to me? So if im trying to write out something thats been said to me for example how am I suppose to know which letter to use?
And then with the hard sign. Its used in the БЪЛГАРИЯ, giving it a kind of "bool" garia sound. (I know that from having a bulgarian friend.
But when applied to other words im really not sure on what kind of sound it produces?
Sorry if these questions seem really dumb, I have a load more as well but I will post them later =D
Dan.
Re: Alot of help needed on pronunciation
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Originally Posted by docKery!
When pronounced, Є and E sound the same to me?
There is no Є letter in Russian. This thing sounds "yevro" to me.
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And then with the hard sign. Its used in the БЪЛГАРИЯ, giving it a kind of "bool" garia sound. (I know that from having a bulgarian friend.
Bulgaria is Болгария in Russian. It's pronounced [balgaria]. There is no any 'oo'-sound. I have no idea how the Ъ is pronounced in Bulgarian, but in Russian it's not pronounced at all. It's not a sound. It's a sign.
Re: Alot of help needed on pronunciation
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Originally Posted by docKery!
When pronounced, Є and E sound the same to me? So if im trying to write out something thats been said to me for example how am I suppose to know which letter to use?
And then with the hard sign. Its used in the БЪЛГАРИЯ, giving it a kind of "bool" garia sound. (I know that from having a bulgarian friend.
Dan.
Perhaps if you are learning Russian you should be looking at Russian words and not Bulgarian words.
Anyway
Е = ye, like in yes, yellow (although when unstressed sounds more like Russian letter и (feet))
Э = еh like in entry, Estonia
eсть = yest'
эта = eta
Therefore they are not the same sound.
Ъ is the 'hard sign' (твёрдый знак). It's not really something you should be worrying about as a beginner because it's the least commonly used Russian letter. Basically it is used to separate prefixes from words beginning with vowels. It means that the preceeding consonant is pronounced hard and not soft.
Re: Alot of help needed on pronunciation
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Originally Posted by TATY
It means that the proceeding consonant is pronounced hard and not soft.
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