So... for those of us who really want to learn how to pronounce these soft consonants as they should be pronounced, what is the best way to train that? I've been on many russian learning sites, but no one goes in depth on the pronounciation it seems.. As you've said here in this thread, they usually just say "add "Y" after the consonant". Just repeating a native doesnt work for me, I need to know exactly how to move the tongue (I don't even know what "the palate" is :P

If anyone knows about any good site for pronounciation, feel free to post it here