Thread: How is Boukreev pronounced?

I think (phonetized into English) like this: Bookré-yev

As you probably know, the accent means that the emphasis is on the "e" with the accent.
The R is always rolled in Russian, there is no other type of "R".

You can test this by going to forvo.com and upload the word, with its Russian spelling, Букреев and a native speaker will pronounce it for you.

delete that Yahoo answer it is totally weird.
the word had three syllables, viz
бу pronounced like what a ghost says -- boo!
кре rolled R, which is palatalized (slight y-glide) before the letter e pronounced like the e in "yet"
ев pronounced like yeff sounds like Jeff with a y-glide as in "yet"
The middle syllable is louder, i.e., it is the stressed syllable.
There are some slight differences in real pronunciation that what I can express here

Originally Posted by chaika

delete that Yahoo answer it is totally weird.
the word had three syllables, viz
бу pronounced like what a ghost says -- boo!
кре rolled R, which is palatalized (slight y-glide) before the letter e pronounced like the e in "yet"
ев pronounced like yeff sounds like Jeff with a y-glide as in "yet"
The middle syllable is louder, i.e., it is the stressed syllable.
There are some slight differences in real pronunciation that what I can express here

Язык отвалится после "к" и "р" еще и "й" произносить, поэтому надо менять согласную "р" радикальным образом. Последняя гласная редуцируется и превращается во что-то типа краткого "и".
Ударный слог, в первую очередь, длиннее безударных.
Я был, по-видимому, неправ по поводу русского и английского "у". Основная разница в том, что при произнесении английского oo губы не округляются, в отличие от русского.

My pronunciation of Букреев
Яндекс.Народ

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how to pronounce Russian words is easier learned with text-to-speach software and engines, such as Google translate, Russian Text-to-Speech service and so on

All the computer-generated speech I have heard sounds weird, I would not recommend it as a way to learn pronuciation.

>при произнесении английского oo губы не округляются
неправильно. Округляются тоже на английском.

as they say "на безрыбье и рак - рыба" it's still better than nothing or theorizing and trying to figure it out through transliteration into the Latin alphabet

at least Букреев it pronounces accurately

I like chalka's explanation.

And thanks for the others.

Not having sound does make it very difficult.

Carol