Thread: How do you pronounce the name "Kovalev"

I imagine you are actually pronouncing an L but you just aren't tracking the movement of your tongue properly.

Sorry, I trust the hundreds of years of Phonetic science than some random off the internet.

Originally Posted by TATY

I imagine you are actually pronouncing an L but you just aren't tracking the movement of your tongue properly.

Sorry, I trust the hundreds of years of Phonetic science than some random off the internet.

well -- I realized the similarity between L and W when I was trying to learn how to pronounce "salad" in English properly (used to be a mighty hard word for me), and I was told that the version with the Russian hard L sounds quite like W.

Laxxy, maybe you try to vocalize your [l] and thinks it's kind of [w] sound? There is a tendency in the English phonetics, I must admit.

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Laxxy, maybe you try to vocalize your [l] and thinks it's kind of [w] sound? There is a tendency in the English phonetics, I must admit.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "vocalize" here.

Vocalization is the phonetic process which core is substitution of a consonant with a vowel sound having similar articulation basis.

I'm sure you also vocalize [l] in the word 'milk', so it sounds more like 'miwk'.

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Vocalization is the phonetic process which core is substitution of a consonant with a vowel sound having similar articulation basis.

I'm sure you also vocalize [l] in the word 'milk', so it sounds more like 'miwk'.

that could be it, I guess.

That's called a dark L, and is what I do in my dialect, and basically L becomes a W.

However we were talking about Russian Л.

Во всяком случае, я произношу это имя так:

koh vuh lev

лол, это из-за того, что я не русский.

Originally Posted by basurero

Во всяком случае, я произношу это имя так:

koh vuh lev

лол, это из-за того, что я не русский.

А я ваще не произношу эту фамилию, так как у меня нет и не было знакомых с такой фамилией!!!

Я когда-то увидел игрателя хоккея, которого звали по этому имени.

Originally Posted by basurero

Я когда-то (better видел)увидел хоккеиста, которого звали по этому имени.

It's Ковалёв anyway.

Originally Posted by TATY

It's Ковалёв anyway.

Yes, Its the only way to make it sound natural!!!

Вы не читали "Нос" Гоголя?

Originally Posted by TATY

Вы не читали "Нос" Гоголя?

Мне русскую классику влом читать.

Originally Posted by basurero

Я когда-то увидел игрателя хоккея, которого звали по этому имени.

"которого звали по этому имени" - так никто не скажет.
Лучше: "которого так звали" или "у которого была такая фамилия".

спасибо за исправления.