Is my observation correct?:
Russian is a language that is pronounced very much the way it is written.
Exceptions seem to be when some letters are not pronounced.
The pronunciation of this one: яз is more like: йз
What do you think?
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Is my observation correct?:
Russian is a language that is pronounced very much the way it is written.
Exceptions seem to be when some letters are not pronounced.
The pronunciation of this one: яз is more like: йз
What do you think?
I hink it's more: йизQuote:
The pronunciation of this one: яз is more like: йз
You're almost right. We are used to pronounce a great deal of words just as we write them, but there are a few exceptions. For an instanse:
spelling: Солнце, prononciation: Сонце (omitting the letter л)
spelling: Что, prononciation: Што (changing Ч into Ш)
You are talking about язык and the reason for the reduction is because the я is unstressed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oggi
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Originally Posted by Chuvak
spelling: сердце - prononciation: серце
spelling: поздно - prononciation: позно
Чувствовать - first В not pronouncedQuote:
Originally Posted by Remyisme
Здравствуйте - first B not pronounced
Бог - pronounced Бох
Мягкий - pronounced Мяхкий
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Originally Posted by TATY
Typo!
Корова произносится карова.
Stressed "a" gives a sound that actually is a bit different than unstressed "a" and than unstressed "o". Unstressed "a" and unstressed "o" are probably the same.
Корова курила сигарету в мундштуке!
Yes, and that's intentional - we actually bother to synchronize our spelling with pronunciation once in a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oggi
well there's the thing with all the звонкие шумные (at the end of the word they become глухие)
друг -druk'
пляж - pljash
кровь - krof'
these phonemes for example are pronounced in an entirely different way at the end of the word, they lose their characteristical sound
тут слышится ж.. что-то между ш и ж, не чистое шQuote:
пляж - pljash
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oggi
Maybe only compared to English. But that is not that big an achievement :)Quote:
Russian is a language that is pronounced very much the way it is written.
It means that you are listening to non-standard Russian.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dimitri
Я слышу нормальный русский. И я слышу среднее между ш и жQuote:
Originally Posted by laxxy
Not entirely differently, it's just without the vibration of the vocal cords. It's voicing/de-voicing.Quote:
Originally Posted by groovychick
Exactly. They are not completely different. And there shouldn't be an ' after the K.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seventh-Monkey
In fact, it is quite an achievement, as it saves children precious time - they dont have to memorize too much spelling and may concentrate on more interesting activities.Quote:
Originally Posted by laxxy
Imagine trying to drive from point A to point B using a map that is 800 years old - that's trying to read using ancient spelling for you.
;)
No, he was saying that it's not difficult for a language to be more phonetic than English.Quote:
Originally Posted by HA