Thread: I tried recording me speaking Russian...

That's really wierd! I just checked it a while ago and it was working fine. And I'm no techie, either. I'll try to fix it tomorrow - I've stayed up too late tinkering with the darn thing already. My humblest apologies.

Originally Posted by Moryachka

That's really wierd! I just checked it a while ago and it was working fine. And I'm no techie, either. I'll try to fix it tomorrow - I've stayed up too late tinkering with the darn thing already. My humblest apologies.

It worked for me, they just block downloads for a short period of time.

Moryachka, your prononciation is almost perfect, in a few places I can't hear any accent at all, good work!

Code:

You     -----  Should sound as
станцИя               станцЫя
здесь                 'д' у тебя почти не слышен, т.е. звучит как зесь
чут-чут                должно быть чуть-чуть, у тебя слишком твердые 'т'
дОроге                 дАроге
бескон[ь]ечные         'н' - слишком мягкая
угол                   уголь

И еще какие-то слабоуловимые отличия в интонации, но в целом - очень хорошо!

Ребята, я рискнул нарушить копирайт и вуаля. Вот он морячкин файл лежит у меня. http://russianaudio.narod.ru/Donetskaya_Doroga.mp3
Если с ее сайта не качается, берите здесь. Помимо этого я проделал кое какую редакцию и теперь файл весит меньше, а звучит лучше. И по существу вопроса так сказать. Моя оценка очень хорошо. Мне все понравилось. Учись Калинка у профессионалов.

Originally Posted by Moryachka

Originally Posted by saibot

I suppose I should join the club and post my speech.

Well, rather than presume to start a new thread...would you guys mind checking my pronunciation, too? I'd have gotten around to it eventually...honest...I don't "just follow the crowd"...

http://www.geocities.com/vyazalshchi...aya_Doroga.wav

That's the best I could do. Sorry 'bout the awful static.

Moryachka: You are my idol! I will worship you every day in order to maybe one day, one beautiful sunny day, speak russian as well as you (with a slightly more masculine voice, of course)!

You go girl!

Moryachka

Sounds very good![/quote]

Well, what do you know? Thanks for checking it out. NO accent in places?? Cool. I've no idea how I managed that one. I'll keep working on it, though. Oh - KV, that's me just reading off a page. I'm much worse when I'm making it up as I go along...

Originally Posted by Moryachka

NO accent in places??

Moryachka, your accent is almost undetectable. My only wish next time you’ll opt for 16 bit in record option. 8 bit 22 kHz sounds too noisy.

Honestly, I hear a distinct accent throughout. The pace is fast and natural though, which is a good thing.

I have noticed a common problem: too many consonants are pronounced as palatalized for no apparent reason. Станция читается как с-танцыя, не сь-танц-Ия, похожЭ, С-тепь (не Сь-тепь) и т.д. I guess, switching between palatalized and non-palatalized sounds is not easy and feels unusual.

I noticed the word поезд pronounced with "д" at the end, it must be "т".
Чуть-чуть is okay to me, I don't kknow why DenisM said it's hard.

Overall, it's 80-90% perfect reading!

interesting, moryachka, you read pretty well, but u do have a little accent, how many years do u live in US?

Hmm...I still hardly hear the difference between сь and с. If somebody could make a short recording illustrating that, I'd greatly appreciate it. I will work some more on this passage, especially switching back and forth between soft and hard consonants, and re-post it in a while (in better-quality format ). Thanks, everyone !

--I live already 20 and some years in US!!

Moryachka, check this 200kb-long file:
http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3BY4 ... ALBIHWPP46

Originally Posted by Moryachka

Hmm...I still hardly hear the difference between сь and с. If somebody could make a short recording illustrating that, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Ours also recorded various с – сь stuff not in actual fact existing words but just some bits and pieces to display da alteration.
Ос – Ось
Дос – дось
Лос- лось
Лоск – лоськ
Воск – воськ
Пис – пись
Миска – миська
Аска – Аська
Ус – Усь
Муск – муськ
Кус – Кусь
http://russianaudio.narod.ru/S.mp3 Инджой

Originally Posted by Moryachka

--I live already 20 and some years in US!!

wow! have u been born there? you sound like a russian from birth that gained some english accent with years of living there.

Very interesting, very. I GET it. I don't know if I'll be able to pronounce it right away myself , but I hear it. You know, the soft sign seems to change the preceding vowel more than the "S" itself? At least, that's how it sounds to me. Dagoth, your recording appears to stop at воск - воськ. I think, though, judging from that, I can guess how the rest sound. Thanks, guys!

Remyisme - sorry, I was just kidding around. I was once asked if I were Russian, and when I said no, I was then asked if my parents were. Still no. I've never even been there.

Very good anyway.....!

Originally Posted by Moryachka

Dagoth, your recording appears to stop at воск - воськ.

NO. NO. It’s kind of technical malfunction. Try right clicking Save Target as… Works OK for me.

Originally Posted by Moryachka

You know, the soft sign seems to change the preceding vowel more than the "S" itself? At least, that's how it sounds to me.

I know. You wouldn’t believe me. But I also noticed THAT… After recording…