Thread: In Need of Some Help With a Few Pronunciations

(This is my first post, by the way..yay!)

So, I am trying to teach myself Russian because I studying for International or Global Marketing and thought learning another language would really help me with this. (So far I know English fluently and can speak some Spanish and Chomorro) My boyfriend is also Russian/Estonian, so I that what really kick started this.. anyway...

How would I say kogda and seychas (seichas?): Когда and Сейчас

I am mostly having troubles with the 'ей' combination and 'o' in words because different people have told me different things (slightly different, but I am a perfectionist) and my boyfriend isn't being very helpful...I'm sure I'll need a lot more help later on down the line, but thank you for now! x

They are pronounced [кагдА] and [си(й)чAс].

The first "a" in [кагдА] is not an open "ah" sound, it's closer to a schwa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwa). But it is definitely not an "o".
"Й" in [си(й)час] is optional. In sloppy speech many people omit it. Do not try to articulate "ей" in "сейчас" clearly. It's not necessary and even can sound unnatural.

PS. Welcome to the forum.

Ahh..thank you, and thank you! x