Thread: Oчень/Что pronunciation

Originally Posted by TATY

Originally Posted by Darobat

or even щё in really informal conversation.

Don't know who you've been listening to.... probably a Ukrainian :P

Я не знав, що ти говориш українською мовою.

Ч is also pronounced Ш in words that are compounds of Что
e.g.

Чтобы
Ничто
Что-то/нибудь/либо etc.

I know someone from Tyumen Oblast who says щё.

Originally Posted by волк

I suppose I meant it's hard for non-native speakers to pronounce it as how it's read, I meant to stick to the Что example given it is pronounced with Ш.

If you say so.

I know someone from Tyumen Oblast who says щё.

Ukranians can be found outside Ukraine just as Scottish people don't all live in Scotland.

Originally Posted by VendingMachine

I know someone from Tyumen Oblast who says щё.

Ukranians can be found outside Ukraine just as Scottish people don't all live in Scotland.

She's not from Ukraine. Do people in Kazakhstan also say щё? That might be where it comes from, although I don't think she was there for very long.

She's not from Ukraine. Do people in Kazakhstan also say щё? That might be where it comes from, although I don't think she was there for very long.

You don't have to be born in Ukraine to be Ukranian. You just need to have Ukranian parents. You can find Ukranians in all ex-USSR republics, particularly in Kazakhstan - a lot of young people from all over the USSR once went to places like Kazakhstan to build factories, work in agriculture, etc. Probably, this is how her parents met. Щё is not a feature of an ethnic Kazakh accent.

i have a friend from Karaganda (Central Kazakstan) and him and his family say Щё. But they also say что... I thought it was just like slang. They ARN'T Ukrainian either. His mom is ethnic russian, but was born in kazakhstan. And his dad moved to kazakhstan from moscow. Sometimes I even say Щё and no one seems to think anything of it. It just sounds like younger generation/ street talk russian to me.

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Sometimes I even say Щё and no one seems to think anything of it. It just sounds like younger generation/ street talk russian to me.

They usually say Чё not Щё. At least I can't remember someone said Щё (I'd be surprised if I heard it). I mean in Russia not Kazakhstan.

People imitating "блатной" speach ofen pronounse it like Чщщё (Нну тээ тщще). Those who have heard it know what I mean .

Originally Posted by net surfer

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Sometimes I even say Щё and no one seems to think anything of it. It just sounds like younger generation/ street talk russian to me.

They usually say Чё not Щё. At least I can't remember someone said Щё (I'd be surprised if I heard it). I mean in Russia not Kazakhstan.

well then that must be it. I mean, you know yourself! I say чё all the time. But sometimes it sounds like "sho"?

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Originally Posted by net surfer

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Sometimes I even say Щё and no one seems to think anything of it. It just sounds like younger generation/ street talk russian to me.

They usually say Чё not Щё. At least I can't remember someone said Щё (I'd be surprised if I heard it). I mean in Russia not Kazakhstan.

well then that must be it. I mean, you know yourself! I say чё all the time. But sometimes it sounds like "sho"?

If you said щё, I'd notice it for sure. I think you say it like чо, I'm not sure but we'll find it out soon.

[quote=net surfer]

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Originally Posted by "net surfer":1bcnthu9

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Sometimes I even say Щё and no one seems to think anything of it. It just sounds like younger generation/ street talk russian to me.

They usually say Чё not Щё. At least I can't remember someone said Щё (I'd be surprised if I heard it). I mean in Russia not Kazakhstan.

well then that must be it. I mean, you know yourself! I say чё all the time. But sometimes it sounds like "sho"?

If you said щё, I'd notice it for sure. I think you say it like чо, I'm not sure but we'll find it out soon.[/quote:1bcnthu9]

Ya i guess i do say чо, even when typing but, i just thought that що what чо only, say like ч(ш)то.

Anyways ok whos cares. Узнаешь скоро.

It's even close to щё or шо or чщё etc. It's sometimes чё sometimes чо.