Hey I'm a student beginning to learn Russian through the Pimsleur audio tapes and two different books (The New Penguin Russian Course and Russian for Beginners)
I have a question regarding pronunciation of "I understand" in Russian.
я понимаю
On the Pimsleur lesson, one of the speakers seems to be almost adding a 'y' sound: пон(the y sound seems to be here)маю. I was wondering what the correct pronounciation of this word is: like ponimaio (my best attempt) or more like ponyimaio?
Thanks,
Max Valenstein