I'm currently learning Russian by the Pimsleur program. I'm on lesson 24 of 30 in Russian I. The program is great, but they seem to mispronounce some words. I base this on the spelling of the words (since Russian is mostly phonetic) and on native speakers. For example:

The forms of the verb "to live".
я живу
мы живём
вы живёте

I think they should be pronounced:
zhe-voo
zhe-vyom
zhe-vyote

However, the CD's pronounce them:
zhe-voo (correctly)
zhe-gum
zhe-geutse

The point is the в is pronounced like a г. I don't understand this.

Also, one more question. The Pimsleur CD's often pronounce т's like ц's. For example, "you want" sounds like "ha-tsi-tse" instead of "ha-ti-te".

I'm sorry this post is long, but i would appreciate if somebody can help me with this.

Thanks,
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