Thread: Soft consonants

Hi all,

I have a lot of trouble making the soft 'р' sound in Russian.

If I say, "ръядом" instead of "рядом", for instance, will I be misunderstood? How bad is it?

Thanks for the help.

Originally Posted by umanwizard

If I say, "ръядом" instead of "рядом", for instance, will I be misunderstood? How bad is it?

No you won't. It sounds like "n'year" instead of "near".

Thanks for the help

well if a russian guy came up to me and was like "Harrow! I are n'year a macadanalds? no?" I'd be like, yea buddy, its right over there! And then he'd say 'sank you very mach" and i'd understand him perfectly fine. So yea i think if ur russian is OK then yea they will understand what you mean.

Speaking frankly russian guy would say "Khelloh! I neah wis mahkdohnalds? Undehstend? No??? Do you speak English?"

Originally Posted by JJ

Speaking frankly russian guy would say "Khelloh! I neah wis mahkdohnalds? Undehstend? No??? Do you speak English?"

Жжёшь, жжёшь, жжёшь! Не по-детски, блин!!!

And I'd rather correct this: Undehstent