I'm just beginning to learn russian and one of the books I am using said that ш, ж and ц are always pronounced hard. What about words like мышь ?
Do I ignore the rule and pronounce it soft? Or do I ignore the ь?
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I'm just beginning to learn russian and one of the books I am using said that ш, ж and ц are always pronounced hard. What about words like мышь ?
Do I ignore the rule and pronounce it soft? Or do I ignore the ь?
Pronounce it hard. Always.
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Спасиб., TATY!
Hi kevinfitch.Quote:
Originally Posted by kevinfitch
We don't ignore the rule because ш is always hard: ш and шь are pronounced equal. Ц and Ж are always hard too.
For example, the finale ж in нож and the finale жь in не трожь sound equal (like a hard sound; and ж becomes ш, because of the reduction). So they sound [nosh] and [nitrosh].
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Originally Posted by Leof
Thanks...or, спасибо
Nouns of feminine gender having [ш] sound at the end always have ь at the end in writing. Maybe this rule will be of some help too.
Если более точно, то у существительных женского рода после шипящей согласной на конце слова всегда пишется мягкий знак.Quote:
Nouns of feminine gender having [ш] sound at the end always have ь at the end in writing.
Дочь, печь, речь, рожь, мышь...
При этом буквы "ш" и "ж" все равно читаются твердо.
И Щ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Игорь
Hmm... very interesting. *)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom