(........and apologies in advance, I don't even know whether I'm spelling it right as I'm at work and don't have a single book at hand....)

I came across this sentence today - bravely uttered by an actor who doesn't speak a word of Russian (poor bugger ), and immediately tried to do better (hehe).

I couldn't. :P
(well, not a lot better anyway )

Native speakers: would a native speaker contaminate the -шь and the з- ? Or would you really pronounce them separately? (please say no )

Hellishly difficult.


Couldn't I just change it into "Ты хочешь остаться здесь?"


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