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June 16th, 2005, 09:34 PM
mp510

Уй

I saw the following letter combination today for the first time, and I have no idea how to pronounce it. The combo is Уй. Usually I can either pronounce it or evetually figure it out, but this just throws me for a loop :?: . I did not even know й could come after У. Would it be pronounced somethin like oo or ooee or am I totally missing something. Could this be somesort of typo that I saw?
June 16th, 2005, 10:38 PM
chaika

depends - how do you pronounce "buoy" the thing that floats in the water? Or "boy"? In Russian it's like "boy" but with a long "oo". It's not like fooie, which is foo-ee, but "fooy" if there were such a word.

The й following a vowel is pronounced like english "y" following a vowel. SAY would be in Russian spelling СЭЙ, buoy would be БУЙ. Our month of May just passed is май.
June 17th, 2005, 04:42 AM
kalinka_vinnie

You will find the letter combination pretty often in imperatives, for example:

Аттакуй - attack!
Голосуй - vote!
провоцуй - provocate!

basically any verb with the -овать stem
June 17th, 2005, 04:52 AM
saibot

Don't forget about танцуй!
June 17th, 2005, 04:59 AM
N

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

провоцуй - provocate!

провоцируй

I like the word провоцуй, though :)
June 17th, 2005, 05:00 AM
net surfer

You all forget the most well-known word from 3 letters.
June 17th, 2005, 05:02 AM
kalinka_vinnie

Nooooo, don't say ittttt!!!

N, не провоцуй меня! :wink:
June 17th, 2005, 05:04 AM
saibot

Quick...someone command me to "страховать". *girlish immature chuckle* :bouncy:
June 17th, 2005, 05:17 AM
net surfer

kalinka_vinnie, не балуй!
June 17th, 2005, 05:27 AM
kalinka_vinnie

нет_серфчик, ты лучше мотивируй меня!
June 17th, 2005, 05:30 AM
net surfer

kalinka_vinnie, если я тебя начну мативировать, боюсь MA меня забанит :)
June 17th, 2005, 11:42 AM
laxxy

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

провоцуй - provocate!

the correct form is "провокуй" (in ukrainian, of course) :)
as for russian, other ppl have corrected it already.
June 18th, 2005, 07:07 PM
Rtyom

Do you know what some footbal fans scream beginning with "атакуй, не атакуй"? :D
June 18th, 2005, 09:21 PM
net surfer

That reminds me of one poster "Голосуй не голосуй, всё равно получешь *уй" :) Unfortunately I couldn't find it...

http://www.bazaclub.ru/modules/My_eG...y/pic_0ww3.jpg
June 26th, 2005, 04:52 AM
Ljosha

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Аттакуй - attack!

Атака, атакуй. One "т".
June 28th, 2005, 08:52 PM
Propp

I remember there was a historical anecdot of how a tutor explained to a tzar's son that 3-letter word is imperative for "ховать".
June 28th, 2005, 09:37 PM
chaika

A long time ago a grad student I knew got a Fullbright grant to study in Moscow. His last name was Huey. I suppose he spelled it Хюи though.
June 28th, 2005, 10:00 PM
Pioner

Однажды Волк, Заяц и Хорек собрались ехать в Китай. В посольстве им сказали, что их имена надо обязательно переделать на китайский. Волк говорит: "Я буду Вуй". Заяц говорит: "Я тогда буду Зуй". Хорек говорит: "Ну, я тогда вообще в Китай не еду".