Thread: Hello and a few questions

Hi everyone, i am glad i found a forum for this, maybe it will help me to be more consistent about it. I do have a few questions if anyone could help me

-how to pronounce что i cant do cht easily and it sounds forced.

-Difference between щ and ш sounds

-how to pronounce ть. I have heard tsy, tsye, and ty from different places

-Sound that й makes. Is it e (long, just condensed) or oi

-How do you pronounce и

-What does внмание mean? it doesn't translate on any of the sites i try.

что

[што]

Originally Posted by unrest

it doesn't translate on any of the sites i try.

Because of the mistake. The correct spelling is внимание and the stress in on the a. You can try dictionaries now (to translate it one needs the context).

Originally Posted by TATY

Originally Posted by Remyisme

Originally Posted by Chuvak

spelling: Солнце, prononciation: Сонце (omitting the letter л)
spelling: Что, prononciation: Што (changing Ч into Ш)

spelling: сердце - prononciation: серце
spelling: поздно - prononciation: позно

Чувствовать - first В not pronounced
Здравствуйте - first B not pronounced
Бог - pronounced Бох
Мягкий - pronounced Мяхкий

Originally Posted by unrest

-Difference between щ and ш sounds

щ as in sheet (softer)
ш as in shock (harder)

Originally Posted by unrest

-Difference between щ and ш sounds

ш is pronounced more backward - not with the tip of the tongue but with its middle ( or back-middle?) part, against the hard palate.
щ - with the tip of the tip of the tonue at alveolar ridge.

-how to pronounce ть. I have heard tsy, tsye, and ty from different places

Different places of what? Palatalized consonants like in -ть- are pronounced with tip of the tongue against alveolar ridge and the part right after the tip pressed against alveolar ridge too.

-Sound that й makes. Is it e (long, just condensed) or oi

In the beginning of the syllable ( like йод ) it is like 'y' in 'young' or like. In the terminal position, in the endings like -ой, it's like in 'boy'

-How do you pronounce и

Stresssed or unstressed?

thanks for your replies, they have helped a lot. Also, I don't need the и anymore
I think the alphabet i got my hands on first was not too good, I am glad i found this site as well as it's alphabet translation.

Hi Unrest,

I recommend Daphne West's book called (something like) teach Yourself to Read Russian. (Odd, I can remember the author but not the title.)

Also I recently recommended this free video which teaches the alphabet in new way. Check it out...

http://russian-video-blog.com/russian-r ... an-part-1/

Originally Posted by russianfan

http://russian-video-blog.com/russian-reading-videos-how-to-read-russian-part-1/

It's rather interesting idea especially with Russian signs reading. Something like this I do in foreign countries. I try to read signs with International words. It very useful in all countries except Arabic countries and even Finland at first time (where International words strongly mutated BANK - PANKKI)