Thread: Struggling at beginning

Originally Posted by krwright13

This one is the most difficult! And the second pair "пь" should be soft enough, so if you place your hand in front of your mouth you will NOT feel a puff of air.

Isn't this the case regardless of whether it's soft or hard? It's my understanding that, in contrast to English, Russians don't aspirate the consonants п, т, or к, soft or hard.

Originally Posted by zxc

Isn't this the case regardless of whether it's soft or hard? It's my understanding that, in contrast to English, Russians don't aspirate the consonants п, т, or к, soft or hard.

This is incorrect
here are two words
Пьеро and перо. First word means Pierrot (as a name of a character) and second word means feather
Those words pronounce differently