Thread: Pimsleur - to visit

I'm trying to figure out what word Pimsleur is using for 'to visit' here. It doesn't sound like any of the verbs my dictionary lists for 'to visit.' The English translation for what's being said here is "I'm going to visit a few friends." Я собираюсь _ нескольких знакомых.

Thanks,

Grogs

The word is "Посетить."

Originally Posted by Grogs

It doesn't sound like any of the verbs my dictionary lists for 'to visit.'

May I ask, which words lists your dictionary?

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by Grogs

It doesn't sound like any of the verbs my dictionary lists for 'to visit.'

May I ask, which words lists your dictionary?

It lists the imperfective forms: навещать и посещать.

I guess the thing that threw me the most was the first vowel. I thought it sounded like an "ы." As I understand the "o" should be doubly reduced 2 syllables before the stress, but (to me) the "по-" in "посетить" sounds different than the one in "почему." Is that just my imagination or is there some reason for that?

Originally Posted by Grogs

As I understand the "o" should be doubly reduced 2 syllables before the stress

That's right.

Originally Posted by Grogs

but (to me) the "по-" in "посетить" sounds different than the one in "почему." Is that just my imagination or is there some reason for that?

Hm.. I think it's just your imagination

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by Grogs

As I understand the "o" should be doubly reduced 2 syllables before the stress

That's right.

Originally Posted by Grogs

but (to me) the "по-" in "посетить" sounds different than the one in "почему." Is that just my imagination or is there some reason for that?

Hm.. I think it's just your imagination

In fact, pronunciation of reduced vowels can vary from speaker to speaker and from situation to situation. Some people do tend to pronounce them somewhat like a very short "ы".