Pronunciation of the word 'to want' in Russian.

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October 19th, 2005, 05:23 PM
andrewsco

Pronunciation of the word 'to want' in Russian.

Hi.

Could someone please pronounce the word 'khateetye' in russian please? I am struggling to get the 'kh' sound being English.

If your feeling particularly helpful, you could say some other words with the 'kh' sound aswell.

thanks
Andy
October 19th, 2005, 06:43 PM
TATY

Re: Pronunciation of the word 'to want' in Russian.

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewsco

Hi.

Could someone please pronounce the word 'khateetye' in russian please? I am struggling to get the 'kh' sound being English.

If your feeling particularly helpful, you could say some other words with the 'kh' sound aswell.

thanks
Andy

Just a quick word of advice. You don't write Russian words like this.

You are writing how it is pronounced. It is usually written like this: Khotite

Also, this is not the word "to want", this is the second person plural, "you (plu) want"

The infinitve (to want) is khotet'

(Stressed syllable is bolded)

Хотеть

Я хочу
Ты хочешь
Он / Она / Оно хочет
Мы хотим
Вы хотите
Они хотят
October 19th, 2005, 07:13 PM
Gerty

Re: Pronunciation of the word 'to want' in Russian.

Turn the volume all the way up! :D

Example:
Вы хотите пойти в кино? (Do you want to go to the movie?)

Russian "x" sounds like English "h" in "house" or "home". You can barely hear this little aspiration in the beginning of the word "хотите".
October 19th, 2005, 08:05 PM
fantom605

Do it in English now, Gerty! (please) :D
-Fantom
October 19th, 2005, 08:21 PM
ReDSanchous

I'd also like you to do it in English... :D That would be good fun, I believe.

It's a crying shame I haven't got a mic. I could record my voice too if I had one. I think it would be interesting to discover the way a Russian student speaks, wouldn't it?

P.S. You wouldn't happen to have a mic, would you? :cry:
October 19th, 2005, 08:56 PM
MasterAdmin

The Russian "X" is very similar to the "WH" in whoopla. It seems to be more energetic then "H" in home or similar words. You can hear it here.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=whoopla

Gerty, what movie are we going to? :D
October 19th, 2005, 10:46 PM
andrewsco

Cheers guys. thanks for the audio and clearing my writing up.

Andy
October 19th, 2005, 10:51 PM
Gerty

Quote:

Originally Posted by fantom605

Do it in English now, Gerty! (please) :D
-Fantom

Yeah, right! Would you like to see some video as well? :lol:
October 19th, 2005, 11:50 PM
DDT

Hmmmm! :idea:

Dear MR Administrator,

I would like to propose the motion that we add video to this Audio Lounge.
For purely educational purposes, of course!

Signed,
DDT.
October 20th, 2005, 12:13 AM
kalinka_vinnie

Oh Gertiness, shouldn't your intonation go down, then up on the word кино? Since you are asking a question? Or am I being silly?
October 20th, 2005, 12:24 AM
Spiderkat

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Oh Gertiness, shouldn't your intonation go down, then up on the word кино? Since you are asking a question? Or am I being silly?

I agree, the question sounds a bit too flat. We can't tell whether it's a question or a statement.
October 20th, 2005, 12:30 AM
Gerty

Quote:

Originally Posted by MasterAdmin

Gerty, what movie are we going to? :D

Well, I was going to say "to the zoo", but well, movie sometimes is not so bad also. :roll:
October 20th, 2005, 12:46 AM
kalinka_vinnie

And here would be VM's answer :wink:
October 20th, 2005, 03:13 AM
fantom605

I second DDT's motion, MA!
Gerty, I'll send you my camera! :)
-Fantom
October 20th, 2005, 03:14 AM
MasterAdmin

I wouldn't go to the zoo. Maybe the "Batman returns" would do :lol: Anyway, the audio lounge is getting more and more interesting.

Regarding video, it's not a problem to allow video file attachments. After all, they are not much different from audio attachments, just a different extension. But I understand you were only joking :wink:
October 20th, 2005, 05:25 AM
fantom605

Hmm... Video... :idea:
:twisted:

I'll keep it clean, don't worry, MA! :D
-Fantom
October 20th, 2005, 07:24 AM
andrewsco

I can just imagine what will happen with video stream! Fantom...drunk...night out...naked... :oops:

Perhaps audio is better!
:D
Sco
October 20th, 2005, 03:26 PM
fantom605

Oh, come on, I haven't had a drunken, naked night out since I'm 26! :lol:
-Fantom
October 20th, 2005, 07:00 PM
Friendy

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

And here would be VM's answer :wink:

:lol2: :lol2:
And now confess what you really asked him to get that answer. :wink:
October 20th, 2005, 07:21 PM
net surfer

Quote:

Originally Posted by fantom605

Oh, come on, I haven't had a drunken, naked night out since I'm 26! :lol:

Hmm what we're going to see then?
October 20th, 2005, 11:29 PM
Gerty

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spiderkat

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Oh Gertiness, shouldn't your intonation go down, then up on the word кино? Since you are asking a question? Or am I being silly?

I agree, the question sounds a bit too flat. We can't tell whether it's a question or a statement.

Yes, I see, why the sentence sounds not quite expressive, but I tryed to pronounce "x" distinctly. In normal prononsation it would be competely hidden between "ы" and "о".
October 21st, 2005, 04:55 AM
kalinka_vinnie

Quote:

Originally Posted by fantom605

Oh, come on, I haven't had a drunken, naked night out since I'm 26! :lol:
-Fantom

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Fantom!!! Wow, just turned 26 eh? Let's go drinking!!!! :lol:
October 21st, 2005, 04:56 AM
kalinka_vinnie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Friendy

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

And here would be VM's answer :wink:

:lol2: :lol2:
And now confess what you really asked him to get that answer. :wink:

I asked him: Передайте, пожалуйста, соль. :cry:
October 21st, 2005, 05:40 AM
fantom605

Not just yet, I turn 27 in November. I just meant it had happened somtime in the last year... :)

But that's no reason to not start drinking now! за дружбу!

-Fantom
October 21st, 2005, 05:42 AM
fantom605

Quote:

Originally Posted by net surfer

Quote:

Originally Posted by fantom605

Oh, come on, I haven't had a drunken, naked night out since I'm 26! :lol:

Hmm what we're going to see then?

I'll see what I can do! :lol:

-Fantom
October 21st, 2005, 05:45 AM
kalinka_vinnie

Quote:

Originally Posted by fantom605

Not just yet, I turn 27 in November. I just meant it had happened somtime in the last year... :)

But that's no reason to not start drinking now! за дружбу!

-Fantom

Oh, I thought you hinted it was your birthday, since you regularily have drunk naked nights out. Sorry, my bad.
November 3rd, 2005, 07:40 AM
tdcinprc

Stress

Saw this in "Basic Conversational Russian" by Fairbanks and Leed the other day, then was reminded about it when I saw the posts about stress. The book has this to say about questions without an interrogative word.

Quote:

---------_____/
______/
Is she a teacher?

The pitch of the voice begins on mid pitch, jumps to high on the primary stress, and at the end of the sentence there is a slight rise.

In Russian there are several contours that may occur with such questions, the most important of which is the following:

_______/ \
-------------\__________
Вам понравился Кремль?

The sentence begins on mid pitch and jumps to extra high pitch on the primary stress, thereafter falling to low pitch. Since this question contour is rather similar to a type of statement contour in English, it is a type that an American may interpret as a statement rather than as a question. Therefore, the student should listen to this contour carefully and practice imitating it if he is to avoid misinterpreting Russian questions or being misinterpreted.

something to think about...