Thread: Spell this fo-an-et-ic-ally plz :)

Originally Posted by anthonyd

I am not pronouncing it correctly.

I understand the first в is silent. Also, I do know there is a д there. Its just a difficult combination of letters compared to English and I need to practice speaking it more cleanly.

Thanks!

Meh, it's just a voiced version of straight.

The Z is less audible than the D anyway.

Originally Posted by TATY

Meh, it's just a voice version of straight.

I disagree with you completely. Straight and здравствуйте are nothing alike.

Originally Posted by TATY

The Z is less audible than the D anyway.

This does help though. I was given advice to make the 'зд' sound more like 'сд'. I will focus more stress on the 'д' rather 'з'.

Originally Posted by anthonyd

Originally Posted by TATY

Meh, it's just a voice version of straight.

I disagree with you completely. Straight and здравствуйте are nothing alike.

Notice just the STR was highlighted.

I made a typo, but meant: It's a voiced version of straight, meaning the consonant cluster at the beginning.

S is just a devoiced Z (З)
T is just a devoiced D (Д)

Basically the tongue in English ST, is the the same place and follows the same route as Russian ЗД........ although not strictly true since Russian T and D are dental, but that is hardly any difference.