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TATY-

This is not a pissen contest.

I'd have to read the entire thread to find your origional arguement against the data on this site-- and I'm just not going to do that for YOU on behalf of...

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somebody please give this one a poptart.

That's true. й[j] is consonant. Look here for example (the second paragraph from the bottom) http://www.philol.msu.ru/rus/galya-1/kons/n-4.htm[/quote]

I don't need to look. Friendy said...

[j] is a consonant and a semi vowels. All semi-vowels are consonants. It's juse like saying [b] is a plosive, not a consonant.[/quote]

j is a consanant..... so.
I want a russian to tell me й...

ta ta ta taty? I don't hear anyone but you saying й is a consanant.
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ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD????

Thanks mp510. :-)

Thanks all-especially for the help with the sound ы. I am going to leave this topic now as it is taking me way :off:


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Actually, my book translates it as an "i", and y in English is only sometimes a vowel. I'm still trying to find a solid answer to the question and a clear source. I don't care either way, just the...

:roll: um Taty? Thanks for writing back. I don't "understand" what a vowel is-This is fact...sort of.
Other: I see no where stating that и or й has "Y" sound. Sorry....
Link? :wink: Though I...

By whose definition though? English or Russian. I can see how by by the English definition of a vowel the й would be a vowel. Because english definition of a vowel is (for one example): "A speech...

Why? Do you two fight?

Well, ok, there is a good explaination on a page link the manager offered up on the technical section that I haven't been able to find through the many masterrussian links...

But. But. But. Both my book (which really contradicts itself) and readwrite (it's full of bugs so who knows) program say it is a "soft vowel". Though... I am willing to believe it is a consanant..at...

I see that now. The sound I was getting on the audio of just the letter sounds very much to me like an "EU" I was picking out the man's breath at the end as a U I think. But in a program I downloaded...

Pravit,

Yes, I saw your reply there. Clarity hit me earlier today that the wording after the letter might actually translate something to the effect of short...but I didn't check it out. Then,...

Where is all this news everyone keeps talking about? I missed it all.

We spring forward and fall back so the light of day makes sense?

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Did everyone remember to load their clocks forward an hour?

:o OOH Yeah, THAT GOOD. :thumbup:

Thanks Saibot, Zhenya, Chaika,

I will try all of those. Again. But... I may be back. Thank you for the additional download site too. I think it will be very helpful to listen in a variety of...

й and ы


what is the "sound" difference, please. ie: pronunciation basic. и sounds like "ee", and ы sounds like "ih", but й sounds like "?" what does it sound like... helllllllp!"

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