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Is нa a preposition in Вадим старше меня нa год? In English I would think of it as "by one year". Why is it stressed unlike other prepositions? Are there other examples of this in Russian? Is there...

All your responses help a lot.

How about this? There's a sentence written like this Вадим старше меня нá год. There's no explanation for the accent on the нá. Does this mean it is stressed and not...

Thanks iCake. A couple more questions.

--Когда вы (will be picking) абрикосы и персики?
--Абрикосы мы уже (are picking), а персики (will pick) через две недели.

Is it будете...

There is a section on indirect speech in this chapter with some exercises. Are these sentences grammatically correct?

Мы пообещали, что будем дома без двадцати восемь. (We promised we would be...

That's clear. Thanks.

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But без сдачи would be /бес здачи/ and not /без":"дачи/? In normal conversation would this be a noticeable difference?
I appreciate your help.

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I'm a little confused now. Would с сестрой be pronounced /z/ сестрой and в войне as /f/ войне so the preposition doesn't blend with the noun?

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I can only guess, since I haven't done any conversation yet. I would guess that the /z/ sound between без and сдачи would be doubled, for clarity. Maybe?

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Is this a trick question?
I would guess that без ends in a /z/ sound here since the /s/ in сдачи becomes a /z/ because its followed by a voiced /d/.

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This is very helpful. It's not only because над is linked to another word that the /t/ sound becomes /d/ but that it's linked to a word beginning with a voiced consonant. I need to pay more attention...

This is just a quick question on the dialogue that begins this chapter. There is this sentence: Можно вас пригласить в ресторан, вот там, над городом? Is the word над here pronounced with a final...