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In most European languages, J has the same sound as English Y.

When you see letters given in [ ] or / / it is referring usually to the International Phonetics Alphabet symbol.

J does not have...

Й /j/ is a consonant, but can be called a semi-vowel. But it is a consonant, as featured on the International Phonetics Alphabet list of consonants:...

Don't talk @@@@ boy! There is no way any R sound in the history of the universe ever started with the lips together as it does with M![/quote]

I dont know what I was saying.

To say the r in rat, really, wrong, firstly the mouth starts CLOSED, as does M.
N involves the tip of the tongue.
The vocal tract is from the throat to the lips I believe.

The one that people...

Fact 1. = A vowel is a sound produced with a free flow of air through an unconstricted and open vocal tract.
Fact 2. = To pronounce Й the back of the tongue raises to the soft palate.
Fact 3. =...

: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...

большой спасибо :)
-Fantom

ps- I see the й transliterated as j in some translators, but I've never seen my Russian friends use it... How is it transliterated most of the time? y? i?[/quote]
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I see what you mean, but ы isn't a u.