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Could anyone help me or give me some advice please? |
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siniiJoin Date: 2011-09-30
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That's great, do you know the alphabet? If not, I can post it with the sounds of each letter and examples of those sounds. |
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Sort of, I was watching this video on YouTube of kids singing it, It was a bit fast but quite catchy. |
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siniiJoin Date: 2011-09-30
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Well, I'd need you to know it enough that you could transliterate anything from Cyrillic (Russian alphabet) to Latin (this alphabet). First the vowels because I don't want to post it all at once. Also you don't have to sing the alphabet in order to know it. I don't even know the English alphabet in exact order.
А а: a (ah) example: pAcific
E e: e (yeh) example: YEllow
Ё ё: yo (yoh) example: YOlk
И и: i (ee) example: mE
Й й: i/y (ee kraht-koy-yeh) short i. this is always beside another vowel to make a new vowel sound. like ай is one syllable and rhymes with hi
О о: o (oh) example: nO
У у: u (oo) example: rUde
Э э: e (eh) example: mEt
Ю ю: yu (yoo) example: YOU
Я я: ya (yah) example: YArd |
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siniiJoin Date: 2011-09-30
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A few consonants. Eventually I'll put it in the right order, just not now.
Б б: b (beh) example: Bed
В в: v (veh) example: Vine
Г г: g (geh) example: Good
Д д: d (deh) example: Doom
Ж ж: zh (zheh) example: pleaSure
З з: z (zeh) example: Zebra |
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К к: k (kah) example: Cat
Л л: l (el) example: fLower
М м: m (em) example: Moon
Н н: n (en) example: Noob
П п: p (peh) example: Potato
Р р: r (er) example: Red
С с: s (es) example: See
Т т: t (teh) example: Table |
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Ф ф: f (еf) example: Flоor
Х х: kh (khа) gutturаl h
Ц ц: ts (tsеh) example: caTS
Ч ч: ch (chе) example: CНina
Ш ш: sh (shah) example: SНut
Щ щ: sch (schah) pronounce a long сh, the еnd will sound likе this, no Еnglish equivalent |
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Ъ ъ: written as ' or sometimes " (tvyord-ee znak) just prevents palatalization of last letter
Ы ы: i/y (how do i write a pronunciation for this...) example: sIlly
Ь ь: written as ' usually (myahg-kee znak) slight palatalization on last letter |
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Order: абвгдеёжзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя |
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Hmm... I'll give you some short words in Russian, then you transliterate them (put it in the English alphabet). Example: папа is papa because п is p and а is a. You can peak at my information on the alphabet.
кот
цветок
стол
здание
шляпа
море |
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щ is pronounced like 'fre*sh ch*eese'. |
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siniiJoin Date: 2011-09-30
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Yes, you can pronounce щ like a Byelorussian, шч. |
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Russian щ is a voiceless palato-alveolar fricative. Just like s is, but s is a voiceless z. In other words it's a really soft sh. |
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siniiJoin Date: 2011-09-30
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I should teach you about some letter combinations that make completely different sounds than anything in the alphabet. Remember Russian is a very phonetic language but you'll just need to know these. There's only very few words that break the phonetic rules, for example пожалуйста, where the уй isn't pronounced. pah-zhal-stah
дж: j (English one)
яй: yay (rhymes with hi)
ай: ay (above sound without first y)
ей: yey (sounds like yay, rhymes with hey)
эй: ey (above without the y sound in front of it)
уй: uy (lol no example search for the pronunciation)
юй: yuy (same as above with a y sound in front)
ой: oy (rhymes with boy)
ый/ий: iy/ii (longer и sound)
If any of those й's don't have the accent above it, and are и's, they are two different syllables. аи: ah-ee
Also, if e, я, or ю come after a vowel, the sound of the last vowel is similar to ай, ей, ий, etc. ая: ay-ya (ay rhymes with hi!)
That being said, my name means blue in Russian, transliterated to Cyrillic it's синий. ий :Ь |
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O also sounds like A if it's unstressed, I believe. |
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siniiJoin Date: 2011-09-30
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Yeah, it's like the o in cOver. Sounds like uh. A is like ah (example: cAt). |
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The sounds for Russian letters are really similar to Polish letters. I'm Polish, and I'm learning Russian. xD |
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It's a little confusing, but I'll understand it one day. |
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siniiJoin Date: 2011-09-30
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I'm the same person as above. Anything specific you'd like to learn? Numbers? Colours? Animals? |
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