Questions tagged [vowel-reduction]
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Pronunciation of "a"
My understanding is that the general rule regarding the pronunciation of "a" in Russian is that it is pronounced [a] (IPA notation). However, in certain cases, it can be pronounced as "и", for example ...
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Where does the sound "йи" / iotated и / [ji] occur in Russian?
(Note: I would like to learn Russian, but I have not started yet, so unfortunately I will be making this post entirely in English. I don't mind what language you use for answers.)
It seems that the ...
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The cases where "о" is pronounced as "a" [duplicate]
I'm working on Russian pronunciation and I have come across a couple of words containing letter о.
зовут is pronounced as zavut
хорошая is pronounced as xaroshaya
There are lots of such words where ...
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Vowel reduction in unstressed я in январь
In standard Russian, the vowel я in the word январь must be reduced to /ɪ/. So, январь sounds [ɪnˈvarʲ]. Today in Forvo there are eight people pronouncing this word, and all of them do it as [...
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Vowel reduction and unstressed "е" at the beginning
According to vowel reduction rules, the "е" at the beginning in some words like
Европа
Елена
Екатеринбу́рг
should be reduced just like "j+ɪ" (where "ɪ" stands for something very near to "и").
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Vowel reduction of pretonic [о]
This is a two-part question; I hope that's allowable. I'm aware that an unstressed о is usually reduced, though there are some exceptions -- specifically in borrowed words, such as стерео or радио. ...
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Pronunciation of "объясняет"
What's the right way to pronounce объясняет? My guess would be something like 'обшсняет' (I'm having a hard time with the hard sign). This is word is somewhat similar to "Eichhörnchen" by the way, it'...
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How to pronounce the unstressed е in прише́дшие?
Wikipedia says:
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/e/ has merged with /i/ (or /i/ and /ɨ/ if /ɨ/ is considered a phoneme): for instance, лиса́ (lisá) 'fox' and леса́ 'forests' are both pronounced /lʲiˈsa/, phonetically ...
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Why is по pronounced "po" but по русски is pronounced pa-ruski? Or am I saying one of them wrong? [duplicate]
Literally, the very first thing in Russian that I learned was the phrase "я не очень хорошо говорю по русски" so I know that по русски is pronounced pa ruski, but I was adding a pronunciation for the ...
