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preposition attached to noun
It's up to you. You can invent whatever style you want. If your goal is to highlight word boundaries, you could emphasize these single letter prepositions. In fact, you may encounter this type of &...
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In the word "скорого" why is the "г" pronounced as a "V"?
In the endings of adjectives in the masculine singular genitive (-ого, -его), and in the pronouns его, него, того, самого (also in the singular genitive), the letter г is pronounced as в.
In most ...
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Difference of pronunciations of музей and музеи
Му-зей is two syllables, the зей part is just one sound.
Му-зе-и, on the other hand, is three syllables. The и is elongated into a separate vowel. This can be hard to catch in quick speech, but with ...
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How do I pronounce the soft sign at the end of a word?
At least in the case of н vs нь, you can actually use English to feel the difference. Take the words canon and canyon. Canon is pronounced with normal [n]: kæ•nuhn. But canyon has a different type of [...
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preposition attached to noun
If speaking in the strange style where you separate each word, would you still attach these words together?
When I piece together sentences in other languages, it's perfectly fine to go slowly and ...
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Difference of pronunciations of музей and музеи
When I hear one of these words and can't distinguish it by context
All human languages, Russian being no exception, have a high level of redundancy. Many languages don't have the concept of plural as ...
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Why is the letter "г" in some Russian words pronounced [v]?
Сначала звук "г" стал произноситься фрикативно, как он сейчас произносится в украинском языке и часто в южнорусских говорах (Украина и соседние регионы, например Белгородская область). Так, ...
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Difference of pronunciations of музей and музеи
In му-зе́й the stress is on the second syllable, which is said like "way".
In му-зе́-и, the stress is also on the second syllable, but you just add и, which sounds like [ɪ] in pink.
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Is "й" pronounced as "j" or "y"?
I think your confusion stems from the fact that most textbooks use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in their transcriptions, and the IPA symbol for the y in yes is /j/. Why did they choose j? ...
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