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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6597 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 65 of 70 20 April 2012 at 8:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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We're criticizing textbooks, not learners.
I'd say we're actually fairly easy to impress :P Unless you're a teacher lolol. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| yuriFromRoma Groupie Italy Joined 4713 days ago 48 posts - 69 votes Speaks: Italian* Studies: English, Russian | Message 66 of 70 24 April 2012 at 1:01am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Speaking of pronunciation, I'd like to share a useful, free resource that I discovered few days ago: "The Russian Sound System: Pronunciation Guide", which , as the title suggests, breaks down various aspects of the proper Russian pronunciation. I'm confident that truly internalizing it will help me a lot. Or at least, that's my hope. :) Edited by yuriFromRoma on 24 April 2012 at 1:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 67 of 70 24 April 2012 at 9:24am | IP Logged | ||||||||
There is practically no explanation of how Russian sounds are pronounced. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| yuriFromRoma Groupie Italy Joined 4713 days ago 48 posts - 69 votes Speaks: Italian* Studies: English, Russian | Message 68 of 70 24 April 2012 at 10:20am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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In my opinion soundsystem.html">section II provides some good, simple explanation of the ones very different
from English, as well as plenty of pronunciation rules and audio examples. The latter is the thing I like most of the guide: there are many audio examples on a specific aspect of the pronunciation that is rather easy to isolate things poorly understood. Anyway, if someone can provide something better, he/ she is welcome. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6597 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 69 of 70 24 April 2012 at 10:31am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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This site is good too http://www.study-languages-online.com/russian-articulation.h tml
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| Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4671 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English* | Message 70 of 70 07 May 2012 at 8:34am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Totally agree. I was shocked to see a text that makes it sound like I'm being anal to want to have correct pronunciation, among other things.
I'm glad to get confirmation. I gave up on trying to pronounce these as "different consonants". I treat them as hard and soft versions of the same consonant, and I feel my pronunciation is pretty close to what I hear, and nobody has ever had a problem understanding this aspect of my speech. I think the whole "sh ch combo" and related explanations are confusing and misleading. I don't understand why they try to explain it like that.
What a terrible thing to say. Native speakers come here to really analyze and discuss Russian pronunciation, and you complain about it. There are many places you can go to get compliments of your skills. Please don't criticize one of the few honest sites left. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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