Taipale Newbie United States Joined 4539 days ago 5 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Russian
| Message 9 of 10 10 November 2012 at 10:32pm | IP Logged |
Josquin wrote:
What I find even more difficult is telling apart hard and soft l and consciously distinguishing them in speech. |
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That's interesting because I find this pair the easiest to distinguish. Both sounds are found in English (soft in 'leak' and hard in 'wool') so recognizing and reproducing these isn't that hard. It's all those other sounds we don't use that I struggle with.
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LaughingChimp Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4697 days ago 346 posts - 594 votes Speaks: Czech*
| Message 10 of 10 11 November 2012 at 1:49pm | IP Logged |
Josquin wrote:
Марк wrote:
Anyway, one has to develop a Russian ear, that is to start hearing as Russians do, not as non-Russians. |
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Granted. But until you've developed that ear you need a makeshift solution to pronounce your soft consonants. |
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It's better to wait unless you really need to pronounce something right now.
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