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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6550 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 1 of 24 09 April 2011 at 7:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Princeton lesson 8 says that сeрдцe ends with an "o" sound. My text to speech program disagrees. Which is correct,
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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6550 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 2 of 24 09 April 2011 at 7:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
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regarding объяснИть - why does the я sound like и?
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| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5320 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 3 of 24 09 April 2011 at 7:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Your TTS program is right. There's definitely no o sound in Сердце (=heart). Check out this cheesy Russian Rap song for the proper pronunciation.
The "я" in "объяснить" is pronounced "ya" and might give you the impression that there's a short i before it, because that's what happens if you pronounce a "y" sound followed by a vowel. Edited by Doitsujin on 09 April 2011 at 7:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6550 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 4 of 24 09 April 2011 at 7:59pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks D.
And does Извинитe ради Бога = Forgive me, for god's sake? Here's what Princeton chapter 1, lesson 8, homework exercise 2, 7. and 8. say: 7. окно́ __________________________________ 8. се́рдце ____________________________ ______ (this word shares the same ending as 7) Can someone explain what I'm not understanding here? Edited by leosmith on 09 April 2011 at 8:07pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5320 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 5 of 24 09 April 2011 at 8:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
Correct.
I'm not familiar with the Princeton course, but both окно and сердце are neuters and therefore have the same noun declension endings. Edited by Doitsujin on 09 April 2011 at 8:21pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Darobat Diglot Senior Member Joined 7188 days ago 754 posts - 770 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Latin | Message 7 of 24 09 April 2011 at 8:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
When spoken casually and quickly, it is common for an unstressed я to sound more like an и. In careful speech though, it should still be pronounced as written. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| giok Newbie Poland Joined 5182 days ago 17 posts - 22 votes Speaks: Italian* | Message 8 of 24 09 April 2011 at 8:58pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Doitsujin and leosmith, the я in объяснить does not sound like ya because it's unstressed. It's pronounced like this.
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