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| will72694 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5704 days ago 59 posts - 60 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 3 16 September 2009 at 1:17pm | IP Logged |
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Hello. I am fine at telling the difference between and pronouncing all Russian letters
except Щ and Ч. I know that Щ is a voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative, but to me that sounds the same as the English 'sh' (a voiceless post-alveolar fricative). I can't really hear the difference and I do not know if I am saying it right. Also, the letter ч gives me trouble. Is it pronounced the same as the English 'ch' or is it pronounced with the tongue drawn slightly back more toward the palate? If it's not a problem, would someone who speaks Russian record some words with those sounds in them? Thank you! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Palomnik Tetraglot Newbie United States Joined 5548 days ago 6 posts - 9 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, Thai | Message 2 of 3 16 September 2009 at 1:31pm | IP Logged |
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Щ uses the area of the tongue further back than English sh to make contact with the post-alveolar area. It approaches the sound of soft German ch.
Ч has less "t" in it than English "ch." Sorry, I don't have the material to upload sound from here but there are plenty of examples on the web. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Nadav3 Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6315 days ago 13 posts - 12 votes Studies: Ukrainian*, English | Message 3 of 3 26 April 2010 at 10:49am | IP Logged |
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Щ in Russian is pronounced like SHSH and not really SHCH as in fresh cheese.. or like in Sch in German words: Try this word.
ЩЕТКА = SCHOT-ka Now in Ukrainian, we don't pronounce this letter like russian, more like ShCh as in fresh check, but most in east ukraine pronounce like Russian this letter. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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