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Gosiak
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 Message 25 of 144
14 January 2012 at 3:02am | IP Logged 


Ellsworth, I admire your efforts.

Sadly there is no such thing as regular 'r' for an English speaker trying to learn
Slavic language. The 'r' in question is a trill, rolled 'r' (р in cyrylic) which is
also one of the two variants of 'r' used in Spanish: the 'rr' sound as in 'perro'
(alveoral trill).

рь is transcribed as /rʲ/ which can be broken down to two sounds. First one is this
trill and the second one is palatalisation which means transforming rolled r into a [j]
glide -> first syllable of "yes".

If you try to trill your r's for a while producing machinelike sound and then pushed
your tongue forward to combine it with [j] you have a good chance to succeed.


pronunciation
sample


Good luck!
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Ellsworth
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 Message 26 of 144
14 January 2012 at 4:03am | IP Logged 
All this advice is very much appreciated! I am not getting it just yet, but hopefully
soon. I will forge on with studies despite maybe mispronouncing some words while
continuing to try to improve upon my pronunciation. Or might it be too risky of
developing bad habits?
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Марк
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 Message 27 of 144
14 January 2012 at 5:27am | IP Logged 
"The lips are spread slightly. The tip of the tongue touches the area behind the upper
teeth. The sides of the tongue are pressed to the upper lateral teeth. The middle part of
the tongue is slightly raised. The tip of the tongue vibrates because of the air stream.
The vocal cords vibrate."
I don't know where it vibrates, to my mind it just touches the alveolars once.
The sound is pronounced with the area just before the tip. So it's like saying дь but the
tip of the tongue is higher.
To me this sound was easier than the hard r.
Is the hard r actually a trill or a flap in Russian? What do you think of it? So, is it
like Spanish r or closer to Spanish rr?

Edited by Марк on 14 January 2012 at 5:29am

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Gosiak
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 Message 28 of 144
14 January 2012 at 11:29am | IP Logged 
Марк wrote:
Is the hard r actually a trill or a flap in Russian? What do you think
of it? So, is it like Spanish r or closer to Spanish rr?


I think that hard r is a trill in the Slavic languages, it is like Spanish 'rr'.

According to Spanish IPA
"The letter 'r' represents the trill [r] (1) when written double (e.g. tierra); (2)
when word-initial (e.g. razón); syllable-finally and when it follows 'l', 'n', or 's'
(e.g. alrededor, sonrisa, Israel, parte)—otherwise, it represents the apical flap [ɾ]
(e.g. para, padre)."

Source:
Spanish alphabet

Russian 'r' has got two variants: the hard trill [r] and the soft palatalised trill
/rʲ/.

Russian alphabet

I pronunce flap consciously, I'd love to get rid of it and start to do it automaticly,
maybe one day I will not have to think about that one and only 'tap' of the tongue. My
Slavic mind is set on rolling the r's.

Edited by Gosiak on 14 January 2012 at 11:39am

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Ellsworth
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 Message 29 of 144
15 January 2012 at 6:07pm | IP Logged 
Here are some sentences I have worked on today, all words and conjugations from memory.
I hope to be able to upload a recording of me reading it.
Вчера я ходил в школу. Сегодня я иду отцу. Завтра я пойду на работу. Ты в море. Она меня
любила. Я не любил её. Я не хочу быть с ею в здадние. Я хочу быть с матерью на дому с
окнами в деревне. Брат меня не любит. Я не дам ему ружьё. Он давал мне стол. Я ему
скажу.
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Марк
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 Message 30 of 144
15 January 2012 at 6:30pm | IP Logged 
Сегодня я иду К отцу. Я не хочу быть с Нею в здании. Я хочу быть с матерью в доме с
окнами в деревне.
А бывают дома без окон?
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Ellsworth
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 Message 31 of 144
15 January 2012 at 6:48pm | IP Logged 
haha я не знаю... I just wanted to use a plural.
and thanks for the corrections.

Edited by Ellsworth on 16 January 2012 at 6:50pm

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Ellsworth
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 Message 32 of 144
15 January 2012 at 8:45pm | IP Logged 
Here is my French paragraph I wrote today. This was like the first day I have really
seriously looked seriously at French. May be a bit more difficult than I planned...
Je veux apprendre le Français car je veux pouvoir parler avec des hommes qui parlent le
Français et je veux lire des lire que étaient écrits des écrivains françaises. Le
Français est aussi une langue belle. Je n’ai étudié jamais le Français, et je ne sais
pas si je la peux apprendre. Il n’est pas clair qu’il soit possible car je dois étudier
des autres choses. Mais, je ne serai pas très déçu. J’aime apprendre des langues, et
j’aime le processus autant que le résultat.


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