Help with Russian?

[jonessoda]

About pronunciation. The way I was first taught Russian cyrillic, ? was pronounced "shch," like in "hash check," and ? was the vowel in "sit." But the way my Russian professor says it, ? is "shshy," like a long, soft ?, and ? is like a German u-umlaut gliding to a short ?. Is the way my professor pronounces it just a feature of certain accents/dialects (in her case, Moscow), or is that for all Russian, or what?

 

[jonessoda]

Nobody here speaks Russian, then?

 

[AbAbber2k]

Originally posted by: jonessoda
Nobody here speaks Russian, then?

Maybe some do, they just don't speak English, so they don't know what your thread is about. :shocked:

 

[JulesMaximus]

In Soviet Russia, Russian speaks you.

 

[Chaotic42]

My Russian professor pronounced ? the way that you were first taught. He pronounced ? as a kind of back of the throat 'i' sounding vowel. It's very hard to describe. Almost like Fonzie's "Hey" or whatever it was that he said on that show.

 

[linuxboy]

Typical of Moscow dialect. You learned it correctly, but your prof is also correct because dialects and accents still reflect the language. Don't be intimidated.

Cheers !

 

[thehstrybean]

I wish I knew Russian...Sadly, I'm a poor German student...

Soon to be Greek, too!

 

[eshtog]

I speak russian and first way is correct

 

[artikk]

Originally posted by: eshtog
I speak russian and first way is correct

I speak russian as well and I concur.

 

[jonessoda]

Originally posted by: thehstrybean
I wish I knew Russian...Sadly, I'm a poor German student...

Deutsch ist wunderbar... ich wunsch das ich Deutsch sehr gut sprechen, aber ich spreche nur ein Bisschen.