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Phanto
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I am learning Russian now [Smile] . A major problem I have is pronouncing the russian word "we" "you" and so on, for they all contain this horrible "eee" sound that is not in English.

Now does anyone have any good links to places on how to learn it? Or does anyone have any personal advice?

Thanks!

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Dragon
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I'd say get a CD that has someone saying the words that you have trouble with, and keep trying to imitate it...

I'm trying to learn Russian too, but I've just got a book and a CD, so it's going kind of slowly. (I'm still working memorizing the alphabet)

Good Luck!

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Tatiana
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I have a friend who speaks Russian as his native language. If you like, I will ask him to record clips of whatever words you want to hear. Let me know.

Good luck!

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Mike
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Do you have a native Russian speaker near you to whom you can go for help? The ы sound and the differences between hard and soft consonants are the hardest things about Russian, phonetically speaking. At least for an English speaker. I find holding the tongue back in the mouth is key for pronouncing ы, but you really just have to practice until it sounds right (this is where a native speaker comes in handy). Also, there is sometimes a hint of a /w/ sound interjected: мы is something like /mwi/, not just /mi/. To my ears, anyway.

Good luck! [Smile]

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Sid Meier
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NYET! Da, Borscht, Vodka, Spasebo, rodina. Only words I know.
Nein, Jaworhl, Ja, Panzerkampfwagon, Blitzkrieg, luftwaffa, are most of the german I know.

Hai, Iye, Neh, Mizu, wakarismasu ka?, wakarismasen, se desu, and a few others are the japanese I know.

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Kama
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Most of them spelled wrong [Razz]
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Stan the man
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favorite German word I remember (haven't studied German in years): das Bier. I think it's "das" anyway. phrase: Ich habe ein Bier.

I don't do Russian, Spanish or anything else. English, Bad English, and even poorer German are the only ones I know.

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Я говорю русского очень плох и я понимаю его очень плох [Big Grin]

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Phanto
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Same applies to me ^^. But with time, I shall learn!

Thanks for all the advice! I've got a native speaker with whom I'm practicing [Smile] .

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Synesthesia
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I can sort of use that.
Later I'll list you a bunch of sites I have been on... Some great sites.

http://masterrussian.com/
http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/russian/index.html
this site is the best but is on stupid geocities
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/7635/alphabet.html
http://www.semiology.com/rwt/index.html
http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/onegin1.html
It's Eugene Onegin in Cyrillic.
http://www.karadar.net/Librettos/tchaikovsky_onegin.html
Onegin transliterated

I wonder if Old Church Slavonic existed and furthermore, I want to find Baba Yaga and this poem called Colours in Russian.

[ November 27, 2004, 12:25 AM: Message edited by: Synesthesia ]

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suntranafs
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Learn tee Gloopy Devoushka Cabaka!
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suntranafs
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Ya i du napoachtu Ya i du napoachtu Ya i du napoachtu Ya i du napoachtu Ya i du napoachtu
peeslot peesmo peeslot peesmo peeslot peesmo peeslot peesmo peeslot peesmo peeslot peesmo
Ya i du napoachtu peeslot peesmo Ya i du napoachtu peeslot peesmo Ya i du napoachtu peeslot peesmo Ya i du napoachtu peeslot peesmo

(Sorry I'm only passing on to you what the people on tape did to me when I tried to learn russian- are you bored to tears yet? If not simply hire a guy with a boring voice to repeat those words over and over again.) Hope this helps.

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Yozhik
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quote:
I wonder if Old Church Slavonic existed
It sure did, and does, since it's a liturgical language of the Orthodox Church in Russia.

I had to study it for a semester as part of my graduate degree in Slavic Languages. I can't speak it or anything, but I can read some of the Gospels and make out bits and pieces of the liturgy.

And then there's THIS, which was evidently done by a student of Old Church Slavonic with WAY, WAY too much time on his hands.

(I THINK it's a translation of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," but I'm not 100% positive. Only one semester, and all that.)

[ November 29, 2004, 07:59 PM: Message edited by: Yozhik ]

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Yozhik
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quote:
Learn tee Gloopy Devoushka Cabaka!
Actually, that would be "gloopaya devoushka-sobaka." But either way, it won't exactly impress the girls. Try walking up to them and instead saying, "Ya -- goluBOY malchik."
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Synesthesia
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OH COOL! I wonder if DMITRI SANG IN OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC!!! SO NEET!

Now, if someone could just find me Baba Yaga stories in Russian so I can learn to say my Bright Dawn which is useless, but so cool sounding?

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Joldo
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I speak German like a North Hessen hick. I speak Spanish badly and write Spanish quite eloquently. I speak English very well.

In German, I can curse the sky blue.

Verdamtnamal!

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Mike
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quote:
"Ya -- goluBOY malchik."
Yeah, that'll impress the girls. [Roll Eyes]
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