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russian language help thanks a lot for looking at this question?
е when stressed and unstressed have many pronouncation
like for eg unstressed e may sometime sounds like ya but the a in ya is of a from the above
e may also sound like э when stressed
so when do we know that we are pronouncing the correct version of e
2 Answers
- Yes, I amLv 61 decade agoFavourite answer
It's called a vowel reduction - it's typical for many vowels in Russian. The unstressed "e" can sound like "и", "ы", the point is - it becomes unclear, reduced. Feel free to say "жынá" (ЖЕНА - wife), "цынá" (ЦЕНА - price), "дирéвня" (ДЕРЕВНЯ - village), "мишóк" (МЕШОК - sack), "дéрива" (ДЕРЕВО - tree). When it's stressed, it should sound like [э] with the palatalized ("soft") consonant in front of it:
бéрег = [б'эр'ик] (coast), in this word both consonants [б'] and [р'] are "soft".
There was a question on related subject , about the vowels o and a. If you are interested in my explanation, it's here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201002...
Source(s): it can be interesting (and it's correct if you doubt Wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_phonology#Vow... - 1 decade ago
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