{"id":3380,"date":"2012-07-19T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2014-07-17T18:36:17","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T18:36:17","slug":"ennunciation-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/ennunciation-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Ennunciation Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0423[\u0440]\u043e\u043a\u0438 \u0414\u0438\u043a\u0446\u0438\u0438. \u0427\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mU1PTratRWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The person in the above video does not pronounce one of the letters, the Russian letter <strong>\u0420<\/strong>. But it doesn&#8217;t stop him since, as he points out, there are 32 other letters to work with. Don&#8217;t worry if you don&#8217;t understand most of what he says. He speaks so fast that even native speakers of Russian find it difficult to keep up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s very easy to learn letters of Russian alphabet. In fact, you can learn the entire alphabet and start reading Russian in about an hour. Achieving correct pronunciation is quite another matter. Notoriously difficult sounds, such as <strong>[\u0440]<\/strong> and <strong>[\u043b]<\/strong> cause plenty of headaches even for the native speakers.<\/p>\n<p>When someone who speaks Russian can\u2019t roll his <strong>[\u0440]<\/strong> or articulate <strong>[\u043b]<\/strong> sounds, he is said to <strong>\u043a\u0430\u0440\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/strong>. Famously, <strong>\u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u041b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u043d \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u043b<\/strong> (Vladimir Lenin couldn\u2019t pronounce his \u0440 sounds). Just watch the movie <strong>\u041b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u043d \u0432 1917 \u0433\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span><\/strong> (Lenin in 1917).<\/p>\n<p>Another fairly common <strong>\u0434\u0435\u0444<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043a\u0442 \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043a\u0446\u0438\u0438<\/strong> (articulation defects) is replacing <strong>\u0441\u0432\u0438\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0449\u0438\u0435 \u0437\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0438 \u0441 \u0438 \u0437<\/strong> (whistling sounds<strong> [\u0441]<\/strong> and <strong>[\u0437])<\/strong> with <strong>\u0448\u0438\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0449\u0438\u0435 \u0437\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0438 \u0448 \u0438 \u0436<\/strong> (hissing sounds <strong>[\u0448]<\/strong> and <strong>[\u0436]<\/strong>). If this happens, the person is said to <strong>\u0448\u0435\u043f\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/strong>. <strong>\u041c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0435\u043d\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0438 \u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043e \u0438 \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u044f\u0442 \u0438 \u0448\u0435\u043f\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0432\u044f\u0442<\/strong> (Young children frequently do not pronounce <strong>[\u0440]<\/strong> and <strong>[\u043b]<\/strong> sounds and replacing whistling sounds with hissing ones).<\/p>\n<p>Most Russian children eventually learn the correct articulation. Some require help of a specialist known as <strong>\u043b\u043e\u0433\u043e\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0434<\/strong> (speech therapist). In addition to articulation, <strong>\u043b\u043e\u0433\u043e\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0438\u044f<\/strong> (speech therapy) helps with <strong>\u0437\u0430\u0438\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/strong> (stuttering) and <strong>\u0433\u043d\u0443\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (nasal intonation).<\/p>\n<p>Now, there are examples in both real life and fiction of articulation problems. Some are associated more with <strong>\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0433\u0435\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0438<\/strong> (positive characters) while others are reserved mostly for <strong>\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0446<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0433\u0435\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0438<\/strong> (negative characters). Good guys and sexy gals might have a bit of <strong>\u043a\u0430\u0440\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> or might <strong>\u0437\u0430\u0438\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f<\/strong> (to stutter) slightly. <strong>\u0413\u043d\u0443\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u0435 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span><\/strong> (nasal voices) and <strong>\u0448\u0435\u043f\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> are reserved for bad guys.<\/p>\n<p>And then there are comical examples, including this most famous one from the old comedy <strong>\u041f\u043e \u0441\u0435\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0439\u043d\u044b\u043c \u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430\u043c<\/strong> (Due to Family Circumstances). The entire two-part movie is available on YouTube, in case you want to watch it.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I find this strategy extremely effective. Even after years of living in the US, I still can\u2019t pronounce \u201cbeach\u201d, and \u201csheet\u201d correctly. Instead, I say \u201cseaside\u201d, \u201clinen\u201d which works 99% of the time.<\/p>\n<p>What Russian sounds and words do you find difficult to pronounce?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The person in the above video does not pronounce one of the letters, the Russian letter \u0420. But it doesn&#8217;t stop him since, as he points out, there are 32 other letters to work with. Don&#8217;t worry if you don&#8217;t understand most of what he says. 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