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What is the only Russian letter that forms a dipthong.
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й
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How does a sound?
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a as in father
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How doe э sound?
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as e in fed
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How does ы sound?
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as i in sit
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How does о sound?
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as o in home
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How does у sound?
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as oo in food
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What are the hard Russian vowels?
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а э ы о у
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What are the soft Russian vowels?
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я е и ё ю
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How does я sound?
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ya as in yard
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How does е sound?
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As ye in yet
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How does ё sound?
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As yo in yore
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How does ю sound?
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As yu in Yukon
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When are the hard vowels used?
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At the beginning of a word and after hard consonants.
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When are the soft vowels used?
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After soft consonants and when the word begins with the sound y (an iotated vowel).
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What is an example of a soft consonant in English?
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n in onion or gn in poignant
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What three Russian consonants are always hard?
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ж, ц, and ш
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What three Russian consonants are always pronounced soft?
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ч, щ, й
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After which letters do you write и, а, and у instead of ы, я, and ю?
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fricatives ж, ч, ш, щ, and the velars, к, г, х
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What is the devoiced consonant for б?
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п
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What is the devoiced consonant for д?
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т
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What is the devoiced consonant for в?
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ф
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What is the devoiced consonant for з?
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c
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What is the devoiced consonant for г?
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к
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What is the devoiced consonant for ж?
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ш
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When are consonants devoiced?
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When the consonant is the last letter in the word.
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When does а get pronounced as the u in but or the a in about or sofa?
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Whenever а occurs after a stressed syllable or more than one syllable before the stressed syllable. An exception is when a is in the first position.
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When does о get pronounced as а?
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When it is in the syllable immediately before the stressed syllable and when it is at the unstressed beginning of a word.
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When does о get pronounced as u in but or the a in about or sofa?
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When it is not stressed, not at the beginning of a word, and not in the syllable immediately before the stressed syllable.
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How does a get pronounced when it is after a stressed syllable or more than one syllable before the stressed syllable (except when it is in the first syllable)
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as the u in but or the a in about or sofa
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How does o get pronounced when it is not stressed, not at the beginning of a word, and not in the syllable immediately before the stressed syllable.
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as а in about or sofa or u in but.
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When о is not stressed, not at the beginning of a word, and not in the syllable immediately before the stressed syllable, how does it get pronounced?
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as the u in but or the a in about or sofa?
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How would you pronounce хорошО?
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[kherasho] e symbolizes schwa (u as in but)
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How would you pronounce бородА?
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[berada] e symbolizes schwa (u as in but)
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How would you pronounce окнО?
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[akno]
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How would you pronounce обстанОвка?
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[abstanOfku]
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How would you pronounce отстоЯть?
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[atstaYAt']
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How would you pronounce поговОрка?
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[pugavOrku]
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How would you pronounce отрОсток?
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[astrOstuk]
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How would you pronounce отворотИть
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[atvuratEEt']
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How would you pronounce достопримечAтельность?
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[dustupreemeechAteel'nest']
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How is е pronounced when it is not stressed?
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It is reduced to a sound approaching that of ы (like i in sit).
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When are e and я not pronounced at their full value.
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anytime they are not stressed.
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How would you pronounce язЫк?
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[yizIk]
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How would you pronounce дЕсять?
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[dYEsyit']
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How would you pronounce пятьдесЯт
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[pyit'dyisYAt']
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How would you pronounce интерпретАция?
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[intirpritatsiye]
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How is Я pronounced when it is not stressed?
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It is reduced to a sound approaching that of И
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How would you pronounce беспокОиться
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[bispakoyitse]
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ФрАнция
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France
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ИтАлия
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Italy
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ВьетнАм
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Vietnam
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Австрия
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Austria
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АфганистАн
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Afghanistan
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АргентИна
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Argentina
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ИрАк
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Iraq
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ИрлАндия
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Ireland
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КанАда
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Canada
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МЕксика
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Mexico
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ПортугАлия
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Portugal
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Индия
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India
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БразИлия
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Brazil
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ЧИли
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Chile
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БолгАрия
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Bulgaria
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АлжИр
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Algeria
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ЯпОния
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Japan
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КазахстАн
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Kazakhstan
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ИзрАиль
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Israel
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ДАния
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Denmark
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ШвейцАрия
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Switzerland
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ПакистАн
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Pakistan
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ГрЕциа
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Greece
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АвстрАлия
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Australia
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КитАй
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China
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ЭкуадОр
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Ecuador
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ЧЕхия
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Czech Republic
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ГермАния
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Germany
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ПОльша
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Poland
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ЭфиОпия
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Ethiopia
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ТУрция
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Turkey
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ГоллАндия
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Holland
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АрАвия
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Arabia
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УкраИна
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Ukraine
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УзбекистАн
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Uzbekistan
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КорЕя
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Korea
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