View Single Post
Old 04-11-2006, 02:32 AM   #6 (permalink)
ProfessorXX
Growing Member
 
ProfessorXX's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 10
ProfessorXX is an unknown character at this point ProfessorXX is an unknown character at this point
Default

Dimitry is absolutely lovely person! To all of you, who trying to learn Russian. The letter ¨ doesn’t exist any more in written Russian after 1972 Academy Language revision. But the same time it’s not prohibited for usage. Just disregard it and use only E in your Russian writing.
The only difference it makes for foreigners – it helps to pronounce correctly a word if you reading loudly in public. (If you don’t pronounce it correctly, when reading by yourself – who cares!)
For example in modern Russian you see the word ÒÅÏËÛÉ (warm). The way you would pronounce it t y E p l i y. And only native speakers know, that you have to say t y O p l I y. So the letter E pronounce like Y-E-E-E and letter ¨ pronounce like Y-O-O-O
That’s it!!!! No complications and no deep meaning. The letter was created for the sake of correct reflection of the pronunciation. Russians don’t write any more ¨ëêà, they write Åëêà.
Just say it write – like when you see Bush don’t say Bosh.
Dmitry, you probably remember, that the letter ¨ always in any words MUST be emphasized. Anyway – you are lovely and the best on this forum.
(Offline)   Reply With Quote