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From: alex@macsimum.gamma.ru (Alex Romanov)
Subject: Re: Russian question
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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 09:46:03 GMT
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In article <1995Jul7.120747.2109@statsci.com>, peter@statsci.com (Peter
Schumacher) wrote:

> I am beginning to study Russian independently, with limited materials, and
> have a simple pronunciation question. Is "you (sing.) work" pronounced "ti
> rabotayeshch" or "ti rabotayoshch", with stress on the second syllable in
> both cases. That's using pretty crude Romanization; just focus on the
> ye/yo. My text is very confusing.

Yes, the stress is on the second syllable and the correct vowel is ye and
not yo. Note that "yo" vowel is always stressed in Russian (in some
compounds with two yo's the first one would bear secondary stress). Note
also that unstressed vowels in Russian undergo severe reduction, so you
will not hear "ye" in this position, it would sound as weak "i".

Alex Romanov
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