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[superslayer18.livejournal.com]

So after a good amount of time of hearing the sounds, I am now able to hear the difference between и and ы. (they used to sound the same to me)

I still can't, however, tell the difference between ш and щ. This is most likely because I don't hear the shch sound used very often at all. I was wondering if anyone can give me a good way of hearing the difference.

Although this may be wrong, I treat it as a double consonant a la Japanese. In Japanese, where you see a word that has a double consonant, like tte for example, you pause slightly before the double consonant (much like headdress or bookcase in English). Is this accurate? I also thought that maybe I should just try holding the sh sound longer and that would give me shch. I don't hear a transition from the sh sound to a ch sound, and I'm not sure if I'm supposed to or not.

Tell me if any of my theories are correct, and if not, let me know what I should be thinking lol. Thank you!

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[slotos.livejournal.com]

I think example is the best way to learn something. Here are two small (~500 Kb) cuts from songs.

http://slotos.nm.ru/10_sec_is_sh.ogg (Шут умирал… at 10sec point)
http://slotos.nm.ru/19_sec_is_sch.ogg (плаще at 18sec point)

PS: If songs cuts are not acceptable here i beg everyone pardon and ask moderators to delete this comment.

[superslayer18.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I can tell the difference now because I heard a song where they said "Praschaiyu" a lot. I'll go listen to these tracks now.