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[adelaide129.livejournal.com]

how does one pronounce the russian word for "espionage"? i can spell it, i just can't figure out how to pronounce it!

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[cema.livejournal.com]

Шпионаж: [шпи-а-НАШ]
Разведка: [рас-ВЕД-к*]

[ekeme-ndiba.livejournal.com]

разведка - [rʌz'v^jɛtkə]. [v] sound never causes regressive assimilation of the preceeding consonant in Russian, not to mention there are no conditions for devoicing [z] sound at all, as far as the next consonant is voiced ;-)

[cema.livejournal.com]

You are right. Z is still voiced here. It's just that in a fast speech (like mine) the combination zv afects the way z sounds. However, it does not become devoiced.

[kasak.livejournal.com]

Sort of off-topic, but how do you get type those IPA characters into the browser? Do you just copy and paste them from somewhere else, or how?

[ekeme-ndiba.livejournal.com]

Yes, just old good c'n'p from charmap.

[ataltane.livejournal.com]

not to mention there are no conditions for devoicing [z] sound at all, as far as the next consonant is voiced ;-)

Oh? Do I misunderstand, or are you saying that [z] is never devoiced by the following consonant?

[ekeme-ndiba.livejournal.com]

Of course, no! My point was a) the consonant following "z" is voiced, so there are no conditions to devoice "z"; b) unlike, say, Greek, "v" and resonant sounds never cause regressive assimilation in Russian (σβησώ - zviso, свисать - svisat).

Phew!

[ataltane.livejournal.com]

I'm relieved.