Any one

[stephenwolfe.livejournal.com]

have any links for me as a novice to learn to decipher and write russian.

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[quem98.livejournal.com]

russnet.org has a lot of good stuff.

[stephenwolfe.livejournal.com]

Thanks I will check it out.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

You might want to take a look at the links in community info (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=learn_russian) first.

[stephenwolfe.livejournal.com]

Okay, Thanks.

[basile.livejournal.com]

Ways "to decipher" (not use): http://babelfish.org/web-translation-vendor.htm

[stephenwolfe.livejournal.com]

Thanks

[theminion.livejournal.com]

http://masterrussian.com/blalphabet.shtml
Very useful, alphabet and sounds.
Except й, which doesn't have a sound...

~Ryan

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Well, in fact it DOES have a sound, it's just a broken link on that page :)

[theminion.livejournal.com]

Actually they never included it, to my knowledge.
Sort of like how when we were practicing in class we just said it's name.
*Shrug*
It's supposed to be like the "y" in boy, right?

~Ryan

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Since й is a semivowel, or both a vowel and a consonant, it is slightly harder than English Y in "boy" or "May". It only occurs in combinations with vowels: й+vowel (as in йод, iodine) and, more widely, vowel+й (чай, tea; мой, mine or my; рай, paradize; etc.)

[theminion.livejournal.com]

O...kay.
Noted.

~Ryan

Non-native speaker's POV:

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

It's not easy to hear й in isolation like, say, the sound /k/. In that way, it's kind of like the English 'h' (it's a pretty easily lost sound). That's probably why you just said the name in class.

Anyway, it is like the "y" in "boy, but it's more pronounced; you can hear the friction of the air passing through the mouth a little more clearly, if you're paying close attention.

Re: Non-native speaker's POV:

[theminion.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see.
Thanks.

~Ryan

[stephenwolfe.livejournal.com]

Thanks