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[paintmylover.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that я can be pronounced "ya" or "ja". In which cases does this change occur? I know the original pronunciation of я is "ya", correct?

спасибо

 

 

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[freedomcry.livejournal.com]

That's a misunderstanding. These are two different transliteration conventions, not two pronunciations.

[ru-entranslator.livejournal.com]

I've never heard я pronounced "ja." You may be looking at some type of transliteration system and that's how it's spelled using that system (there are several transliterations systems." How it's spelled doesn't mean that it isn't pronounced "ya."

[merirustryfe.livejournal.com]

I've always heard it pronounced "ya". But I've seen it transcribed as either "ya" or "ja" (in which the j sounds like a y).

[elven-d.livejournal.com]

As a native speaker I've never heard я pronounced "ja", though sometimes it can be transliterated this way.

[skogens-kjole.livejournal.com]

Я is pronounced like "ya", maybe it can be transliterated like "ja" as in German this combination sounds like "ya" :)

[kite-head.livejournal.com]

it isn't pronuciation; it's transliteration. the "j," to my understanding, is favoured more by linguists, the "y" is favoured by non-linguists, is that sense probably more common.

[paintmylover.livejournal.com]

ah ok, i understand, thanks!

[divine-1987.livejournal.com]

+1

[tisoi.livejournal.com]

As the others have said, it's a transliteration system. It's usually "ya" but then after consonants, it sounds like an "a" but the preceding consonant is palatized.

Also, if you want an English "j" sound, use дж.

[aciel.livejournal.com]

Gets more complicated in Spanish, where Yo is actually pronounced with a slight zh. But j is IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) for English y.

[berzerg.livejournal.com]

yeah. dats right )