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[forestelven.livejournal.com]

hello i am learning russian and i have a few pronounciation questions

i see this "ий" at the end of many words how is it pronounced?
like ee-ih .....

and how is эдравствуйте pronounced ive seen mixed ways
one said zdrast-vooit-ye others said different

спасибо

Weird stresses

[noser.livejournal.com]

I've been listening to the news lately, and it looks like the only way a native English speaker can pronounce the surname "Шарапова" is Sharapova. I've even seen a headline "Sharapova the Supernova". Those guys must've been pretty sure about the pronunciation :)

Is there something that makes English speakers think the stress is on the "o"? Maybe, an association with a known word like Casanova or something?

Another one I could never understand is "babushka". What gives?

P.S. And they think that Maria's father's name is "Yuri Sharapova". Гы-гы-гы :)))))

Upd. To make this entry useful for beginners in Russian: The right stresses and spellings are Sharapova, babushka, Yuri Sharapov :)