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[yers.livejournal.com]

"When translating Au!, ignore the dictionary suggestion "You-hoo!" In fact, take out your thickest marker and cross it out."

A very good article about Russian interjections.
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2003/07/25/007.html

By the way, the г in ага is pronounced the Ukrainian way, as a voiced [h]. It is the only occurence of this sound in Russian. update: that has been challenged, see comments.

Comments

[goshen.livejournal.com]

It is the only occurence of this sound in Russian.

It is not the only occurence of this sound in Russian. Another example: Бог.

[yers.livejournal.com]

it's the only one, unless we count instances like министр иностранных дел where it's vocalised before a voiced consonant, but with this approach we should also be treating the [dz]-sound in отец дома as a separate phoneme.

The one in Бог is a simple unvoiced [x], the received pronounciation of г in слава Богу is [г] and not [γ] as it would be in Old Slavonic.

[goshen.livejournal.com]

Your claims contradict most authorities on the subject.
http://www.philol.msu.ru/rus/galya-1/orfoepija/zadnejaz.htm

[yers.livejournal.com]

ouch, I did forget "Господи!" the interjection.
otherwise, I was thinking of those cases where γ is the only possible pronunciation, not an obsolete/dialectal fluctuation.
that makes two of such cases.
I've updated the post. thank you.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_lerka_/]

You're welcome.
Actually, there's a number of other interjections with the same pronunciation: ого, эге, ага, гоп, гопля и т п

[goshen.livejournal.com]

That's pretty obnoxious, but thanks for the info.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_lerka_/]

Тебя туда же, мальчик.

[yers.livejournal.com]

**грустно** угу.
**вдруг осеняет**
**победоносно** ИГОГО!!!

[goshen.livejournal.com]

No problem :-)

ґ!

[ugly-boy.livejournal.com]

By the way, the ã in àãà is pronounced the Ukrainian way, as a voiced [h]. It
is the only occurence of this sound in Russian.

Fascinating! I know that both Belarusan and Ukranian use /г/ to represent [h]
and /ґ/ to represent [g]. I'd love to learn more about the development of these
two letters!

Also, thank you for the article.

Re: ґ!

[moon-aka-sun.livejournal.com]

As far as know, all (ok, many) hate this new letter ґ. It occurs in only three Ukrainian words and in foreign words. It was rather a gesture of 'самостийность' (independence) than a real necessity.

Regarding ага, it souns [aha] when it means 'yes', and it's [aga:] when it means 'I see' or 'I caught you/it'.

Re: ґ!

[yers.livejournal.com]

Regarding ага, it souns [aha] when it means 'yes', and it's [aga:] when it means 'I see' or 'I caught you/it'.

I've never heard ага with a [g] except from Ukrainians being hyper-correct.

Re: ґ!

[creature-like.livejournal.com]

but it is absolutely correct to use г' in pronunciation of the word "ага".

another matter is that people in some regions of russia (most of such regions are nearly belarus and ukraine) pronounce г' instead of г in all words :-) also i can add that many russians consider this accent as rural

Всего доброго, буду рад видеть вас на страницах своего ЖЖ :-)

Re: ґ!

[yers.livejournal.com]

but it is absolutely correct to use г' in pronunciation of the word "ага".
1. it's incorrect 2. if you absolutely must use the word "absolutely", please provide some scholarly reference.

on second thoughts

[yers.livejournal.com]

well, I did hear it also as a mannerism... but it's as oddball as "после того" with the second word pronounced as it's spelt.

Re: ґ!

[ugly-boy.livejournal.com]

I don't know about Ukranians, but ґ's use in Belarusan is much more welcome as far as I know. It's also a matter of independence, but I don't think that's such a bad thing. If Russian were forced on me for decades I wouldn't like it, either.

Re: ґ!

[creature-like.livejournal.com]

there is no word "самостийность", but there is "самостоятельность, независимость"

Re: ґ!

[yers.livejournal.com]

1. wrong again 2. I've just kicked and banned you from the community for posting obscene links. bye.

[sekhet.livejournal.com]

Well, my understanding is that the reason bog and gospodi are pronounced with the voiced h is because they are influenced by the liturgical old church slavonic pronunciation, a pronunciation which, even though it is obsolete in Russian, is preserved in many other slavic languages, such as Ukrainian. So that would be a different phenomenon, it would seem, than pronouncing aga with a voiced h. I could be wrong. *shrug*