Russian Tastature and express of ó (a or o?)

[disminuya.livejournal.com]

I`ve got a question about writing russian with an romanian/german tastature (I have got both).
Is it difficault for you to notice the letters, if you don`t see them?

What`s about o, ó etc.
I don`t really know, when I have to say "a" and when "o", when there is written an "o" (for example она, and so on).

Comments

[flower-flavor.livejournal.com]

I believe "a" is used instead of "o" if "o" isn't stressed.
However, it really won't be a mistake if you read "o" where "o" is written.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Unstressed "o" (безударное "о") in most cases sounds between "a" and "o" (or, to be more exact, unstressed "a" and unstressed "o" sound the same :-))

[disminuya.livejournal.com]

My russian teacher doesn`t explained that so, thanks.

It`s similiar to the romanian î and â.
When I was listening to russian, and don`t understanding it, I tought it sounds hard and strange. But when I learned how to write and to speak, I saw, there are many similarities to my native language. Although I did not think, that it is possible :))

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

I have heard Moldavians speaking Romanian in Chisinau - for me it sounded as if ancient Romans were speaking Russian :) I mean phonetics, of course.

[disminuya.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know what you mean.
Moldavians speak a silmilar romanian (it gives four dialects) as "normal" romanian.

For me russian was the "easiest" language - it`s not easy, but ... pleasantly :))
I was very suprised about these silmilarities, because Russian is slavic and Romanian is a romanic language (it`s very similar to Latin).
I choosed Latin as first language in school - there were 5 russians in my class and they all were very good in latin, had no problems.

[welgar.livejournal.com]

Yes, "о" is pronounced as something between "о" and "а" when not stressed. If you pronounce it as "о" they will understand you but it's a kind of provincial dialect.