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[superslayer18.livejournal.com]

2 Questions:

1) Are there any sounds in Russian that, when combined together, make the same sound in English? My best two examples would be p+h=f, and if that means П+Х=Ф. Another would be K+N=N (like in "know") so К+Н=Н?


2) I keep having problems with -ь words, and how I am supposed to pronounce them. I know that to a Russian, т and ть are two totally different sounds. Same with л and ль I believe. Can anyone help me with what difference I am supposed to pronounce when I try to say one and not the other? I recall something about pronouncing "y" and the same time as the consenant, but I just can't!

Thanks if you can help me!

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[shellesie.livejournal.com]

You've already got an answer to your question about combined letters - they aren't similar as in english. But in russian oral language you can meet some combination of sounds, and their pronouncation is not equal to their spelling. One of them, that you can meet very often: in infinitives which end with -ться (умываться, собираться, удивляться) combination "ться" pronounces as "ца" (like in "ЦАпля")