| Cameron | Date: Friday, 2009-06-26, 12:23 PM | Message # 1 |
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| I wonder about the correct pronunciation of Russian щ. On many sites they say that it should be pronounced as shch. I listened to the audio and did not hear ch part. I also found a Ukrainian website with pronunciation audio, and I hear the shch. Can anybody make it clear for me?
Thank you.
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| Olga | Date: Friday, 2009-06-26, 12:31 PM | Message # 2 |
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| No wonder you don’t hear ch, because it’s not there. In many courses they present it with 2 sounds. I think originally it happened, because someone tried to illustrate the difference between ш and щ. And, if you pronounce quickly and casually shch together with a vowel, you will get it: fresh chicken. But you will get much closer sound if you do the same with shsh: English sheet.
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| Oxana | Date: Friday, 2009-06-26, 12:32 PM | Message # 3 |
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| The pronunciation of Russian and Ukrainian щ is different. In Ukrainian they pronounce it shch exactly as in fresh chicken: щітка = brush, що= what. In Russian though it sounds as soft ШШ. It always softer and longer than Ш.
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| Biker | Date: Sunday, 2009-07-12, 6:00 PM | Message # 4 |
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| I read on one forum that in some regions of Russia, for a example in Saint
Petersburg, they pronounce 'щ' as 'shch'.
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| Olga | Date: Wednesday, 2009-07-15, 8:42 Am | Message # 5 |
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| I am from Saint Petersburg. I assure you that people in Saint Petersburg
pronounce this letter very soft as *shsh*.
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| KOTnt | Date: Wednesday, 2010-03-17, 6:51 PM | Message # 6 |
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| The right variant of the sound "щ" in the word "sheet" - "щит"
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