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- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops" xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:pls="http://www.w3.org/2005/01/pronunciation-lexicon" xmlns:ssml="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><head><title>Spelling and pronunciation</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-epub.css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/><link rel="prev" href="ch01s04.xhtml" title="Practice in Russian phonetics"/><link rel="next" href="ch01s06.xhtml" title="Rule 1: the vowels o and a"/></head><body><header/><section class="section" title="Spelling and pronunciation" epub:type="subchapter" id="d0e3659"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">Spelling and pronunciation</h2></div></div></div><p>In an ideal world, words will be pronounced just as they are written. However, since we do
- not live in an ideal world, we see that the pronunciation of certain words does not always
- correspond to their written representation. This is true not only in Russian, but in numerous
- other languages as well, including English. For example: the о in women is pronounced as i;
- the initial w is not pronounced in write, and the t in action is pronounced as sh.</p><p>Russian has a specific set of rules which govern those instances where spelling and
- pronunciation differ, and if you can master these rules, you will be well on your way to
- acquiring good pronunciation skills in Russian.</p><div class="informaltable"><table style="width: 100%; border: none;"><colgroup><col class="c1"/><col class="c2"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>REMEMBER:</td><td>
- <div class="orderedlist" epub:type="list"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem" epub:type="list-item"><p>Vowels carry stress and in Russian the stress can fall on any syllable in a
- word.</p></li><li class="listitem" epub:type="list-item"><p>Russian words have only one stress.</p></li><li class="listitem" epub:type="list-item"><p>Stress is not part of Russian orthography. However, many teaching materials
- mark stress as an aid in learning.</p></li><li class="listitem" epub:type="list-item"><p>The way a vowel is pronounced depends on whether it is stressed or not. This
- is a very important rule and we'll discuss it in a little more detail in the
- next section.</p></li></ol></div>
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