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- <title xmlns:ng="http://docbook.org/docbook-ng">Spelling and pronunciation</title><meta xmlns:ng="http://docbook.org/docbook-ng" name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The RUSSIAN Fast Course"><link rel="up" href="ch01.html" title="Chapter 1. Lesson 1"><link rel="prev" href="ch01s04.html" title="Practice in Russian phonetics"><link rel="next" href="ch01s06.html" title="Rule 1: the vowels o and a"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Spelling and pronunciation</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch01s04.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 1. Lesson 1</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch01s06.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d5e2552"></a>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 class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"><colgroup><col class="c1"><col class="c2"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>REMEMBER:</td><td>
- <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>Vowels carry stress and in Russian the stress can fall on any syllable in a
- word.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Russian words have only one stress.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Stress is not part of Russian orthography. However, many teaching materials
- mark stress as an aid in learning.</p></li><li class="listitem"><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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