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  4. <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Spelling and pronunciation</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/><link rel="home" href="index.xhtml" title="The RUSSIAN Fast Course"/><link rel="up" href="ch01.xhtml" title="Chapter 1. Lesson 1"/><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><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.xhtml">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 1. Lesson 1</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch01s06.xhtml">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="d5e2552"/>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
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  5.       not live in an ideal world, we see that the pronunciation of certain words does not always
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  6.       correspond to their written representation. This is true not only in Russian, but in numerous
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  7.       other languages as well, including English. For example: the о in women is pronounced as i;
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  8.       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
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  9.       pronunciation differ, and if you can master these rules, you will be well on your way to
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  10.       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>
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  11.               <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
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  12.                     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
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  13.                     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
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  14.                     is a very important rule and we'll discuss it in a little more detail in the
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  15.                     next section.</p></li></ol></div>
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  16.             </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch01s04.xhtml">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ch01.xhtml">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch01s06.xhtml">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Practice in Russian phonetics </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.xhtml">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Rule 1: the vowels o and a</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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