RUSSIAN PHONOLOGY

Are you interested in Russian?

First of all it's important to know that to understand and speak Russian, you have to have strong knowledge of each letter of the alphabet and its sound. Because, as you will notice some of the sounds don't exist in English!

 For example, the word "мама" means "mom" but if a vowel is changed, the word "молоко" means "milk". It is important to keep this in mind to avoid confusion and communicate effectively in Russian.

One of the rules is when the  letter O sounds like A: 

  • The first О (O) stands at the beginning of the word, which is why it’s pronounced as А (A). 
  • The second О (O) is in the unstressed syllable right before the stressed one, which is why it’s also pronounced as А (A)

The type of pronunciation when unstressed О (O)is pronounced as А (A) is called акание (akaniye), or”pronouncing A” in English, be careful keep pronouncing О (O)without changing it into А (A) because you can sound too provinicial. People who live in the capital of Russia pronounce А (A)very clearly.
look at this video to be more clear ;)


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