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LETTER G

Gill
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LETTER G

Postby Gill » September 25th, 2008 7:57 pm

Today, I noticed that, in one of your PDF's the Russian letter G was pronounced as a V. Please can someone explain why this is and when this letter is pronounced as which.
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George
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G

Postby George » September 26th, 2008 11:08 am

I can't find the reason now but I rememmber if the G is stressed it sounds like G but if another sylable is stressed it sounds like V.
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Pollyanna
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Postby Pollyanna » September 28th, 2008 1:12 pm

Gill, can you quote the word or phrase where you saw G pronounced as V? With an example it will be easier to clear up the question.
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Gill
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Postby Gill » October 21st, 2008 8:27 am

The only example I have of this is the word for today Сегодня what it appears that the third letter is pronounced as a V.
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raldon
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Endings

Postby raldon » October 28th, 2008 1:51 pm

I think this happens in the ending -ого too, г is spoken as в... One of those little rules we just have to learn by heart! :wink:
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