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that the vowel, which immediately follows, is to
be pronounced separately. Thus it appears that the semico indicate
vowels
i>
and L can be joined to consonants only, and never
to vowels.
The
JK,
H,
1>
ill,
and b, when they come after the hissing consonants
m, sound nearly alike thus, in the words
;
JOJKb
BOHfb,
KaMUIUT)
there
5Kb,
Mblinb,
difference in
is
scarcely any
or int and nib.
remark that
sound between
Hit
and
an Englishman the hard
semivowel T> does not present any difficulty of pronunciation.
The same cannot be said of the soft b. Under
It is well to
for
careful guidance, however, of a Russian teacher,
it is
readily
For those, however, who may have to study
acquired.
Russian' without assistance, the following observation is
In
no
case should the tongue touch
the front teeth or the front part of the palate if this be
of.
importance
:
;
done the pronunciation of any consonant, with the softness
In commencing
required in Russian, would be impossible.
the study of the soft
the use of the English i, as in the
word bit, pronounced very short, is advisable ; and the
tongue should touch only the side of the teeth, or the side
b,
of the palate or cheek
:
'
tribute
AaHb, dani,
;'
'
eyebrow
f
honour;'
CpOBb, broviy
lecib, chesti,
'
fiOJb,
boli,
pain
;'
f
Kocapb, ko-sari,
mower
*
CKOpOb, scorbi,
*
grief
I
CCMb, yesmi,
am
;'
;'
;
Cienb, stepi, 'prairie
'
rpfl3b, gryaz'i,
'
6y4b, boodi,
OCb, o*i,
be
'axle,'
mud
;'
;
,'
;'