Russian words consist of syllables.
A syllable is a sound or group of
sounds which are pronounced in one blow:
и, он, па-па, лам-па > Слушайте | Listen
Any syllable includes vowel.
You can count the number of syllables in the
word by counting vowels:
лес (1), дом (1), снег (1)
мама (2), книга (2) > Слушайте | Listen
Syllables can be stressed and unstressed. In the words containing one
syllable the only vowel is accented.
Longer words containing 2, 3 and more syllables have one stressed
syllable and other syllables are unstressed:
ма́-ма, ка́р-та, лу-на́ > Слушайте | Listen
Russian
stress is not fixed. Stress defines meanings of words.
When you
say any word, all sounds in it go one by one, and a stressed syllable sounds
more clear.
Learning
tip #1: every new word you’d better learn with stress. Put new words down in
your own dictionary with stress sign, pronounce the word while you are writing
it.
Learning
tip #2: if you see the word with vowel ё, it is surely the one stressed sound in the
word
Vowels [и],[ы],[у] in
unstressed syllables don’t change but sound shorter (1:3):
Vowels [а],[о],[э] in
unstressed position change the quality of sound. That change is named reduction
and unstressed vowels are named reduced vowels.
Reduced vowels
[а] and [о] in unstressed syllables sound as short [а] and is signed as [α].
фо́то [фо́тα]
до́ма [до́мα] > Слушайте | Listen
There are some ways to express the meaning of words and phrases in Russian. Stress and intonation are the main things you should know to understand Russian speech and to be understood. There are many intonational constructions in Russian language. Let's begin with the first IC (intonational construction). IC#1. It's the way declarative statements sound in Russian. Declarative statements are called the statements of full stop. They sound as your middle tone during all the phrase and the tone goes lower in the end. Here is an audio to illustrate Russian stress and IC#1
Слушайте | Listen
There are some ways to express the meaning of words and phrases in Russian. Stress and intonation are the main things you should know to understand Russian speech and to be understood. There are many intonational constructions in Russian language. Let's begin with the first IC (intonational construction). IC#1. It's the way declarative statements sound in Russian. Declarative statements are called the statements of full stop. They sound as your middle tone during all the phrase and the tone goes lower in the end. Here is an audio to illustrate Russian stress and IC#1
Задание. Прослушайте аудио и напишите текст в комментарии.
Task. Listen to the audiofile below and write the text you've heard in the comment.
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