RL101 - 7 The Sibilants

Reporting from the field, in the Yuzhaya Afrikanskaya Respublika, or South Africa to you and me, Huliganov brings you lesson 7 in the Russian alphabet course. These letters are known as the sibilant group, from the Latin for 'hissing', and are worth learning together as they form not only a separate group from the point of view of phonology, but also the derivation of the shape of these letters is generally believed to derive from Hebrew. It should be no surprise that these letters to not derive from Greek, as eighth century Greek did not contain these sounds and to this day uses neologistic combinations of letters to transcribe foreign words containing these sounds.

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[catholicscott]

Your wife is absolutely beautiful!

[usenetposts]

@catholicscott I agree!

[atownlefttrain]

First of all, I'd like to thank you for giving your time in helping all of us pro bono, it's a true act of kindness. I've been studying Russian for several years, and it seems that for one reason or another I am failing to pronounce ц as anything more than a harder version of с. It is a phonetic blind spot if you will, for some reason I cannot hear the difference between my failed pronunciation and the proper one. Thus, I seem to be pronouncing words like цель as сель. What am i missing?

[usenetposts]

@atownlefttrain OK, looks like you need some pronunciation drills. Please keep repeating the following sentences: 1) Peter eats a piece a pizza and a pita in a two seater. 2) Fritz shits in the Ritz through the Blitz 3) Soon Amy saw the tsunami and 4) Its so itsy bitsy but it fits Mitzy's tits. If you pronounce these sentences "Peter eassa peassa peassa" , "Friss shiss in the Riss through the Bliss", "Soon Amy saw the soon army" and "isso issy bissy but it fiss Missy's tiss", then try again.

[killerkane214]

You know how I can tell that you are a good man, other than the fact of you teaching us Russian - is in the smile your wife gives you when your not looking! Priceless!!!

[usenetposts]

@killerkane214 I think it tells you more about her character than mine, but a very pleasant comment anyway, thanks!

[ydyammo]

Dont let anyone break your spirit and make you stop...

I have learned alot of russian from these lessons. :)

Thank you!

[Yardana28]

LOL! I love it, you speak Russian, English, and chipmunk XD

[MegaJohn144]

I have always wanted to learn Russian. I don't know way. Maybe because we Americans were so curious about Russia during the Cold War. I had a summer job once with a bunch of Russian men, and they taught me a few words. I am up to RL101-7 and using your Goldlist method. Before I found your course, I was looking for somebody to help me pronounce the words right. You are the next best thing to having a teacher right by my side.

[samehelbnna111]

very very very good man

[19RuSSianFreak92]

@ydyammo ME TO HULGANOV !! , when you sell books ?

grts from belgium ( бельгия ) :D

[hospitalcakewalk]

Awwe ur wife is sooooo pretty!!!! :D