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Welcome
to episode 14. Today we’ll be covering our last ‘tricky letter’. The
short E. Й
This
one isn’t so hard to pronounce as it is to read. For the most part,
the best way to think of it is like the ‘y’ in boy…but very short
and sharp. Listen and repeat as our speakers say yogurt,
yoga, and York…as in New York.
йогурт,
йога, Йорк, Нью-Йорк
And
now some words where the ‘й’ it the final
letter. Listen? Май…чай
Let’s
make those our official words of this lesson, so let’s try to get the
meaning from context.
In
Russian, the fifth month of the year is called май
Try
this. Say: January, February, March, April, май
Next:
When you pour boiling water over herbal leaves, the resulting drink
is called…чай
Earl
Gray is famous for what drink? Чай
In
both of those, the vowel was an ‘a’. Now let’s try our И-краткий
after an accented or stressed O. Listen and
repeat…мой…твой…герой…домой
And
now we’ll hear it following an unstressed O. This is an odd sound,
and definitely a stumbling block for students. Listen…
шляпой
Again,
those last two letters are an O that’s unstressed—making it an ‘uh’
sound, as we remember—and then the short E at the end. Here are
some more:
девушкой
тряпкой
с
Мамой
с
Папой
с
Яной
Moving
on, let’s hear our short E after the vowel…Е
ей
дней
детей
чьей
Quick
review: Fill in the blank. Jan, Feb, March, April… май
The
two most popular caffeinated drinks are кофе
and….чай
Let’s
extend our review back to the previous lesson.
I
like to read Popular Mechanics and G.Q., but Newsweek is my
favorite…журнал
The
tallest animal on Earth is the … жираф.
After
a hard workout I like to get a full-body….массаж
I
always park my car in the …. гараж
Did
you remember to devoice those last two? Not “massaZH? but
“massash”? Excellent.
We’ll
do more review in a minute. But first, how would you pronounce the
following Russian word, spelled: М-О-and
Й (our Short E)? We heard it earlier in
the lesson… Мой…and we learned it,
actually, back in Episode 9. Remember the phrase: Oh my God.
О,
мой Бог.
So
мой is one way to say “my”, in
Russian.
For
ex: Say: My husband
Мой
муж
My
shishkabob
Мой
шашлык
My
flower
Мой
цветок
My
beet and potato soup
Мой
борщ
My
boy
Мой
мальчик
My
soup
Мой
суп
My
tea
Мой
чай
For
feminine nouns—ones that end with an “ah” sound in their
basic form—we need a different form of “my”. Listen?
моя
So
try to say: My wife.
моя
жена
My
toy.
моя
игрушка
My
pizza.
моя
пицца
My
porridge.
моя
каша
Let’s
work some more with our Short E (Й).
Listen and repeat…
ай-я-яй
Russians
use that exclamation the same way we do in English. Like:
“Ай-я-яй…look at this traffic!”
And do you hear two ‘short E’s’? – ай-я-яй
Next:
In Russian, whenever we tell a friend or family member to do
something—to Look! or Listen! or Go! and so on—the command will
end with some kind of ‘ee’ sound. Not always, but almost always. It
might be a long И
like…Смотри!
Look!
or Скажи!
Tell
me!
Or,
just as commonly, the command will end with our Short E sound. Like
the following…
давай
кушай
обнимай
слушай
Again,
each of those are commands…You’re telling someone. Do it! (давай)
or Eat! (кушай)
Hug me. (обнимай)
Listen! (слушай)
And
those all ended with ‘a’ and the Short E.
Some
commands end with O and the Short E. Like these…
построй
открой
закрой
стой
And
a few command forms end with an “u” plus the Short E. Like
these..
целуй
попробуй
рисуй
Let’s
take a moment and review the letters we’ve worked with these past
four lessons. Can you think of a word that starts with a “sh”
sound? Hit pause if you need to.
шашлык
How
about with that “sh-ch” sound? I’ll give you a hint:
Cabbage soup…
щи
And
a word that starts with a “ts” sound…like “its”…
цветок
How
about a word that starts with “zh” (Ж)?
жена
And
today’s “short E”…We really only looked at two words
which start with that sound. We heard them at the start of the
lesson. Do you recall?
йогурт
йога
And
what were our official words for today? The 5th month of
the year is called…?
And
a hot drink that rivals coffee in popularity?
And
finally, today, we learned two forms of the word “my.” Try
to say…
My
husband
мой
муж
My
wife.
моя
жена
My
boy.
мой
мальчик
My
toy.
моя
игрушка
My
soup.
мой
суп
My
porridge.
моя
каша
My
tea.
мой
чай
My
pizza.
моя
пицца
Alright.
Great job. Next lesson we’re going to learn the chorus of a really
nice song, so get those vocal cords ready and I’ll see you there.
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Welcome
to episode 14. Today we’ll be covering our last ‘tricky letter’. The
short E. Й
This
one isn’t so hard to pronounce as it is to read. For the most part,
the best way to think of it is like the ‘y’ in boy…but very short
and sharp. Listen and repeat as our speakers say yogurt,
yoga, and York…as in New York.
йогурт,
йога, Йорк, Нью-Йорк
And
now some words where the ‘й’ it the final
letter. Listen? Май…чай
Let’s
make those our official words of this lesson, so let’s try to get the
meaning from context.
In
Russian, the fifth month of the year is called май
Try
this. Say: January, February, March, April, май
Next:
When you pour boiling water over herbal leaves, the resulting drink
is called…чай
Earl
Gray is famous for what drink? Чай
In
both of those, the vowel was an ‘a’. Now let’s try our И-краткий
after an accented or stressed O. Listen and
repeat…мой…твой…герой…домой
And
now we’ll hear it following an unstressed O. This is an odd sound,
and definitely a stumbling block for students. Listen…
шляпой
Again,
those last two letters are an O that’s unstressed—making it an ‘uh’
sound, as we remember—and then the short E at the end. Here are
some more:
девушкой
тряпкой
с
Мамой
с
Папой
с
Яной
Moving
on, let’s hear our short E after the vowel…Е
ей
дней
детей
чьей
Quick
review: Fill in the blank. Jan, Feb, March, April… май
The
two most popular caffeinated drinks are кофе
and….чай
Let’s
extend our review back to the previous lesson.
I
like to read Popular Mechanics and G.Q., but Newsweek is my
favorite…журнал
The
tallest animal on Earth is the … жираф.
After
a hard workout I like to get a full-body….массаж
I
always park my car in the …. гараж
Did
you remember to devoice those last two? Not “massaZH? but
“massash”? Excellent.
We’ll
do more review in a minute. But first, how would you pronounce the
following Russian word, spelled: М-О-and
Й (our Short E)? We heard it earlier in
the lesson… Мой…and we learned it,
actually, back in Episode 9. Remember the phrase: Oh my God.
О,
мой Бог.
So
мой is one way to say “my”, in
Russian.
For
ex: Say: My husband
Мой
муж
My
shishkabob
Мой
шашлык
My
flower
Мой
цветок
My
beet and potato soup
Мой
борщ
My
boy
Мой
мальчик
My
soup
Мой
суп
My
tea
Мой
чай
For
feminine nouns—ones that end with an “ah” sound in their
basic form—we need a different form of “my”. Listen?
моя
So
try to say: My wife.
моя
жена
My
toy.
моя
игрушка
My
pizza.
моя
пицца
My
porridge.
моя
каша
Let’s
work some more with our Short E (Й).
Listen and repeat…
ай-я-яй
Russians
use that exclamation the same way we do in English. Like:
“Ай-я-яй…look at this traffic!”
And do you hear two ‘short E’s’? – ай-я-яй
Next:
In Russian, whenever we tell a friend or family member to do
something—to Look! or Listen! or Go! and so on—the command will
end with some kind of ‘ee’ sound. Not always, but almost always. It
might be a long И
like…Смотри!
Look!
or Скажи!
Tell
me!
Or,
just as commonly, the command will end with our Short E sound. Like
the following…
давай
кушай
обнимай
слушай
Again,
each of those are commands…You’re telling someone. Do it! (давай)
or Eat! (кушай)
Hug me. (обнимай)
Listen! (слушай)
And
those all ended with ‘a’ and the Short E.
Some
commands end with O and the Short E. Like these…
построй
открой
закрой
стой
And
a few command forms end with an “u” plus the Short E. Like
these..
целуй
попробуй
рисуй
Let’s
take a moment and review the letters we’ve worked with these past
four lessons. Can you think of a word that starts with a “sh”
sound? Hit pause if you need to.
шашлык
How
about with that “sh-ch” sound? I’ll give you a hint:
Cabbage soup…
щи
And
a word that starts with a “ts” sound…like “its”…
цветок
How
about a word that starts with “zh” (Ж)?
жена
And
today’s “short E”…We really only looked at two words
which start with that sound. We heard them at the start of the
lesson. Do you recall?
йогурт
йога
And
what were our official words for today? The 5th month of
the year is called…?
And
a hot drink that rivals coffee in popularity?
And
finally, today, we learned two forms of the word “my.” Try
to say…
My
husband
мой
муж
My
wife.
моя
жена
My
boy.
мой
мальчик
My
toy.
моя
игрушка
My
soup.
мой
суп
My
porridge.
моя
каша
My
tea.
мой
чай
My
pizza.
моя
пицца
Alright.
Great job. Next lesson we’re going to learn the chorus of a really
nice song, so get those vocal cords ready and I’ll see you there.
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