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5_Zvehzda Just Starting Joined: 30 Mar 2010 Posts: 1	Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:32 pm    Post subject: vitalsigns wrote: I have noticed that not a whole lot of americans who are learning Russian can say the word "Нет" the right way. It always come out as Nyet. What? This has really taken me by surprise - completely stunned. I feel like I've fed a load of cr@p all of this time. A number of different resources I used have been teaching me that it's pronounced this way, and I swear I heard being used when visiting there. So, the pronounciation would sound more similiar to 'нит' or 'нэт'?
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Miami WayToRussified Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 340	Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:31 pm    Post subject: 5_Zvehzda wrote: vitalsigns wrote: I have noticed that not a whole lot of americans who are learning Russian can say the word "Нет" the right way. It always come out as Nyet. What? This has really taken me by surprise - completely stunned. I feel like I've fed a load of cr@p all of this time. A number of different resources I used have been teaching me that it's pronounced this way, and I swear I heard being used when visiting there. So, the pronounciation would sound more similiar to 'нит' or 'нэт'? I just found this site for pronouncing "no" po Russki: http://langintro.com/rintro/no.htm Click on the little speaker icon to download a wav file of the pronunciation.
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vitalsigns Lounge Wizard Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 2784	Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:03 am    Post subject: 5_Zvehzda wrote: What? This has really taken me by surprise - completely stunned. I feel like I've fed a load of cr@p all of this time. A number of different resources I used have been teaching me that it's pronounced this way, and I swear I heard being used when visiting there. So, the pronounciation would sound more similiar to 'нит' or 'нэт'? I know, I am surprised myself. The "e" in "нeт" should sound almost like the english "e" does in "spell" (Just a bit softer).
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vitalsigns Lounge Wizard Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 2784	Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:16 am    Post subject: Miami wrote: I just found this site for pronouncing "no" po Russki: http://langintro.com/rintro/no.htm Click on the little speaker icon to download a wav file of the pronunciation. Again they suggest that you should say it like in the word "yet". It's an easy way to learn it, but it's not the right one. If you do use this idea to learn it, I would suggest to almost completely ignore the "y" in the "yet". Maybe it's just me, but I never say it as NYET.
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