Lesson 31: RUSSIAN PRONUNCIATION: Voiced/Voiceless Consonants (Assimilation) | Russian Comprehensive

What are Voiced & Voiceless consonants? and WHY do YOU need to know that?
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Many beginner learners are challenging themselves to pronounce consonants exactly as they’re written. Which is, in many cases, not what you’re supposed to do.

Voiced & Voiceless consonants exist in many languages, including English. Though there are certain differences between the way you use them in English and in Russian.
Don’t worry! Voicing and Devoicing in Russian is actually a much simpler and more natural process than it might sound in theory!

First of all, it’ll certainly make it easier for you to pronounce some Russian words,
and Secondly, they will sound more accurate as well.

0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Check yourself: Can you hear the difference in pronunciation?
1:43 - Examples of Voiced & Voiceless consonants in English and in Russian
2:30 - Difference between Voiced vs Voiceless consonants in Russian
4:13 - Examples of voicing in English: S pronounced as [s] or as [z]
5:05 - De-voicing of final Hard consonants in Russian ❗️
6:25 - How do you pronounce Russian surnames that end with -ов/-ёв/-ев?
7:01 - Russian consonants: Voiced & Voiceless ⇨ Hard & Soft
7:33 - De-voicing of final Soft consonants in Russian ❗️
8:18 - Words with different spelling, but similar pronunciation
9:05 - When does Г sound like [к] & like [х]?
9:48 - Assimilation. Examples in English
10:18 - Assimilation in Russian
10:43 - Examples of middle-word De-voicing in Russian ❗️
12:28 - How do you pronounce "дождь" = rain?
12:40 - Why do we need Voicing & De-voicing of consonants in Russian?
13:05 - Assimilation: Russian prepositions (example: "из" = from) ❗️
14:54 - Assimilation: Russian prepositions (example: "в" = in) ❗️
16:31 - Examples of Voicing in Russian ❗️
18:03 - Note about Л, М, Н, Р
18:49 - How you might be mispronouncing - сн -
19:29 - Pronunciation of К/Х, Т, С, Ш before a В
19:46 - Phrases to check yourself

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0:26 - Check yourself: Can you hear the difference in pronunciation?
1:43 - Examples of Voiced & Voiceless consonants in English and in Russian
2:30 - Difference between Voiced & Voiceless consonants in Russian
4:13 - Examples of voicing in English: S pronounced as [s] or as [z]
5:05 - De-voicing of *final* *Hard* consonants in Russian ❗️
6:25 - How do you pronounce Russian surnames that end with -ов/-ёв/-ев?
7:01 - Russian consonants: Voiced & Voiceless ⇨ Hard & Soft
7:33 - De-voicing of *final* *Soft* consonants in Russian ❗️
8:18 - Words with different spelling, but similar pronunciation
9:05 - When does Г sound like [к] & like [х]? The word *Бог* = God
9:48 - Assimilation. Examples in English
10:18 - Assimilation in Russian
10:43 - Examples of *middle-word* *De-voicing* in Russian ❗️
12:28 - How do you pronounce *дождь* = rain?
12:40 - Why do we need Voicing & De-voicing of consonants in Russian?
13:05 - Assimilation: Russian prepositions (example: *из* = from) ❗️
14:54 - Assimilation: Russian prepositions (example: *в* = in) ❗️
16:31 - Examples of *Voicing* in Russian ❗️
18:03 - Note about Л, М, Н, Р
18:49 - How you might be mispronouncing - сн -
19:29 - Pronunciation of К/Х, Т, С, Ш before a В
19:46 - Phrases to check yourself

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[URSS]

So much useful and interesting information organized in one video, excellent job.
Could you make a video about the silent consonants/silent letters that occur in the Russian language (if these exist) and their relation to the phonetics of this language through examples, please.
It would be a very attractive video for us and for your channel. greetings!

[WaqyM]

I have been studying Russian for 6 months now. I've had a lot of classes and although I knew of some devoicing there was so much I didn't know until today. Thank you!

[moosemanuk]

Stunning lesson! I understand now why written Russian can sometimes sounds so different to spoken Russian. Think I need to watch your video a hundred more times!

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[agustin.santiago.gutierrez]

This video is so well made! I have a doubt that I cannot find an answer to. As you show in some examples at the end, devoicing / voicing sometimes works across word boundaries, as in "Как вас зовут" being pronounced "Как ваз зовут" because of the "сз" consonant combination.

However, are boundaries crossed like that for consonant+vowel pairs? (Apart from clitics like prepositions в, к, с, etc which actually "attach" to the following word and thus do work like that, as in в университете).

For example, "ход" is pronounced хот in isolation, but "хода" is pronounced as written. Could the phrase "ход актёра" be pronounced as written with д too? Since the same "д+а" appears as in хода. Or is that wrong for vowels, and unlike say "ход дня" which according to the video rules is pronounced ходдня, the previous one must always be "хотактёра"?

[duncanlaurence]

Am I correct in thinking that de-voicing is a one way process for the 13 letters in the video, e.g. a hard consonant final letter is converted into a soft final letter, but not vice versa. Great videos, thank you.

[annayeung]

are мед and нет end like the same if д is devoiced at the end of the word?

[denischarette]

I wonder why they put the soft sign after a letter that is always hard.

[e.e.e]

PS: Nope. This is gonna be hard: I have ALWAYS said "kaK dielah" and "hanDbags".🤔I also say "cuP board" to people since I lived in Tennessee and they said "the kuhbo'd" or something similar with a weird accent so I thought they were wrong and I immediately corrected myself once I saw it written "the CUP board", LOL! (But I'll usually point and go "over there" to avoid saying such a pesky word!)😋I also say SALmon and ALmonds and those who don't pronounce the L drive me nuts. So this is gonna be difficult for me.

You have, however, taught me a few words: besides paftoriatch, I have learned atdiejatch, and the differences between ootchit and ootchitsa and learned new to me verbs: izootchatch and zanimaettssa. (I am not anglo-saxon and English isn't my language so I don't know the typical English transcriptions with the "zh" it's a "J" to me!)