Unit 3 · Hear ъ, stress and щ · Read

Hear ъ, stress and щ

Listen to the course’s main sound features without a quiz.

аopen a, as in “father”ъrelaxed vowel, like u in “but”

ъ is a full vowel

Listen to път, road: ъ is the vowel in the middle. Compare the open а of мак, poppy.

мак

poppy

път

road / way

щ = ш + т

One letter, two sounds: sht

Listen to ща as a labelled practice syllable: Bulgarian щ represents sh + t. It does not have the Russian щ sound.

ща

labelled practice syllable

ма́маstrong first syllable: MA-maкафе́strong last syllable: ka-FE

The strong syllable is the first one in ма́ма, mum, and the last one in кафе́, coffee.

ма́ма

mum

кафе́

coffee

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