Pronounciation

So, there's no "v" sound in Russian. Thanks for this, Svetabel.

So, there's no "v" sound in Russian.

Strange conclusion! "V" does exist in Russian, I just said that in the "Romanov" case "V" sounds like "F".

Ah...I haven't read pronunciations in Russian yet. Hmhm...Thanks again,Svetabel.

Here Sarushka has kindly posted the sounds of the Russian alphabet: http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?topic=4952.msg121794#msg121794

And here is Russian handwriting to go with it: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y285/sarahelizabethii/handwritten.jpg

Thanks for these info, Jenifer.
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EDIT: I´m sorry, I accidentally posted in the wrong thread....

how do we delete posts now?

Only moderators can do that.... PLease ?

Everyone used to be able to delete posts. I kept looking and looking for the way.

How do you pronounce Tsarskoe Selo in russian?

Originally by Forum Admin, I'm just quoting him:

This has been discussed many times before.  The proper Russian pronunciation is "Sars-kaya Syelo"  But here is a very soft "t" sound with the first S, and the "kaya" "a" sounds are not hard like "ah" but soft, almost a cross between "a" and "o", and the "ye" in Syelo is very soft when properly pronounced, and the final "o" is also very soft, like the O in Oscar..  Its kind of hard for English speakers to get right unless they have heard a Russian pronounce it for them.

Thanks for the quote Tina. Cheesy Hihihihi
Yes.It's really difficult for to pronounce it. I really have to remember how letters in Russian are sounded whether accented or not.

Is it KSEN-ee-ya, or KSEN-ya?

There's already a thread on pronunciations. It's at the top of the page. Anyhow, Xenia is said as (according to the other thread)
 - Ksenya
 - Zenya
 - Zina
 - or K-syen-yah

I used to say it as X-ee-knee-a. I don't think that's right though. Gathering from what's stated above, I'd say it's something like K-syen-yah or Z-syen-yah. And that's probably closer to KSEN-ya. I could be wrong.

I also pronounce it as KSEN-ya. The only trouble for me is that K sound before that s.
I pronounce K lightly in that case.