Pronounciation

[Olga Maria]

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

[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".

[Olga Maria]

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

[Grand Duchess Jennifer]

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

[Olga Maria]

Thanks for these info, Jenifer.
= D

[Ally Kumari]

EDIT: I´m sorry, I accidentally posted in the wrong thread....

[PrinceEddy1864]

how do we delete posts now?

[Ally Kumari]

Only moderators can do that.... PLease ?

[PrinceEddy1864]

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

[I am_Tatianochka]

How do you pronounce Tsarskoe Selo in russian?

[Tina Laroche]

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.

[Olga Maria]

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.

[historyfan]

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

[Grand Duchess Jennifer]

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.

[Olga Maria]

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.