Alexander V.Nevsky wrote:

>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Neve <jonathan@m...>
>wrote:
>
>
>>Alexander V.Nevsky wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Nol (with L softened, AFAIK you have'nt such a sound) in Russian.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>This is the only kind of L you have in russian, right? Isn't it a bit
>>like the "ll" in "hall"?
>>Like this : ??? ?
>>
>>
>
> National characters are visible in national charset only :) Yes, we
>have only one L but we have 33 letters and 2 of them are signs of
>softeness (#27) and hardeness (#29) and are written after consonant to
>accent tune when needed.
>

Oh, yes, I see. I remember. But I must admit I've never been able to
clearly distinguish between hard, soft, and normal, so if I saw a soft
sign, I would try to sort of swallow it a bit more... :-) Since hard
signs are far less commun, I didn't worry about them too much!

>When saying "L" try to increase pressure of
>tongue on palate to make tip of tongue plain. If you'll be
>successfull, you'll say "Russian soft L" :) BTW, lets hide ourselves
>while Helen did'nt put her hat on ;)
>

:-)

Thanks!
Jonathan Neve.



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