🔻ТЬСЯ and ТСЯ are usually read as [ца] [tza]

🎧🗣⬇️ Сan you read these words?

встре́титься [ца] (to meet)
учи́ться [ца] (to study)
он у́чится [ца] (he studies)
она́ занима́ется [ца] (she's studying/learning)
они́ интересу́ются [ца] (they are interested )

❗But it doesn't always work: 

встре́титься c [т′с′а] (imperative form: meet with...)

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🤪 Я уста́л! (for male)
[ ya oostal ]
🇬🇧 I'm tired

😖 Я уста́ла! (for female)
[ ya oostala ]
🇬🇧 I'm tired

Your tired admin,
Natalie

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🤔 If you have any questions, feel free to ask them (either in English or Russian) in comments.

We'll try to answer all of them 📩 and make posts to answer the most useful/interesting/urgent ones.

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👋 Hello, Jim and other beautiful people who are struggling with the Russian language!

🔻As you could have noticed, almost all Russian words in my posts contain:

1️⃣ a Russian word in Cyrillic 

2️⃣ [ how the word is pronounced in English written with ENGLISH letters ]  in square brackets

3️⃣ 🇬🇧 the translation into English

4️⃣ 🎧🗣⬇️ my voice message with pauses between the words in the comments to the post, which you can listen to several times to practice.

🔻So, you can both learn a written form of a Russian word and the way it's pronounced by a native speaker.

❗The exceptions are #reading_rules posts. There have been 16 posts so far. You could easily find them when you just tap on the hashtag #reading_rules. The first post with the RUSSIAN ALPHABET was published on 21 August. Let me know if you can't find it🙏.

😎 Reading is crucial for your further learning. I know it as I'm a certified language teacher. That's why I pay so much attention to the #reading_rules.

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Спали́ть (perfective)
[spalit']

Meaning:
1)to destroy with fire
2)(сolloqial) to catch someone doing something bad, not allowed or secret

😱 Нас спали́ли, бежи́м!
[ nas spalili, bizhim ]
🇬🇧 We have been noticed, run!

😎 Не пали́мся, споко́йно!
[ ni palims'a, spakojna ]
🇬🇧 Don't attract anyone's attention, calm down! (imperfective)

🎧🗣⬇️ Listen to my audio message in the comments and practice your pronunciation.

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🔻Letters ЗЖ are read as long [ж:] [zh:]

🎧🗣⬇️ Can you read these words?

по́зже (later)
попо́зже (a bit later)
езжа́й (Go. Drive. imperative)


🔻Letters ТЦ, ДЦ are read as long sound [ц:] [ts:]

🎧🗣⬇️ Can you read these words?

отцы́ (fathers)
вкра́тце (in brief)
молодцы́ (attaboys/attagirls)
два́дцать (twenty)

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😋 Сы́рники:
[ syrniki ]
🇬🇧 Russian cottage cheеse pancakes / syrniki

🔸️Творо́г
[ tvorak ]
🇬🇧 сottage cheese (dry is better)

🔸️ Яйцо́
[ yajtsto ]
🇬🇧 an egg

🔸️ Мука́
[ mooka ]
🇬🇧 some flour

🔸️ Са́хар
[ sakhar ]
🇬🇧 some sugar

🔸️ Разрыхли́тель те́ста
[ razrykhlitil' testa ]
🇬🇧 baking powder

😋Прия́тного аппети́та!
[ prijatnava apitita ]
🇬🇧 Enjoy your meal!

If you'd like to try syrniki, here is the recipe in English. Sometimes I add some raisins to the dough.
Share your opinion on syrniki!

🎧🗣⬇️ Listen to my audio message in the comments to the post and practice your pronunciation.

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😅Тем вре́менем в Росси́и...
[ tem vreminim v rassiji ]
🇬🇧 Meanwhile in Russia...

I couldn't make up a caption for this video.😅
❓Who knows what's going on there?

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😍 Потряса́ющий (mаsculine)
[ patryasayuschij ]

🤩 Потряса́ющая (feminine)
[ patryasayuschаya ]

🥰 Потряса́ющее (neuter) [ patryasayuscheje ]

🔥Потряса́ющие (plural)
[ patryasayuschije ]

🇬🇧 Stunning (from the verb потрясти (to stun)

🎧🗣⬇️ Listen to my audio message in the comments and practice your pronunciation.

Have a потрясающий день! 🤗

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🤐 Some letters are not read:

🔸️T is not pronounced in СТН:
гру́сTно [сн] (sadly)
изве́сTно [сн] (it's well-known)
че́сTный [сн] (honest)
уча́сTник [сн] (participant)

🔸️Д is not pronounced in ЗДН:
пра́зДник [зн] (holiday)
по́зДно [зн] (late)
звёзДный [зн] (starry)

🔸️Д is not pronounced in РДЦ:
се́рДце [рц] (heart)

🔸️Л is not pronounced in ЛНЦ:
со́Лнце [нц] (sun)

🔸️В is not pronounced in ВСТВ:
здра́Вствуйте [ств] (good afternoon)
чу́Вство [ств] (feeling)

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Попы́тка не пы́тка!
[ papytka ni pytka ]

🔻A well known Russian proverb which literally means: a try is not a torture.

🇬🇧 trying to do something is not a disaster - if you fail, nothing bad will happen.

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😈 насты́рный (masculine)
[ nastyrnyj ]

😈 насты́рное (neutral)
[ nastyrnaye ]

😈 насты́рная (feminine)
[ nastyrnaya ]

😈 насты́рные (plural)
[ nastyrnyje ]

An adjective with negative meaning: too persistent, or extremely annoying, intrusive, bothersome

😡 Ну ты и настырный!
[ nu ty i nastyrnyj ]
🇬🇧 You're so persistent! (You're more persistent than needed/allowed)

🎧🗣⬇️ Listen to my audio message in the comments to the post and practice your pronunciation.

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👋 Доброе утро всем!

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🇬🇧 Sasyk Syvash is the largest lake and salt lake on the Crimean peninsula, located between the cities of Evpatoria and Saki.

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Г in OГО / ЕГО

🔻 Г between two vowels О (OГО) (and between Е and О - ЕГО) is read as В [v]
🎧🗣⬇️ Can you read these words?

сего́дня [иво] (today)
кого́ [аво] (whom)
его́ [йиво] (him, his)
того́ [аво] (masculine this)
э́того [ава] (masculine that)
ничего́ [иво] (nothing)
всего́ хоро́шего [иво] (all the best to...)
си́него [ива] (genetive case blue)
пе́рвого [ава] (genetive first)
второ́го [ова] (genetive second)
тре́тьего [йива] (genetive third)
моего́ [йиво] (genetive my)
твоего́ [йиво] (genetive singular your(s))
ва́шего [ива] (genetive plural/polite form your(s))
на́шего [ива] (genetive our(s))

⚠️ This rule doesn't always work.
🔻Mind the exceptions: 

🎧🗣⬇️ Can you read these words?

мно́го [ога] (a lot)
до́рого [ага] (expensively)
пого́да [аго] (weather)
догово́р [ага] (contract, agreement)
стро́го [ога] (strictly)

🎉 This is the last reading rule (20 posts with the reading rules). If you want to revise some previous ones, tap hashtag #reading_rules, please.
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