Slavic languages are phonetic, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish
Phonetic Slavic languages
Phonetic comes from ancient Greek meaning ’sound - voice’. The Slavic languages are phonetic. This is one great advantage when trying to learn. Despite the strange streams of consonants or the Cyrillic alphabet, once you learn the 50 or so sound combinations and letters you can read as you would speak. Spelling is also no problem. Reading becomes a powerful tool as since you will know the pronunciation of ever word, its like you have someone right there working with you when you are learning the language. Just reading alone in a Slavic language can teach you a lot because the pronunciations are phonetic and after a while reading out loud will almost be like speaking with someone. If you know the phonetics of the languages. I use flashcards to write the sounds down and drill them, when learning Russian, Ukrainian or Polish for example.
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December 12, 2007at 4:44 pm
What makes you think Slavic languages are phonetic? Sure they’re far from French and English in that aspect but they aren’t phonetic…
February 5, 2008at 3:55 pm
ukrainian is very phonetic language, it is clear and how it pronouncd, it is written, the russian is a different story, because you say “a” but you write “o”, you say “i’ but you write “e” but it has anyway wuite clear prononciation if you don’t look at how it is written, polish has too many “sh”, “ch” sounds whish make it difficult to understand and to repeat