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Exceptional cases of reading

Reading in Russian --> Rules of reading --> Exceptional cases of reading

In Russian there are combinations of letters reading of which does not conform to the rules described in previous parts:

- сч, жч [sch]    : счётчик    , мужчина    

- вств [stv]    : здравствуйте    

- стн [sn]    : известный    

- здн [zn]    : поздно    

- чн [shn]     in the word конечно    

- чт [sht]     in the word что    

- тс [ts]    : детский    

- in the Russian word сегодня and in the endings -ого and -его of pronouns and adjectives, letter г is read as [v]    :

сегодня     - today

книга известного писателя     - the book of a famous writer

около этого дома     - near this house

- in words borrowed from other languages consonants may remain hard before letter е: теннис    , компьютер    .












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