How is it normally pronounced? Both e and i in English can be pronounced in a lot of different ways, so is it like the sound in “way” or more like “tree”? I’m used to и being the “tree” sound
so is it like the sound in “way” or more like “tree”?
Neither. But ‘й’ sounds like ‘y’ in "way“.
So it’s sort of an ü? That’s what my brain hears in the video.
Checking against the ipa given on Wikipedia, I get that ы is the close central unrounded vowel while ü is the close front unrounded vowel. Listening to the audio samples on those pages, I literally cannot hear the difference.
There is small difference, but close enough.Yes.Yeah, I can feel the difference when I say it, but… Well, suffice to say it’s not a sound in any of the languages I speak well.
Thanks for indulging a curious language nerd.
