Hello,everybody,is there any rules for the russian stress?

I often get confused with the "o", when should it be prononced like "a" ? or is there some stabil rule for it, if not , how can people recognize the tone???thx

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Posted by freeAll Dec 05, 2010
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The "о" vowel is pronounced like an "а" when it's not stressed:
небо [не́ба] = the sky
поле [по́ле] = a field
As for the stress location in words, I think, you just have to remember it for every word.

LX.under.T

Dec 05, 2010

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remember every word :-( that seems a little difficult :-(

Shehakk Munir

Dec 05, 2010

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OOPT

in textbooks for beginners, they usually write the accents so you know how to pronounce the words correctly. but you know, you don't have to memorize each and every one of them, I think it comes naturally after a while. Just read / listen to as much stuff as you can in Russian and you'll get used to it.
practice makes perfect :P (of course new words will always be a little tricky)

alexandra

Dec 05, 2010

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thank u everybody. got it~

freeAll

Dec 10, 2010

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thanks. Klar~~

freeAll

Dec 10, 2010

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'o' is pronounced as '[ə]' then without stress. Example: mələko, kərova, vərota etc. But there is a city in Russia, Vologda, where people says 'o' always: moloko, korova, vorota. Then, it is right.