After consonants, the vowel letter pairs а/я, э/е, о/ё, ы/и, and у/ю represent 
essentially the same vowel sound. Their only difference is that the letters in the bottom 
row tell you that the preceding consonant is palatalized, or soft.*

HARD CONSONANTS             SOFT CONSONANTS

Да-да! - Oh yes!                       дядя - uncle 
мэр - mayor                             мер - of measures 
быт - daily life                          бит - computer bit 
живот - belly                            живёт - he/she lives 
музыка - music                        мюзикл - musical (show)

* a palatalized consonant is pronounced with the blade of the tongue pressed up 
against the hard palate, it sounds like a consonant plus the [y] sound of “yes” pronounced at the exact same time.

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社交牛逼症 (shè jiāo niú bī zhèng)

首先，“ 再” 与“ 又” 都是副词，表示行为或动作的重复。
“再” 是表示对将来或还没发生的事的重复；而“又” 是指过去事情的重复再现。

小测试 - 1
别___打游戏了，早点睡觉吧！
又； 
再：    ✔
 
小测试 - 2
你今天___迟到了，下次___不准时，你就___也不用回公司了。
再；又；又   
又；再；再     ✔  
又；又；再

小测试 - 3
我哥哥很喜欢吃草莓，昨天刚买了两斤回家，今天___买了一斤回来。
又    ✔     再

小测试 - 4
春天到了，树上___长出了很多绿色的叶子。天气越来越热，要对厚厚的冬装说___见了。
再；再   /  又；再   ✔    / 再；又    / 又；再     ✔
 

小测试 - 5
丽丽：都8点了，小明怎么还没到？___过10分钟，电影就要开场了。 马克：是啊！他不会___是赶不上车吧？我们___等5分钟，如果他还没到，我们就先进去吧。
再；又；再   ✔ /   又；再；又   /  再；再；又     /又；再；再

大家对“ 再” 和“又” 的认识都很棒！继续加油，我们下期再见。


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