Do we always pronounce го (with or without accent) as [во] (IPA: [vo]), or are there any exceptions? Good day everyone! I have some concerns regarding the pronunciation in Russian. Although being a beginner in Russian, I am well aware that in the situation of considering the third person singular in genitive and accusative cases, or even as a possessive pronoun, the pronoun「его́」is required to be pronounced as [ево́] (in IPA: [jevo']). [IPA = International Phonetic Alphabets] Now my concern is that, do we always pronounce this「го」(whether it is in accent or not) as [во] (IPA: [vo]), or such rules apply ONLY if it is considered as a pronoun? I hereby would like to provide the following examples: 1) э́того (this) and того́ (that) [both as a demonstrative pronoun in masculine situation of genitive case]; (please kindly note that in того́, го is WITH accent; while in э́того, it is not) 2) го́род (city) and го́лод (hunger) [both as a masculine noun]; 3) го́рбиться (to stoop) [as a verb]. It would be very appreciated, should someone may kindly clarify in what cases are we required to pronounce the syllable as [во] (IPA: [vo]). Thank you very much for your kind attention and your consrtuctive comments and suggestions.Here comes another example: 4) но́вого (new, strong ending adjective), большо́го (big, medium ending adjective) and си́него (blue, weak ending adjective) [all in masculine or neuter situation of genitive cases]. Please state if the respective syllable should be sounded as [va] or [ga] (since unaccented「о」in Russian is generally pronounced as [a].) Thanks.Thank you very much for all the contributors who have provided me the answers and all constructive comments. I wish you all a happy upcoming year-end holiday.