Reduction of unstressed vowels
In Russian every word栠獡琠敨猠牴獥传敮猠汹慬汢景琠敨眠牯獩猠牴獥敳吠敨瘠睯汥漠桴獩猠汹慬汢獩猠牴獥敳䄠潮桴牥瘠睯汥景愠眠牯牡湵瑳敲獳摥湉漠摲牥琠牰湯畯据瑳敲獳摥瘠睯汥椠⁴獩渠瑯渠捥獥慳祲琠慲獩桴楰捴ⱨ漠敮猠潨汵湯祬椠瑮湥楳祦琠楨潳湵Ɽ瀠潲潮湵散眠瑩潭敲攠敮杲⁹湡潬杮牥琠慨瑯敨潳湵獤漠潷摲楌瑳湥湩潴删獵楳湡猠数捥瑩椠潰獳扩敬琠潮楴散琠慨⁴桷汩瑳敲獳摥瘠睯汥牡楤瑳湩瑣愠摮搠晥湩瑩湵瑳敲獳摥瘠睯汥ⱳ戠獥摩獥琠敨焠慵楬祴漠桴潳湵獤⼠⽡漯 牧慥汴⁹档湡敧吠敨敲潦re their pronunciation differs from their spelling. For example, in the word Москва the first unstressed vowel "o" is pronounced as a short sound /a/ - /^/. In the other unstressed syllables a, o are pronounced as a very short sound а - ы [ъ]: потому /път^му/ because.
letter A stressed vowelAt the be-
ginning of
a word
/^/1 pre-
stressed
syllable
/^/All the other
unstressed
syllables
/ъ/In the ab-
solute end
of the word
/^/, /ъ/а
о[а] там
[о] дом ,
Антон
,
она ,
банан
,
вода ,
садовод
,
потому
,
замок ,
мама
,
этоEx.
9. Read.