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I would like to suggest that the Russia soft "T" is more like the french t in the words "tu" or "tue" ("you" or "kill"), rather than a "ts" sound in English.

For example the city name in Slovakia "Terchová" which is pronounced "Tyerchova".

In effect, the soft T in many Slavic languages, including Russian is "ty" rather than "ts" in my opinion.

Dave Nicholls 4mo ago 💬 1

I'm not very good with Russian soft signs, which is precisely why I made this course with nostr:npub1rphz5sucpva3vr3y00k7tm3rwcg5p0pecz43tlk7z4jntfx9q28sm5q22w - she is the expert. Nonetheless, whenever I listen to брат and then брать, I hear a sound like a hi-hat or a cymbal at the end of the verb брать. But I can understand how that may sound closer to TY than TS for slavic native speakers.

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cryptowolf 4mo ago

I just thought of a better comparison, possibly.

The T in the English word "TUNE" if you can visualize (or audialize rather) "TY" in "TYUNE"?

Even Slavic speakers whose languages do not have the soft T experience extreme difficulty with the soft T in Slavic languages like Russian and Slovak. Ukrainian also has the soft T along with Rusyn, and Czech.