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[–] orientalsniper@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is there actually a road connecting those points?

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[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, but it's mostly gravel at the last stretch. And it's harsh, especially in winter, gotta make sure your car is in perfect condition and is full of fuel. There's a reason it's called "the road of bones"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R504_Kolyma_Highway

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[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago

Apparently

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[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Okay, help me out here. What is the little letter after н and before и? I learned to read Cyrillic from Serbian and they didn't use it.

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[–] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Заполярный? Ы. If you pronounce it as e/i you can get "cute"(мило) instead of "soap"(мыло).

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[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children)

How is it normally pronounced? Both e and i in English can be pronounced in a lot of different ways, so is it like the sound in "way" or more like "tree"? I'm used to и being the "tree" sound

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[–] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

so is it like the sound in "way" or more like "tree"?

Neither. But 'й' sounds like 'y' in "way“.

https://youtu.be/N8TYZabKUNA

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[–] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

So it's sort of an ü? That's what my brain hears in the video.

Checking against the ipa given on Wikipedia, I get that ы is the close central unrounded vowel while ü is the close front unrounded vowel. Listening to the audio samples on those pages, I literally cannot hear the difference.

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