DO THIS to pronounce Ilya's "Неужели" (Really?!) 🇷🇺🏒 | Russian Sarcasm 101
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Russian Word of the Day with Kira — DO THIS to pronounce Ilya's "Неужели" (Really?!) 🇷🇺🏒 | Russian Sarcasm 101. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Неужели you want to say it with a good Russian accent But you're doing it wrong Неужели? Неужели? Нет, you need help I will help you First, you need the right mouth shape You need a flute to make flute sounds You need a French horn to make French horn sounds So of course you need a Russian mouth shape to make Russian mouth sounds 1 Keep your jaw closed We are not saying «неужели» No, we are saying «неужели» 2 To start off Mosh the tip of your tongue against the back of your bottom teeth Like this 3 Your lips must be rounded and protruded Rounded and protruded Excellent, excellent Now for our word The last syllable is «ли»
Not «ли» «ли» «ли» Try this phrase Back in ball Back in ball Now you have the feeling Back in ball «ли» Back in ball «ли» Next up «ж» For this sound, «ж» closed Lips rounded and protruded Rounded and protruded But the tongue is pulled back somewhat in the mouth «ж» «ж» «жели» «жели» Mixed up «у» «ж» closed Lips rounded and protruded Rounded and protruded But for this sound, the tongue is pulled way back In the back of the mouth «у» «у» «жели»
«жели» Next up «ни» Not «né» Not «ни» «жо» Tung lips «ни» «ни» «ни» «ни» «жели» Mochi Good job, people! Now you are ready to play ice hockey
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