извините (“I’m sorry!”) | Russian Pronunciation Demystified!
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Russian Word of the Day with Kira — извините (“I’m sorry!”) | Russian Pronunciation Demystified!. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Hey guys, I'm Kiera, and today you'll learn to pronounce the word izvinnice, meaning excuse me or I'm sorry. The tongue is high and forward for all syllables in this word. Push lots of air through during the te to make it soft, and the je at the end is not emphasized so it sounds more like an e. Let's start with good default mouth position. Jaws slightly forward, tip of the tongue behind the bottom teeth, lips rounded and protruded, and make sure your tongue is really high and forward. Here we go. Jaws tongue lips. I-Z-We-N-T-I-Z-N-T-I-N-T-I-N-T-I-N-T-I-N-T-I-N-T-I-N-T-I-N-T-I-N-T-I-N-T-I-N-T-I-N-T-I.
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