там (“there”) | Russian Pronunciation Demystified!
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Russian Word of the Day with Kira — там (“there”) | 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 learned how to pronounce the word Tham, or there. Let's say this word with good Russian default mouth position. Just slightly forward, tip of the tongue behind the bottom teeth, lips rounded and protruded. Tham. Tham. The Tha is pronounced with the part of the tongue just behind the tip. That's the portion that makes contact with the roof of the mouth. Draw Thang Leeps. Tham. Tham. Notice what happens if I don't use the Russian default mouth position. Tham. Completely not Russian. So commit to shifting your default position and keeping it there with daily reminders. Sticky notes on your computer in the textbook at the top of every homework page. If you don't make the shift, you have no chance of really sounding Russian. But if you do it, everything will instantly sound a thousand times better. Let's think through it carefully one more time.
Just slightly forward, tip of the tongue behind the bottom teeth, lips rounded and protruded. Tham. Tham. Tham. Tham. That's it guys. Be sure to subscribe on YouTube, share my videos, suggest a word, join me on Patreon, and check out my video course at unlockingrussianpronunciation.org, where I explain why some letters sound different in certain situations and how you can learn to predict and pronounce all of the subtleties. And if you teach Russian and you like my videos, please consider tagging me on Instagram so your students can see them too. She's Liva.
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