start with hardness and softness

hardness and softness

three questions:

• what
  • т ⇒ т’ б ⇒ б’ just like ‘booty’ is hardness, ‘beautiful’ is softness
  • ба (hardness) ⇒ бя (softness)
• where
  • alphabet before ь
• how
  • just image putting и after alphatbet

tip

• ж ш ц is always hardness

example: и sound like ы ж ш ц

жить ⇒ жыть

цирк ⇒ цырк

• ч щ is always softness

grammer

• vowel reduction （元音弱化）
  • о - а мо(а)ло(ф)ко ⇒ milk
  • е - и се(и)стра ⇒ sister
  • я - и я(и)цо ⇒ zero, зая(и)ц ⇒ rabbit, Я(И)майка