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Maybe I should clarify something about the transcription …<\/p>\n
The hyphen – ‘ – is a commonly used transcription symbol that indicates that the preceding consonant is “soft”. “Soft” consonants in Russian are pronounced with the tongue close to the roof of the mouth, a bit like when you would pronounce the vowel “eee”.
\n“Hard” consonants are pronounced with as much empty space between the tongue and the roof of the mouth as possible, kind of like when you say the vowel “oh”.
\nWhether a consonant is hard or soft is indicated by the vowel character that follows it, or by a special character if there is no following vowel.\u00a0\u042f, \u0435, \u0451, \u0438, \u044e\u00a0and the special character \u044c indicate soft consonants, and\u00a0\u0430, \u044d, \u043e, \u044b,\u00a0\u0443 and the special character \u044a indicate hard consonants. It can be confusing that this is indicated by the vowel characters, even though the difference is in the consonants.<\/p>\n
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My shoulder is as good as new after I hung a bit from the door frame last night, and it made a loud popping noise. I guess I dislocated it. But now it’s back in place again!!!
\nIf it had happened while doing something productive, or if it had at least been in actual combat, no problem. But that was seriously one of the most idiotic things I have ever done in my life.<\/p>\n