Before proceeding to perform phonetic analysis with examples, we draw your attention to the fact that letters and sounds in words are not always the same thing.

Letters- these are letters, graphic symbols, with the help of which the content of the text is conveyed or the conversation is outlined. Letters are used to visually convey meaning, we will perceive them with our eyes. The letters can be read. When you read letters aloud, you form sounds - syllables - words.

A list of all letters is just an alphabet

Almost every student knows how many letters are in the Russian alphabet. That's right, there are 33 of them in total. The Russian alphabet is called Cyrillic. The letters of the alphabet are arranged in a certain sequence:

Russian alphabet:

In total, the Russian alphabet uses:

21 letters for consonants;
10 letters - vowels;
and two: ь (soft sign) and ъ (hard sign), which indicate properties, but do not in themselves determine any sound units.

You often pronounce the sounds in phrases differently from how you write them down in writing. In addition, more letters than sounds can be used in a word. For example, "children's" - the letters "T" and "C" merge into one phoneme [ts]. Conversely, the number of sounds in the word "blacken" is greater, since the letter "Yu" in this case is pronounced as [yu].

What is phonetic parsing?

We perceive sound speech by ear. Under the phonetic analysis of the word is meant the characteristic of the sound composition. In the school curriculum, such an analysis is more often called “sound-letter” analysis. So, in phonetic parsing, you simply describe the properties of sounds, their characteristics depending on the environment, and the syllabic structure of a phrase united by a common word stress.

Phonetic transcription

For sound-letter analysis, a special transcription in square brackets is used. For example, the correct spelling is:

black -> [h"orny"]
apple -> [yablaka]
anchor -> [yakar"]
tree -> [yolka]
sun -> [sontse]

The phonetic parsing scheme uses special characters. Thanks to this, it is possible to correctly designate and distinguish between the letter record (spelling) and the sound definition of letters (phonemes).

the phonetically parsed word is enclosed in square brackets - ;
a soft consonant is indicated by a transcription sign ['] - an apostrophe;
shock [´] - with an accent;
in complex word forms from several roots, a secondary stress sign [`] is used - grave (not practiced in the school curriculum);
the letters of the alphabet Yu, Ya, E, Yo, b and b are NEVER used in transcription (in the curriculum);
for double consonants, [:] is used - a sign of the longitude of pronouncing the sound.

Below are detailed rules for orthoepic, alphabetic and phonetic and parsing words with examples online, in accordance with the general school norms of the modern Russian language. For professional linguists, the transcription of phonetic characteristics is distinguished by accents and other symbols with additional acoustic features of vowel and consonant phonemes.

How to make a phonetic parsing of a word?

The following diagram will help you conduct a letter analysis:

Write down the necessary word and say it out loud several times.
Count how many vowels and consonants are in it.
Mark the stressed syllable. (Stress with the help of intensity (energy) singles out a certain phoneme in speech from a number of homogeneous sound units.)
Divide the phonetic word into syllables and indicate their total number. Remember that the syllable division in differs from the hyphenation rules. The total number of syllables always matches the number of vowels.
In transcription, disassemble the word by sounds.
Write the letters from the phrase in a column.
Opposite each letter, in square brackets, indicate its sound definition (how it is heard). Remember that sounds in words are not always identical to letters. The letters "ь" and "ъ" do not represent any sounds. The letters "e", "e", "yu", "I", "and" can mean 2 sounds at once.
Analyze each phoneme separately and mark its properties with a comma:
- for a vowel, we indicate in the characteristic: the sound is a vowel; shock or unstressed;
- in the characteristics of consonants we indicate: the sound is consonant; hard or soft, voiced or deaf, sonorous, paired / unpaired in hardness-softness and sonority-deafness.
At the end of the phonetic analysis of the word, draw a line and count the total number of letters and sounds.

This scheme is practiced in the school curriculum.

An example of phonetic parsing of a word

Here is an example of phonetic analysis by composition for the word "phenomenon" → [yivl'e′n'iye]. In this example, there are 4 vowels and 3 consonants. There are only 4 syllables: I-vle′-ni-e. The emphasis falls on the second.

Sound characteristic of letters:

i [th] - acc., unpaired soft, unpaired voiced, sonorous [and] - vowel, unstressed in [c] - acc., paired solid, paired sound [l '] - acc., paired soft, unpaired . sound, sonorous [e ′] - vowel, percussion [n '] - consonant, paired soft, unpaired. sound, sonorous and [and] - vowel, unstressed [th] - acc., unpaired. soft, unpaired sound, sonorant [e] - vowel, unstressed ____________________ In total, the phenomenon in the word is 7 letters, 9 sounds. The first letter "I" and the last "E" represent two sounds.

Now you know how to do sound-letter analysis yourself. The following is a classification of sound units of the Russian language, their relationship and transcription rules for sound literal parsing.

Phonetics and sounds in Russian

What are the sounds?

All sound units are divided into vowels and consonants. Vowel sounds, in turn, are stressed and unstressed. A consonant sound in Russian words can be: hard - soft, voiced - deaf, hissing, sonorous.

How many sounds are there in Russian live speech?

The correct answer is 42.

Doing phonetic parsing online, you will find that 36 consonants and 6 vowels are involved in word formation. Many have a reasonable question, why is there such a strange inconsistency? Why does the total number of sounds and letters differ for both vowels and consonants?

All this is easily explained. A number of letters, when participating in word formation, can denote 2 sounds at once. For example, pairs of softness-hardness:

[b] - peppy and [b '] - squirrel;
or [d] - [d ’]: home - do.

And some do not have a pair, for example [h '] will always be soft. If in doubt, try to say it firmly and make sure that this is impossible: stream, pack, spoon, black, Chegevara, boy, rabbit, bird cherry, bees. Thanks to this practical solution, our alphabet has not reached a dimensionless scale, and the sound units are optimally complemented, merging with each other.

Vowel sounds in the words of the Russian language

Vowel sounds unlike melodic consonants, they flow freely, as if in a singsong voice, from the larynx, without barriers and tension of the ligaments. The louder you try to pronounce the vowel, the wider you will have to open your mouth. And vice versa, the louder you strive to pronounce the consonant, the more energetically you will close oral cavity. This is the most striking articulatory difference between these classes of phonemes.

The stress in any word forms can only fall on a vowel sound, but there are also unstressed vowels.

How many vowels are in Russian phonetics?

Russian speech uses fewer vowel phonemes than letters. There are only six percussive sounds: [a], [i], [o], [e], [y], [s]. And, recall, there are ten letters: a, e, e, and, o, y, s, e, i, u. The vowels E, Yo, Yu, I are not "pure" sounds in transcription are not used. Often, when parsing words alphabetically, the letters listed are stressed.

Phonetics: characteristics of stressed vowels

The main phonemic feature of Russian speech is the clear pronunciation of vowel phonemes in stressed syllables. Stressed syllables in Russian phonetics are distinguished by the strength of exhalation, increased duration of sound, and are pronounced undistorted. Since they are pronounced distinctly and expressively, the sound analysis of syllables with stressed vowel phonemes is much easier to perform. The position in which the sound does not undergo changes and retains the main form is called strong position. This position can only be percussive sound and syllable. Unstressed phonemes and syllables remain in a weak position.

The vowel in the stressed syllable is always in a strong position, that is, it is pronounced more distinctly, with the greatest force and duration.
A vowel in an unstressed position is in a weak position, that is, it is pronounced with less force and not so clearly.

In Russian, only one phoneme "U" retains unchanging phonetic properties: kuruza, plank, u chus, u catch - in all positions it is pronounced distinctly like [u]. This means that the vowel "U" is not subject to qualitative reduction. Attention: in writing, the phoneme [y] can also be indicated by another letter “Yu”: muesli [m’u ´sl’i], key [kl’u ´h’], etc.

Analysis of the sounds of stressed vowels

The vowel phoneme [o] occurs only in a strong position (under stress). In such cases, "O" is not subject to reduction: cat [ko´ t'ik], bell [kalako´ l'ch'yk], milk [malako´], eight [vo´ s'im'], search [paisko´ vaya], dialect [go´ var], autumn [o´ s'in'].

An exception to the rule of a strong position for “O”, when unstressed [o] is also pronounced clearly, are only some foreign words: cocoa [kaka "o], patio [pa" tio], radio [ra" dio], boa [bo a "] and a number of service units, for example, union no. The sound [o] in writing can be reflected by another letter “e” - [o]: turn [t’o´ rn], fire [kas’t’o´ r]. Parsing the sounds of the remaining four vowels in the stressed position will also not be difficult.

Unstressed vowels and sounds in the words of the Russian language

It is possible to make the correct sound analysis and accurately determine the characteristics of the vowel only after placing the stress in the word. Do not forget also about the existence of homonymy in our language: for "mok - zamok" and about the change in phonetic qualities depending on the context (case, number):

I'm at home [ya to "ma].
New houses [but "vye da ma"].

IN unstressed position the vowel is modified, that is, it is pronounced differently than it is written:

mountains - mountain = [go "ry] - [ga ra"];
he - online = [o "n] - [a nla" yn]
witness = [sv'id'e "t'i l'n'itsa].

Similar vowel changes in unstressed syllables are called reduction. Quantitative, when the duration of the sound changes. And a qualitative reduction, when the characteristic of the original sound changes.

The same unstressed vowel can change its phonetic characteristic depending on its position:

primarily with respect to the stressed syllable;
at the absolute beginning or end of a word;
in open syllables (consist of only one vowel);
under the influence of neighboring signs (b, b) and a consonant.

Yes, different 1st degree of reduction. She is subject to:

vowels in the first prestressed syllable;
open syllable at the very beginning;
repeated vowels.

Note: To make a sound-letter analysis, the first pre-stressed syllable is determined not from the “head” of the phonetic word, but in relation to the stressed syllable: the first to the left of it. In principle, it can be the only pre-shock: not-here [n'iz'd'e´shn'y].

(bare syllable) + (2-3 pre-stressed syllable) + 1st pre-stressed syllable ← Stressed syllable → stressed syllable (+2/3 stressed syllable)

forward-re -di [fp'ir'i d'i´];
e-ste-ve-nno [yi s’t’e´s’t’v’in: a];

Any other pre-stressed syllables and all post-stressed syllables with sound parsing belong to the reduction of the 2nd degree. It is also called "weak position of the second degree."

kiss [pa-tsy-la-va´t '];
model [ma-dy-l’i´-ra-vat’];
swallow [la´-hundred-ch'ka];
kerosene [k'i-ra-s'i'-na-vy].

The reduction of vowels in a weak position also differs in steps: the second, third (after hard and soft consonants, - this is beyond curriculum): to learn [uch’i´ts: a], to become numb [atsyp’in’e´t’], hope [over’e´zhda]. In a letter analysis, the reduction of a vowel in a weak position in a final open syllable (= at the absolute end of a word) will appear very slightly:

cup;
goddess;
with songs;
turn.

Sound letter analysis: iotized sounds

Phonetically, the letters E - [ye], Yo - [yo], Yu - [yu], I - [ya] often denote two sounds at once. Have you noticed that in all the indicated cases, the additional phoneme is “Y”? That is why these vowels are called iotated. The meaning of the letters E, E, Yu, I is determined by their positional position.

During phonetic analysis, the vowels e, e, u, i form 2 sounds:

◊ Yo - [yo], Yu - [yu], E - [ye], I - [ya] in cases where there are:

At the beginning of the word "Yo" and "Yu" always:
- - cringe [yo´ zhyts: a], Christmas tree [yo´ lach’ny], hedgehog [yo´ zhyk], capacity [yo´ mkast’];
- - jeweler [yuv ’il’i´r], yule [yu la´], skirt [yu´ pka], Jupiter [yu p’i´t’ir], briskness [yu ´rkas’t’];
at the beginning of the word "E" and "I" only under stress *:
- - spruce [ye´ l '], I go [ye´ f: y], huntsman [ye´ g'ir '], eunuch [ye´ vnuh];
- - yacht [ya´ hta], anchor [ya´ kar’], yaki [ya´ ki], apple [ya´ blaka];
- (*to perform sound-letter analysis of unstressed vowels “E” and “I”, a different phonetic transcription is used, see below);
in the position immediately after the vowel "Yo" and "Yu" always. But "E" and "I" in stressed and unstressed syllables, except when the indicated letters are located behind the vowel in the 1st pre-stressed syllable or in the 1st, 2nd stressed syllable in the middle of words. Phonetic analysis online and examples for specific cases:
- - reception mnik [pr’iyo´mn’ik], sing t [payo´t], kluyo t [kl’uyo ´t];
- -ay rveda [ayu r’v’e´da], sing t [payu ´t], melt [ta´yu t], cabin [kayu ´ta],
after the separating solid "b" sign "Yo" and "Yu" - always, and "E" and "I" only under stress or at the absolute end of the word: - volume [ab yo´m], shooting [syo´mka], adjutant [adyu "ta´nt]
after the dividing soft "b" sign "Yo" and "Yu" - always, and "E" and "I" under stress or at the absolute end of the word: - interview [intyrv'yu´], trees [d'ir'e´ v'ya], friends [druz'ya´], brothers [bra´t'ya], monkey [ab'iz'ya´ na], blizzard [v'yu´ ha], family [s'em'ya´ ]

As you can see, in the phonemic system of the Russian language, stresses are of decisive importance. Vowels in unstressed syllables undergo the greatest reduction. Let's continue the literal analysis of the remaining iotated sounds and see how they can still change their characteristics depending on the environment in the words.

◊ Unstressed vowels"E" and "I" denote two sounds and in phonetic transcription and are written as [YI]:

at the very beginning of a word:
- - unity [yi d'in'e´n'i'ye], spruce [yilo´vy], blackberry [yizhiv'i´ka], his [yivo´], egoza [yigaza´], Yenisei [yin'is 'e´y], Egypt [yig'i´p'it];
- - January [yi nva´rsky], core [yidro´], sting [yiz'v'i´t'], label [yirly´k], Japan [yipo´n'iya], lamb [yign'o´nak ];
- (The only exceptions are rare foreign word forms and names: Caucasoid [ye wrap’io´idnaya], Eugene [ye] vge´niy, European [ye wrap’e´yits], diocese [ye] pa´rchia, etc.).
immediately after a vowel in the 1st pre-stressed syllable or in the 1st, 2nd stressed syllable, except for the location at the absolute end of the word.
- in a timely manner [piles vr'e´m'ina], trains [payi zda´], let's eat [payi d'i´m], run into [nayi zh: a´t '], Belgian [b'il'g'i´ yi c], students [uch'a´shch'iyi s'a], sentences [pr'idlazhe´n'iyi m'i], vanity [suyi ta´],
- bark [la´yi t '], pendulum [ma´yi tn'ik], hare [za´yi ts], belt [po´yi s], declare [zai v'i´t '], I will manifest [prayi in 'l'u´]
after a separating hard "b" or soft "b" sign: - intoxicates [p'yi n'i´t], express [izyi v'i´t'], announcement [abyi vl'e´n'iye], edible [sii do´bny].

Note: The St. Petersburg phonological school is characterized by "ekanye", while the Moscow school has "hiccups". Previously, the yottered "Yo" was pronounced with a more accentuated "ye". With the change of capitals, performing sound-letter analysis, they adhere to Moscow standards in orthoepy.

Some people in fluent speech pronounce the vowel "I" in the same way in syllables with a strong and weak position. This pronunciation is considered a dialect and is not literary. Remember, the vowel “I” under stress and without stress is pronounced differently: fair [ya ´marka], but egg [yi ytso´].

Important:

Letter "I" after soft sign"b" also represents 2 sounds - [YI] in sound-letter analysis. (This rule is relevant for syllables in both strong and weak positions). Let's conduct a sample of sound-letter online analysis: - nightingales [salav'yi´], on chicken legs [on ku´r'yi' x "no´shkakh], rabbit [cro´l'ich'yi], no family [with 'yi´], judges [su´d'yi], draws [n'ich'yi´], streams [ruch'yi´], foxes [li´s'yi] But: The vowel "O" after a soft sign "b" is transcribed as an apostrophe of softness ['] of the preceding consonant and [O], although when pronouncing the phoneme, iotization can be heard: broth [bul'o´n], pavillo n [pav'il'o´n], similarly: postman n , champignon n, shigno n, companion n, medallion n, battalion n, guillotina, carmagno la, mignon n and others.

Phonetic analysis of words, when the vowels "Yu" "E" "Yo" "I" form 1 sound

According to the rules of phonetics of the Russian language, at a certain position in words, the indicated letters give one sound when:

sound units "Yo" "Yu" "E" are under stress after an unpaired consonant in hardness: w, w, c. Then they denote phonemes:
- yo - [o],
- e - [e],
- yu - [y].
Examples of online parsing by sounds: yellow [yellow], silk [sho´ lx], whole [tse´ ly], recipe [r'ice´ pt], pearls [zhe´ mch'uk], six [she´ st '], hornet [she´ rshen'], parachute [parashu´ t];
The letters "I" "Yu" "E" "Yo" and "I" denote the softness of the preceding consonant [']. Exception only for: [w], [w], [c]. In such cases in a striking position they form one vowel sound:
- ё - [o]: voucher [put'o´ fka], light [l'o´ hk'y], honey agaric [ap'o´ nak], actor [act'o´ r], child [r'ib' o´ nak];
- e - [e]: seal [t'ul'e´ n'], mirror [z'e´ rkala], smarter [smart'e´ ye], conveyor [kanv'e´ yir];
- i - [a]: kittens [kat'a´ ta], softly [m'a´ hka], oath [kl'a´ tva], took [vz'a´ l], mattress [t'u f'a ´ k], swan [l'ib'a´ zhy];
- yu - [y]: beak [kl'u´ f], people [l'u´ d'am], gateway [shl'u´ s], tulle [t'u´ l'], suit [kas't 'mind].
- Note: in words borrowed from other languages, the stressed vowel "E" does not always signal the softness of the previous consonant. This positional softening ceased to be a mandatory norm in Russian phonetics only in the 20th century. In such cases, when you do phonetic analysis by composition, such a vowel sound is transcribed as [e] without the preceding softness apostrophe: hotel [ate´ l '], shoulder strap [br'ite´ l'ka], test [te´ st] , tennis [te´ n: is], cafe [cafe´], puree [p'ure´], amber [ambre´], delta [de´ l'ta], tender [te´ nder], masterpiece [shede´ vr], tablet [tablet´ t].
Attention! After soft consonants in prestressed syllables the vowels "E" and "I" undergo a qualitative reduction and are transformed into the sound [i] (excl. for [c], [g], [w]). Examples of phonetic parsing of words with similar phonemes: - grain [z'i rno´], earth [z'i ml'a´], cheerful [v'i s'o´ly], ringing [z'v 'and n'i´t], forest [l'and snowy], blizzard [m'i t'e´l'itsa], feather [n'i ro´], brought [pr' in'i sla´], knit [v'i za´t'], lay down [l'i ga´t'], five grater [n'i t'o´rka]

Phonetic analysis: consonant sounds of the Russian language

There is an absolute majority of consonants in Russian. When pronouncing a consonant sound, the air flow encounters obstacles. They are formed by organs of articulation: teeth, tongue, palate, vibrations of the vocal cords, lips. Due to this, noise, hissing, whistling or sonority occurs in the voice.

How many consonant sounds are there in Russian speech?

In the alphabet for their designation is used 21 letters. However, performing a sound-letter analysis, you will find that in Russian phonetics consonants more, namely - 36.

Sound-letter analysis: what are consonant sounds?

In our language, consonants are:

hard - soft and form the corresponding pairs:
- [b] - [b ’]: b anan - b tree,
- [in] - [in ’]: in height - in June,
- [g] - [g ’]: city - duke,
- [d] - [d ']: dacha - d elfin,
- [h] - [h ’]: z won - z ether,
- [k] - [k ’]: to onfeta - to engur,
- [l] - [l ’]: l odka - l lux,
- [m] - [m ’]: magic - dreams,
- [n] - [n ’]: new - n ectar,
- [n] - [n ’]: n alma-p yosik,
- [p] - [p ’]: r chamomile - r poison,
- [s] - [s ’]: with uvenir - with a surprise,
- [t] - [t ’]: t uchka - t tulip,
- [f] - [f ’]: flag flag - February,
- [x] - [x ’]: x orek - x hunter.
Certain consonants do not have a hardness-softness pair. Unpaired include:
- sounds [g], [c], [w] - always solid (life, cycle, mouse);
- [h ’], [u’] and [y ’] are always soft (daughter, more often, yours).
The sounds [w], [h ’], [w], [u’] in our language are called hissing.

A consonant can be voiced - deaf, as well as sonorous and noisy.

You can determine the sonority-deafness or sonority of a consonant by the degree of noise-voice. These characteristics will vary depending on the method of formation and participation of the organs of articulation.

Sonorants (l, m, n, p, d) are the most voiced phonemes, they hear a maximum of voice and a little noise: lion, paradise, zero.
If, during the pronunciation of a word, both a voice and noise are formed during the sound analysis, then you have a voiced consonant (g, b, s, etc.): factory, b people, life from n.
When pronouncing deaf consonants (p, s, t, and others), the vocal cords do not tense, only noise is emitted: stack a, chip a, k ost yum, circus, sew up.

Note: In phonetics, consonant sound units also have a division according to the nature of formation: a bow (b, p, d, t) - a gap (g, w, h, s) and the method of articulation: labial-labial (b, p, m) , labio-dental (f, c), anterior lingual (t, d, h, s, c, f, w, u, h, n, l, r), middle lingual (d), posterior lingual (k, d, x) . The names are given based on the organs of articulation that are involved in sound production.

Hint: If you are just starting to practice phonetic parsing, try placing your hands over your ears and pronouncing the phoneme. If you managed to hear a voice, then the sound being studied is a voiced consonant, but if noise is heard, then it is deaf.

Hint: For associative communication, remember the phrases: “Oh, we didn’t forget a friend.” - this sentence contains absolutely the entire set of voiced consonants (excluding softness-hardness pairs). “Styopka, do you want to eat cabbage soup? - Fi! - similarly, these replicas contain a set of all voiceless consonants.

Positional changes of consonant sounds in Russian

The consonant sound, like the vowel, undergoes changes. The same letter can phonetically denote a different sound, depending on the position it occupies. In the flow of speech, the sound of one consonant is likened to the articulation of a nearby consonant. This effect facilitates pronunciation and is called assimilation in phonetics.

Positional stun/voicing

In a certain position for consonants, the phonetic law of assimilation by deafness-voicedness operates. The voiced double consonant is replaced by a voiceless one:

at the absolute end of the phonetic word: but [no´sh], snow [s’n’e´k], garden [agaro´t], club [club´p];
before deaf consonants: forget-me-not a [n’izabu´t ka], hug [aph wat’i´t’], Tuesday [ft o´rn’ik], tube a [corpse a].
making sound letter parsing online, you will notice that a voiceless double consonant standing before a voiced one (except for [d'], [v] - [v'], [l] - [l'], [m] - [m'] , [n] - [n '], [r] - [r ']) is also voiced, that is, it is replaced by its voiced pair: surrender [zda´ch'a], mowing [kaz'ba´], threshing [malad 'ba´], request [pro´z'ba], guess [adgada´t'].

In Russian phonetics, a deaf noisy consonant does not combine with a subsequent voiced noisy consonant, except for the sounds [v] - [v’]: whipped cream. In this case, the transcription of both the phoneme [h] and [s] is equally acceptable.

When parsing by the sounds of words: total, today, today, etc., the letter "G" is replaced by the phoneme [v].

According to the rules of sound-letter analysis, in the endings of the "-th", "-his" names of adjectives, participles and pronouns, the consonant "G" is transcribed as a sound [v]: red [kra´snava], blue [s'i´n'iva] , white [b'e'lava], sharp, full, former, that, this, whom. If, after assimilation, two consonants of the same type are formed, they merge. In the school program on phonetics, this process is called contraction of consonants: separate [ad: 'il'i´t'] → the letters "T" and "D" are reduced to sounds [d'd'], silent smart [b'ish: u ´many]. When parsing by composition, a number of words in sound-letter analysis show dissimilation - the process is the opposite of assimilation. In this case, the common feature of the two adjacent consonants changes: the combination “GK” sounds like [hk] (instead of the standard [kk]): light [l'o′h'k'y], soft [m'a′h' k'iy].

Soft consonants in Russian

In the phonetic parsing scheme, the apostrophe ['] is used to indicate the softness of consonants.

Softening of paired hard consonants occurs before "b";
the softness of the consonant sound in the syllable in the letter will help determine the vowel that follows it (e, e, i, u, i);
[u’], [h’] and [th] are only soft by default;
the sound [n] always softens before the soft consonants “Z”, “S”, “D”, “T”: claim [pr'iten'z 'iya], review [r'icen'z 'iya], pension [pen 's' iya], ve [n'z '] spruce, face [n'z '] iya, ka [n'd '] idat, ba [n'd '] um, and [n'd '] ivid , blo[n'd'] in, stipe[n'd'] ia, ba[n't'] ik, wi[n't'] ik, zo[n't'] ik, ve[n' t '] il, a [n't '] personal, co[n't '] text, remo[n't '] to edit;
the letters "N", "K", "R" during phonetic analysis of the composition can soften before soft sounds [h '], [u ']: glass ik [staka′n'ch'ik], changer ik [sm'e ′n'shch'ik], donut ik [po′n'ch'ik], mason ik [kam'e′n'sh'ik], boulevard ina [bul'var'r'shch'ina], borscht [ borsch'];
often the sounds [h], [s], [r], [n] in front of a soft consonant undergo assimilation in terms of hardness-softness: wall [s't'e'nka], life [zhyz'n'], here [ z'd'es'];
in order to correctly perform sound-literal analysis, consider the words of exception when the consonant [p] before soft teeth and lips, as well as before [h ’], [u’] is pronounced firmly: artel, feed, cornet, samovar;

Note: the letter "b" after a consonant unpaired in hardness / softness in some word forms performs only a grammatical function and does not impose a phonetic load: study, night, mouse, rye, etc. In such words, during literal analysis, a [-] dash is placed in square brackets opposite the letter “b”.

Positional changes in paired voiced-voiced consonants before sibilant consonants and their transcription in sound-letter parsing

To determine the number of sounds in a word, it is necessary to take into account their positional changes. Paired voiced-deaf: [d-t] or [s-s] before hissing (w, w, u, h) are phonetically replaced by a hissing consonant.

Letter analysis and examples of words with hissing sounds: visitor [pr'iye´zhzh y], ascension [your e´stv'iye], izzhelta [i´zhzh elta], take pity [zhzh a´l'its: A].

The phenomenon when two different letters pronounced as one, is called complete assimilation in all respects. Performing sound-letter parsing of a word, you should designate one of the repeated sounds in transcription with the longitude symbol [:].

Letter combinations with hissing "szh" - "zzh", are pronounced as a double solid consonant [zh:], and "ssh" - "zsh" - like [sh:]: squeezed, sewn, without a tire, climbed.
The combinations "zh", "zhzh" inside the root during sound-letter analysis is recorded in transcription as a long consonant [zh:]: I drive, squeal, later, reins, yeast, burnt.
The combinations "sch", "sch" at the junction of the root and the suffix / prefix are pronounced as a long soft [u':]: account [u': o´t], scribe, customer.
At the junction of the preposition with the next word in place "sch", "zch" is transcribed as [sch'h']: without a number [b'esch' h' isla´], with something [sch'ch' em mta] .
With a sound-letter analysis, the combinations "tch", "dch" at the junction of morphemes are defined as double soft [h ':]: pilot [l'o´ch': ik], young man ik [little´h ': ik], report ot [ah': o´t].

Cheat sheet for likening consonants at the place of formation

mid → [u':]: happiness [u': a´s't'ye], sandstone [n'isch': a´n'ik], peddler [razno´sh': ik], cobbled, calculations, exhaust, clear;
zch → [u’:]: carver [r’e´shch’: hic], loader [gru´shch’: hic], storyteller [raska´shch’: hic];
ZhCh → [u’:]: defector [p’ir’ibe´ u’: ik], man [mush’: i´na];
shh → [u’:]: freckled [v’isnu′shch’: common];
stch → [u’:]: tougher [zho´shch’: e], whip, rigger;
zdch → [u’:]: traverser [abye´shch’: ik], furrowed [baro´shch’: whit];
ss → [u’:]: split [rasch’: ip’i′t ’], generous [rasch’: e′dr’ils’a];
van → [h'sh']: split off [ach'sh' ip'i′t'], snap off [ach'sh' o'lk'ivat'], in vain [h'sh' etna], carefully [h' sh'at'el'na];
tch → [h ':] : report [ah ': o't], homeland [ah ': izna], ciliated [r'is'n'i'ch ': i'ty];
dh → [h’:] : underline [patch’: o’rk’ivat’], stepdaughter [pach’: ir’itsa];
szh → [zh:]: compress [zh: a´t '];
zzh → [zh:]: get rid of [izh: y´t '], ignition [ro´zh: yk], leave [uyizh: a´t '];
ssh → [sh:]: bringing [pr’in’o′sh: th], embroidered [rash: y´ty];
zsh → [w:] : inferior [n'ish: y'y]
th → [pcs], in word forms with “what” and its derivatives, making a sound-literal analysis, we write [pcs]: so that [pcs about′by], not for anything [n'e′ zasht a], anything [ sht o n'ibut'], something;
th → [ch't] in other cases of letter parsing: dreamer [m'ich't a´t'il'], mail [by´ch't a], preference [pr'itpach't 'e´n' ie] and so on;
ch → [shn] in exception words: of course [kan'e´shn a′], boring [sku´shn a′], bakery, laundry, scrambled eggs, trifling, birdhouse, bachelorette party, mustard plaster, rag, and also in female patronymics ending in "-ichna": Ilyinichna, Nikitichna, Kuzminichna, etc.;
ch → [ch'n] - literal analysis for all other options: fabulous [fairytale'n], country [yes'ch'n], strawberry [z'im'l'in'i´ch'n th], wake up, cloudy, sunny, etc.;
!zhd → in place of the letter combination “zhd”, a double pronunciation and transcription [u ’] or [pcs ’] in the word rain and in the word forms formed from it: rainy, rainy.

Unpronounceable consonants in the words of the Russian language

During the pronunciation of a whole phonetic word with a chain of many different consonant letters, one or another sound may be lost. As a result, in the orthograms of words there are letters devoid of sound value, the so-called unpronounceable consonants. To correctly perform phonetic analysis online, the unpronounceable consonant is not displayed in the transcription. The number of sounds in similar phonetic words will be less than letters.

In Russian phonetics, unpronounceable consonants include:

"T" - in combinations:
- stn → [sn]: local [m’e´sny], reed [tras’n ’i´k]. By analogy, you can perform a phonetic analysis of the words ladder, honest, famous, joyful, sad, participant, messenger, rainy, furious and others;
- stl → [sl]: happy [w’: asl ’and’vy "], happy ivchik, conscientious, boastful (exception words: bony and spread, the letter “T” is pronounced in them);
- ntsk → [nsk]: gigantic [g’iga´nsk ’y], agency, presidential;
- sts → [s:]: sixs from [shes: o´t], eat up I [vzye´s: a], swear I [kl’a´s: a];
- sts → [s:] : tourist cue [tur'i´s: k'iy], maximalist cue [max'imal'i´s: k'iy], racist cue [ras'i´s: k'iy] , bestseller, propaganda, expressionist, hindu, careerist;
- ntg → [ng]: roentgen en [r'eng 'e´n];
- “-tsya”, “-tsya” → [c:] in verb endings: smile [smile´ts: a], wash [we´ts: a], look, fit, bow, shave, fit;
- ts → [ts] for adjectives in combinations at the junction of the root and the suffix: children's [d'e'ts k'y], fraternal [brother's];
- ts → [ts:] / [tss]: athlete men [sparts: m’e´n], send [acs yla´t ’];
- ts → [ts:] at the junction of morphemes during phonetic analysis online is written as a long “ts”: bratts a [bra´ts: a], ottsepit [atz: yp'i´t'], to father u [katz: y'];
"D" - when parsing by sounds in the following letter combinations:
- zdn → [zn]: late [po´z'n' y], starry [z'v'o´zn y], holiday [pra′z'n 'ik], gratuitous [b'izvazm' e′zn y];
- ndsh → [nsh]: mundsh tuk [munsh tu´k], landsh aft [lansh a´ft];
- ndsk → [nsk]: Dutch [gala´nsk ’y], Thai [taila´nsk ’y], Norman y [narm´nsk ’y];
- zdts → [sts]: under the bridles [pad sts s´];
- nds → [nc]: Dutch s [gala´nts s];
- rdts → [rc]: heart [s’e´rts e], evina’s heart [s’irts yv’i´na];
- rdch → [rch "]: heart-ishko [s’erch ’i´shka];
- dts → [ts:] at the junction of morphemes, less often in roots, are pronounced and when parsing the word it is written as a double [ts]: pick up [pats: yp'i´t '], twenty [two´ts: yt '] ;
- ds → [ts]: factory [zavats ko´y], kinship [rational tvo´], means [sr’e´ts tva], Kislovods to [k’islavo´ts k];
"L" - in combinations:
- sun → [nc]: sun e [so´nts e], sun state;
"B" - in combinations:
- vstv → [stv] literal analysis of words: hello [hello uyt'e], feelings about [h'u´stva], sensuality [h'u´stv 'inas't'], pampering about [pampering o´], virgin [d'e´st 'in: y].

Note: In some words of the Russian language, with the accumulation of consonant sounds “stk”, “ntk”, “zdk”, “ndk”, dropping out of the phoneme [t] is not allowed: trip [paye´stka], daughter-in-law, typist, agenda, laboratory assistant, student , patient, bulky, Irish, Scottish.

Two identical letters immediately after the stressed vowel are transcribed as a single sound and a longitude character [:] in literal parsing: class, bath, mass, group, program.
Doubled consonants in pre-stressed syllables are indicated in transcription and pronounced as one sound: tunnel [tane´l '], terrace, apparatus.

If you find it difficult to perform a phonetic analysis of a word online according to the indicated rules or you have an ambiguous analysis of the word under study, use the help of a reference dictionary. The literary norms of orthoepy are regulated by the publication: “Russian literary pronunciation and stress. Dictionary - reference book. M. 1959

References:

Litnevskaya E.I. Russian language: short theoretical course for schoolchildren. – Moscow State University, Moscow: 2000
Panov M.V. Russian phonetics. – Enlightenment, M.: 1967
Beshenkova E.V., Ivanova O.E. Rules of Russian spelling with comments.
Tutorial. - "Institute for advanced training of educators", Tambov: 2012
Rosenthal D.E., Dzhandzhakova E.V., Kabanova N.P. A guide to spelling, pronunciation, literary editing. Russian literary pronunciation. - M .: CheRo, 1999

Now you know how to parse a word into sounds, make a sound-letter analysis of each syllable and determine their number. The described rules explain the laws of phonetics in the format of a school curriculum. They will help you phonetically characterize any letter.

In a word cars:
1. 3 syllables (ma-shi-ny);
2. stress falls on the 2nd syllable: cars

1st option

1 ) Transcription of the word "cars": [mʌshyny].

LETTER/ [SOUND]				SOUND CHARACTERISTICS
m	-	[m]	-	acc., solid. (par.), ringing (unpaired), sonorous. The sound [m] is unpaired voiced, so it is pronounced the same way as it is written.Before letters A, O, at, uh, s
A	-	[ʌ]	-	vowel, unstressed; see below. § 32.
sh	-	[w]	-	acc., solid. (unpaired), deaf. (par.). Before a vowel there is no substitution of a consonant for voicing / deafness. See §§ 68, 106 below.
And	-	[y]	-	vowel, percussion; see below. § 7.
n	-	[n]	-	acc., solid. (par.), ringing (unpaired), sonorous. The sound [n] is unpaired voiced, so it is pronounced the same way as it is written.Before letters A, O, at, uh, s syllables paired in hardness-softness are always pronounced firmly.
s	-	[s]	-	vowel, unstressed; see below. § 8.

6 letters, 6 sounds

Setting

RULES OF PRONUNCIATION 1

§ 7

§ 7. Letter And after solid hissing [w], [g] and after [c] denotes the sound [s]. Wed sewed, fat, lived, embroider, zinc (pronounced [shyl, zhyr, zhyla, vyshhyt❜, tsynk]).

§ 8

§ 8. Letter s denotes a vowel [s] inside a word after solid consonants, including after [ts] (except for [w], [g], after which it is written and; see § 7). Wed wash, forget, smoke, was, full, smoke, smoke, tsyts, kutsy.

§ 32

§ 32. In the 1st pre-stressed syllable, after solid consonants, except for the vowels [s] and [y], and at the beginning of a word, except for the vowels [i] and [y] (for them, see §§ 5-13), it is pronounced vowel [a]. The vowel [a] in this position on the letter is indicated by the letter i or o.

Thus, in place of the letters a and o, the vowel [a] is pronounced: 1) after solid consonants: a) gardens, gifts, mala, pashu, old man, grass; naughty, hut, fry, hot e, tsar zm, scratch; b) water (pronounced [vada]), leg (pronounced [naga]), thunderstorm (pronounced [graza]), fields (pronounced [pal❜ a ]), seas (pronounced [mar❜ a ]), tables (pronounced [ steel]), fruits (pronounced [plady]), please (pronounced [prashu]), went (pronounced [pasho l]), driver (pronounced [shaf❜ o r), juggler (pronounced [zhangl ❜ o r]); 2) at the beginning of a word: a) pharmacy, Armenian, arshin, chord, barn; b) window (pronounced [akno]), one (pronounced [adin]), cucumber (pronounced [agurchik]), wasps (pronounced [asiny]), dress (pronounced [ade t❜]) .

The vowel [a] of the 1st prestressed syllable is somewhat different from the stressed [a]: when it is pronounced, the lower jaw is less downy, the mouth opening is narrower, the back of the back of the tongue is slightly raised. Therefore, with a more accurate transcription, these sounds should be distinguished, for example, to designate unstressed [o], use the sign Λ, retaining the letter a for stressed [a]: [vΛda] (water). In this reference dictionary, the letter a is used to denote both unstressed [a] (more precisely [Λ], and [a] stressed.

In order to competently and correctly conduct a phonetic analysis of the word “machine”, it is necessary to determine the number of written and sound units, the place of stress, to characterize in detail each sound, syllabic division, and to determine the qualitative and quantitative composition of the language unit. Let's consider the full algorithm of actions for the sound-letter analysis of the word “machine”.

Phonetic parsing

Let's divide this unit of language into syllables: ma-shi-na.

Three syllable-forming vowels give 3 syllables.
Transfer options: machine-shi-on, machine-on.
The shock is the letter “and” of the second syllable: machine.
Let's determine the number of written and speech units in the word “machine”: 6 units of writing (3 vowels, 3 consonants), 6 sounds.

Transcription

This word has a transcription of the form: [machine].

Sound-letter parsing

m- [m] - consonant, voiced, soft, criterion number two without a pair, the third pair is available
a- [a] - vowel, stress is not available
w- [w] - consonant, deaf, solid, criterion numbered two-pair, there is no third para
i- [s] - vowel, stress has a place to be
n- [n] - consonant, voiced, solid, criterion number two without a pair, the third has a pair
a- [a] - vowel, stress is not available

Vowels:

After the letter “w”, a sound [s] is written, since this speech unit not only becomes more audible, but also sounds like this when pronounced.

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PHONETIC ANALYSIS OF THE WORD "MACHINE"

In a word car:
1. 3 syllables (ma-shi-na);
2. stress falls on the 2nd syllable: car

1st option

1 ) Transcription of the word "machine": [mʌshy n].

LETTER/ [SOUND]				SOUND CHARACTERISTICS
m	-	[m]	-	acc., solid. (par.), ringing (unpaired), sonorous. The sound [m] is unpaired voiced, so it is pronounced the same way as it is written.Before letters A, O, at, uh, s
A	-	[ʌ]	-	vowel, unstressed; see below. § 32.
sh	-	[w]	-	acc., solid. (unpaired), deaf. (par.). Before a vowel there is no substitution of a consonant for voicing / deafness. See §§ 68, 106 below.
And	-	[y]	-	vowel, percussion; see below. § 7.
n	-	[n]	-	acc., solid. (par.), ringing (unpaired), sonorous. The sound [n] is unpaired voiced, so it is pronounced the same way as it is written.Before letters A, O, at, uh, s syllables paired in hardness-softness are always pronounced firmly.
A	-	[b]	-	vowel, unstressed; see below. § 48.

6 letters, 6 sounds

Setting

RULES OF PRONUNCIATION 1

§ 7

§ 7. Letter And after solid hissing [w], [g] and after [c] denotes the sound [s]. Wed sewed, fat, lived, embroider, zinc (pronounced [shyl, zhyr, zhyla, vyshhyt❜, tsynk]).

§ 32

§ 48

§ 48. In stressed syllables, after solid consonants, in addition to the vowels [s] and [y] (for them, see §§ 5-13), the vowel [b] is pronounced, which in writing is denoted by the letters o and a.

Thus, in place of the letters A And O in stressed syllables, the vowel [b] is pronounced: a) issued (pronounced [vy dn]), selected (pronounced [vy brn]), pulled out (pronounced [vy tskal]), worked (pronounced [work]), by fences (pronounced [p-fence]), on fences (pronounced [n-fence]), behind fences (pronounced [z-fences]), cow (pronounced [karov]), windows ( pronounced [o kn]), deeds (pronounced [de l]), squeezed (pronounced [you zhl]), in puddles (pronounced [pa-luzhm]), in puddles (pronounced [v-luzh] ), behind puddles (pronounced [za-luzhmi]), puddle (pronounced [luzh]), you scratched (pronounced [you tsar'l]), chicken (pronounced [chick]), by the faces (pronounced [pa-u faces]); b) nose (pronounced [you n's]), ejection (pronounced [ejection]), head (pronounced [golva]), head (pronounced [na -glva]), home (pronounced [na - dm], narrow (pronounced [uzak]), behind the house (pronounced [behind-dome]), on the old one (pronounced [in-old]), behind the ditch (pronounced [z-kana vy] ), hay (pronounced [se n]), delo (pronounced [de l]), a lot (pronounced [many]), na do (pronounced [na d]).

Thus, with the unstressed end of the form im. n. and genus. p. units h. deed and deeds or forms of middle. and female childbirth past. time set and set (there is a case and there is no case; the sun set and the moon set) are pronounced the same - with a vowel [b] at the end: [de l], [zhhadil]. The forms of tv are also pronounced the same way. p. units hours and dates n. pl. h. husband and avg. childbirth: technician and technicians, fence and fences, muzzle and muzzle, armchair and chairs: [technician], [fence], [dulum], [armchair].

Note. At the end of some invariable words of foreign origin, in place of the letter o in the stressed syllable, the vowel [o] can be pronounced without reduction, for example: advice (can be pronounced [zo]), veto (can be pronounced [that]), credo (can be pronounced [ before]), lega to (can be pronounced [that]), allegro (can be pronounced [ro]). With such words, pronunciation marks are given in the dictionary.

§ 68

§ 68. The consonants [w], [g], [c], denoted by the letters w, g, c, are only solid and are always pronounced firmly, for example: shil (pronounced [shyl]), silk (pronounced [shulk]), noise; lived (pronounced [zhyl]), heat, beetle; zinc (pronounced [tsynk]), heron (pronounced [tsá pl❜ b]).

Automobile

A - VTO - mO - bAndlb This script allows you to divide words into syllables. Remember that the rules for separating words into syllables and the rules for hyphenation are different rules.

How to break a word into syllables

1. In Russian, there are sounds that are different in audibility: vowels are more sonorous compared to consonants. It is vowels that form syllables, are syllable-forming. A syllable is one sound or several sounds pronounced with one expiratory push of air: vo-yes, na-y-ka.
There are as many syllables in a word as there are vowels.
Consonants are non-syllabic. When pronouncing a word, consonants "stretch" to vowels, forming a syllable together with vowels.

2. The syllable may consist of one sound (and then it is necessarily a vowel) or several sounds (in this case, in addition to the vowel, there is a consonant or a group of consonants in the syllable): rim - o-bo-doc; country - country; night light - night light; miniature - mi-ni-a-tu-ra. If a syllable consists of two or more sounds, then it must begin with a consonant.

3. Syllables are open and closed.
An open syllable ends in a vowel sound: water, country.
A closed syllable ends in a consonant: sleep, liner.
There are more open syllables in Russian. Closed syllables are usually observed at the end of a word: no-chnik (the first syllable is open, the second is closed), o-bo-dok (the first two syllables are open, the third is closed).
In the middle of a word, a syllable, as a rule, ends in a vowel sound, and a consonant or a group of consonants after a vowel usually goes to the next syllable: no-chnik, announcer.
In the middle of a word, closed syllables can form only unpaired voiced consonants [th], [p], [p'], [l], [l'], [m], [m'], [n], [n'] (sonorous): may-ka, Sonya-ka, so-scrap-ka.

4. Sometimes two consonants can be written in a word, and one sound, for example: get rid of [izh: yt ']. Therefore, in this case, two syllables are distinguished: and-live. The division into parts from-live corresponds to the rules of word hyphenation, and not to division into syllables.
The same can be traced on the example of the verb to leave, in which the combination of consonants zzh sounds like one sound [zh:]; so the division into syllables will be - leave, and the division of the word to carry - leave.
Especially often errors are observed when syllables are distinguished from forms of verbs ending in -tsya, -tsya.
The division curl-sya, presses-sya is a division into parts for transfer, and not a division into syllables, since in such forms the combination of letters ts, ts sounds like one sound [ts].
When dividing into syllables, the combinations of the letters ts, ts go entirely to the next syllable: vi-tsya, zhmyo-tsya.

5. When combining several consonants in the middle of a word: two identical consonants necessarily go to the next syllable: o-leak, yes; two or more consonants usually go to the next syllable: sha-pka, equal. The exception is consonant combinations in which the first is an unpaired voiced (sonorant): the letters p, p, l, l, m, m, n, n, y: mark-ka, dawn-ka, bul-ka, stel-ka, lady-ka, ban-ka, ban-ka, lay-ka.