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thank god they translated it (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why would you use э for e?

[–] TaTTe 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Probably since it's their equivalent of the latin e? In my understanding the Russian cyrillic e is pronounced "ye", so э is closer to the latin e.

Note: I don't speak Russian so anyone with more knowledge feel free to correct me.

Also: This is for Russian cyrillic, I believe in Ukrainian cyrillic for instance, it's the other way around, so e is e and э is ye.

[–] Lewo 10 points 8 months ago

In Russian, pronunciation of Е depends on its placement. If preceded by a consonant, it's pronounced like a "softer" Э. A bit like "bet" vs "bat" in US English. It's only pronounced as "ye" if it's the first letter of the word, or preceded by a vowel, soft sign (Ь) or hard sign (Ъ).

In Ukrainian, Є is similar to Russian Е, but it's not modified if preceded by a consonant - in these cases it's typically replaced by i. Ukrainian Е is indeed about the same as Russian Э. And Russian Ё is replaced by combinations ЙО or ЬО.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I would've translated it letter by letter (because it's meaningless password), so it would've been е instead of э.