Thread: Educational Debate: how is KYIV pronounced? Ukrainians please weigh in
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Old 11-14-2019, 07:57 AM  
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Originally Posted by Marshal View Post
Feel free to use the Listen function of Google Translate.

Ukrainian: https://translate.google.com/#view=h...B8%D1%97%D0%B2
vs
Russian: https://translate.google.com/#view=h...B8%D0%B5%D0%B2
vs
English: https://translate.google.com/#view=h...l=en&text=Kiev

Also, Wikipedia has it the way it's pronounced in Ukraine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U...1%97%D0%B2.ogg
Do you understand that nobody in Kiev says it the "Ukrainian" way? Do you understand that people in Kiev speak Russian w/o any accent like they are living in Moscow?
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