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I had the same doubt. Check this pronuncation on Forvo: http://forvo.com/word/%D1%8F%D0%B9%D1%86%D0%BE/#ru
There are 5 pronunciations, the only one which was clear to me was the one by "Wellnews"
яй is the "i" sound in "it", followed by a consonontal "y". [ɪj] if you know phonetic notation - [jɪjˈt͡so].
я, ё, and у are pronounced further forward in the mouth when they are followed by a soft sound, (sort of) like umlaut in German. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_phonology#Back_vowels
When followed by й, я becomes [ɪ]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_phonology#Diphthongs
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Both words refer to us,...
One is for us like subject (мы), while наш* and it's other gender formr refer to us possessing sth. (our)
Мы = we (nominative) Наш = our (possessive)
Наш is for a masculine possession (наш сын = our son)
Then наш can change according to gender and number. Наша is for feminine (наша дочь = our daughter). Наше is neutral (наше море = our sea). Наши is for plural (Наши кузены = our cousins)
Yes, there is.
- if it ends -a or я it's feminine.
- if it ends with a consonant, it's masculine.
- if it ends in -o or -e it's neuter.
- If it ends in ь it might be anything.... but usually it's feminine, so if you have to guess, go with f.
There are of course exceptions to all these, but as a rule of thumb this works.
The problem I encounter, is that this only works for nouns in the nominative case - so if the first time you encounter a word it's in genitive/accusative etc. the endings will be different, so you might need to look it up to find out the gender.
Is it correct to put the stress on наше and to pronounce the о of яйцо as "a", couldn´t you also pronounce it as "o"? This would sound confusingly similar when you would want to say "наши яйца" in plural! The е and the и would be essential in the difference then... I wonder if there are never any misunderstandings with an unclear utterance...?
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I'm confused because this sounds like яуца plural to me. If I click on the slow pronunciation I hear the e at the end of маше but nothing in the first one to imply singular? I answered our eggs.
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Take an egg, examine to see if it has something to say it's masculine or feminine, oh i guess it's in between..
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in english a "nest egg" is a sum of money saved up for the future. (maybe to buy a house? dunno) is there a comparable phrase in russian?