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> So is жч different than щ?
Not really, жч here should sound the same as щ – maybe a tiny bit longer, though.
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I think I asked this already somewhere else.. but how can I tell when it's ".....ы.....и" and when it's ".....и.....ы"?
When a word is made plural in Russian, the last letter is "и"or "ы" depending on whether the last letter is soft or hard vowel or consonant. Russian words that end with a consonant is added "ы" to make it plural, if a Russian word ends with А,Э,Ы,О,У vowels, it is taken off and swapped with "ы"
If a Russian word ends with the vowels Я,Е,Ё,Ю,Ь,. You take the vowel off and add "И" instead when making it plural
In this case, both Мужчина (man) and Женщина (woman) ends with "а" and is therefore, hard.. so we take off the hard vowel and replace it with "ы" when made plural. Мужчины (men) and Женщины (women)
Some other exceptions such as the 7 letter spelling rule apply, you can search it up for more help.