"Bărbatul mănâncă păianjeni?"
Translation:Does the man eat spiders?
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That's exactly who came to mind . Well this is Romanian course
I think the recording is not very clear or my ear is not quite tuned up. I listened carefully and got paianjen, did not hear any final "i" even though I expected to find it.
It's one 'i' so no, it's not heard. Even though I myself can't hear the difference between with or without either.. It's really hard to distinguish the sound for non-natives apparently.
It palatalizes the consonant, a very slight difference which is very difficult for native English speakers (or Spanish, French, etc.) to hear.
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Exactly. Romanians and speakers of Slavic languages such as Russian will describe this in English as making it "soft", which usually perplexes the English speaker they're trying to teach (-:
Can someone please help me understand the difference between "does the man eat spiders?" and "the man eats spiders". I'm struggling with this every time it's a question!
The difference is on the inflection. If the tone is of a question it is a question. If the tone is flat then it's a statement.
