[free-sklyarov] What was that russian chant? (fwd)

[Roger Kramer]

On Friday 27 July 2001 12:45, Vadim Kogan wrote:
> Here's how it goes:
>
> Chto my hotim? (What do we want?)
> Svobody Dime! (Free Dima (short of Dmitry))
> Kogda my hotim? (When do we want?)
> Seichas (Now) or Prjamo seichas (Right now)
>
> Lemme try to give a better version for people who want to learn the sounds:
>
> Shto my* hoti'm?
> Swabo'dy Di'me!
> Kagda my* hoti'm?
> Seicha's! (Pria'mo Seicha's)
>
> an apostrophe (') after a letter (or two letter in case there is no simple
> transliteration) means the accent.
>
> * I do not know how to properly show the second sound in "my". Why it looks

"We" in Russian  (Cyrillic: MbI, translated above as "my") is pronounced 
similarly to Spanish "muy" with a very short duration on the "u" ...if anyone 
cares...and knows Spanish.  As opposed to English  'm AH ee'

-rk