"samarkand" > wrote in message
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> Interesting! Chai-inka, Chai-inki, and Chaiinyj stol...Sasha, can you
> tell me how to pronounce them?

Cha-in-ka (ch is like ch in Italian chao), emphasis on the second syllable
("in") - Cha'inka.
Cha -in -ki (multiple cha -in-ka)
Chai - nyj stol ("y" here is for russian letter and sound that does not
exist in English, but does exist in Chinese - "e" like Chinese for goose.
You can imitate it by pronouncing long letter "o" and in process move your
lower jaw forward. This time the emphasisi is on teh first syllable -
'Chai-nyj.
Stol is easy - like "Stoli" (Stolichnaja (the capital city) Vodka" without
"i" - comes from the same ancient root - stol = table - the city inside the
principality where the Kniaz (prince) was "sitting" at his "table" - his
headquarters.

Sasha.