Breakdown of Хоть ударный слог слышен яснее, я всё равно иногда ошибаюсь, когда пишу слово по памяти.
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Here хоть means something like although, even though, or granted that.
So:
Хоть ударный слог слышен яснее...
= Although the stressed syllable is heard more clearly...
A useful point: хоть can have several meanings in Russian, but in this sentence it introduces a contrast. It is a bit more conversational and compact than хотя.
You can often think of:
- хотя = although
- хоть = though / even though / although
In many contexts, хоть sounds slightly more colloquial.
Ударный слог means the stressed syllable.
Breakdown:
- ударный = stressed, accented
- слог = syllable
In Russian phonetics, ударение means stress. So ударный слог is the syllable that receives the stress in a word.
For example, in a Russian word, the stressed syllable is usually pronounced more clearly than the unstressed ones. That idea is exactly what this sentence is talking about.