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Questions & Answers about Это невероятно!
How do you pronounce Это невероятно!?
A natural pronunciation is:
Éto neveroyátno!
More approximately for an English speaker:
EH-tuh nee-vye-ra-YAT-nuh!
Notes:
- Это has the stress on the first syllable: Э́то
- невероятно has the stress on -ят-: невероя́тно
- In fast speech, some unstressed vowels sound weaker than they look in spelling.
What does это mean here?
In this sentence, это means something like this, that, or even it, depending on context.
Russian это is very flexible. It can point to:
- a thing: Это невероятно! = This/That is incredible!
- an event or situation: You did all that in one day? Это невероятно!
- something just mentioned: He survived? Это невероятно!
So it does not always map neatly to just one English word.
Why is it невероятно and not невероятный?