Is /ы/ pronounced basically like /əj/?
>>72963667
it is pronounced like polish /y/
>>72963739
i thought polish /y/ sounds like /i/
>>72963838
https://translate.google.com/#pl/en/ryba
>>72963667
Nope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_central_unrounded_vowel
>>72963739
pollish /y/ is little bit near to pollish /e/ than in russian.
[ya](я) => A
[i] => Ы
something like this
>>72965143
That looks like something I would put into a graphing calculator.
>>72965143
When to use it tho?
it literally sounds the same as И
is there a rule to when to write И and Ы?
>>72965713
Ы is more masculine. You use it when you don't want to sound like a pussy faggot bitch.
https://translate.google.com/#ru/en/%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B6%D0%B0