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The Russian Alphabet

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Letter

Letter name

[a]

[b]

[v]

[]

[d]

[je]

[jo]

[]

[z]

[i]

[i kratk] [ka] [l] or [l] [m] [n]

[]

[p]

[r]

[s]

[t]

[u]

[f]

Transcription /a/ ? ah/uh/u /b/ or /b/ ? b/p /v/ or /v/ ? v/f // ? g/k /d/ or /d/ ? d/t /je/, / e/ or /e/ ? ee/ye/e /jo/ or / / ? yo // ? zh/sh /z/ or /z/ ? z/s /i/ or / i/ ? ee /j/ ? j /k/ or /k/ ? k /l/ or /l/ ? l /m/ or /m/ ? m /n/ or // ? n. /o/ ? oh, ah, uh, u, a /p/ or /p/ ? p

/r/ or /r/ ? r

/s/ or /s/ ? s

/t/ or /t/ ? t

/u/ ? oo /f/ or /f/ ? f

How to read it

Stressed ? like a in father. Unstressed ? like a in human Usual ? like b in book or be. At the end of the word ? p like in plan Usual ?like v in victory, verse. At the end of the word ? like f in file. Usual ? like g in great, garden At the end of the word ? like k in Greek Usual ? like d in duck, die. At the end of the word ? like t in town. Stressed ? like ye in yes. Unstressed ? like ee in see. Like yo in yoke. This vowel is always stressed. Usual ? like s in pleasure, measure At the end of the word ? like sh in shift Usual ? like z in zebra, zoo. At the end of the word ? like s in sleep Stressed/unstressed ? like ee in peep, peek This is a consonant which is pronounced like final y in boy. Pronounced like k in kite.

Pronounced like l in light, lamp.

Pronounced like m in mother, miracle. Pronounced like n in notebook. Stressed ? oh like a in talk Usntressed ? either ah like in park or uh like o in season. P like in park. There is no such sound in English, it is like Spanish or Italian r in such words as madre or ragazza. It's a flap r. Listen to the examples to get better idea how is it pronounced. Pronounced like s in see. Pronounced like t in tea or tie, but without aspiration. The tongue is located closer to the teeth than in English. Pronounced like oo in book or shoot. Pronounced like f in fact, fast.

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[xa]

[ts]

[te] [a] [?]

[tvrdj znak]

[]

[m?xkj znak] [] [ju] [ja]

/x/ ? kh

/t s/ ? ts /t / ? tch // ? sh // ? sh'

[] ? ih

/ / // ? e /ju/ or / / ? yu /ja/ or / ?/ ? ya, ye. Yi.

There is no such sound in English, the closest will be German ch, or the Kh ? it's harder than h in English and is stronger. Listen to the example. There is no such sound in English, the closest will be ts in cats or dots, while pronounced not like two sounds, but like one. Pronounced like ch in chair. Pronounced like sh in short, sharp. The palatalized version of sh, the closest is sh in sheep. This letter ("hard sign" it's called) gives no sound and occurs only between a consonant and a vowel in the words like "" (entry) and shows that the consonant is not palatalized. This sound is similar to ih, but the lips are moved more forward and the closest is ee in week or weep, still with lips moved forward. Listen to the examples. This letter ("soft sign") also doesn't denote any sound, it means that the preceding consonant is palatalized: Pronounced like e in the word end, men. Pronounced like u in use.

Stressed ? like ya in yard.

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