Reference Guide for the Russian Alphabet - Learning Russian

Reference Guide for the Russian Alphabet

Alphabetical order:

Russian letter English equivalent

The Perfect Matches

A

K

K

M

M

O

O

T

T

YE

The False Friends

V

Z

N

R

S

OO

CH

KH

The Secret Agents

B

G

D

YO

P

ZH

F

EE

Sounds like

"a" in "father" "k" in "king" "m" in "most" "au" in "aura" (stressed); the first "o" in "tomato" (unstressed) "t" in "time" "ye" in "yellow"

"v" in "victory" "z" in "zero "n" in "noon" "r" in "bright" (rolled) "s" in "soup" "oo" in "shoot" "ch" in "chair" "h" in "hoopla"

"b" in "boy" "g" in "good" "d" in "desk" "yo" in "yonder" "p" in "people" "s" in "pleasure" "f" in "fast" "ee" in "feet"

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Y

L

TS

SH

SHCH

E

YU

YA

The Rare Aves

I

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"y" in "boy" "l" in "last" "ts" in "its" "sh" in "short" "shch" in "bush chat" "e" in "echo" English "you" but shorter "ya" in "yard"

combination of "i" as in "kit" and "u" as in "sugar" soft sign; no sound hard sign; no sound

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