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Russian Alphabet
Letter
Upper Lower case | |
Sound in Russian |
| A a | |
father |
| Б б | |
boy |
| B в | |
v sound in vine |
| Г г | |
g in go |
| Д д | |
dog |
| E e | |
ye sound in yet |
| Ё ё | |
yo sound in yogurt |
| Ж ж | |
zh sound in genre |
| З з | |
z sound zebra |
| И и | |
ee sound in street |
| Й й | |
y sound in yellow |
| К к | |
kit |
| Л л | |
L sound in long |
| М м | |
monkey |
| Н н | |
n sound in nose |
| ñ | |
longer sound held with tongue, like in onion |
| O o | |
open |
| П п | |
p in pet |
| P р | |
rolled r sound |
| C c | |
s sound in see |
| T т | |
tip |
| У у | |
ou sound in you or boot |
| Ф ф | |
f sound in food |
| X x | |
soft almost silent k sound like in German Bach |
| Ц ц | |
ts sound in sits |
| Ч ч | |
ch sound in change |
Ш ш
Щ щ | |
sh sound in show
sh sometimes followed by ch
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| Ы ы | |
ea sound in seal |
| Э э | |
e sound in bet |
| Ю ю | |
u sound in use |
| Я я | |
ya sound in yard |
Ъ ъ are symbols that will make a preceding consonant silent.
Ь ь are symbols that will make the preceding consonant softened.
For example, Я не понимаю is pronounced:
Ya ne poni'mau (means I don't understand in Russian).
For example, Пожалуйста. is pronounced:
Pozhalyusta. (means please)
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