ALPHABET Flashcards
RUSSIAN ALPHABET AND HOW YOU PRONOUNCE THEM.
А а
А а sounds like “a” in “father” or “after”
Е е
Е е sounds like “ye” in “yes”
К к
К к sounds like “k“ in “kept”, “kite” or “like”
О о
О о sounds like “o” in “bore” or “more” (without the ‘r’ sound)
Б б
Б б sounds like “b” in “bad” or “blue”
М м
М м sounds like “m” in “mother” or “mobile”
Т т
Т т sounds like “t” in “top” or “task”
Г г
Г г sounds like “g“ in “go” or “guard”
Д д
Д д sounds like “d” in “done” or “double”
Ё ё
Ё ё sounds like “yo” in “your”
Ж ж
Ж ж sounds like “s” in “usual”, “pleasure”
П п
П п sounds like “p” in “potato” or “compassion”
Ф ф
Ф ф sounds like “f” in “face” or “fact”
Й й
Й й sounds like “y” in “toy” or “oyster”
Ц ц
Ц ц sounds like “ts” in “sits” or “that’s”
И и
И и sounds like “ee” in “see”, “free” or “meet”
Л л
Л л sounds like “l” in “lamp” or “chill”
Щ щ
Щ щ is a softer version of Ш and it sounds like “sh” in “shoes”
Ш ш
Ш ш sounds like “sh” in “shrimp”
Э э
Э э sounds like “e” in “met” or “edit”
Ю ю
Ю ю sounds like “you” or “use”
Я я
Я я sounds like “yu” in yummy or “ya” in “yard”
В в
В в sounds like “v” in “van” or “voice”
З з
З з sounds like “z” in “zoo” or “zodiac”,
Н н
Н н sounds like “n” in “no” or “noon”
Р р
Р р sounds like “r” in “run” or “rest” (but rolled)
С с
С с sounds like “s” in “stone” or “sale”
У у
У у sounds like “oo” in “tool”
Ч ч
Ч ч sounds like “ch” in “chat” or “church“
Х х
Х х sounds like “ch” in “loch” or “lock”
Ы ы
Ы ы sounds like “i” in “ill” but with a “rounder” pronunciation (said with your tongue slightly back in your mouth).
Ь –
Ь – this is called the “soft sign” and it is used to modify the pronunciation of the preceding consonant by making it soft (palatalized),
Ъ –
Ъ – this is called the “hard sign” and it prevents palatalization* of the preceding consonant or acts like a “silent back vowel” that separates a succeeding “soft vowel” (е, ё, ю, я, but not и) from a preceding consonant
