Alphabet

Question 1

Клей (glue)

Answer 1

Клей

“й” we pronounce like short “y” like last letter in “hey”

Question 2

Кекс (cake)

Answer 2

1. Кекс = “К” we pronounce like “c” in the “cat”
2. We pronounce this letter not like in English - we do it without exhale, try to put your palm in front of your mouth and say the “cat”, if you feel air, you pronounce it like in English, If you don’t feel the air, you pronounce it like in Russian. Practice this letter :)

Question 3

Лилия (Lily)

Answer 3

Лилия - “Л” we pronounce like “l” in lake

Question 4

Мама

Answer 4

Мама - “М” we pronounce like “m” in mall

Question 5

Няня (nanny)

Answer 5

Няня = “H” we pronounce like “n” (nest)

Question 6

Окно (window)

Answer 6

Окно = “О” we pronounce like “о” in the “orange”

Question 7

Папа (dad)

Answer 7

1. Папа - “п” we pronounce like “p” (park)
2. We pronounce this letter not like in English - we do it without exhale, try to put your palm in front of your mouth and say the “pot”, if you feel air, you pronounce it like in English, If you don’t feel the air, you pronounce it like in Russian. Practice this letter :)

Question 8

Ребро (rib)

Answer 8

1. Ребро - “Р” we pronounce like “r” (rat)

letter “р” is close to Spanish pronunciation

Question 9

Cоска (pacifier)

Answer 9

Cоска - “С” we pronounce like “s” (salt)

Question 10

Тётя (aunt)

Answer 10

1. Тётя - “Т” we pronounce like “t” (take)
2. Letter “Т” we pronounce this without exhale, try to put your palm in front of your mouth and say the “talk”, if you feel air, you pronounce it like in English, If you don’t feel the air, you pronounce it like in Russian. Practice this letter :)

Question 11

Уксус (vinegar)

Answer 11

Уксус - “У” we pronounce like “oo” (shoot)

Question 12

Фосфор (Phosphorus)

Answer 12

Фосфор - “Ф” we pronounce like “f” (fake)

Question 13

Хохот (laughter)

Answer 13

Хохот - “х” we pronounce like “h” (hate)

The sound of “х” is the same as when you choked on food and you cannot spit it out

Question 14

Царица (queen)

Answer 14

Царица - “ц” we pronounce like “ts” in “it‘s”

Question 15

Чукча (Chukchi)

Answer 15

Чукча - “Ч” we pronounce like “ch” in “chair”

Question 16

Шашки (checkers)

Answer 16

Шашки - “ш” we pronounce like “sh” (shake)

Question 17

Щука (pike)

Answer 17

Щука - “Щ” we pronounce like sh’ in the sheep

Question 18

Oбъе́кт (object)

Answer 18

1. O_б_ъе́кт - Hard sign makes previous letter hard

Question 19

Мы́ло (Soap)

Answer 19

1. Мы́ло - “ы” we pronounce like “yee”

Take a pencil and put it in your mouth horizontally, so that its 2 ends go outside, and try to pronounce the sound “и” = [ee], as in the word “meet” without touching the pencil with your tongue. The resulting sound will be “ы”

Practice this letter :)

Question 20

Рысь (lynx)

Answer 20

Ры_с_ь = Soft sign makes previous letter soft

Question 21

Этаж (floor)

Answer 21

Этаж - “Э” we pronounce it like [e] in the “bed”

Question 22

Юг (South)

Answer 22

Юг - “Ю” pronounce it like [you]

Question 23

Якутия (Yakutia)

Answer 23

Якутия = “Я” - pronounce like “ya” in the “yard”

Question 24

Вова (Vova)

Answer 24

“В” we pronounce like “v” (van)

Question 25

Звезда (star)

Answer 25

Звезда - “З” we pronounce like “z” (zoo)

Question 26

Бабушка (granny)

Answer 26

Бабушка - “Б” pronounce like the 1st letter in the “book”

Question 27

Иди (go)

Answer 27

Иди - “И” we pronounce like “ее” (meet)

Question 28

Ёлка (Christmas tree)

Answer 28

1. Letter “ё” is always stressed
2. letter “ё” we pronounce like = “yo” in “yoke”

Question 29

Гагара (loon)

Answer 29

Гагара - “Г” we pronounce like “g” (goal)

Question 30

Жижа (goo)

Answer 30

Жижа - “Ж” we pronounce like “s” (measure)

Question 31

Елена (Helen)

Answer 31

Елена = Е or e = [ye] in the “yes”

Question 32

Дядя (uncle)

Answer 32

Дядя - “д” we pronounce like “d” (do)

Question 33

Арка (arch)

Answer 33

“а” we pronounce like “a” in the “car”