Letters Flashcards
А , а?
Transliteration: a
Sounds like: the “ah” in hah.
К , к
Transliteration: k
Sounds like: the “k” in cake.
М , м
Transliteration: m
Sounds like: the “m” in man.
О , о
Transliteration: o
Sounds like: The ‘oh’ in more, but round the lips to sound almost like English ‘AW’ in one syllable. If the syllable it occurs in is unstressed, then it ‘O’ is pronounced like ‘A’ , (AH). Stress marks are usually not included in Russian texts; This is by far the biggest challenge facing the learner of Russian.
С , с
Transliteration: s
Sounds like: the “s” in same. Think of the “C” in “Cyrillic” or “Juice”.
Т , т
Transliteration: t
Sounds like: the “t” in toy.
Х , х
Transliteration: kh
Sounds like: the “ch”’ in the Scottish ‘loch’.
В , в
Transliteration: v
Sounds like: the “V” in Victor.
Е , е
Transliteration: ye
Sounds like: ‘ye’ like yet.
Н , н
Transliteration: n
Sounds like: the “n” in nose.
Р , р
Transliteration: r
Sounds like: A trilled ‘R’. Sometimes pronounced with full blown “rolling r” sound, as in Spanish, usually at the beginning of words and for dramatic effect.
У , у
Transliteration: oo
Sounds like: This is a vowel sound, resembling English ‘OOH’.
Б , б
Transliteration: b
Sounds like: the “b” in Boy.
Г , г
Transliteration: g
Sounds like: the “g” in Game.
Ф , ф
Transliteration: f
Sounds like: the “f” in Face.
