Russian Alphabet Flashcards
1
Q
Аа
A
a
2
Q
Бб
A
b
3
Q
Вв
A
v
4
Q
Гг
A
g
5
Q
Дд
A
d
6
Q
Ее
A
ye
7
Q
Ёё
A
yo
Out in the wild, the accent on top is not included
8
Q
Жж
A
zh
Like the sound in measure
9
Q
Зз
A
z
Like the sound in zip
10
Q
Ии
A
i
11
Q
И краткое (i kratkoye)
Йй
A
i/y
Like the sound in yoga – like a short и (i)
12
Q
Кк
A
k
13
Q
Лл
A
l
14
Q
Мм
A
m
15
Q
Нн
A
n
16
Q
Оо
A
o
Sounds different when stressed, can sound like ‘a’ in some words
17
Q
Пп
A
p
18
Q
Рр
A
r
The sound is rolled off of the tongue
19
Q
Сс
A
s
20
Q
Тт
A
t
21
Q
Уу
A
u/oo
Like the sound in moon
22
Q
Фф
A
f
23
Q
Хх
A
kh
The sound comes more from the throat
24
Q
Цц
A
ts
Like the sound in ants
25
Чч
ch
26
Шш
sh
27
Щщ
shch
| Like a longer ш (sh) -- also sounds harsher
28
# Твёрдый знак (tvjordyj znak)
Ъъ
| Separates a hard consonant from a vowel
Hard sign
| Like the extra short sound of 'u' in p**u**t (English)
29
Ыы
i/oui
| A sound between 'oo' and 'ee' -- like being elbowed in the side
30
# Мягкий знак (myahkij znak)
Ьь
| Separates a soft consonant from a vowel
Soft sign
| Like the extra short sound of 'i' in b**i**t (English)
31
Ээ
e
32
Юю
yu
33
Яя
ya
