Russian alphabet

2) letters ё, ж, з, и, й, к

ё [yo] like "yo" in New York

ж [zh] there is no such a word in English, in French the similar sound is rendered by "j" in a word "je" (I)

Try reading: ёж

The answer is [yozh]

з - [z] as in zone

и - [i] as in bill

к - [k] as in kill

Try reading: Ик, ёжик.

Answers: [ik], [yozhik]

Exercise1: Checking Alphabet 1), 2)

Try reading the words, translate, learn by heart:

еда, визг, гад, ёжик, беда, ваза, езда.

(You can search for the videos in youtube, they will help you to correct your pronunciation. You can also send me the spelling in the message for checking)

3) letters л, м, н, о, п, р

л - [l] in lie

Try reading: лёд, клик, вилка

Answers: [lyod], [klik], [vilka]

м - [m] in me

Try reading: мама, мёд, зима

Answers: [mama], [myod], [zima]

н - [n] in no

о - [o] in doll

Try reading: нос, небо, лом, мина, бомба

Answers: [nos], [nyebo], [lom], [bomba]

п - [p] in pen

р - [r] in Rome

Try reading: поле, Рим, ром, пар, репа

Answers: [polye], [rim], [rom], [par], [ryepa]

4) Letters с, т, у, ф, х

с - [s] in snow

Try reading: село, сода, сор

Answers: [syelo], [soda], [sor]

т - [t] in try

Try reading: тир, тина, нoтка

Answers: [tir], [tina], [notka]

у - [u] in book, ф - [f] in fine

Try reading: фунт, рука, фен

Answers: [funt], [ruka], [fyen]

х - [h] in how

Try reading: пух, дух, холст

Answers: [puh], [duh], [holst]

Exercise2: Checking Alphabet 3), 4)

Try reading the words, translate, learn by heart:

ропот, рост, буфет, рёв, воск, жезл, тупик, ломтик

(Search for videos in youtube to correct pronunciation. send me the spelling in the message for checking)

Good job, Reema. 

My sincere applouds to you.

5) letters ц, ч, ш, щ

ц - sounds like "t" and "s" pronounced together [ts]

ч - [ch] as in choose

ш - [sh] as in shall

щ - no similar sound, sounds like [t] and [sh] pronounced together [tsh]

(see the youtube videos on pronouncing these letters properly)

Try reading this: чаша, чай, шов, шрам, щи, цена

Answers: [chasha], [chai], [shov], [shram], [tshi], [tsyena]

6) letters ъ, ы, ь, э, ю, я 

ъ - hard sign

ы - no similar sound, [yi]

ь - soft sign (makes a preceding consonant sounf soft)

э - [e] like e in bed

ю -[yu] "y" in New York, and "oo" in book

я  - [ya]

Try reading: яма, юла, эльф, мы, Обь, объезд

Answers: [yama], [yula], [eljf], [myi], [obj], [ob'ezd]

NB: In the word "объезд" the hard sign is used to make the B sound hard, as vowel "e" [ye] always makes the preceding consonant soft. As well as the vowel "и"

Блестяще.

And here is a video for those who  would like to practice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7wdt3y3WvU