Let's learn Russian alphabet.
1) letters а, б, в, г, д, e
"а" is [a] in a word "America"
"б" is [b] in a word "boy"
Try to read a word: баба
Answer: [baba] the underlined letter is the stressed syllable.
"в" - [v] ex., vale
"г" - [g] ex., go
"д" - [d] ex., do (without aspiration, there is not aspiration in Russian)
"e" - [ye] ex., like "ye" in "yes"
try reading the following:
гав
гад
где
беда
Answers:
[gav]
[gad]
[gdye]
[byeda]
Блестяще.
And here is a video for those who would like to practice:
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"
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]
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<em>Exercise2: Checking Alphabet 3), 4)</em>
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)
