The alphabet and understanding
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Vocabulário
- букваletter
- словоword
- алфавитalphabet
- написатьto write
- произнестиto pronounce
- повторите пожалуйстаplease repeat
- не понимаюI don't understand
- медленнееmore slowly
- как пишется?how is it spelled?
- по буквамletter by letter
- гласнаяvowel
- согласнаяconsonant
The Russian Alphabet (Cyrillic)
The Russian alphabet has 33 letters. Some look like Latin letters and sound similar, others look the same but sound different — watch out!
Letters that look AND sound similar to English:
- А а (a), Е е (ye), К к (k), М м (m), О о (o), Т т (t)
Tricky "false friends" (look like Latin but different sound):
- В в — sounds like "v" (not B!)
- Н н — sounds like "n" (not H!)
- Р р — sounds like "r" (not P!)
- С с — sounds like "s" (not C!)
- У у — sounds like "oo" (not U!)
- Х х — sounds like "kh" (like loch)
Uniquely Russian letters:
- Ж ж — like "zh" (measure), Ш ш — "sh", Щ щ — "shch"
- Ч ч — "ch", Ц ц — "ts", Ю ю — "yu", Я я — "ya"
- Ъ ъ (hard sign) and Ь ь (soft sign) — affect pronunciation, not standalone sounds
Useful survival phrases:
- Не понимаю. — I don't understand.
- Говорите медленнее, пожалуйста. — Please speak more slowly.
Expressões
- Не понимаю.Say you don't understand something
- Повторите, пожалуйста.Ask someone to repeat (formal)
- Как это пишется?Ask how something is spelled or written
- Напишите, пожалуйста.Ask someone to write it down
- Говорите медленнее.Ask someone to speak more slowly
- Как произносится эта буква?Ask how a letter is pronounced
- Извините, я не понял(а).Say you didn't understand (m/f)
Erros frequentes
Читать Р как PР = звук rRussian Р is always r like in roll, never the English p sound
Читать Н как HН = звук nRussian Н is always n like in no, not like English h
Читать В как BВ = звук vRussian В is always v like in very, not like English b
Я не понимать.Я не понимаю.In conversation use the conjugated form не понимаю not the infinitive
Игнорировать Ьпять произносится как pyatThe soft sign Ь makes the preceding consonant soft, changing the sound
Quiz rápido
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