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Russian language tutorial & online phrasebook:
Part 1: Russian alphabet & grammar.


Russian words are pronounced the same way they are written. The only problem is that the words are written in russian alphabet, and in this alphabet there are some letters you might've never used and seen before! So here we provide you with the russian alphabet and analogues of the sounds in english:


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Russian
Letter
Sounds Like in English Word: Sound and how it is marked Comments
father a   
bomb b   
vault v   
go g   
do d   
yet e soft
yo! yo one sound
vision zh one sound
zebra z   
yield i   
short "yi" i   
kinky k   
loony l (soft)
monk m   
no n  
long o   
pot p   
corrida r (strong, like in spanish)
sucks s   
take t   
look u or oo (marked "oo" when longer)
fake f   
host kh (like strong "h")
mats ts   
cheeky ch   
shock sh   
shch shch   
silent   separates two letters
busy or above y it's like more open e and i together
onion   softens the previous letter
land e more open
mute yu   
yankee ya   



GRAMMAR & HOW TO SPEAK RUSSIAN.
In Russian there are no auxiliary verbs – that is, nosuch words as "does" or "is"; also in Russian there are no articles – "the", "a", "an". Hence, in Russian the phrase "What is this?" will be "What this?".
Questions in Russian have simple structure, if, for instance, you want to ask how to get to "Propaganda" night club: excuse me + where + club + "Propaganda" = izvi`nite + g`de + klub + Propaganda . Or you want to buy a ticket to Moscow for train #3: one + ticket + to + Moscow + for + train + number + 3 = o`din + bilet + v + Moskva + na + poezd + nomer + tri.
So, make up simpliest phrases in your language (without auxiliary verbs and articles), use the dictionary of the next sections and then say it in russian.

See the new Part 1a: How to Count in Russian (from 1 to 1000000 with sounds!)

 



 

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