| 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 |