Alphabet (Алфавит)

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 20:21

The Russian alphabet has 33 letters. 10 of them means vowel sounds and 21 means consonant sounds.

1. Аа - (a)

2. Бб- (bɛ)

3. Вв - (vɛ)

4. Гг - (gɛ)

5. Дд - (dɛ)

6. Ее - (yɛ)

7. Ёё - (yo)

8. Жж - (zh)

9. Зз - (zɛ)

10. Ии - (i)

11. Йй - (j)

12. Кк - (kа)

13. Лл - (ɛl)

14. Мм - (ɛm)

15. Нн - (ɛn)

16. Оо - (o)

17. Пп - (pɛ)

18. Рр - (rɛ)

19. Сс - (sɛ)

20. Тт - (tɛ)

21. Уу - (u)

22. Фф - (f)

23. Хх - (h)

24. Цц - (ts)

25. Чч - (ch)

26. Шш - (sh)

27. Щщ - (sh')

28. Ъъ - (tverdiy znak)

29. Ыы - (y)

30. Ьь (myagkiy znak)

31. Ээ - (ɛ)

32. Юю - (yu)

33. Яя - (ya)

08/09/2011 19:21

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Thu, 09/08/2011 - 20:19

2 types of sounds:

vowel consonant

Аа (a) - Яя (ja) with pair without pair

Оо (o) - Ёё (jo) voiceless - voiced voiced voiceless

Уу (u) - Юю (ju)
Ыы (i) - Ии (i) Т (t) - Д (d) Й (j) Х (h)

Ээ (æ) - Ее (jæ)
К (k) - Г (g) Л (l) Ц (ts)

Ф (f) - В (v) М (m) Щ (ʃ ')

С (s) - З (z) Н (n) Ч (ʧ)

П (p) - Б (b) Р (r)

Ш (ʃ) - Ж(ʤ)

How to read the Russian letters:

1. Aа - <a> as in but

2. Бб - <b> as in bed

3. Вв - <v> as in vase

4. Гг - <g> as in goal

5. Дд - <d> as in dog

6. Ее - <ye> as in yet

7. Ёё - <yo> as in beyond

8. Жж - <zh> as in measure

9. Зз - <z> - as in zone

10. Ии - <i> as in feet

11. Йй - <y> as in boy

12. Кк - <k> as in kill

13. Лл - <l> as in lamp

14. Мм - <m> as im mask

15. Нн - <n> as in nut

16. Оо - <o> as in pot

17. Пп - <p> as in put

18. Рр - <r> as in error

19. Сс - <s> as in sun

20. Тт - <t> as in top

21. Уу - <u> as in put

22. Фф - <f> as in frog

23. Хх - <kh> as in hammer

24. Цц - <ts> as in Mozart

25. Чч - <ch> as in chair

26. Шш - <sh> as in short

27. Щщ - <shch> as in fresh cheeks

28. Ъъ - < ' > has no sound value, divides the consonant and vowel in a word.

29. Ыы - < y > as in ill

30. Ьь - <'> has no sound value, makes the consonant letter before it soft,

31. Ээ - <e> as in well

32. Юю - <yu> like in few, new

33. Яя - <ya> like in yard

08/09/2011 19:19

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Thu, 09/08/2011 - 19:34

_________________About letters E,Э and Ё______________________________

Ee - <je> like in word "yet". дерево - <derevo> (tree)

Ёё - <jo> like "io" but "i" is very short, like in words "yoghurt", "beyond" - ёж - <ioge> (hedgehog);

Ээ - < æ> like the word "cat", "hat", экзамен <ækzamen> (exam)

08/09/2011 18:34

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Sat, 09/24/2011 - 21:34

___________________About letter Ь and Ъ_____________________

Before the revolution of 1917 in Russia one of two signs had written after all consonants in the end of a closed syllable.

And if a consonant must be hard, there was used the letter -Ъ (tvyordij znak).

And if a consonant must be soft, there was used the letter -Ь (myagkij znak).

For example:

Морозъ (moroz) - the frost - hard ending sound.

Дождь ( dozshd') - the rain - soft ending sound.

But after the revolution grammar rules were changed: there is no need to write the hard sign after the hard consonants anymore. It means that all consonants are hard without sign, but if it needs the soft sound then the soft sign (ь) to write necessary.

But the letter Ъ is alive now. It is used when it is necessary to separate consonant and vowel sounds (я, ё, е). The letters я, ё, or е make soft any consonant before them, and if the consonant must be hard and after it there is one of these 3 letters, we write the hard sign between the consonant and the vowel.

For example:

подъезд –(pod-yezd) - the entrance, and if there is no this letter "ъ", it is speaking as "подезд" (pod'yezd), so "d" will be soft.

For comparing the sound with the soft sign and without it.

The word "impossible", last consonant L, if you read this word in English, is a hard sound,but if you read this word in French, this consonant will be soft, like there is a soft sign after L.

24/09/2011 20:34

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Wed, 03/02/2011 - 20:36

___________________About letters Ш and Щ___________________________

The letter Ш - is utters like English - Sh (ʃ), French - ch and German - sch.

Школа - (ʃkola) = the school

The letter Щ - is utters like soft Ш (ʃ '). There is no in English language so sound.

Щека - (Sh'eka) - cheek

02/03/2011 19:36

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Sat, 09/24/2011 - 21:37

_______________About the letter Ы____________________________

There is no so sound in English, German or French languages.

It is pronouncing like i but harder, the tongue should be back.

мы (my)

вы (vy)

ты (ty)

24/09/2011 20:37

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Thu, 03/03/2011 - 08:29

BRAVAAAAA IRINAAAA. Now I am beginning to discover more about russian and I find it very fascinating, This evening after gym it will be just russian and I will not go to sleep until I'll know the alphabet by memory :-)) Bacio

03/03/2011 07:29

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Thu, 03/03/2011 - 18:02

I'm glad that can be useful for you! :)

03/03/2011 17:02

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Thu, 09/08/2011 - 20:36

____________________About letters И and Й________________________________

1. Russian letter "И" is utters always like english "i" in word "big".

Любить - (ljubit') - to love.

2. Russian letter "Й" is utters like very short "I", as in english word "yard"

Йогурт - (yogurt) - the youghurt.

08/09/2011 19:36

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Fri, 04/15/2011 - 10:52

Russian Cyrillic virtual keyboard

http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/russian.htm

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