How To Read Russian

The russian alphabet that s the one you learn in these lessons is a form of the cyrillic alphabet and is the script used to write the russian language.

How to read russian. By the way ь is called in russian мягкий знак myah kij znak which means soft sign. м е тр m ye here e is stressed. Russian is a phonetic language which means that more or less every russian letter corresponds to a single sound. Understand that reading in russian is even easier than it is in english. Also some letters such as m are written the same in both languages.

For example the letter a is always written one way. The palatalization of consonants. Every letter is read like it is written. What makes harry potter such a great way to learn russian is that it s available and well read worldwide particularly in the russian speaking world. Kk pronounced like the k in kitchen.

My name is to pronounce 7 new consonants м н з в т ш б and 5 vowels а о е у я step 1. Learn the russian alphabet. For example the words есть to eat and ест he she eats sound different thanks to ь. м е ня m ye i nya here e is not stressed. The alphabet is a good place to start when you re learning to speak russian.

You can start out by learning reading rules for. Aa pronounced like the a in car not like the flat a in mat. т е бя t ye i bya here e is not stressed. His is not a course to learn russian but a course to learn how to read in russian. In english it is written in different ways.

For a complete reference to what sounds form these soft sounds when accompanied by vowels view this phonetics resource. Listen to the following examples and try to feel the difference between the words with and without ь. Once you have learned to pronounce every letter of the alphabet correctly learn what other sounds the letters can make. The most important ones are the rules that concern vowel reduction palatalization and voiced and voiceless consonants. Is it important to know how to read.