Try and pronounce the following words:
Покупает
Шляпа
Юбка
Хотели
А а [ A ]
Б б [ B ]
В в [ V ]
Г г [ G ]
Д д [ D ]
Е е [ E ]
Ё ё [ YO ]
Ж ж [ ZH ]
З з [ Z ]
И и [ I ]
Й й [ Y ]
К к [ K ]
Л л [ L ]
М м [ m ]
Н н [ n ]
О о [ O ]
П п [ P ]
Р р [ R ] Rolled like in Spanish
С с [ S ]
Т т [ T ]
У у [ oo ]
Ф ф [ F ]
Х х [ KH ]
Ц ц [ TS ]
Ч ч [ CH ]
Ш ш [ SH ]
Щ щ [ SHCH ]
ъ [Hard Sign]
ы [Y]
ь [Soft Sign]
Э э [E]
Ю ю [ YA or IA ]
Я я [YA or IA]
The Central Post office in St. Petersburg Russia 2013 Photo by Aртем Сададинов
This is interesting because my girlfriend is a Speech Pathology major and she is all about phonetics and word production.
ReplyDeleteI like this, very helpful in understanding the language, soon I will know russian!
ReplyDeleteI like this post, maybe someday I can surprise everybody at home with a third language!
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