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Russian Language - LESSON 1:
The Russian Alphabet

CAPITAL lower Russian Name Pronounced As Transliteration is Vowel? Notes
À  à    "ah" a in car a x  
Á  á   "beh" b in bit b    
Â
 
 â  "veh" v in vine v    
Ã ã  "geh" g in go g    
Ä  ä "deh" d in do d    
Å å  "yeh" ye in yet ye or e x  
¨  ¸    "yo" yo in yolk yo x  
Æ æ  "zheh" s in pleasure zh    
Ç    ç   "zeh" z in zoo z    
È è "ee" ee in see i x  
É é "ee kratkoyeh"- "short ee" y in boy i or y (or j)    
Ê ê "kah" k in kitten k    
Ë ë "ehl" l in lamp l    
Ì ì "ehm" m in map m    
Í  í  "ehn" n in not n    
Î î "oh" o in folk o x  
Ï ï "peh" p in pet p    
Ð  ð "ehr" r in roll r   1
Ñ  ñ "ehs" s in see s    
Ò ò "teh" t in tip t    
Ó ó "oo" oo in boot u or oo x  
Ô ô "ehf" f in face f    
Õ  õ "khah" h in house kh or h   2
Ö ö "tseh" ts in sits ts    
×  ÷  "cheh" ch in chip ch    
Ø   ø "shah" sh in shut sh    
Ù ù  "schyah"
 
sh in sheep sch    
 ú    "tvyordiy znahk" - "hard sign"       3
Û  û   "i" i in ill y x  
 ü     "myagkeey znahk" - "soft sign"       4
Ý  ý  "eh" e in met e x  
Þ  þ    "yoo" u in use yu x  
ß  ÿ  "yah" ya in yard ya x  

1 - you have to really "rrroll" your tongue to get it to sound Russian
2 -
the hard sounded "h" ("house"), also compared to "x" sound when pronounced in Spanish (ex.: "México"); is usually transliterated as "kh"
3 - is called the hard sign and used in modern Russian spelling only as a separation sign
4 - is called the soft sign and is generally used to indicate the softness of consonants

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- The hard and and soft signs could be presented by a single apostrophe since they never take the same place in a word.
- In Russian, quotation marks appear like this: ,,gymnastics´´, the first set is below the word while the second set is above the word.

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