Learn Russian with Globus Moscow
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007In addition to posting all our news on these pages we have also decided to publish every week a set of useful Russian phrases under the heading of Learn Russian. Naturally we are all very excited about this and invite you to let us know what you think of this idea.
This week we are starting with the Russian alphabet. It is important to know this in order to read street signs or find the correct metro station.
So here it goes:
                         РУССКИЙ Ð?ЛФÐ?ВИТ
                          RUSSIAN ALPHABET
|
Ð? |
а |
[a] |
like a  in   “far� |
| Б |
б |
[b] |
like b  in   “but� |
| Ð’ |
в |
[v] |
like v  in   “voice� |
| Г |
г |
[g]  � |
like g   in   “got� |
| Д |
д |
[d]Â Â Â |
like d  in   “day� |
| Е |
е |
[je]  � |
like ye in   “yet� |
| Ð? |
Ñ‘ |
[jo]Â Â |
like yo in   “your� |
| Ж |
ж |
[z]  � |
like s   in    “pleasure� |
| З |
з |
[z] |
like z   in    “zone� |
| И |
и |
[i]Â Â Â Â |
like ee   in    “meet� |
| Й |
й |
[j] |
like y  in    “boy� |
| К |
к |
[k] |
like k in    “skate� |
| Л |
л |
[l] |
like l in     “look� |
| М |
м |
[m] |
like m in    “may� |
| Ð? |
н |
[n] |
like n in    “not� |
| О |
о |
[o] |
like o in    “port� |
| П |
п |
[p] |
like p in    “spoon� |
| � |
Ñ€ |
[r] |
like r in    “rock� |
| С |
Ñ? |
[s] |
like s in    “smoke� |
| Т |
Ñ‚ |
[t] |
like t in    “tie� |
| У |
у |
[u] |
like oo in  “moon� |
| Ф |
Ñ„ |
[f] |
like f in    “foot� |
| Х |
Ñ… |
[h] |
like ch in Scottish  “loch� |
| Ц |
Ñ |
[ts] |
like ts in    “boots� |
| Ч |
ч |
[ch] |
like ch in    “chair� |
| Ш |
ш |
[sh] |
like sh in    “shell� |
| Щ |
щ |
[shch] |
like sh ch in    “Danish charter� pronounced as one word |
| Ñ |
  | Hard sign |
  |
| Ñ‹ |
  | Special sound like open [i] |
like i in    “kick� |
| ь |
  | Soft sign |
  |
| Ð |
Ñ? |
[e] |
like e in    “bet� |
| Ю |
ÑŽ |
[ju] |
like you in    “youth� |
| Я |
Ñ? |
[ja] |
like ya in    “yard� |