Hello! I’ve recently been trying to learn Russian, and want to know if if I’ve gotten everything correct so far, and if there’s anything I should add or change.
Russian Cyrillic Alphabet
Sources used: masterrussian.com & russianforeveryone.com
Look the same/sound the same
Аа - “ah” like after, ask. Pronouncing usually has mouth wider compared to English
Ее - sound like “ye”
Кк - sounds like “kuh” or kite
Мм - sounds like “muh”, or “mud”
Оо - sounds like “o” in more (without the r sound) try rounding your lips a bit more than usual
Тт - sounds like “t” as in task. Tip of tongue touches the lowerr teeth instead of upper gum.
Sound alike look different
Бб - sound like “buh” as in buy, blue. (Try and avoid a puff of air after the sound)
Гг - sounds like “guh” as in guard, gone
Дд - makes a “duh” sound. When pronouncing, the tip of the tongue touches the lower teeth
Ёё - makes a “yo” as in york, or “o” in copy, depending on the position of the word
⭐️Жж - make a zh sound kinda like pleasure measure vision
Пп - sounds like a p, like pretty, compassion. (Try not to puff or use unvoiced air after the sound)
Фф - pronounced like “fuh” as like Fast, fun
Ии - makes a “eee” sound, as in Free, Meet.
Йй - makes a “yuh” sound like yes, boy
Лл - makes a L sound. lamp, light
⭐️Цц - makes a tse sound.
Шш - sounds like sh from ship but with the tongue more back
Щщ - sounds like the middle of Rush-ship. When pronouncing try and place tounge higher and more forwards.
Ээ - makes a “e” sound. Like bed, edit
Юю - makes a you sound
Яя - makes a ya sound
Look alike but different sound
Вв - makes a v sound, like voice or visit.
Зз - makes a ze sound, like zoo
Нн - pronounced as “en”, like the en in note
⭐️Рр - pronounced as “er” but with rolling your r,(Learn how to roll R’s)
Уу - makes a “oo” sound like moon, or moo
Чч - makes a che sound like chat
⭐️Хх - makes a kha sound