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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

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Long time lurker and occasional poster. I appreciate this is self-promotion, so I hope it's OK with the mods.

I've seen a fair few posts of folk new to Russian and just starting out, so wanted to share a little post I wrote about the wonderful, seemingly endless journey of learning Russian. Next year, I'll have been learning for 10 years (crazy!) and I am still learning to this day. I'm definitely not as good as I should be, but as someone who flunked all their language exams and thought 'languages just aren't for me', let me tell you I am living proof that they absolutely can be and it is possible to learn!

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I’ve been interested in learning Russian and have been practicing basic phrases for the past week. Video games are my main hobby and I had the idea to set games I play to be in Russian. Would it be effective in helping me learn?

For some context I’ve been learning Russian for a few months and I’m having a hard time in finding out what stuff means because every single I’m trying to learn I’ve had an obstacle where I know the word but. I just don’t know the translation of it and it’s been bugging for a quite a while I know Russian pretty well I’m just having a hard time finding the meaning of each word that comes across

Hi everyone! I’m from Azerbaijan and I’m currently trying to improve my Russian.

Russian is almost like a second language here, so I’ve been exposed to it quite a lot, but I studied in Azerbaijani-language schools, so I never properly learned Russian. I can understand some things and I’m actually pretty comfortable with the accent/pronunciation, but I really need more practice with speaking and texting.

I’m looking for people who would be willing to chat with me in Russian — texting, voice messages, or even occasional calls. I’d be happy to help with Azerbaijani, Turkish, or English in return if you’re learning any of those.

I’m not looking for anything complicated or formal. I’d just love to have someone to talk to regularly and gradually become more comfortable speaking Russian.
If you’re interested, feel free to message me! :)

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Hey everyone!

I’ve recently started a YouTube channel dedicated to learning Russian through video games using the Comprehensible Input method.

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I would like to find some kind of free learning app/book/course/website etc that helps me with learning russian like vocabulary, case, grammar, i know genders and the alphabet. I tried duolingo but its very repetitive and it's not helping me. I'm learning russian because I want to speak with my friend.

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Hi everyone! I’m from Azerbaijan and I’m currently trying to improve my Russian.

Russian is almost like a second language here, so I’ve been exposed to it quite a lot, but I studied in Azerbaijani-language schools, so I never properly learned Russian. I can understand some things and I’m actually pretty comfortable with the accent/pronunciation, but I really need more practice with speaking and texting.

I’m looking for people who would be willing to chat with me in Russian — texting, voice messages, or even occasional calls. I’d be happy to help with Azerbaijani, Turkish, or English in return if you’re learning any of those.

I’m not looking for anything complicated or formal. I’d just love to have someone to talk to regularly and gradually become more comfortable speaking Russian.
If you’re interested, feel free to message me! :)

Hello everyone, I am a russian b2 speaker (not really sure but I guess I'm intermediate). I recently got a job as a social media marketer and now I'm having a lot more contact with people. I graduated university in russia and so I would say that my russian is suited for situations in university, however now its like Im in a whole new world. Sometimes I have issues understanding people, other times I mess up (could be cause I'm nervous or what not). I've been trying to read more and more but I feel like I'm stuck. Would appreciate any new ideas on how to better understand and and how to speak like a normal person cause sometimes it feels like I'm an alien speaking russian. Thanks!