Russian alphabet & grammar.

Russian words are pronounced the same way they are written. The only problem is that the words are written in russian alphabet, and in this alphabet there are some letters you might've never used and seen before! So here we provide you with the russian alphabet and analogues of the sounds in english:

Russian
Letter Sounds Like in English Word: Sound and how it is marked Comments

father a

bomb b

vault v

go g

do d

yet e soft

yo! yo one sound

vision zh one sound

zebra z

yield i

short "yi" i

kinky k

loony l (soft)

monk m

no n

long o

pot p

corrida r (strong, like in spanish)

sucks s

take t

look u or oo (marked "oo" when longer)

fake f

host kh (like strong "h")

mats ts

cheeky ch

shock sh

shch shch

silent separates two letters

busy or above y it's like more open e and i together

onion softens the previous letter

land e more open

mute yu

yankee ya

GRAMMAR & HOW TO SPEAK RUSSIAN. In Russian there are no auxiliary verbs – that is, nosuch words as "does" or "is"; also in Russian there are no articles – "the", "a", "an". Hence, in Russian the phrase "What is this?" will be "What this?".
Questions in Russian have simple structure, if, for instance, you want to ask how to get to "Propaganda" night club: excuse me + where + club + "Propaganda" = izvi`nite + g`de + klub + Propaganda . Or you want to buy a ticket to Moscow for train #3: one + ticket + to + Moscow + for + train + number + 3 = o`din + bilet + v + Moskva + na + poezd + nomer + tri.
So, make up simpliest phrases in your language (without auxiliary verbs and articles), use the dictionary of the next sections and then say it in russian.

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