#russian abc

АБВГДейка 😊 Russian alphabet with English transliterations and phonetic examples based on English sounds

Аа – a as in father Бб – b as in bat Вв – v as in vet Гг – g as in go Дд – d as in dog Ее – ye as in yes Ёё – yo as in yogurt Жж – zh like the s in measure Зз – z as in zebra Ии – ee as in see Йй – y as in boy Кк – k as in kite Лл – l as in lamp Мм – m as in man Нн – n as in net Оо – o as in or (stressed); a as in about (unstressed) Пп – p as in pen Рр – r (rolled, like in Spanish) Сс – s as in sun Тт – t as in top Уу – oo as in moon Фф – f as in fun Хх – kh as in loch (Scottish "loch") Цц – ts as in cats Чч – ch as in chess Шш – sh as in shut Щщ – shch as in fresh cheese Ъъ – Hard sign (no sound; makes the preceding consonant hard) Ыы – i as in ill (but deeper, slightly guttural) Ьь – Soft sign (no sound; makes the preceding consonant soft) Ээ – e as in met Юю – yu as in universe Яя – ya as in yard

Notes:

Russian vowels Е, Ё, Ю, Я modify the pronunciation of the preceding consonant, making it soft.

Some curious facts:

📌 The letter "ё" was created and offered to use by duchess Vorinzova-Dashkova — the president of Academy of Sciences. For the first time the letter was used by Karamsin (Russian historian and writer) in 1797. At first it was written as a diphthong "io".

📌 There're a few words in Russian with three "е" going one by one:

• длинношеее, n [dlinnosheee] (smth with a long neck) and others derivatived from the ending "шеее"

• змееед, m [zmeeed] (someone who eats snakes)