Here you can listen to the Russian Alphabet pronounced by a native speaker:
You can learn the Russian Alphabet with Russian Language School PRIVET! You should come to Kaliningrad and start to speak Russian!
Russian letter | Sounds like in English word | Sound and how it is marked | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Аа | father | a | |
Бб | bomb | b | |
Вв | vault | v | |
Гг | go | g | |
Дд | do | d | |
Ее | vet | e | soft |
Ёё | Yo! | yo | one sound |
Жж | vision | zh | one sound |
Зз | zebra | z | |
Ии | field | i | |
Йй | short "yi" | yi | |
Кк | kinky | k | |
Лл | loony | l | soft |
Мм | monk | m | |
Нн | no | n | |
Оо | long | o | |
Пп | pot | p | |
Рр | corrida | r | strong, like in Spanish |
Сс | sucks | s | |
Тт | take | t | |
Уу | look | u or oo | marked "oo" when longer |
Фф | fake | f | |
Хх | host | kh | like strong "h" |
Цц | mats | ts | |
Чч | cheeky | ch | |
Шш | shock | sh | |
Щщ | shch | shch | |
Ъъ | silent | separates two letters | |
Ыы | busy or above | y | it's like more open "e" and "i" together |
Ьь | onion | softens the previous letter | |
Ээ | land | e | more open |
Юю | mute | yu | |
Яя | yankee | ya |