Russian Alphabet

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Russian Alphabet

Russian Letters	Similar English Sound
Аа	like ar in “far”
Бб	like b in “but”
Вв	like v in “voice”
Гг	like g in “get”
Дд	like d in “day”
Ее	like ye in “yet”
Ёё	like yo in “your”
Жж	like s in “pleasure”
Зз	like z in “zone”
Ии	like ee in “meet”
Йй	like y in “boy”
Кк	like k in “skate”
Лл	like l in “look”
Мм	like m in “may”
Нн	like n in “not”
Оо	like or in “port”
Пп	like p in “spoon”
Рр	like r in “rock”
Сс	like s in “smoke”
Тт	like t in “tie”
Уу	like oo in “moon”
Фф	like f in “foot”
Хх	like ch in “loch”
Цц	like ts in “boots”
Чч	like ch in “chair”
Шш	like sh in “shell”
Щщ	like sh ch in “Danish charter” (pronounced as one sound)
ъ	hard sign
ы	like i in “kick”
ь	soft sign
Ээ	like e in “bet”
Юю	like you in “youth”
Яя	like ya in “yard”

Russian Words	English Word
Привет (Privyet)	Hello
Спасибо (Spicy-ba)	Thank you
да  (DA)	Yes
нет (Nyet)	No
Пока (Paka)	Goodbye
чая (Chaya)	Tea
кофе (Koffie)	Coffee

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