![]() З з - Z z - It's pronounced like the "z" in "Zoo" Д д - D d - It's pronounced like the "d" in "did" Б б - B b - It's pronounced like the "b" in "buy" Looks of these letters look unfamiliar to all people who use the Latin alphabet, but their pronunciation is the same in both Cyrillic and Latin. Looks like as the English letter "y" but sounds like English U u Letters Which are Entirely Different in Russian and English but Sounds Familiar У у - It's pronounced like the "oo" in "boot". Looks like as the English letter "b" but sounds like English V v В в - It's pronounced like the "v" in "vet". Looks like as the English letter "h" but sounds like English N n Н н - It's pronounced like the "n" in "no". Looks like as the English letter "x" but sounds like English H h ![]() Х х - It's pronounced like the "h" in "hello" or the Mexican "x" in "Mexico". Looks like as the English letter "p" but sounds like English R r Р р - It's pronounced like the "r" in "run". Looks like as the English letter "c" but sounds like English S s С с - It's pronounced like the "s" in "see" or "c" in "center". You need only little exercise to get used to reading these letters correctly. But it is the Russian word for "nose".īut, don't give up. For example, the Russian word "нос" is familiar to English speakers, and they would read it as "hoc". There are the six tricky letters that look like the same as Latin but have a different sense. Letters Which Look Like English Letters but Have a Different Meaning Т т - It's pronounced like the "t" in "task" О о - When it's stressed, it is pronounced like the "o" in "more" М м - It's pronounced like the "m" in "man" К к - It's pronounced like the "k" in "like" or "c" in "cat" Е е - It's pronounced like the "ye" in "yes" ![]() А а - It's pronounced like the "a" in "ask" All of them look like almost like their Latin equivalents and have the same meaning. Some of the Russian letters look very familiar to English speakers. Let's Start With the Letters Letters Which are Similar or the Same in Russian and English It's important to remember if you have a plan to visit Russia. Plus, be aware of the fact that even in the big Russian cities all street signs are written in Cyrillic only. Grammar books and dictionaries don’t offer transcription, and there is not any Russian book or newspaper which uses the Latin letters instead of Cyrillic ones. For students who are serious about Russian, it's impossible to avoid their Alphabet entirely. Sometimes students are focused only on speaking, but knowing the Cyrillic Alphabet starts to be essential in one moment. But once students start to recognize Cyrillic letters and overcome this first barrier, they begin to enjoy Russian like every other language. And when they face something so different, it gives them the impression that it's too hard. The Alphabet is probably not the hardest part of the Russian language, but it is the part of the language which students notice on the first glance. Importance of Learning the Russian Alphabet In the time of the Russian emperor Peter the Great, the writing form of the Russian language appeared for the first time.ĭuring a 1918 language reform, four letters were eliminated from the alphabet. Like the others, Russians used the Church Slavonic language until the XVII century. The Russian alphabet is the Cyrillic (si-'ri-lik) alphabet, and it's pretty similar to Serbian, Bulgarian and Belorussian Cyrillic. ![]() Learning the Russian alphabet is the first step in learning Russian. ![]()
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