| Introduction. Russian letters and sound system | Russian alphabet Sounds, handwriting, keyboard | Introductory Lesson 1 Reading syllables. Translating This is..., Here is...
| Introductory Lesson 2 Reading syllables. Conjunctions and | Introductory Lesson 3 Learn Russian hushing and velar sounds. Stress and vowel reduction (, )
| Quiz 1 Check what you have learned from Lessons 1-3 with this 10 minute quiz. | Introductory Lesson 4 Letters ,,, | Introductory Lesson 5 Learn Russian 7-letter spelling rule | Introductory Lesson 6 Learn Russian Hard and Soft onsonants. Vowel reduction (, ) | Quiz 2 Check what you have learned from Lessons 4-6 with this 15 minute quiz. | Introductory Lesson 7 Letters and . Pronunciation of , , , . Letters , , | Introductory Lesson 8 Unpaired hard and soft consonants. The soft consonant | Quiz 3 Check what you have learned from Lessons 7-8 with this 15 minute quiz. | Introductory Lesson 9 Voiced and Voiceless Consonants. Devoicing of Final Consonants. Consonant Clusters | Introductory Lesson 10 Pronunciation of , , and | Phrasebook Topic 1 Learn how to greet people and say goodbye in Russian | Phrasebook Topic 2 Introducing Yourself in Russian | Quiz 4 Check what you have learned from Lessons 7-8 with this 10 minute quiz. |
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7-letter spelling rule
For an English speaking person it is often hard to
hear the difference between ы and и sounds.
Having learned the following spelling rule you will avoid some
common mistakes in your written Russian.
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After consonants г, к, х, ж, ш, щ, ч
do not write the letter ы. Whenever an
[ы] or [и] sound
follows one of these letters, it is spelled и. This is called
7-letter spelling rule.
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Click each combination to listen, then click again and
say it with me. |
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Practice reading words with consonants г, к, х, ж, ш, щ, ч
followed by и. Click each word
to listen, then repeat.
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гимн |
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hymn, anthem |
киви |
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kiwi |
хитрый |
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cunning |
чизбургер |
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cheeseburger |
щи |
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cabbage soup |
жир |
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fat |
шина |
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tire |
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Click the sentence to listen, then click again and say it with me.
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Это мотоцикл, а это машина. |
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Reading Чтение |
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Practice reading some Russian words aloud.
Match the Russian words with their English equivalents. |
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Чили, гимнастика,
гитара, Киев, киллер,
килограмм, километр, кимоно,
Китай, хиппи, Чикаго, чипсы,
жираф, шик, шимпанзе.
Kiev, guitar, gymnastics, killer, hippie, kilogram, kimono, giraffe,
China, chips, Chicago, kilometre, chimpanzee, Chile, chic.
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Exercises Упражнения |
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| Practice reading words with ки, ги, хи. |
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