Х – – is the same as the English X in writing, but its sound is pronounced like the English H. Also, the Russian У is always a hard vowel, so we never pronounce before it. Unlike English U, this letter is always pronounced like, and never gives the sound. У – – makes the same sound as U in English does, but its writing is a little similar to English Y, especially in handwriting. There are few words in the Russian language that have silent letters in the middle. Note that the word above has the silent Л. An interesting thing is that in both Russian and English keyboards these letters are located at the same place. С – – has exactly the same shape as English C does, sound is similar, too, but the Russian С never makes the sound. The Russian is represented as in transcription and sounds harder, with your tongue put behind your teeth. However, the sound it makes is like the English given by R. Р – – is written just like the English letter P, in both capital or small, printed or handwritten versions. By the way, this letter is the most frequently used consonant in the Russian language. Н – – has the same writing as capital H in English but represents the same sound as the English N does. В – – is just very similar in writing to the English letter B, but has the same sound as made by V. Текс т – text (same meaning, very lookalike pronunciation and writing) Its sound is a little harder than in English. Т – – is very similar to its English analog T. Note: When unstressed, this letter has the opposite sound : Он – he (This word is pronounced just like on in English, but the meaning is totally different. The sound is just like the short in the English language. O – – is claimed to be the most popular letter in the Russian alphabet, including both vowel and consonant letters. МА ма – mother, mom (this word sounds very similar in many languages) English M written in lowercase can resemble the Russian letter Т handwritten in lowercase. М – – is almost the same as English M and has the same sound as although it is a little different in handwriting. Кот – cat (a little similar to the English word, isn’t it?) K – – has the same sound as in English, and similar writing, too. How many softened consonants does this word have? З – – is similar in writing to the handwritten Z and has a very similar sound as. Note 2: When unstressed, this letter has the opposite sound : This rule works with all consonant letters of the Russian alphabet.

Thus, in the word “век” letter Е gives the sound, and В is softened like И – И (This one is an exception and turns into Ы only after Ш and Ж) This means that the mentioned letters sound like their “hard” versions after the consonants: Note 1: Remember five vowels in the Russian alphabet that softens the preceding consonants: Е, Ё, И, Ю, Я. Preceded by a consonant, the letter Е loses its sound and becomes just in Russian sounding similar to in English only pronounced harder. At the beginning of the word or after a vowel there are two sounds: + or +. However, the stressed syllables can be pronounced a little longer.Į – – has two variants of pronunciation. In general, there are no distinguishing into long or short sounds in the Russian language. There are 10 vowels, 21 consonants and 2 so-called “signs” that do not represent any specific sound but work to soften the consonants or separate the syllables.Ī – – has the sound similar to in English, but short. However, in transcriptions, it is often marked as or. It serves to soften the consonants in some words. This letter also doesn’t have a real sound. The sound is a hard version of the sound.

It’s pronounced like the hard version of the sound. This letter is quite different from any of the English ones. It serves to separate syllables in some words.

Alphabet in russian to english