Sound practice

Learning real-life pronunciation is very important because the better you produce Russian sounds the better you will be able to understand real-life Russian speech. The category contains the most important lessons that you will need to go through in order to learn the Russian letters and practice their sounds. After practicing the sounds, you will learn to read in Russian without English transliteration. You will also learn why some letters produce different sounds when used with other letters.

When used with different vowels, the letter Р produces hard P and soft P. In this lesson, you will practice both the hard Р and soft Р in Russian words.

  • Level: Absolute Beginner
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The Russian letter Р produces a clear sound that sounds harsher than the English R. In this lesson, you will learn and practice the sound Р in combination with vowels.

  • Level: Absolute Beginner
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The letter С can be found in combination with almost all the vowels. Some combinations might pose a problem to English speakers. In this lesson, you will practice all the possible combinations of the letter С with different vowels.

  • Level: Absolute Beginner
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The letter C produces two sounds depending on the letters that come before it - C and З. The lesson is split into two parts, so you can learn when the letter is pronounced С and З and practice the sounds in words.

  • Level: Absolute Beginner
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The letter T produces two sounds depending on the vowel that comes before it - hard T and soft T. In the first part of the lesson, you will practice combinations of Т with vowels and then practice them in words.

  • Level: Absolute Beginner
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In combination with consonants, the Russian letter Т sounds harsher than the English T. In this lesson, you will practice all the possible combinations of the letter Т with consonants and learn to produce new sounds.

  • Level: Absolute Beginner
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There are not so many combinations of the letter Ф with consonants, so we decided to make one lesson both for practicing the letter Ф with vowels and consonants.

  • Level: Absolute Beginner
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