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.

The Russian letter О produces two sounds: А and О. In this lesson, you will learn when we pronounce О and we pronounce А. You will also have a short practice that will allow you to sound more natural and better understand Russian real-life speech.

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The Russian letter В produces only two sounds - В and Ф. In this lesson, you will learn why the letter produces the sound Ф when it comes before dull-sounding letters. You will also learn the most common words in which the letter В changes to Ф.

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The Russian letter З produces two sounds - З and С. In this lesson, you will learn why the letter З produces С at the end and in the middle of words and why the letter C produces the sound З before voiced letters.

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There is a rule that regulates the writing of ШИ and ШЕ in standard written Russian but we never pronounce them that way in real-life speech. In this lesson, you will learn that we always pronounce them ШЫ and ШЭ and practice them in Russian words.

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Even though the Russian letter Г produces 4 sounds - Г, К, В, and Х, and can be considered a truly multisound letter it mainly produces only two sounds while the sounds В and Х can be found in a few words that you will learn in this lesson.

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The Russian letter Б produces two similar sounds - Б and П. In this lesson, you will learn why the letter produces П at the end of words and before some consonant letters. You will also practice the sounds in words and learn some new Russian words.

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The Russian letter Д produces two sounds - Д and Т. In this lesson, you will learn why the letter Д produces the sound T at the end of words and before dull sounds. You will practice the sounds and learn a dozen new Russian words.

  • Level: Absolute Beginner
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