How to Learn Russian Letters
The Russian language may look intimidating to an English speaker, but the letters of the Russian alphabet are not hard to learn with a little practice. Russian uses the Cyrillic alphabet and is made up of 33 letters. Five of these letters are the same as English and pronounced the same way. Six of the letters look the same as English yet are pronounced differently. The remaining 22 letters can be learned with practice. Since Russian is a phonetic language, once you learn the alphabet you will be able to read Russian. As you read the foreign words aloud you might be surprised at how many sound very familiar to you.
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Instructions
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Go to a website with the Russian alphabet listed (see Resources).
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Practice writing out the letters of the Russian alphabet on the paper with your pen or pencil. Notice that printed Russian looks different that handwritten Russian. Practice both.
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Click on each letter to hear the sound that it makes.
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Repeat Step 3 and listen to and repeat the sound of each letter as you practice writing it.
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Tips & Warnings
If you have access to a library, you may also find a Russian language textbook that will have the Russian alphabet with phonetic translation.
References
Resources
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