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It would also be useful to learn how to say the Russian letters. The Russian Alphabet  Russian Character English Equivalent Sound Letter Name in Russian  А а  А а Like "a" in car "ah"  Б б  B b Like "b" in bat "beh"  В в  V v Like "v" in van "veh"  Г г  G g Like "g" in go "geh"  Д д  D d Like "d" in dog "deh"  Е е  YE ye Like "ye" in yet "yeh"  Ё ё  YO yo Like "yo" in yonder "yo"  Ж ж  Zh zh Like "s" in measure or pleasure or like "g" in beige (the colour) "zheh"  З з  Z z Like "z" in zoo "zeh"  И и  EE ee Like "ee" in see "ee"  Й й  I i or Y y like "y" in boy or toy "ee kratkoyeh"  К к  K k Like "k" in kitten, "c" in cat. "kah"  Л л  L l Like "l" in light "ehl"  М м  M m Like "m" in mat "ehm"  Н н  N n Like "n" in no "ehn"  О о  Stressed: O o Unstressed: A a Like "o" in boreLike "a" in car "oh"  П п  P p Like "p" in pot "peh"  Р р  R r Like "r" in run (rolled) "ehr"  С с  S s Like "s" in sam "ehs"  Т т  T t Like "t" in tap "teh"  У у  U u Like "oo" in boot "oo"  Ф ф  F f Like "f" in fat "ehf"  Х х  H h, KH kh Like "h" in hello or like the "ch" in Scottish 'loch' or German 'Bach' "khah"  Ц ц  TS ts Like "ts" in bits "tseh"  Ч ч  CH ch Like "ch" in chip "cheh"  Ш ш  SH sh (hard) Like "sh" in shut "shah"  Щ щ  SH sh (soft) Like "sh" in sheep "schyah"  Ъ ъ  Hard Sign Letter before is hard "tvyordiy znahk"  Ы ы  I i Like "i" in ill "i"  Ь ь  Soft Sign Letter before is soft "myagkeey znahk"  Э э  E e Like "e" in pet "eh"  Ю ю  YU yu Like "u" in use or university "yoo"  Я я  YA ya Like "ya" in yard. "yah"    The table below gives you the normal printed version of the russian characters, and the cursive (italic) version of the character.
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