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1. Letter O
Remember that unstressed O is pronounced like ah:
Борис (Boris) [Барис]
она (she) — [ана],
оно (it) — [ано],
хорошо (well) — [харашо],
плохо (badly) — [плоха],
молоко (milk) — [малако]
2. Letter E and Letter Я
Remember that unstressed E and Я pronounced like ih:
всегда (always) — [всигда]
сестра (sister) — [систра]
жена (wife) — [жина]
пятнадцать (fifteen) — [питнадцать]
3. Two consonants:
When two consonants are pronounced together, both must be either voiced or voiceless.
| Б В Г Д Ж З | voiced |
| П Ф К Т Ш С | voiceless |
In Russian, the second one always remains at it is and the first one changes according to the second:
вcё (everything, all) — [фсё],
все (everybody, all) — [фсе]
вчера (yesterday) — [фчера]
сделать (to do, to make) — [зделать]
юбка (skirt) — [юпка]
4. Voiced turn into voiceless
At the ends of words all six voiced consonant turn into their voiceless equivalents:
вход (entrance) — [вхот]
багаж (baggage) — [багаш]
Киев — [Киеф]
кровь (blood) — [крофь]
хлеб (bread) — [хлеп]
рог (horn) — [рок]
четверг (Thursday) — [четверк]
муж (husband) — [муш]
5. Softness
Remember that the letters Е, Ё, И, Ю, Я, and Ь palatalize the preceding consonant
| soft | hard |
| МИЛО (nice) | МЫЛО (soap) |
| МАТЬ (mother) | МАТ (bad language) |
| ЛЮК (hatch) | ЛУК (onion) |
| БИТЬ (to beat) | БЫТЬ (to be) |
| МЯЧ (ball) | МАТЧ (match) |
Remember:
Ж, Ш, Ц are always hard: жить (to live) — [жыть] шина (tire) — [шына] цирк (circus) — [цырк]
Щ, Ч are always soft: площадь (square) — [площять] часто (often) — [чяста]
| soft vowels | hard vowels |
| Е | Э |
| Ё | О |
| И | Ы |
| Ю | У |
| Я | А |