Reading Russian slowly
- If you read Russian words slowly you will learn pronunciation of letters fast.
Indeed, if all you need is a 'survial' pronunciation of Russian , it is sufficient to know the values of letters.
- When you read join the letters into syllabols, e.g. - Мос-ква ( Mos-kva).
Here is an exercise to check the knowledge of some simple words:
пиво ( pi-vo) - beer
кофе (ko-fye) - coffee
Нью-Йорк (nyyoo-york)- New York
почта ( poch-ta)- post office
спасибо ( spa-see-ba - unstressed o is a )- thank you.
That's all for today.Next time I shall introduce you to the 33 of the Russian alphabet in four steps .Once you know their English equivalents, reading Russian words is easy.
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