Russian Alphabet

To learn Russian language, Alphabets are the main part of language learning. Here you learn Russian alphabet/Russian letter. If you are interested to learn Russian language, this place will help you to learn Russian alphabet/character in Russian and their pronunciation in English. Language is a communication tool in which knowledge, emotions and feeling convey to others. To learn Russian language, first we learn Russian alphabets and then learn Russian alphabets with words and images and their pronunciation in English. Common vocabulary is one of the important sections. Common Vocabulary contains common words that we can used in daily life conversations.

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Russian alphabet is called as Русский алфавит (Russkiy alfavit). Russian vowels are known as гласные (glasnyye) and Russian consonants are known as согласные (soglasnyye). Russian is one of the popular languages in Russia over 154 million speakers to communicates their language around the world. Russian language is a Slavic language and also it is the largest native language in Europe. Russian alphabet is also known as the Cyrillic script. Cyrillic script is a method of verbal communication used in some languages of Slavic, Mongolic, Turkic countries. Russian language is one of the most influential languages in the world. Russian alphabet has 33 letters contains (10+1) vowels and (20+2) consonants. They are categorized by

• 10 vowels • 1 semivowel (vowels) • 20 consonants • 2 pronunciation signs (consonants)

Russian Vowels / гласные glasnyye

Russian vowels are known as гласные (glasnyye). Russian alphabet has 10 vowels and one semivowel as shown in below table and their pronunciation in English.

VOWELS

Capital letter	Small letter	Pronunciation
А	а	a
Е	е	ye
Ё	ё	yo
И	и	i
О	о	o
У	у	u
Ы	ы	i
Э	э	e
Ю	ю	yu
Я	я	ya

Russian Semi-Vowels

SEMI-VOWEL

Capital letter	Small letter	Pronunciation
Й	й	y

Russian Consonants / согласные soglasnyye

Russian consonants are known as согласные (soglasnyye). Russian alphabet has 20 consonants and also 2 consonants named, pronunciation signs • Soft sign • Hard sign Soft sign acts as silent front vowel and hard sign acts as silent back vowel. The vowel [< а, о, э, у, ы >] is followed by hard consonants and vowel [< я, ё, е, ю, и >] is followed by soft consonants. The most common consonant in the Russian alphabet is “Н”.

CONSONANTS

Capital letter	Small letter	Pronunciation
Б	б	be
В	в	ve
Г	г	ge
Д	д	de
Ж	ж	zhe
З	з	ze
К	к	ka
Л	л	elj
М	м	em
Н	н	en
П	п	pe
Р	р	er
С	с	es
Т	т	te
Ф	ф	ef
Х	х	ha
Ц	ц	tse
Ч	ч	che
Ш	ш	sha
Щ	щ	shsha

SIGN CONSONANTS

В	в
В	в

All Russian Alphabets

RUSSIAN ALPHABET

Capital	Small	Pronunciation
А	а	a
Б	б	be
В	в	ve
Г	г	ge
Д	д	de
Е	е	ye
Ё	ё	yo
Ж	ж	zhe
З	з	ze
И	и	i
Й	й	y
К	к	ka
Л	л	elj
М	м	em
Н	н	en
О	о	o
П	п	pe
Р	р	er
С	с	es
Т	т	te
У	у	u
Ф	ф	ef
Х	х	ha
Ц	ц	tse
Ч	ч	che
Ш	ш	sha
Щ	щ	shsha
ъ	Hard Sign
Ы	ы	i
ь	Soft Sign
Э	э	e
Ю	ю	yu
Я	я	ya

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Top 1000 Russian words

Here you learn top 1000 Russian words, that is separated into sections to learn easily (Simple words, Easy words, Medium words, Hard Words, Advanced Words). These words are very important in daily life conversations, basic level words are very helpful for beginners. All words have Russian meanings with transliteration.

Eat	есть est'
All	все vse
New	новый novyj
Snore	храпеть hrapet'
Fast	быстрый bystryj
Help	помощь pomos'
Pain	боль bol'
Rain	дождь dozd'
Pride	гордость gordost'
Sense	смысл smysl
Large	большой bol'soj
Skill	навык navyk
Panic	паника panika
Thank	благодарить blagodarit'
Desire	желание zelanie
Woman	женщина zensina
Hungry	голодный golodnyj

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Daily use Russian Sentences

Here you learn top Russian sentences, these sentences are very important in daily life conversations, and basic-level sentences are very helpful for beginners. All sentences have Russian meanings with transliteration.

Good morning	доброе утро dobroye utro
What is your name	Как вас зовут Kak vas zovut
What is your problem	в чем твоя проблема? v chem tvoya problema?
I hate you	я тебя ненавижу ya tebya nenavizhu
I love you	я тебя люблю ya tebya lyublyu
Can I help you	я могу вам помочь? ya mogu vam pomoch'?
I am sorry	мне жаль mne zhal'
I want to sleep	я хочу спать ya khochu spat'
This is very important	Это очень важно Eto ochen vazhno
Are you hungry	вы проголодались? vy progolodalis'?
How is your life	как жизнь? kak zhizn'?
I am going to study	я буду изучать ya budu izuchat'