Second Lesson

This lesson is the second half of the first lesson I gave you and it will cover the remaining Cyrillic symbols in the russian alphabet.

First we will cover the letters that look different/weird, but sound like english letters

Б - "B" as in bat
Д - "G" as in guy
З - "Z" as in zoo
Л - "L" as in lazy
П - "P" as in pot
Ф - "F" as in federal
Ы - "I" as in bit
Э - "E" as in bet

The next russian letters look different/weird and have new sounds as well.

Ё - "yo" as in yonder
Ж - "zh" sound, like in beige
И - "ee" sound as in taxi
Ц - "ts" sound as in sits
Ч - "ch" sound as in chip
Ш - "sh" sound as in shut
Щ - "shch" sound, produced by saying "sh" with tongue on the roof of your mouth
Ю - "yoo" as in universe

And the final two letters are the pronunciation letters

Ь - Hard letter, used to seperate two words, indicates slight pause
Ъ - Soft letter, makes the previous consonant softer

And now combine this lesson with the first and you have: The Russian Cyrillic alphabet!

If you want further learning, I have sites listed in my resource page, but I will also include a link to a Russian Pronunciation guide sheet below.

http://www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends/language/russian-alphabet.html

I hope you enjoyed the lesson, keep checking back for more progress reports and lessons

До свидания, Все (goodbye,everyone)