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| Pronounced like the "a" in the word "father" or "car". It is not the 'flat' "a" sound you sometimes hear in words like "cat" or "flat" |
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| Pronounced like the "k" in "kitten" or "kangaroo". This letter replaces the english "c" sound in words like "cat". |
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| Pronounced like the "m" in man. (Note: Unlike english, the hand-written "м" should always start from the bottom) |
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| When stressed, it is pronounced like the "o" in "bore". When un-stressed it is pronounced more like the letter "a". |
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| Pronounced like the "t" in "tap" |
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| Pronounced like the "v" in "vet" |
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| Pronounced like the "ye" in "yes". |
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| Pronounced like the "n" in "no" |
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| Pronounced like the "r" in "run", but it is rolled. |
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| Pronounced like the "s" in "see" |
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| Pronounced like the "oo" in "boot" or "root". |
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| Pronounced like the "h" in "hello". However, this is often pronounced more like the "ch" in the Scottish "Loch" or German "Bach", or the spanish "x" in "Mexico" |
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| Pronounced like the "b" in "bat |
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| Pronounced like the "g" in "go" |
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| Pronounced like the "d" in "dog" |
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| Pronounced like the "z" in "zoo" |
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| Pronounced like the "i" in "taxi". (Sometimes equivalent to the english letter "i", the short 'ee' sound.). (Note: The hand-written form for "и" looks a little like the english "u"). |
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| Pronounced like the "l" in "love" |
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| Pronounced like the "p" in "pot". (Equivalent to the english letter "p"). |
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| Pronounced like the "f" in "fat". (Equivalent to the english letter "f") |
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| Pronounced like the "e" in "fed" |
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| Pronounced like the "u" in "universe". (Pronounced much like the english word "you"). |
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| Pronounced like the "ya" in "yard" |
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| Pronounced like "yo" in "yonder". |
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| Like "s" in "measure", "pleasure" or "fusion" or like "g" in colour "beige". |
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| Similar to the "ts" sound in "sits" or "its". |
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| Pronounced like the "ch" in "chips" or "church" |
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| Pronounced like the "sh" in shut |
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| Pronounced like "sh" but with your tongue on the roof of your mouth. Try putting your tongue in the same position as you would to say "ch" but say "sh" instead. English speakers may find it hard to define the difference between "ш" and "щ". |
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| Pronounced like the "i" in "bit" or "ill". |
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| This letter is used to form diphthongs. So "oй" is like the "oy" sound in "boy" or "aй" is like the "igh" in "sigh" |
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| The 'Hard Sign' is rarely used. It indicates a slight pause between sylables. |
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| The 'Soft Sign' makes the previous letter 'soft'. Think of the "p" sound in the word "pew". (Try inflecting a very slight "y" sound onto letter before it.) |
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