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The concept of hardness and softness is crucial in mastering your Russian pronunciation. Here are the words I used today: МАТЬ – МЯТЬ УГОЛ – УГОЛЬ МАТ – МАТЬ Try to practice with English 'moot' and 'mute' or 'lip' and 'leap'. Also, pay attention to he difference between И and Ы.  Learn Russia…

That is what we were speaking today: Voiced consonants: Б В Г Д З Ж Unvoiced consonants: П Ф К Т С Ш Examples: КОД (code) sounds like "КОТ" ГОРОД – "ГОРАТ" (city) КЛУБ – "КЛУП" (club) ФЛАГ – "ФЛАК" (flag) МОРОЗ – "МАРОС" (frost) ИВАНОВ – "ИВАНОФ" (Ivanov) ГОРБАЧЁВ – "ГАРБАЧЁФ" (Gorbachev) Ful…

In today’s episode, you will hear how to pronounce Russian sound Й (И краткое). There can be three positions of the letter Й. 1. Before a vowel, it is pronounced as [y] in words like ‘yogurt’ and ‘yet’. 2. After a vowel, it sounds like [y] in ‘boy’ or ‘toy’. 3. Between two vowels, it is like [y] …

И [ee] – Russian И is one of the so-called soft vowels (we will talk about them in the next lessons). It is shorter than the sound in the words ‘people’ and ‘feet’. Try to make a short and long И sound. It is important to understand the position of your tongue. This will help you later when we spea…

Russian pronunciation lesson number five! Today we speak about Russian consonants П Т К. Let's practice! Read this:  П  ПОСТ, ПАКТ, СУП, ПУМА, ПАНАМА. Т  ТАМ, ТУТ, ТОН, СТОП, МОСТ, СТОП! ТАМ МОСТ! МОСТ ТУТ? НЕТ, МОСТ ТАМ. К КОТ, ЛУК, КАК, КЛАСС, КАК КОТ? КЛАСС!    Full Russian Pronunciati…

Russian pronunciation lesson number four! Today we speak about Russian consonants Д Н Л З С. Let's practice! Read this:  Д. ДА. ДО. ДОМ. ДАМА. ДВА. МОДА.  Н. НА. НО. НАМ. НАДО. КАНАДА.  Л. ЛА. ЛУ. ЛО. ЛУК. ЛАК. ЛОМ. ЛАМА. ЛУНА. КУКЛА. МАЛА. КУКЛА МАЛА.  З. ЗА. ВАЗА. ЗВУК. ЗАМОК.  С. СОН. НОС…

Russian pronunciation lesson number three! O in the unstressed syllable turns to the sound [uh]. It’s something between А and О. Let's practice. Read these words:  ОКНÓ, МОСКВÁ, ЛÓНДОН, МОЛОКÓ, КОТ, КОТÁ.  Full Russian Pronunciation Course – https://realrussianclub.com/russian-pronunciation-ma…

Russian pronunciation lesson number two! Today we speak about the consonants М Б В Ф Г. They are very close to their English fellows:) Russian M sounds like [m] in "mom" and "March". Read these Russian words out loud: МАК, МАТ, ТОМ, МУ, МАК ТАМ, ТОМ ТАМ?.   Russian Б sounds like [b] in "bank". …

Russian pronunciation lesson number one! Today we speak about the "hard" vowels А О У Э. They are very close to their English fellows:) Russian A sounds like [ah] in father, nine, line. Read these Russian words out loud: МАК, АКТ, КАК, ТАК, КАК ТАК.   Russian O sounds like [oh] in walk, law, fa…