How To Read Russian

м е ня m ye i nya here e is not stressed.

How to read russian. In order to read russian correctly you need to know several basic rules that determine how sounds are pronounced. Also some letters such as m are written the same in both languages. Listen to the following examples and try to feel the difference between the words with and without ь. Russian is a phonetic language which means that more or less every russian letter corresponds to a single sound. The most important ones are the rules that concern vowel reduction palatalization and voiced and voiceless consonants.

Oo pronounced like the o in bore. Learn the russian alphabet. Furthermore it s available in a number of formats. м е тр m ye here e is stressed. The alphabet is a good place to start when you re learning to speak russian.

In english it is written in different ways. Is it important to know how to read. You can read it in book form or you can download the audiobooks for listening practice. т е бя t ye i bya here e is not stressed. To read an important phrase in russian.

Most russian consonants form a palatalized or soft sound when they come before letters е ё и ю я and ь. For a complete reference to what sounds form these soft sounds when accompanied by vowels view this phonetics resource. Kk pronounced like the k in kitchen. You can start out by learning reading rules for. For example the words есть to eat and ест he she eats sound different thanks to ь.

By the way ь is called in russian мягкий знак myah kij znak which means soft sign. The palatalization of consonants. The answer to this question can only be yes. Keep in mind the following principles. What makes harry potter such a great way to learn russian is that it s available and well read worldwide particularly in the russian speaking world.