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PRONUNCIATION CHART

"Transliteration" refers to the English letter equivalent of a Russian letter/word. It is what you will see on English-language versions of Russian maps, etc.

Russian Letter

Transliteration

Sounds like:

А а

A

(stressed) awe (unstressed) uh as in fun

Б б

B

B

В в

V

V

Г г

G

G (as in great – not giant)

Д д

D

D

Е е

E

yes

Ё ё

E

yo-yo

Ж ж

Zh

Zhirinovsky

З з

Z

Z

И и

I

wheel

Й й

J(Y)

"Y glide" yes

К к

K

K

Л л

L

L

М м

M

M

Н н

N

N

О о

O

(unstressed) awe - (stressed) owe

П п

P

P

Р р

R

R

С с

S

S

Т т

T

T

У у

U

loose

Ф ф

F

F

Х х

Kh

(Gutteral H:) Khrushchev

Ц ц

Ts

pizza

Ч ч

Ch

chair

Ш ш

Sh

ship

Щ щ

Shch

fresh cheese

Ъ ъ

"

"Hard sign"
(Makes preceding letter hard)

Ы ы

Y

Dewey

Ь ь

'

"Soft sign"
(Makes preceding letter soft)

Э э

Eh

evolution

Ю ю

Yu

you

Я я

Ya

yahoo


COMMON WORDS AND PHRASES

Each Russian word has one stress. For words with more than one syllable, the stressed letter/syllable is shown in bold.

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English

Pronounced

Russian

Amazing!paw-raw-zee-til-nuhПоразительно
Andee (as in seek)и
And how are you?aw oo voss?А у Вас?
Badploe-hawПлохо
Betterlooch-yehЛучше
Bigball-shoyБольшой
Cheapdeh-show-vweeДешёвый
Coldhoe-ludd-nuhХолодно
Computercomp-you-terКомпютер
Darktemm-noТемно
Expensivedoe-rug-uhДорого
Fastbwee-struhБыстро
Firstpierre-vweeПервый
Flashlightcar-mawn-nee  fawn-ah-reekКарманный фонарик
Goodhaw-raw-showХорошо
Good byedaw-svee-dawn-yuhДо свидания
Good daydoe-bree dinДобрый день
Good eveningdoe-bree  ve-cherДобрый вечер
Good morningdoe-bray  oot-ruhДоброе утро
Good nightspock-oy-nee  no-cheeСпокойной ночи
Heavytya-zhell-oweТяжело
HerezdyessЗдесь
Hot (air)tyo-pleeТёплый
Hot (liquid)garr-ya-cheeГорячий
How are you?cock dell-ah?Как дела?
I (don't) likemin-ye nee nraw-veet-suhМне (не) нравится
I (don't) smokeyaw (nee) koor-youЯ (не) курю
I (don't) understandyaw (nee) paw-nee-my-youЯ (не) понимаю
I live in…yaw zhee-voo v…Я живу в…
I need to exchange dollarsmin-yeh newzh-nuh ob-men-yawt dole-are-eeМне нужно обменять доллары
I want to go (by car/truck/train)yaw khaw-choo ye-hutЯ хочу ехать
I want to go (by boat)yaw khaw-choo pleetЯ хочу плыть
I want to go (by plane)yaw khaw-choo leet-yetЯ хочу лететь
I want to go (by foot)yaw khaw-choo eed-teeЯ хочу идти
I'm in a hurryyaw tar-up-lyoussЯ тороплюсь
I'm pleased (to meet you)owe-chin pree-yawt-nuhОчень приятно
I'm well thank youspa-see-buh khaw-raw-showСпасибо хорошо
I've lost _ (male speaker)yaw pot-air-yallЯ потерял
I've lost _ (female speaker)yaw pot-air-yall-uhЯ потеряла
Knapsackryouk-zawkРюкзак
Largeball-shoyБольшой
Lastpaw-sled-neeПоследний
Less (of something)men-shyehМеньше
Light (colored)svyet-leeСветлый
Light (weight)lyoe-keyЛёгкий
Mapcart-uhКарта
Maybemoe-zhet  bweetМожет быть
Morebowl-shehБольше
My name ismin-yaw  zaw-vootМеня зовут
Newno-vweeНовый
Nextsled-oo-you-sheeСледующий
NonyetНет
Nothingnee-chev-oweНичего
Nowsay-chawssСейчас
Oldstar-eeСтарый
Paperboo-maw-guhБумага
Plasticplawst-mawss-uhПластмасса
Pleasepaw-zhal-stuhПожалуйста
Please give medie-tea  min-yeh  paw-zhal-stuhДайте мне пожалуйста
Roundkroog-leeКруглый
Slowmyed-leh-nuhМедленно
Smallmaw-link-eeМаленький
Soonscore-uhСкоро
Square (shaped)kvawd-rawt-neeКвадратный
SteelstallСталь
Thank youspaw-see-buhСпасибо
Thank you very muchspaw-see-buh  ball-shoy-ehСпасибо большое
That's awful!eh-tuh  oo-zhas-nuhЭто ужасно
That's goodkhar-aw-showХорошо
Then (after which)paw-tomeПотом
TheretomТам
This iseh-tuhЭто
Too (expensive)sleesh-comeСлишком
Veryoh-chinОчень
Very good/welloh-chin  khar-aw-showОчень хорошо
Wonderful!pree-krawss-nuhПрекрасно
Worsekhoo-zhyeХуже
YesdawДа
Youngmall-aw-doyМолодой
You're welcomepaw-zhal-stuhПожалуйста

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