Tag Archives: sounds
Why You Should Learn to Read Russian Vowels Posted by Maria on Feb 7, 2019
The Russian alphabet is one of the first challenges a prospective student runs into. We have posted some advice for learning the alphabet on this blog, but if you don’t know where to start, start with the vowels. Learning to read and pronounce Russian vowels is a manageable task that has many benefits. Only 10…
Do Native Speakers Ever Struggle To Pronounce Russian Sounds? Posted by Maria on Feb 12, 2018
Perhaps you struggle to pronounce certain sounds in Russian. Can’t roll your Rs? Have a hard time making soft consonant sounds? First, be sure to check out our pronunciation tips. Second, you’re not alone! There are native speakers who have articulation challenges and need to see a speech pathologist (логопед). Let us look at some…
Kaboom: Impact Noises in Russian Posted by Maria on Aug 9, 2017
If you are a learner of Russian, I bet your classes did not go into onomatopoeia in any detail. There are many words whose name imitates the sound of that thing, creature, or action, but let us concentrate on a type most likely to be seen in a comic book — the sounds of objects…