{"id":9601,"date":"2016-11-28T07:25:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T07:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=9601"},"modified":"2018-08-14T19:27:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T19:27:34","slug":"conquer-the-backwards-r-learn-to-read-russian-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/conquer-the-backwards-r-learn-to-read-russian-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Conquer the Backwards R \u2014 Learn to Read Russian (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/conquer-the-backwards-r-learn-to-read-russian\/\">Last time<\/a>, we looked at some letters of the Russian alphabet that either look and sound or just sound like their Latin counterparts. This time, we will look at letters that have similar sounds to other languages and, finally, some unique letters.<\/p>\n<h1>Letters That Sound But Don&#8217;t Look Like Latin Letters<\/h1>\n<p>A lot of these letters are closer to their Greek counterparts in form.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u009b\u0411\u0431 &#8211; &#8220;b&#8221;;\u00a0\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0442 (brother), \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0431\u0443\u0441 (bus)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u0413\u0433 &#8211; &#8220;g&#8221;;\u00a0\u0433\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0440\u0430 (guitar),\u00a0\u0431\u0443\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0433<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u0414\u0434 &#8211; &#8220;d&#8221;;\u00a0\u0434\u043e\u0301\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440 (doctor),\u00a0\u0434\u0435\u043c\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0301\u0442 (democrat)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u0417\u0437 &#8211; &#8220;z&#8221;;\u00a0\u0432\u0438\u0301\u0437\u0430 (visa),\u00a0\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0437\u0430 (rose)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u041b\u043b &#8211; &#8220;l&#8221;;\u00a0\u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u043b\u043b\u0435\u0301\u043a\u0442 (intellect),\u00a0\u043a\u0438\u043b\u043e\u043c\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0440 (kilometer)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u041f\u043f &#8211; &#8220;p&#8221;; \u043f\u0430\u0301\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442 (passport), \u0434\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0301 (depot)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u0424\u0444 &#8211; &#8220;f&#8221;;\u00a0\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0444\u043e\u0301\u043d (phone),\u00a0\u0444\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444 (photographer)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u042d\u044d &#8211; &#8220;eh&#8221; (a brief an incomplete explanation of the difference between \u044d and \u0435 is that initial \u044d is read &#8220;eh&#8221; and initial \u0435 is read &#8220;yeh&#8221;);\u00a0\u044d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u0301\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430 (economics\/economy),\u00a0\u044d\u043a\u0437\u0430\u0301\u043c\u0435\u043d (exam)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9601-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/11\/letters3.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/11\/letters3.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/11\/letters3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h1>Unique Letters<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>\u009b\u00cb\u0451 \u2014 &#8220;yaw&#8221;; historically, a combination of \u0438 and \u043e; read a &#8220;yaw&#8221; after vowels and at the beginning of the word; read as an \u043e after consonants, in which case the consonant becomes &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/take-your-pronunciation-to-the-next-level-part-ii\/\">soft<\/a>&#8220;; always stressed; \u0451\u0436 (hedgehog), \u0430\u043a\u0442\u0451\u0440 (actor)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u042e\u044e \u2014\u00a0&#8220;yoo&#8221;; \u0438 + \u0443; read as &#8220;yoo&#8221; after vowels\/initially; as &#8220;oo&#8221; after consonants, the latter becoming &#8220;soft&#8221;;\u00a0\u0431\u044e\u0440\u043e\u0301 (bureau);\u00a0\u044e\u0301\u043c\u043e\u0440 (humor)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u042f\u044f \u2014 &#8220;yah&#8221;; \u0438 + \u0430; &#8220;yah&#8221; after vowels\/initially; as &#8220;ah&#8221; after consonants, the latter becoming &#8220;soft&#8221;; \u044f (I), \u0410\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u044f (England)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u009b\u0419\u0439 \u2014 &#8220;y&#8221; sound in &#8220;yesterday&#8221;;\u00a0\u0439\u043e\u0301\u0433\u0430 (yoga),\u00a0\u041d\u044c\u044e-\u0419\u043e\u0440\u043a (New York)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u042c \u2014 \u201csoft sign\u201d; has no sound of its own, makes the preceding consonant &#8220;soft&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>\u042a \u2014 \u201chard sign; has no sound of its own; separates word prefixes from roots<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u0416\u0436\u00a0\u2014 &#8220;zh&#8221;, the &#8220;s&#8221; in &#8220;treasure&#8221;;\u00a0\u0436\u0443\u0440\u043d\u0430\u0301\u043b (magazine), \u044d\u043a\u0438\u043f\u0430\u0301\u0436 (crew)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u0428\u0448 \u2014 harsher-sounding &#8220;sh&#8221;;\u00a0\u043a\u043b\u0438\u0448\u0435\u0301 (cliche), \u0448\u0430\u0440\u043c (charm)<\/li>\n<li>\u0429\u0449 \u2014 closer to the English &#8220;sh&#8221;; historically \u0441 + \u0447; \u0431\u043e\u0440\u0449 (borsch); \u0438\u0301\u0449\u0435\u0442 (is looking for)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u0426\u0446 \u2014 &#8220;ts&#8221;;\u00a0\u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440 (center),\u00a0\u0446\u0430\u0440\u044c (czar)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u0427\u0447 \u2014 &#8220;ch&#8221;; \u009b\u0447\u0435\u043a (receipt), \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0447 (sports match)<\/li>\n<li>\u009b\u044b \u2014 halfway between &#8220;ee&#8221; and &#8220;oo&#8221; (which was never useful to me in understanding it); listen <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Close_central_unrounded_vowel\">here<\/a>; \u0442\u044b (you), \u043c\u0443\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0430 (music)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9601-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/11\/letters4.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/11\/letters4.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/11\/letters4.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Now, for beginners just learning to read, try reading some words on Russian websites \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/yandex.ru\">Yandex<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/rbc.ru\">RBC<\/a> are a good place to start. Do you recognize any of them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last time, we looked at some letters of the Russian alphabet that either look and sound or just sound like their Latin counterparts. This time, we will look at letters that have similar sounds to other languages and, finally, some unique letters. 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