How do you pronounce и and й?

You have already learnt that "и" has a sound [i], similar to "three" or "free". The Russian letter

Russian letter

The Russian alphabet (ру́сский алфави́т, russkiy alfavit, or ру́сская а́збука, russkaya azbuka, more traditionally) is the script used to write the Russian language. It comes from the Cyrillic script, which was devised in the 9th century for the first Slavic literary language, Old Slavonic.

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"й" is called "и краткое" (it is pronounced [i kratkaye]). We represent its sound as [j], that is, a shorter sound than "и" similar to the sound of "y" in "oyster" or "boy".

How do you pronounce ъ and ь?

The bottom line is, today both of them don't have any sound and serve as an apostrophe in Russian, only Ь indicates that the consonant is SOFT, and Ъ indicates that the consonant is HARD.

What sound is ю?

Ю ю sounds like “you” or “use”, Я я sounds like “yu” in yummy or “ya” in “yard”.

How do you pronounce п in English?

П п - Pronounced like the "p" in "pot". (Equivalent to the english letter "p"). Ф ф - Pronounced like the "f" in "fat".

What is Ь called in Ukrainian?

Letters: Ь

This letter is called “soft sign” (м'який знак in Ukrainian). As the name of the letter suggests, its purpose is to soften the sound of the previous letter. Usually, the difference between the softened and not-softened sound is very difficult to notice for a foreign ear.

Russian Pronunciation & Alphabet | The letters и-краткое Й & И

When to use ты and вы?

In grade school, teachers address their students by “ты”, but in high school classes “Вы” may also be used. University students are always addressed as “Вы” by their professors. Sometimes, adults who are on “Вы” terms (“на Вы“) may decide to switch to “ты” terms (“на ты”).

How do you pronounce Щ in Ukrainian?

Shcha (Щ щ; italics: Щ щ), Shta or Sha with descender is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In Russian, it represents the long voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative /ɕː/, similar to the pronunciation of ⟨sh⟩ in Welsh-sheep. In Ukrainian and Rusyn, it represents the consonant cluster /ʃt͡ʃ/, something like cash-chest.