Урок 1
Aлфавит. Часть 1.
Lesson 1. Alphabet. Part 1.
Useful Phrases
Informal dialogue
Приве́т.
/Pr’iv’et!/
Hello!
Всё хорошо́!
/fs’o hʌrʌʃo/
Как дела́? Everything’s fine!
/Kʌk d’ilʌ?/
How are you?
Exercise 1. Complete the dialogue with the phrases that you learned in
the lesson.
Ivan: _______, Маша1!
Masha: Приве́т, __________?
Ivan: _______ хорошо.
Russian Alphabet
Part 1
1
Masha
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/ʌ/ - like in the word up
/b/ - like in the word barrel
/v/ - like in the word violin
/g/ - like in the word goose
/d/ - like in the word dragon
/ye/ - like in the word Yeti
/yo/ - like in the word yoga
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like the sound of a beetle that flies
(you can also hear this sound in the
English word beige)
like the sound of a mosquitoes that
flies (you can hear this sound in the
words season and zoo)
/i/ - like in the word Italian
/short i/ - this is an initial sound in
the words yes /jes/ and yogurt
/ˈjɒɡət/
Task 2. Match the words and the sounds
Аа /z/
Бб /v/
Вв /i short/
Гг /g/ as in goose
Дд /b/
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Ее /i/
Ёё /ie/ as in yes
Жж /io/ as in yogurt
Зз /d/
Ии /ʒ/ as in beige
Йй /а/
Task 3. I have news for you: you can already read many words in Russian!
Here is an example: read the following words and then listen to the audio
to check your pronunciation.
жа́ба беж
frog beige
гид
ёж
tour guide hedgehog
бег зигза́г
a run zigzag
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газ еда́
gas food
вид де́ва
view Virgin
зёв да yes
pharynx
дава́й let’s, give где where
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Solutions
Task 1
Ivan: Привет, Маша2!
Masha: Привет, как дела?
Ivan: Всё хорошо.
Task 2
Аа /а/
Бб /b/
Вв /v/
Гг /g/ as in goose
Дд /d/
Ее /ie/
Ёё /io/
Жж /ʒ/ as in beige
Зз /z/
Ии /i/
Йй /i short/
2
Masha
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