SPEAKING and WRITING RUSSIAN

The Russian language is an extremely interesting and difficult language to learn. The origins of the written language are often debated, but the name comes from Saint Cyril and is known as "Cyrillic" in the western world.

А = A

Б = Be

В = Ve

Г = Ge

Д = De

E = Ye

Ж = Zhe

З = Ze

И = I

Й = I

К = Ka

Л = eL

М = eM

Н = eN

О = O

П = Pe

Р = eR

С = eS

Т = Te

У = U

Ф = eF

Х = KHa

Ц = TSe

Ч = CHe

Ш = SHa

Щ = SHCHa

Ы = I

Э = Ye

Ю = Yu

Я = Ya

Using common English language phonetics, this is how

the Russian language sounds

ПРИВЕТ                        = PRIVET                         (Hello)

СПАСИБО                     = SPACIBO            (Thanks)

БОЛЬШОЕ СПАСИБО  = BOLSHOY SPACIBO    (Great Thanks)

ПОЖАЛУЙСТА    = POZHALSTA                 (Please)

ДА                                 = DA                                 (Yes)

НЕТ                               = NYET                             (No)

Here are a few examples of Russian words in Cyrillic and their transliterated / phonetic forms as an example

This bear will take you to examples of the Russian alphabet, transliteration, and cursive alphabet

This page was last updated: August 8, 2009