How To Learn The Last Letters of the Russian Cyrillic Alphabet

In the previous posts we learned the Russian or Cyrillic letters A-U (U written like a y, as in the word You).

The circle with an upright line is the F. (What the f... is this 0 with a line through it! The letter F.) 

The upside down h is a ch. Remember how you play the children's game with a church and turn it upside down.

The big W is a Sh, as in Hebrew.

The W with an extra comma is a double sound, shch.

The b with a line like a delete across the top is like the b in the English word comb, not pronounced. The reversed E is an E. Io is like YO. The reversed r is like the r in word EAR. you say IA, without pronouncing the R at the end. R is IA.

Time for a coffee break. Come back to the next post for some more Russian letters.

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