Уро́к 1
1.1 Грамма́тика – Russian Cyrillic, Part I
Грамма́тика
А́збука!
Whew! OK, let’s get to something else you’re probably eager to learn about – the Cyrillic alphabet! This is part 1 of 3 videos on the Cyrillic alphabet. Today you will learn 11 of the 33 letters. Are you ready?
Мм, Аа, Пп, Тт, Рр, Оо, Сс, Нн, Кк, Чч, Ээ
Before you practice these on your own, here’s a note about how to properly pronounce the consonants п, т, к in Russian:
Пра́ктика
Cognate Reading
The following Russian words are cognates with English, meaning that they are words with a similar sound and meaning as in English. Once you hear or read them out loud, you will probably understand what they mean. Practice reading them yourself and then match them with the correct English meaning.
Non-Cognate Vocab & Reading
Now that you are fairly familiar with these letters, you can get additional experience with non-cognate words in Russian. These words are part of your vocabulary this unit and you will need to spend some extra time learning them, since they don’t look or sound like English words. You will be using these particular words a lot! Practice reading and pronouncing the words below and try to imitate the pronunciation from the recording. Then match them with their meaning in English.
