Found this his youtube video of russianlevel1.com
Russian Alphabet with Sounds
This post was made with the help of chatgpt
- А а – “a” as in father
- Б б – “b” as in bat
- В в – “v” as in victory
- Г г – “g” as in go
- Д д – “d” as in dog
- Е е – “ye” as in yes or “e” as in end (when unstressed)
- Ё ё – “yo” as in yolk
- Ж ж – “zh” as in measure or beige
- З з – “z” as in zoo
- И и – “ee” as in see
- Й й – “y” as in boy (used in diphthongs, like “y” in “toy”)
- К к – “k” as in kite
- Л л – “l” as in lamp
- М м – “m” as in mother
- Н н – “n” as in note
- О о – “o” as in more (stressed) or “a” as in car (unstressed)
- П п – “p” as in pet
- Р р – “r” as in run (rolled ‘r’)
- С с – “s” as in sun
- Т т – “t” as in top
- У у – “oo” as in boot
- Ф ф – “f” as in fun
- Х х – “kh” as in the German Bach or Scottish loch (a hard, guttural ‘h’ sound)
- Ц ц – “ts” as in cats
- Ч ч – “ch” as in chess
- Ш ш – “sh” as in shut
- Щ щ – “shch” as in fresh cheese (softer “sh” sound followed by “ch”)
- Ъ ъ – “hard sign” (no sound; used to separate sounds)
- Ы ы – “i” as in bit but with the tongue further back in the mouth
- Ь ь – “soft sign” (no sound; softens the preceding consonant)
- Э э – “e” as in pet
- Ю ю – “yu” as in you
- Я я – “ya” as in yard
Additional Notes:
- Е (E), Ё (Ё), Ю (Ю), and Я (Я) are vowel combinations that begin with a “y” sound when they appear atthe start of a word or after a vowel, but they function as “e”, “o”, “u”, and “a” respectively after consonants.
- Ъ (hard sign) and Ь (soft sign) don’t have independent sounds but affect how adjacent letters are pronounced.
