Lesson 6. Soft vowel letters and sounds

This is the sixth lesson in the series “Learning to Read Russian. In this lesson, you will learn the soft vowel letters and the sounds they convey: «е», «ё», «ю», «я», «и». Also included in this lesson is the consonant letter “й” (е short), which helps denote the soft vowel sounds in the Russian alphabet. The letters «е», «ё», «ю», «я» form sounds with “й” and the hard vowels «э», «о», «у», «а» that you know.

Additionally, you will learn the some cities names in Russian that use soft vowel sounds.

Vocabulary for this lesson: Париж / Paris, Дели / Delhi, Ньюорк / New York, Пекин / Beijing, Санкт-Петербург / St. Petersburg, Киев / Kyiv, Токио / Tokyo, Чикаго / Chicago, Сидней / Sidney, Хельсинки / Helsinki, Вена / Vienna, Берлин / Berlin.

курсы русского языка для иностранцев

We hope that this free lesson was useful, and that you won’t have any difficulties in the future, specially if you are learning Russian as a foreign language. You can sign up to our online and offline courses. Every new student gets a free trial lesson! You can sign up with the contact form.

.

курсы русского языка для иностранцев

Call me back!

By clicking "Send" you agree to us processing your information

Success!

Your application is accepted. We will call You back within two hours.

Start learning Russian

By clicking "Send" you agree to us processing your information

Test results

We have sent your test results to your email

Free consultation

If you have any questions, please contact us though the form below

Free introductory lesson

Please, fill out the form below to get free introductory lesson

Free consultation

If you have any questions, please contact us though the form below