Lesson 14. Voiceless consonants and letters

We continue to study Russian letters and sounds. In this lesson you will learn which Russian consonant letters stand for deaf sounds: к, п, с, т, ф, х, ц, ч, ш, щ. The sounds п, к, ф, т, ш, с are paired, they have a voiced pair. Sounds ts, h, w, s are always muffled, they are unpaired. Paired sounds: б-п, д-т, г-к, з-с, ж-ш, в-ф. The first sound in the pair is voiced, the second is deaf.

Vocabulary for this lesson:

• панда, паспорт / panda, passport;
• футбол, факт / football, fact;
• кенгуру, компьютер / kangaroo, computer;
• танго, тренер / tango, trainer;
• шорты, шеф / shorts, chief;
• спорт, стиль / sport, style;
• г-к: гамбургер — класс / hamburger — class;
• д-т: доктор — талант / doctor — talent;
• б-п: бар — паспорт / bar — passport;
• в-ф: виза — факт / visa — fact;
• ж-ш: желе — шоколад / jelly — chocolate;
• з-с: зебра — стиль / zebra — style.