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This lesson covers consonant and vowel sounds which have nothing in common with English sounds and present the biggest difficulty for those who learn Russian.
Listen and repeat sounds and syllables:
[i]
[pi – bi, fi – vi, ti – di, si – zi, ki – gi, mi – ni]
[pi – pi, bi – bi, vi – vi, ti – ti, di – di, si – si, zi – zi, ki – ki, gi – gi, mi – mi, ni – ni]
[poo – pi, boo – bi, foo – fi, voo – vi, too – ti, doo – di, soo – si, zoo – zi, koo – ki, goo – gi, moo – mi, noo – ni]
[sch]
[scha – scho – schoo – sche – schi]
[ascha – oscho – ooschoo – esche – ischi]
[ts]
[tsa – tso – tsoo – tse – tsi]
[atsa – otso – ootsoo – etse – itsi]
[r]
[ra – ro – roo – re]
[ar – or – oor – er – ir]
[ara – oro – ooroo – ere ]
[pra – bra, fra – vra, tra – dra, sra – zra, kra – gra, mra – nra]
[r']
[r'a – r'o – r'oo – r'e – ri]
[ar' – or' – oor' – er' – ir']
[ar'a – or'o – oor'oo – er'e – iri]
[pri – bri, fri – vri, tri – dri, sri – zri, kri – gri, mri – nri]
[pr'a – br'a, fr'a – vr'a, tr'a – dr'a, sr'a – zr'a, kr'a – gr'a, mr'a – nr'a]
Exercise 2
Listen and repeat the following words:
[frantsiya] , [madrit] , [loooren] , [sara] , [richart] , [robirt] , [mark] , [aljir]
[tsezar'] , [tsar'] , [tsiment] , [tsiklon] , [schit] , [mooschina] , [schas't'ye] , [schochik] , [schot] , [stantsiya] , [tsikl] , [tsilindr] , [tsirk] , [tsifra] , [jiraf] , [shimpanze] , [mashina] , [sooshi] , [kros] , [tsentr] , [sport] , [sort] , [port] , [koors] , [mer] , [frookt] , [toor] , [raman] , [robat] , [pradookt] , [garash]
Exercise 3
Listen to the word and choose the translation
Exercise 4
Look at the transcription, listen to the word and choose the translation.