Languages Russian for English speakers 1951
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Russian for English speakers ABC 02 |
THE RUSSIAN ALPHABET (continue, page X) |
Russian |
Pronunciation Ïðîèçíîøåíèå |
English Àíãëèéñêèé |
AK-NOTE |
ÑÀÌÎÂÀÐ, ñàìîâàð |
samòvar (1) | samovar, tea-urn |
This literally means "self-boiler" or "self-cooker" |
ÀÌÅÐÈÊÀ, Àìåðèêà | amĕrica (2) | America | |
ÏÀÑÏÎÐÒ, ïàñïîðò | passpört | passport | |
ÀËÅÊÑÀÍÄÐ, Àëåêñàíäð |
aleksandr |
Alexander | |
ÁÅÁÅ, áåáå | bĕbby | baby |
There's no such Russian word, "baby". Someone tried to adopt it, but had failed, miserably. |
ÁÀÐ, áàð | barr | bar | |
ÌÈËËÈÎÍ, ìèëëèîí | miliohn | million | |
ÑÒÀËÈÍ, Ñòàëèí | Staleen | Stalin | |
ÑÒÀËÈÍÃÐÀÄ, Ñòàëèíãðàä (3) * ÂÎËÃÎÃÐÀÄ |
Stálingràd | Stalingrad *Volgograd |
Yes, there're tones above them two "à"s - first is rising, and second is falling. * It's now, again, is called "Volgograd" |
ÊÐÅÄÈÒ, êðåäèò | crĕdeet | credit | |
ÀËËÈÃÀÒÎÐ, àëëèãàòîð | álligàtor | alligator | |
ÐÎÌÀÍÎÂ, Ðîìàíîâ | Ròmanoff (4) | Romanoff | |
ÀÇÎÂ, Àçîâ | Azoff | Azov (or Azoff) | |
ËÓÍÀ, ëóíà (5) |
Loona |
moon (French "lune") |
(1) In « samòvar » the ò
is practically an ah. |