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Russian for English speakers ABC 05
THE RUSSIAN ALPHABET (continue, page XV)

Russian
Ðóññêèé

 Pronunciation
Ïðîèçíîøåíèå		 English
Àíãëèéñêèé		 AK-NOTE

ÙÈ, ùè

 shtchee cabbage soup  
ÂÀÃÎÍ, âàãîí vaggohn wagon, waggon, carriage  
ÕÀÐÀÊÒÅÐ, õàðàêòåð Haraktair

character, temper

  

ÂÛ, âû (1)

 vy

you

Plural

ÊÐÛÌ, Êðûì

 Krym Crimea  
ÃÀÇ, ãàç gazz gas

That's "gas" like "air", not "gasoline"
ÊÎÑÒÞÌ, êîñòþì costuume costume  
ÆÓÐÍÀË, æóðíàë (d)jormaL

magazine, journal, review

  
ÏÈÀÍÈÑÒ, ïèàíèñò peeanneest pianist  
ÐÓÁËÜ, ðóáëü roobl (2)

ruble, rouble

Russian currency
ÁÀÍÀÍ, áàíàí banann

banana

  
ÒÛ, òû ty

you (exactly : familiar thou)

 Singular only

ÏÎÝÒ, ïîýò (3)

 pòait poet  

(1) The sound of the letter û does not exist in English.
It is between -oo- and -ee-; it is a low -ee-, uttered from the bottom of the throat.
We shall, quite conventionally, note it by y.
Âû is sounded a little like vee (with lips almost touching).

AK-NOTE: That's like live - I live in American English.

(2) The soft sign ü simply softens the ë - [ëü].

(3) The letter ý (reversed å) gives the sound of final y in baby, lady etc...

AK-NOTE: That's an error. The letter ý is similar to the closed [e] in men - these men.