RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
ВОЙДИТЕ, ЧТОБЫ НАЧАТЬ ОБУЧЕНИЕ С АУДИО-ЗАПИСЬЮ

Russian for English speakers ABC 02

THE RUSSIAN ALPHABET (continue, page X)

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Pronunciation
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САМОВАР, самовар

samòvar (1) samovar, tea-urn

This literally means "self-boiler" or "self-cooker"

АМЕРИКА, Америка amĕrica (2) America  
ПАСПОРТ, паспорт passpört passport  
АЛЕКСАНДР, Александр

aleksandr

Alexander  
БЕБЕ, бебе bĕbby baby

There's no such Russian word, "baby". Someone tried to adopt it, but had failed, miserably.

БАР, бар barr bar  
МИЛЛИОН, миллион miliohn million  
СТАЛИН, Сталин Staleen Stalin  
СТАЛИНГРАД, Сталинград (3)

* ВОЛГОГРАД

Stálingràd Stalingrad

*Volgograd

Yes, there're tones above them two "а"s - first is rising, and second is falling.

* It's now, again, is called "Volgograd"

КРЕДИТ, кредит crĕdeet credit  
АЛЛИГАТОР, аллигатор álligàtor alligator  
РОМАНОВ, Романов Ròmanoff (4) Romanoff  
АЗОВ, Азов Azoff Azov (or Azoff)  

ЛУНА, луна (5)

Loona

moon (French "lune")

 

(1) In « samòvar » the ò is practically an ah.
(2) The letter Е, especially when stressed, is pronounced like ЙЭ (ye-) in : yet. We shall represent it by ĕ.
(3) The letter Г is "g", and always hard, as in « get ».
(4) The final -ов is sounded -off.
(5) The letter л has two sounds : one slurred (as in pilot, lily) which we have seen in Александр, анализ.
The other, strongly vocalic (as in bell, milk, sold) before а, о, у (oo), ы, the consonants, and at the end of a word, will be represented by a capital L in our imitative pronunciation.