The Russian Alphabet (Cyrillic!)
Welcome to my alphabet page!
There are 2 alphabet video resources on this page, both of which include the Russian default mouth position and pronunciation concepts:
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Learn the Russian Alphabet with Kira – a 20-minute intro
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Russian Alphabet Secrets with Kira – a 3-part, 49-minute deep dive
Hope you enjoy them!!!
Learn the Russian Alphabet (20-Minute Intro)
Where can we find specific topics?
Scroll to any section (or click through to YouTube and use the hyperlinked timestamps in the first pinned comment)
0:00 Introduction
0:19 Russian Alphabet Secrets Video
0:46 Kira’s Online Russian Pronunciation Course
→ https://course.russianpronunciationwithkira.com
1:11 Inventory of Cyrillic
1:32 Intro to Line 1 (а б в г д е ё ж з)
1:50 Secret 1: Imagine Yourself Sounding Russian
2:06 Secret 2: The Russian Default Mouth Position
2:35 What is “jaw, tongue, lips”?
4:30 A Closer Look (а б в г д е ё ж з)
5:48 Intro to Line 2 (и й к л м н о п)
6:36 A Closer Look (и й к л м н о п)
8:12 Intro to Line 3 (р с т у ф х)
8:33 A Closer Look (р с т у ф х)
9:42 Intro to Line 4 (ц ч ш щ)
10:12 A Closer Look (ц ч ш щ)
19:43 Intro to Line 5 (ъ ы ь э ю я)
12:55 Alphabet Review & Practice
14:11 Whole Alphabet – We Say It Together
15:25 Whole Alphabet – You Say It First (Then Kira Says It)
16:54 Leetle Quiz – Grab Your Phone and Record Yourself!
18:20 Cheat Sheet for Decoding Words: Cyrillic-English Equivalents
18:27 More Resources on Kira’s Website
Russian Alphabet Secrets (49-Minute Deep Dive)
Where can we find specific topics?
Scroll to any section (or click through to YouTube and use the hyperlinked timestamps in the first pinned comment)
0:00 Introduction
0:21 Kira’s Online Russian Pronunciation Course
→ https://course.russianpronunciationwithkira.com
0:41 Inventory of Cyrillic
1:16 Part 1 – Beginning Letters (а б в г д е ё ж з)
1:51 Secret 1: Imagine Yourself Sounding Russian
2:08 Secret 2: The Russian Default Mouth Position
3:34 What is “jaw, tongue, lips”?
4:22 A Closer Look (а б в г д е ё ж з)
5:30 Reading Practice
6:14 Two Different Sounds for д
7:03 Secret 3: Ears, Not Eyes
7:39 Secret 4: Hard & Soft Consonants
8:43 Palatalization
9:11 Which consonants are hard or soft?
9:41 Russian Sounds Library (52 Videos on Individual Sounds)
13:01 Secret 5: Voicing (ёж!)
15:01 Part 2 – Middle Letters (и й к л м н о п / р с т у ф х)
16:16 A Closer Look (и й к л м н о п)
17:37 Reading Practice
19:40 What is stress?
20:27 Secret 6: Vowel Reduction (Type I Simplified, o → a)
22:26 Secret 6: Vowel Reduction (Type II Simplified, е → и)
23:21 The Middle, Line 2 (р с т у ф х)
23:53 A Closer Look (р с т у ф х)
25:08 Reading Practice
26:46 Secret 6: Vowel Reduction (In Endings → schwas)
27:19 Deemphasizing Unstressed Syllables
29:22 Part 3 – Final Letters (ц ч ш щ / ъ ы ь э ю я)
29:42 A Closer Look (ц ч ш щ)
32:52 Reading Practice
33:42 Practice Deemphasizing Unstressed Syllables
35:25 The End, Line 2 (ъ ы ь э ю я)
35:53 What are these letters called in Russian? (ъ ы ь)
37:45 Secret 7: What’s going on with the hard sign (ъ)?
40:24 Secret 7: What’s going on with the soft sign (ь)?
42:24 Reading Practice (э ю я)
43:32 Alphabet Review & Practice
44:49 Whole Alphabet – We Say It Together
45:49 Whole Alphabet – You Say It First (Then Kira Says It)
47:05 Leetle Quiz – Grab Your Phone and Record Yourself!
48:37 Cheat Sheet for Decoding Words: Cyrillic-English Equivalents
48:48 More Resources on Kira’s Website
49:07 Zazzle Swag