Gadling teaches you to read the Cyrillic alphabet in 5 minutes

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TravelLearning , Russian Federation It used to be that when I saw Russian words like this– компью�?тер, �?туде�?нт, па�?�?порт– my eyes skipped over them like yours probably just did. But the Cyrillic alphabet , which is used in Slavic languages like Russian as well as non-Slavic languages like Kazakh and Mongolian, is easy to learn. Given the number of English cognates in Russian (the language we’ll focus on here), learning the Cyrillic alphabet allows you to read and understand dozens of words in Russian, including the three above (computer, student, and passport, respectively). Here’s a short five-minute lesson on how to read Russian’s Cyrillic alphabet… 1. Some letters are virtually the same as in English. The Cyrillic letters A, K, M, O, and T are close relatives of their English counterparts. The Cyrillic letter б (which looks like a lowercase “b”) also makes a “b”

sound. The letter “C” always makes the “s” sound, like in the English word “cite.” 2. Others are closely related to Greek. Frat guys and sorority girls already know the letters Г (gamma), P (rho), п (pi), and ф (phi), which are the English equivalents of “G”, “R”, “P”, and “F”, respectively. Easy so far, right? Check out a few examples: a. кафе�? = ? b. бар = ? c. о�?пера = ? d. ро�?бот = ? Look below the fold for the answers… Continue reading Gadling teaches you to read the Cyrillic alphabet in 5 minutes Gadling teaches you to read the Cyrillic alphabet in 5 minutes originally appeared on Gadling on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EST. . Permalink | Email this | Comments