Lesson 2. Hard consonants
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Hard consonant sounds of the Russian language are very similar to the consonant sounds of English. While doing the exercises in this lesson, you should take into account that consonants are pronounced in Russian with less tension than in English.
Exercise 1
Listen and repeat sounds and syllables:
[p]
[pa – po – poo – pe]
[ap – op – oop – ep]
[b]
[ba – bo – boo – be]
[p – b]
[pa – ba, po – bo, poo – boo, pe – be]
[f]
[fa – fo – foo – fe]
[af – of – oof – ef]
[v]
[va – vo – voo – ve]
[f – v]
[fa – va, fo – vo, foo – voo, fe – ve]
[s]
[sa – so – soo – se]
[as – os – oos – es]
[z]
[za – zo – zoo – ze]
[s – z]
[sa – za, so – zo, soo – zoo, se – ze]
[k]
[ka – ko – koo – ke]
[ak – ok – ook – ek]
[g]
[ga – go – goo – ge]
[k – g]
[ka – ga, ko – go, koo – goo, ke – ge]
[m]
[ma – mo – moo – me]
[am – om – oom – em]
[n]
[na – no – noo – ne]
[an – on – oon – en]
[sh]
[sha – sho – shoo – she]
[ash – osh – oosh – esh]
[j]
[ja – jo – joo – je]
[sh – j]
[sha – ja, sho – jo, shoo – joo, she – je]
[t]
[ta – to – too – te]
[at – ot – oot – et]
[d]
[da – do – doo – de]
[t – d]
[ta – da, to – do, too – doo, te – de]
[l]
[la – lo – loo – le]
[al – ol – ool – el]
[h]
[ha – ho – hoo – he]
[ah – oh – ooh – eh]
Exercise 2
Listen and repeat the following words:
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[djon] (John) [ket] (Cat) [en] (Ann) [djek] (Jack) [tom] (Tom) [bal] (ball, dance) [klas] (class) [bank] (bank) [plan] (plan) |
[stop] (stop) [ton] (tone) [boks] (boxing) [gol] (goal) [soop] (soup) [stool] (chair) [gas] (gas) [stash] (training period) |
Exercise 3
Listen and repeat the following words:
[tomas] , [ema] , [londan] , [maskva] , [alabama] , [dakota] , [kalarada] , [kanzas] , [noootbook] , [kandom] , [foodbol] , [kokakola] , [klooon] , [papa] , [tabak] , [kalona] , [itap] , [gandbol] , [aftoboos] , [aftamat] , [masash] , [katalok]
Exercise 4
Listen to the word and choose the translation from the right column