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CRACK THE
CYRILLIC CODE.
Letters become sounds. Sounds become your first Russian words.
Your eyes already know a few tricks.
Р is an r, Н is an n, and С is an s. Try reading РОТ as “rot” and НОС as “nos”. You just read “mouth” and “nose”.
English sound hints are approximate. Listen to the recordings and compare hard and soft consonants. Ь and Ъ do not make sounds by themselves.
Letter recordings: Wikimedia Commons contributors and licenses. Word examples use your device’s Russian speech voice. Continue to A1.