There are 6 vowels in Russian language, they are represented by 10 letters.
Russian vowels are divided into two basic types: so called «soft-indicating» and «hard-indicating», because they indicate whether the preceding consonant is “hard” or “soft”.

In today’s lesson we’ll learn Russian vowels:
А, И, О, У, Ы, Э

Watch the video, listen and repeat.

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Exercise 1.

Listen to the audio and pick or tap the correct sound.

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You can listen to the whole exercise again and check if you got everything right here:

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Ы or И?

Now it’s time to practice your pronunciation of sounds Ы and И.

Russian sound Ы [ ɨ ] causes a lot of trouble to those who do not have that sound in their native language. But practice makes perfect! Just listen to the audio and try to copy the sound on the audio and you’ll get good results!

Watch the video, listen and repeat.

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Exercise 2.

Listen to the audio and pick or tap the correct sound.

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