Russian, from zero to B1

Week 1 of 76

Read all 33 letters

Two lessons take you through the whole alphabet. By Saturday you can read any word that carries a stress mark.

This week you will be able to

You can read itStill to learn

You can read 0 of 33 letters. Each letter fills in when you pass its lesson.

This week in pictures

One key picture from each lesson. Open the lesson for the rest.

Look and sound like EnglishАaКkМmОoТtFalse friends: they sound differentВvЕyeНnРrСsУuХkhNew shapes, sounds you knowБbГgДdЗzЛlПpФf
Nineteen letters, three families. The false friends are the ones to watch.
Hushing and hissing soundsЖzhШshЩshchЧchЦts
Five letters, five sounds that English spells with two letters.

This week

Wednesday and Sunday are free.

Week 1 on one plate: all 33 Cyrillic letters in two lessons. Lesson 1, Monday: same as English А a, К k, М m, О o, Т t; false friends В v, Е ye, Н n, Р r, С s, У u, Х kh; new shapes with familiar sounds Б b, Г g, Д d, З z, Л l, П p, Ф f. Lesson 2, Thursday: hushing sounds Ж zh, Ц ts, Ч ch, Ш sh, Щ shch; vowels and Й: Э e, Ю yu, Я ya, Ё yo, И i, Й y; Ъ hard sign, Ь soft sign, Ы deep i; the stress mark in спасибо means say it louder and longer.
The week on one plate. The same content follows as text.

Lesson 1, Monday: 19 letters you can half-read

Lesson 2, Thursday: 14 more and the stress mark