Learning Russian as a foreign language. Introduction : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Learning Russian as a foreign language. Introduction Sergey Kolodin,
English teacher
and Russian instructor
http://www.serge-flamel.narod.ru
http://kolodin.blogspot.com
sergey_kolodin@mail.ru
Vowels and Consonants : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Vowels and Consonants Russian sounds Vowels Consonants
Russian vowels : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Russian vowels ,
??-?? – a mother
,
???-??? – an example , ,
????? – ?????
(a padlock - a castle ) Vowels Stressed Unstressed
Vowels : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Vowels ???-??-??-? a dining room
?-??-???? a teacher
Russian vowels : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Russian vowels
Russian vowels : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Russian vowels A-a-a-a-a! O-o-o-o-o! ?-?-?-?-?!
Russian vowels : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Russian vowels ? - ? ? - ? - ? ? - ? - ? - ? - ? - ? - ?
? - ? - ? ? - ? - ? – ? ? - ? - ? - ? - ? - ? - ?
Russian vowels : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Russian vowels ??! ( ? - ?! ) ??! ( ? - ?! )
Test yourself! : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Test yourself! ?? - ?? - ?? - ?? – ??
?? - ?? - ?? - ?? ??-?? – ???? (a mother)
??-?? – ???? (a father)
Consonants : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Consonants ? [?], ? [?], ? [?], ? [?], ? [?], ? [?], ? [?], ? [?], ? [?], ? [?], ? [?], ? [?]
Consonants : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Consonants ? [?] = [m] smoke
? [?] = [b] bearded
? [?] = [p] tobacco-pipe
? [?] = [v] sailing vessel
? [?] = [f] photograph
Test yourself! : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Test yourself! ?? - ?? - ?? - ?? - ??
?? - ?? - ?? - ?? – ??
?? - ?? - ?? - ??
?? - ?? - ?? - ??
?? - ?? - ?? - ?? - ??
?? - ?? - ?? - ?? - ??
Consonants : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Consonants ??! ???!
Russian consonants : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Russian consonants Consonants Voiced Voiceless Hard Soft
Voiceless-voiced consonants : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Voiceless-voiced consonants ??? – ???
??? – ???
??? – ???
Hard-soft consonants : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Hard-soft consonants ???? [brat] - ????? [brat’]
A brother – to take
Hard-soft consonants : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Hard-soft consonants ???? [byt’] – ???? [b’it’]
was/were – to beat
??? [nos] - ??? [n’os]
a nose - carried
??? [luk] - ??? [l’uk]
an onion – a hatch
Test yourself! : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Test yourself! ????, ????, ???????
A friend, a tongue, young
Test yourself! : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Test yourself! ??? ??? ?? ????
Test yourself! : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Test yourself! , ,
???? – café ????????? – ice-cream
Our new words : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Our new words ????
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Contacts : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Contacts http://www.serge-flamel.narod.ru
http://kolodin.blogspot.com
sergey_kolodin@mail.ru
Literature : © S. Kolodin, 2009 Literature T.V. Shustikova Introductory Russian phonetic-grammar course for English speakers. – Moscow, 1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_alphabet