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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Practice in Russian phonetics</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/><link rel="home" href="index.xhtml" title="The RUSSIAN Fast Course"/><link rel="up" href="ch01.xhtml" title="Chapter 1. Lesson 1"/><link rel="prev" href="ch01s03.xhtml" title="Russian phonetics"/><link rel="next" href="ch01s05.xhtml" title="Spelling and pronunciation"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Practice in Russian phonetics</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch01s03.xhtml">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 1. Lesson 1</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch01s05.xhtml">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="d5e2281"/>Practice in Russian phonetics</h2></div></div></div><p>Listen carefully as your instructor reads the following pairs aloud. Try to detect the
      (subtle) difference between the "hard" consonant sound (the first in the pair) and the "soft"
      consonant sound. Notice also the differences in the orthography.</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="1"><colgroup><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">6a</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">бя</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">бэ</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">бе</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">бо</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">бё</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">бу</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">бю</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">бы</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">би</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">па</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пя</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пэ</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пе</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">по</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пё</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пу</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пю</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пы</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пи</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ва</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">вя</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">вэ</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ве</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">во</em></span> — <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">вё</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ву</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">вю</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">вы</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ви</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">фа</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">фя</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">фэ</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">фе</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">фо</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">фё</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">фу</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">фю</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">фы</em></span> — <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">фи</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">да</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">дя</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">дэ</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">де</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">до</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">дё</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ду</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">дю</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ды</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ди</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">та</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тя</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тэ</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">те</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">то</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">те</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ту</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тю</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ты</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ти</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">за</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">зя</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">зэ</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">зе</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">зо</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">зё</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">зу</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">зю</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">зы</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">зи</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">са</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ся</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сэ</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">се</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">со</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сё</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">су</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сю</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сы</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">си</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ла</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ля</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">лэ</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ле</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ло</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">лё</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">лу</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">лю</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">лы</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ли</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ма</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мя</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мэ</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ме</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мо</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мё</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">му</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мю</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мы</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ми</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">на</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ня</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">нэ</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">не</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">но</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">не</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ну</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ню</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ны</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ни</em></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>Listen carefully as your instructor reads the following words aloud. Pay close attention
      to the differences between the "soft" consonants (look for the vowels <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">я</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">е</em></span>,
        <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ё</em></span>, <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ю</em></span> and <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">и</em></span> or the "soft sign"
        <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ь</em></span>) and the "hard" ones.</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="1"><colgroup><col/><col/><col/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">масса</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мясо</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">папа</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пять</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">аша</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">няня</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мыло</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Мила</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">был</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">бил</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мама</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мята</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">виски</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">выставка</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сын</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">синий</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">дата</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">дядя</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пыль</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пил</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">лук</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">люк</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Волга</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Ольга</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">рысь</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">рис</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">пар</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">царь</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">стол</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">столько</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">брат</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">брать</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">нос</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">нёс</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Дон</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">день</em></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">кафе</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Федя</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мэр</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">мера</em></span></td><td align="center"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ты</em></span> - <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тигр</em></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch01s03.xhtml">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ch01.xhtml">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch01s05.xhtml">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Russian phonetics </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.xhtml">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Spelling and pronunciation</td></tr></table></div></body></html>