Unit 0 · Beginners
Letters & basics
33 letters, then hello / yes / I / this is. Open letters, read the first words, then run the drills on this page.
0/33 letters opened
How it works
- Russian uses Cyrillic. 33 letters. Some look like Latin and mean the same thing (А, К, М, О, Т).
- Some look like Latin and lie: В is v, Н is n, Р is r, С is s, У is oo, Х is kh.
- Tap a letter. Read the sound, then the example word out loud.
Аа
Sound
ah
a as in father
мама — mom
Looks and sounds familiar
Same idea as Latin. Learn these five first.
Looks like English — isn’t
The trap letters. Open each one. This is most of the alphabet pain.
New shapes
New letters. Match the shape to the sound, then the example word.