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Alphabet and Pronunciation - Letters in Combination 2

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Russian letters are not always what they pretend to be! In this audio, each pair of words features a voiced consonant: Б, В, Г, Д, Ж, and З. However, in the second word of each pair, you will actually hear П, Ф, К, Т, Ш, and С respectively! This is because consonants in Russian lose their "voiced" component whenever they occur at the end of a word or before a voiceless consonant. Why, you ask? It's simply easier to pronounce П than Б, and Russian pronunciation is all about reducing effort. In fact, once you get the hang of it, you might notice that you barely need to open your mouth when speaking Russian!
WordDefinitionFluency
 
рыба
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) (nominative) fish
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) (nominative) fish
 
лоб
(sing.) (masc.) (noun) (nominative/accusative) forehead
(sing.) (masc.) (noun) (nominative/accusative) forehead
 
нога
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) (nominative) leg; foot
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) (nominative) leg; foot
 
мог
(sing.) (masc.) (verb) (past) (он / ты / я) (imperfective) could; was able to
(sing.) (masc.) (verb) (past) (он / ты / я) (imperfective) could; was able to
 
книга
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) (nominative) book
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) (nominative) book
 
друг
(sing.) (masc.) (noun) (nominative) friend
(sing.) (masc.) (noun) (nominative) friend
 
вода
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) (nominative) water
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) (nominative) water
 
водка
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) (nominative) vodka
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) (nominative) vodka
 
еда
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) (nominative) food
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) (nominative) food
 
вход
(sing.) (masc.) (noun) (nominative/accusative) entrance
(sing.) (masc.) (noun) (nominative/accusative) entrance
 
лужа
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) puddle
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) puddle
 
муж
(sing.) (masc.) (noun) (nominative) husband
(sing.) (masc.) (noun) (nominative) husband
 
ваза
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) vase
(sing.) (fem.) (noun) vase
 
глаз
(sing.) (masc.) (noun) (nominative/accusative) eye
(sing.) (masc.) (noun) (nominative/accusative) eye

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