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The key, the house and the tomcat

Enter the first Russian A1 scene through its own words.

About this unit

These lines come from your first A1 scene. You can already read every letter in them.

  • Нина Петровна is your landlady, and Барсик is the tomcat of the house.
  • In the scene, she hands you the key: Вот ваш ключ.

Read the examples

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

Words to read

Добрый вечер!

Good evening!Dóbryy vécher!
house

дом

housedom

ключ

keyklyuch
tomcat

кот

tomcatkot

Вот ваш ключ.

Here is your key.Vot vash klyuch.
Reading tips

The first A1 scene introduces Нина Петровна and Барсик. Read Вот ваш ключ. Then notice the house and the tomcat. The dialogue words you practised become the words of the scene.

Reading practice

Read with support

Match the words to their pictures.

Read without a sound cue

Match the words to their pictures.

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

ключ

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

дом

Read and decide

What is being handed over?

Вот ваш ключ.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

house

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

tomcat

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Finish practice to save this unit.

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Enter the first Russian A1 scene through its own words.

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Добрый вечер!

Good evening!
house

дом

house

ключ

key
tomcat

кот

tomcat

Вот ваш ключ.

Here is your key.
Use a Russian keyboard

The standard Russian layout is ЙЦУКЕН. All guided writing also works with on-screen tiles. Type ё with its own key when practising ё; outside that task е is a common printed replacement. Teaching stress accents are optional input, not extra letters.

All letters

А а
i

a

К кIn ка
i

ka

М мIn ма
i

ma

О о
i

o

Т тIn та
i

ta

В вIn ва
i

va. В is v, not Latin B.

Н нIn на
i

na. Н is n, not Latin H.

Р рIn ра
i

ra. Р is r, not Latin P.

С сIn са
i

sa. С is s, not Latin c/k.

У у
i

u. У is u, not Latin y.

Х хIn ха
i

kha. Х is a friction sound, like ch in German Bach.

Е еye; softens the consonant
i

ye / e. At word start е begins ye; after a consonant it normally gives e and softens that consonant.

Б бIn ба
i

ba

Г гIn га
i

ga

Д дIn да
i

da

Л лIn ла
i

la

П пIn па
i

pa

З зIn за
i

za

Ж жIn жа
i

zha

Ш шIn ша
i

sha

И и
i

i. И normally follows a soft consonant.

Й й
i

y. Й is the short consonant y of yes, not a vowel syllable.

Ы ы
i

y / ɨ. Ы is a full vowel after a hard consonant; compare и.

Ч чIn ча
i

cha. Ч is normally soft.

Щ щa long, soft shIn ща
i

shcha. Щ is a long soft sh sound; it is not modern Russian ш + ч.

Ц цIn ца
i

tsa. Ц is hard ts, including before written и.

Ф фIn фа
i

fa

Э э
i

e. Э does not add an initial y sound.

Ю юyu; softens the consonant
i

yu. Ю begins yu initially and gives u plus a soft consonant after one.

Я яya; softens the consonant
i

ya. Initial я is ya; after a consonant it gives a plus softness.

Ё ёyo; softens the consonant
i

yo. Ё gives yo initially, or o plus softness; it is normally stressed.

Ь ьno sound; softens a consonantIn мягкий знак
i

soft sign (name). Ь has no independent vowel or consonant sound; here it makes л soft.

Ъ ъno sound; hard break before yIn твёрдый знак
i

hard sign (name). Ъ separates a consonant from a following е/ё/ю/я and keeps its y onset.