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Order and check the reply

Read the lines of one short café exchange.

About this unit

A short exchange at a café counter. Read each line first, then play it to check.

  • In Russian print, a dash — often starts a new speaker’s line.
  • Пожалуйста means please. It is said faster than it is written.
  • Спасибо! means thank you.
  1. Server

    Кофе или чай?

    Coffee or tea?

  2. You

    Кофе, пожалуйста.

    Coffee, please.

  3. Server

    Вот кофе.

    Here is the coffee.

  4. You

    Спасибо!

    Thank you!

Words in this chat

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Кофе или чай?

Coffee or tea?Kófe íli chay?

Вот кофе.

Here is the coffee.Vot kófe.

Спасибо!

Thank you!Spasíba!
Reading tips

Listen to this exchange, then read the same lines silently and rebuild the order. In пожалуйста the usual pronunciation does not sound every written consonant distinctly; learn this fixed polite word with its recording.

Reading practice

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

Кофе, пожалуйста.

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

Спасибо!

Read and decide

What did the customer order?

— Кофе или чай? — Кофе, пожалуйста.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

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Read the lines of one short café exchange.

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Кофе или чай?

Coffee or tea?

Кофе, пожалуйста.

Coffee, please.

Вот кофе.

Here is the coffee.

Спасибо!

Thank you!
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.