English letters and their transcription. Plus common combinations of English letters

Anyone who begins to learn English must, at the first stage of their journey, encounter the alphabet and the pronunciation of its letters. It is very important not only to know what the letters are called, but also to know Russian pronunciation in general.

For correct pronunciation of the alphabet Below is a table of all letters with both English and Russian transcriptions. Of course, you need to know English transcription - it is used in any dictionary, it is as important as knowledge of the alphabet itself.

But for beginners who have not yet fully mastered English transcription, we give the sounds of the English alphabet in Russian letters.	Letter	Name	Pronunciation Russian recording
letter names	letter names		a
Hey	b		bee
bi	c		cee
si	d		dee
di	di		e
And	f		ef
ef	g		gee
ji	h		aitch
HH	HH		i
ah	j		Jay
Jay	k		kay
kay	l		el
el	m		em
Em	n		enn
en	en		o
OU	p		pee
pi	q		cue
Cue	r		ar
a, ar	s		ess
es	t		tee
you	you		u
Yu	v		vee
in and	w	double-u	[`dʌbl `ju:]
double	x		ex
the ex	y		wy
wy	z	,	zed, zee

zed, zi

As for the letter Z, the British version is “zed”, the American version is “zi”.

It may seem that the English alphabet is more complex than the Russian one. But actually it is not. It has only 26 letters (for comparison in Russian - 33), and only 6 of them (A, E, I, O, U, Y) are vowels. Unfortunately, these vowel letters do not always correspond to alphabetic pronunciation. For example, Aa - in the alphabet is read as [hey]: “cake” - cake, “later” - later, but not in the words “bag” - luggage, “flag” - flag and many others.

Here it must be said that in English there is a distinction between stressed and unstressed syllables. Let's look at the case of a stressed syllable. Here you can also observe division - the stressed syllable can be open and closed. Open syllables end with a vowel, and closed syllables end with a consonant. Here are examples of stressed open syllables: “la-bel” - inscription, “ta-ke” - to receive, and so on. Here are examples of stressed closed syllables: “rab-bit” - rabbit, “dog” - dog, “win-dow” - window, and so on. Please note that in the first case, the stressed vowels are read exactly the same as they sound in the alphabet.

Let's look at all the vowels:

Vowel A

Open syllable: “la-ter” [’leitə] – later

Closed syllable: “cat” - cat

Vowel E

Open syllable: “he” - he

Closed syllable: “bend” - bend

Vowel I

Open syllable: “li-lac” [’lailək] - lilac

Vowel O [?u]

Open syllable: “pho-to” [’fəutəu] - photograph

Closed syllable: “got” - received

Vowel U

Open syllable: “cu-te” - cute

Closed syllable: “numb” - numb

Vowel Y

Open syllable: “type” - type on a typewriter

Closed syllable: “myth” - myth

Fine. Now, continuing to answer the question of how the English alphabet is read, we need to talk about unstressed vowels. The vowels a, o, u, when not under stress, turn into the sound [ə], and the vowels e, i, y in the same case become the sound [i]. In this case, as soon as the letters r appear after them, they all become [ə]. You can easily see this for yourself: “pre-fer” - to prefer, “pla-yer” [’pleiə:] - player, “doctor” [’dɔktə:] - doctor.

It is also worth paying attention to the consonant letters: B, D, F, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, T, V, W, X, Z - also read accordingly [b], [d], [ f], [h], , [k], [l], [m], [n], [p], [t], [v], [w], [x], [z]. Things are more complicated with the remaining consonants.

So, for example, the letter C will be before e, i, y, and in all other cases – [k]. See: “cinema” [’sinəmə] – cinema, “cure” – treatment.

The letter G - before e, i, y goes into , and in other cases as [g]: “ginger” [’dʒindʒə] - ginger, “goat” - goat, goat.

And S at the beginning of a word and after the voiceless consonants K, F, P and T is read as the sound [s], and, on the contrary, after voiced and other cases - [z]: “Simon” ['saimən] – Simon, “books” - books, “finds” - finds, “wise” - wise.

The letters R and Q are also tricky. So R is often simply dropped, lengthening the sound (“car” - car), but a word with R will be read with R (“Riko” - Rico). The letter Q can give two options - or - compare “quick” - quickly and “queue” - queue.

Letter- This is a written sign with the help of which a certain sound is indicated. The same letter can represent different sounds. For example, the letter G in a word all around denotes the sound [g], and in the word circle- sound [k].

All letters used in written speech and arranged in a conventional order are called alphabet.

The Russian alphabet contains 33 letters. Letters are divided into large (capital) - A, T, F, and small (lowercase) - a, t, f. Each letter has a name: A- A, T- te, L- ale, TO- ka and so on, a certain place in the alphabet and its own style, distinguishing it from other letters.

Russian alphabet

Russian alphabet with transcription of letters:

printed	capitals	Transcription	printed	capitals	Transcription
Letters		Transcription	Letters		Transcription
A a	A a	[A]	R r	R r	[er]
B b	B b	[bae]	With with	With with	[es]
In in	In in	[ve]	T t	T t	[te]
G g	G g	[ge]	U y	U y	[y]
D d	D d	[de]	F f	F f	[ef]
Her	Her	[th"e]	X x	X x	[Ha]
Her	Her	[th "o]	Ts ts	Ts ts	[tse]
F	F	[zhe]	H h	H h	[che]
Z z	Z z	[ze]	Sh sh	Sh sh	[sha]
And and	And and	[And]	sch sch	sch sch	[sha]
Thy	Thy	and short [th"]	Kommersant	Kommersant	hard sign
K k	K k	[ka]	s	s	[s]
L l	L l	[el"]	b b	b b	soft sign
Mm	Mm	[Em]	Uh uh	Uh uh	[e]
N n	N n	[en]	Yu Yu	Yu Yu	[th"y]
Oh oh	Oh oh	[O]	I am	I am	[th "a]
P p	P p	[pe]

Block and capital letters

Each letter has two types of style: printed and capital. Block letters are used in books, on websites, and so on. Capital letters are written by hand, that is, they are handwritten.

A a, D d, M m - block letters

A a, D d, M m- capital letters

The division of letters into printed and capital letters is quite arbitrary, since on the one hand there are fonts that imitate capital writing, on the other hand there are people who are more comfortable writing printed letters rather than writing in capitals.

Consonants and vowels of the alphabet

The Russian alphabet contains 33 letters, of which 10 are vowels:

a, e, e, i, o, u, s, e, yu, i

21 consonants:

b, c, d, e, g, h, j, j, l, m, n

p, r, s, t, f, x, c, h, w, sch

How to speak correctly - how to pronounce letters in the Russian alphabet?

Although it seems like a trivial task, sometimes you forget how to pronounce letters in the alphabet. For example, how to say: RE or ER, SHA or ESH, SCHA or SCH. And so that there are no such doubts, you need to learn not only how to write the letters of the alphabet, but also their correct names (see the second column in each table):

In russian language, as in other languages letters can have several sounds.

Below I will write all the letters of the Russian language and next to it I will write how they can sound in different places.

—YO

T - TE (If, for example, there is a letter b - Soft sign, then in this case TE will become TC)

Ъ - Solid Sign (Cannot be pronounced separately)

b - Soft Sign (Cannot be pronounced separately)

Yu - Yu Yu

I am I YA

There are 33 letters in the Russian language.

You need to correctly pronounce the letters of the Russian alphabet as follows:

A is pronounced simply as A, B as Be, C as Ve, G as Ge, D as De, E as Ye, as Yo, Z as Zhe, Z as Ze, I as I, Y as I short, K as Ka, L as El, M as Em, N as En, O as O, P as Pe, R as Er, S as Es, T as Te, U as U, f as Ef, X as Ha, Ts as Tse, Ch as Che, Sh as Sha, Shch as Shcha, B as a hard sign, S as Y, b as a soft sign, E as E, Yu as Yu, I as Ya.

My grandmother is a teacher of Russian and literature, so I remembered this for the rest of my life.

b-hard sign

L-soft sign

There are thirty-three letters in the Russian language. Of these 33 letters, some are vowels and some are consonants. There are also those that do not belong to either one or the other (there are two such letters: ъ and ь).

All vowel letters are pronounced exactly the same as they are written: for example, the letter A is pronounced as A, the letter O as O, the letter U as U, etc.

As for consonant letters, when they are pronounced, vowel sounds are added (most often this is the sound E, sometimes the sound A or E, etc.).

For example, the letter B is pronounced correctly as BE, the letter G is pronounced GE, the letter K is pronounced KA, etc.

Ъ and ь have no sounds.

Below see the pronunciation of all 33 letters of the Russian alphabet:

The Russian language has 33 letters, but like in other languages, letters can have several sounds.

A - A; B - BE; B - VE; G - GE; D - ; HER; - YO; F - ZhE; Z - ZE; And - And; K - KA; L - EL; M - EM; N - EN; O - O; P - PE; R - ER; C - ES; T - TE, if there is a letter b next to it, then in this case TE will be TC; U - U; F - FE; X - HE; C - CE; CH - CH; SH - SHE; Shch - ShchA; b; Y - Y; b; E - E; Yu - YU;% I - YA.

In the Russian language there are letters, and there are sounds that these letters represent.

Letter A Pronounced A Sound A

Letter B Pronounced Bae Sound B

Letter IN Pronounced Ve Sound IN

Letter G Pronounced Ge Sound G

Letter D Pronounced Dae Sound D

Letter E Pronounced Yeh Sound Yeh

Letter Pronounced Yo Sound Yo

Letter AND Pronounced Zhe Sound AND

Letter Z Pronounced Ze Sound Z

Letter AND Pronounced AND Sound AND

Letter Y Pronounced And short Sound Y

Letter TO Pronounced Ka Sound TO

Letter L Pronounced Al Sound L

Letter M Pronounced Em Sound M

Letter N Pronounced En Sound N

Letter ABOUT Pronounced ABOUT Sound ABOUT

Letter P Pronounced Pe Sound P

Letter R Pronounced Er Sound R

Letter WITH Pronounced Es Sound WITH

Letter T Pronounced Tae Sound T

Letter U Pronounced U Sound U

Letter F Pronounced Eph Sound F

Letter X Pronounced Ha Sound X

Letter C Pronounced Tse Sound C

Letter H Pronounced Che Sound H

Letter Sh Pronounced Sha Sound Sh

Letter SCH Pronounced Now Sound SCH

Letter b Pronounced soft sign No sound

Letter Y Pronounced Y Sound Y

Letter Kommersant Pronounced solid sign No sound

Letter E Pronounced E Sound E

Letter YU Pronounced Yu Sound Yu

Letter I Pronounced Ya Sound Ya

Aa sounds like a. BB sounds like bae. Vv sounds like ve. Gg sounds like ge. Dd sounds like de. It sounds like e. It sounds like . LJ sounds like it. Zz sounds like ze. Ii sounds like i. Yi sounds like

brief. Kk sounds like ka. Ll sounds like ale. Mm sounds like um. Nn sounds like en. Oo sounds like o. Pp sounds like peh. Rr sounds like er. Ss sounds like es. Tt sounds like te. Ooh sounds like ooh. ff sounds like ff. Xx sounds like ha. Tsts sounds like tse. Chch sounds like che. Shh sounds like sha. Shch sounds like shch. Ъъ sounds like

solid sign. Yy sounds like y. ьь sounds like

soft sign. Eh sounds like eh. Yuyu sounds like yu. Yaya sounds like me.

B-SOLID SIGN

L-SOFT SIGN

That seems to be the correct way to pronounce it.

Aa is pronounced a.

BB is pronounced bae.

Vv is pronounced ve.

Gg is pronounced ge.

Dd is pronounced like deh.

It's pronounced like e.

pronounced like .

Zhzh is pronounced the same way.

Zz is pronounced ze.

Ii is pronounced like i.

Yy is pronounced like the short one.

Kk is pronounced ka.

Ll is pronounced like el.

Mm is pronounced uh.

Nn is pronounced like en.

Oo is pronounced like o.

Pp is pronounced like peh.

RR is pronounced er.

Ss is pronounced es.

Tt is pronounced te.

Uu is pronounced like u.

Ff is pronounced eff.

Xx is pronounced like ha.

Tsts is pronounced tseh.

Chch is pronounced like che.

Shsh is pronounced sha.

Shch is pronounced like shcha.

Ъъ is pronounced as a hard sign.

Yy is pronounced like y.

ь is pronounced as a soft sign.

Eh is pronounced eh.

Yuyu is pronounced yu.

Yaya is pronounced like me.

Initially, each letter of the Russian alphabet corresponded to a word beginning with its corresponding sound (az, beeches, vedi, verb, dobro...), as indeed in the Greek alphabet (alpha, beta, gama, delta...). Then, the alphabet underwent changes and began to be built on the principle of the Latin alphabet (a, be, tse, de...) and now each letter of the alphabet is named after the sound denoting e (a, be, ve, ge, de...).

When teaching modern children to read, they use different practices, but knowing the correct names of letters is very important.

Each letter of the Russian alphabet has a correct pronunciation for that letter, but there is also a sound for that letter, which is slightly different from the pronunciation.

A Pronunciation A Sound A

B Pronunciation Bae Sound B

В Pronunciation Вe Sound В

G Pronunciation Ge Sound G

D Pronunciation D Sound D

E Pronunciation Ye Sound Ye

Pronunciation Yo Sound Yo

Zh Pronunciation Zhe Sound Zh

Z Pronunciation Z Sound Z

And Pronunciation And Sound And

Y Pronunciation And short Sound Y

K Pronunciation Ka Sound K

L Pronunciation El Sound L

M Pronunciation Em Sound M

N Pronunciation En Sound N

O Pronunciation O Sound O

P Pronunciation Peh Sound P

R Pronunciation Er Sound R

C Pronunciation Es Sound C

T Pronunciation Te Sound T

U Pronunciation U Sound U

F Pronunciation Ef Sound F

X Pronunciation Ha Sound X

Ts Pronunciation Tseh Sound Ts

Ch Pronunciation Che Sound Ch

Sh Pronunciation Sha Sound Sh

Shch Pronunciation Shch Sound Shch

b Pronunciation soft sign No sound

Y Pronunciation Y Sound Y

Ъ Pronunciation hard sign No sound

E Pronunciation E Sound E

Yu Pronunciation Yu Sound Yu

I Pronunciation Ya Sound Ya

Learn more about what the prime, colon, parentheses, and other symbols mean.

You can look at another version of the English transcription and, if necessary, print or copy it for editing in Microsoft Word
English Transcription

Pronunciation of English sounds.

Pronunciation of English vowels.

The pronunciation of English sounds is presented in Russian letters; you should understand that it is not possible to convey the correct English pronunciation using the Russian alphabet.

ɑː long, deep
ʌ short vowel a, as in the Russian word run.
ɒ = ɔ - short, open about
ɔː - long o
zː - long vowel e, as in the Russian word hedgehog.
æ - open e
e - like e in the word these
ə - unclear unstressed sound, similar to e
iː - long and
ɪ - short, open and
ʊ = u - short u, pronounced with a slight rounding of the lips.
uː - long u pronounced without strong rounding of the lips.

Two-vowel sounds

Pronunciation of English consonants.

p - p
b - b
m - m
f - f
v - in
s - s
z - z
t - resembles the Russian sound t, pronounced with the tongue positioned at the gums.
d - resembles the Russian sound d, pronounced with the tongue positioned at the gums.
n - resembles the Russian sound n, pronounced with the tongue positioned at the gums.
l - resembles the Russian sound l, pronounced with the tongue positioned at the gums.
r is a very hard sound pronounced without vibration of the tongue. Corresponds to the sound r in the word lot
ʃ - soft Russian sh
ʒ - soft Russian zh, as in the word yeast.
tʃ- h
ʤ - similar to the Russian sound j (voiced ch)
k - k
h - inhale, reminiscent of a faintly pronounced x sound
ju - long yu in the word southern
je - sound e in the word spruce
jɔ - sound ё in the word fir-tree
jʌ - the sound I in the word pit
j - resembles the Russian sound й before vowels. Occurs in combination with vowels.

English consonant sounds that have no approximate correspondence in Russianː

w - formed with the help of rounded lips (as in whistling). It looks like a sound uttered with just lips. In translation it is denoted by the letters в or у ː W illiams - Williams, Williams.
ƞ - Open your mouth slightly and say n without closing your mouth.
ɵ - Move the slightly spread tip of your tongue between your teeth and pronounce Russian with
ð - Move the slightly spread tip of your tongue between your teeth and pronounce Russian z

When you start learning English, the first thing you encounter is the English alphabet (english alphabet [ˈalfəbɛt ]). Writing English letters is not something completely new even at the very initial stage of learning, because any modern person encounters English letters on the keyboard of a computer and telephone every day. Yes, and English words are found at every step: in advertising, on the labels of various products, in store windows.

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But even though the letters seem familiar, their correct pronunciation in English is sometimes difficult even for those who speak English quite well. Everyone is familiar with the situation when you need to spell an English word - for example, dictate an email address or the name of a website. This is where the wonderful names begin: i - “like a stick with a dot”, s - “like a dollar”, q - “where is the Russian th”.

English alphabet with pronunciation in Russian, transcription and voice acting

The English alphabet with Russian pronunciation is intended only for beginners. In the future, when you become familiar with the rules of reading English and learn new words, you will need to study transcription. It is used in all dictionaries, and if you know it, it will once and for all remove the problem of correct pronunciation of new words for you. We advise you to compare the transcription icons in square brackets with the Russian equivalent at this stage. Perhaps, from these short examples, you will remember some of the relationships between English and Russian sounds.

Below is a table showing the English alphabet with transcription and Russian pronunciation. Notice how the uppercase and lowercase letters look.

← Move the table to the left to view in full

Letter

Listen

Transcription

Russian pronunciation

Below, you can listen to all the letters of the English alphabet at once:

Alphabet trainer

Choose the letter that matches its pronunciation.

English alphabet cards

Cards of the English alphabet are very effective in learning it. Bright and large letters will be easier to remember. See for yourself:

You can make such cards yourself, for example, according to the sample above. Next, print, cut out the letters and arrange them in the correct sequence.

For children, on the English alphabet cards you can depict animals in addition to the letters so that they can immediately memorize new words and the learning process is not boring.

Features of some letters of the English alphabet.

In the English alphabet 26 letters: 20 consonants and 6 vowels.

The vowels are A, E, I, O, U, Y.

There are a few letters in the English language that we want to pay special attention to because they have certain features that need to be taken into account when learning the alphabet.

The letter Y in English can be read as a vowel or as a consonant. For example, in the word “yes” it is a consonant sound [j], and in the word “many” it is a vowel sound [i] (and).
Consonant letters in words, as a rule, convey only one sound. The letter X is an exception. It is transmitted by two sounds at once - [ks] (ks).
The letter Z in the alphabet is read differently in the British and American versions (as you probably already noticed in the table). The British version is (zed), the American version is (zi).
The pronunciation of the letter R is also different. The British version is (a), the American version is (ar).

To make sure that you pronounce English letters correctly, we recommend not only looking at them and reading them (using transcription or the Russian version), but also listening. To do this, we advise you to find and listen to ABC-song. This song is usually used when teaching children the alphabet, but it can also be useful for adults. ABC-song is very popular in teaching, it exists in various variations. If you sing it with the announcer several times, you can not only check the correct pronunciation of the letters, but also easily remember the alphabet along with the melody.

Listen to a song about the English alphabet:

A few words about spelling

So, we have learned the English alphabet. We know how English letters are pronounced individually. But moving on to the reading rules, you will immediately see that many letters in different combinations are read completely differently. A reasonable question arises - as the cat Matroskin would say - what is the benefit of memorizing the alphabet? In fact, there are practical benefits.

The point here is not the ability to recite the alphabet from beginning to end, but the ability to easily spell any English word. This skill is necessary when you need to write down English names under dictation. If you need English for work, this skill can be very useful, since English names, even those that sound the same, can be written in several ways. For example, Ashley or Ashlee, Mila and Milla, not to mention last names. Therefore, for the British and Americans themselves, it is considered absolutely natural to ask to spell a name if you need to write it down (spell it) - hence the word spelling (spelling), which you can see in various tutorials.

Online exercises to reinforce the alphabet

Choose the letter that goes

Complete the letter with which the word begins.

Complete the letter that ends the word.

Decipher the code and write down the secret message in letters. The number corresponds to the order of the letters in the alphabet.

You can apply the acquired knowledge in practice with the help. With the help of unique exercises, even at the most basic level, you will be able to master not only reading, but also writing English words, as well as learn basic grammatical rules and continue learning further.