Vadim Zubakhin - First Russian Reader for the Family: Bilingual for Speakers of English

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Russian alphabet Capital .. Small .. Name .. IPA .. English example .... /a/ .. a in rather .... [b] .. /b/ or /b/ .. b in hit .... [v] .. /v/ or /v/ .. v in veal .... [] .. // .. g in get, or h in hat .... [d] .. /d/ or /d/ .. d in do .... [je] .. /je/ or / e/ .. ye in yet .... [jo] .. /jo/ or / o/ .. yo in york .... [] .. // .. g in genre, s in pleasure .... [z] .. /z/ or /z/ .. z in zoo .... [i] .. /i/ or / i/ .. e in me ...... /j/ .. y in yes .... [ka] .. /k/ or /k/ .. k in kitchen .... [el] .. /l/ or /l/ .. l in lock .... [m] .. /m/ or /m/ .. m in mat .... [n] .. /n/ or /n/ .. n in not .... o [o] .. /o/ .. o in more .... [p] .. /p/ or /p/ .. p in put .... [r] .. /r/ or /r/ .. rolled r .... [s] .. /s/ or /s/ .. s in sea .... [t] .. /t/ or /t/ .. t in top .... [u] .. /u/ .. oo in foot .... [f] .. /f/ or /f/ .. f in fate .... [xa] .. /x/ .. like h in harp .... [ts] .. /ts/ .. ts in meets .... [te] .. /t/ .. ch in chess .... [a] .. // .. similar to the sh in shop .... [a] .. // .. similar to the sh in shake ...... puts a distinct /j/ sound in front of the following iotified vowels .... [] .. [] .. like i in Billy ...... / / .. slightly palatalises the preceding consonant .... [] .. /e/ .. e in met .... [ju] .. /ju/ or / u/ .. u in use .... [ja] .. /ja/ or / a/ .. ya in yard

Animals Words - pool - white - big 4. - in - next to, near, close to - enclosure 7. - entrance - tall 9. - where - hippopotamus, hippo - head - long 13. - yellow - belly - giraffe - zebra 17. - green - zoo 19. - and - which - kangaroo - cage - brown - crocodile - big, large 26. - who - flying - lawn, grass plot - small - bear - neb 32. - mouse - be located, to be (somewhere) 34. - not 35. - no - awkward - monkey - fence, enclosure - huge - deer 41. - he - she 43. - eagle - very - pavilion - python - ground (in this context) - stripe - meadow - spot - reddish 52. , - with - gray 54. - elephant - ostrich - terrarium 57. - tiger - fat - territory 60. - tail 61. - color 62. - black . . . .

The giraffe is located next to the entrance of the zoo. The giraffe is tall. He is brown with yellow spots. . .. The hippopotamuss pool is located next to the giraffe.

The hippopotamus is fat. He is black. . . . The tigers lawn is next to the hippopotamus.

The tiger is big. He is yellow with black stripes. . . . The monkeys cage is located next to the tiger.

The monkey is small. She is brown. . . . The elephant ground is located next to the monkey.

The elephant is huge. He is gray. . .. The crocodile pavilion is located next to the elephant. The crocodile is long.

He is green. . . . The pythons terrarium is located next to the crocodile. The python is very long.

He is gray with brown stripes and black spots. . . . The bat is located next to the python. The bat is very small.

She is black with a brown neb and gray belly. . . . The eagles cage is next to the bat. The eagle is big.

He is black with a white head and tail. . . . The zebras territory is located next to the eagle. The zebra is not very big.

She is white with black stripes. . . . The ostrichs territory is located next to the zebra. The ostrich is tall.

He is gray. . . . The kangaroo is located next to the ostrich. The kangaroo is not big.

He is reddish. . . . The deers meadow is located next to the kangaroo. The deer is big.

He is brown. . . . The bears enclosure is located next to the deer. The bear is big and clumsy.

He is brown.

Questions and answers - ? - Where is the giraffe? - . - He is next to the entrance of the zoo. - ? - What color is hippopotamus? - . - He is black. - It is next to the tiger. - ? - Is the monkey big? - , . - No, she is small. - ? - Who is located next to the crocodile? - . - The python is located next to the crocodile. - ? - Is the python big? - . - He is very long. - ? - What color is the zebra? - . - She is white with black stripes. - ? - Where is the kangaroo located? - . - He is next to the ostrich. - ? - Who is located next to the deer? - . - The bear is located next to the deer. - ? - Is he white? - , . - No, he is brown. Pronunciation For the most part one Russian letter corresponds to one sound. is always stressed. is pronounced if unstressed: - [ ] milk . is pronounced if unstressed: - [ ] manager . is pronounced if unstressed: - [ ] manager .