LinguaEighteen letters, and three kinds of them
Every Cyrillic letter you have met falls into one of three groups. Same shape, same sound: А, К, М, О, Т. Same shape, different sound: В, Е, Н, Р, С. A shape you had never seen: Б, Г, Д, Ж, З, И, Й, Л, П. The middle group is the one that costs mistakes, so it is the one to test.
The four that will cost you a word if you read them by shape.
And three that look like nothing you have written before. Count the strokes as you draw them.
| Word | Read it as | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| вода | vada | water |
| нос | nos | nose |
| рука | ruka | hand |
| суп | sup | soup |
| дом | dom | house |
| лес | les | forest |
мама домаmum is at home
вот котhere is the cat
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| вот | here is | Вот дом. Here is a house. |
| дома | at home | Мама дома. Mum is at home. |
| окно | window | Вот окно. Here is a window. |
| зима | winter | Зима и лес. Winter and a forest. |
| рука | hand | Моя рука. My hand. |
| банан | banana | Вот банан. Here is a banana. |
Exercises
This lesson has 8 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 3
- trace the letter: 2
- fill the gap: 1
- match the pairs: 1
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Read this word by sound, not by shape. Which one is it?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.