LESSON 11: ‘И’, ‘Е’, ‘Я’, ‘Ю’ & ‘Ё’

These vowels are pronounced the same as in English:

• и sounds like 'ea' in ‘each’
• е sounds like 'ye' in ‘yet’
• я sounds like 'ya' in ‘yard’
• ю sounds like 'u' in ‘use’
• ё sounds like 'yo' in ‘yoga’

NOTE! The letter ‘ё’ is always stressed in Russian words. So, we don’t put the stress mark in words with ‘ё’.

Task 1: Listen to the audio & repeat out loud 

и - е - я - ю - ё

ё - ю - я - е - и 

ян - ин - юн - ен - ён

ял - ил - юл - ел - ёл

Task 2: Listen to the audio & repeat the words. Then read the words out loud

икра       икона      поиск       если      евро

уеду       яма          ярус        туя         юла       

юрта       уют         ёлка        паёк       наём     

Task 3: Listen to the audio & write down the words

We’ll continue practicing pronunciation of these letters in the next lesson ⇒