Constants And vowels in Russian language.
There are 21 consonant letters of the Russian alphabet б, в, г, д, ж, з, й, к, л, м, н, п, р, с, т, ф, х, ц, ч, ш, щ .
Soft and hard consonants
soft means that your tongue should be arched against the roof of your mouth (called the soft palate) so that it "softens" the sound.
Voiced and voiceless consonants
Russian consonants come in pairs where one letter is pronounced voiced and another one is similar but voiceless.
Voiced Voiceless б п в ф г к , х д т ж ш з с
vowels
vowels in the Russian language я, е, ё, и, ю.The hard-vowels are а, э, ы, у, о. Russian soft vowels are я, е, ё, ю, и.
Genders
To determine the gender Please look at the last latter of the word.
1 Masculine
2. Feminine
3. Neuter
Masculine Gender - consonant, or “й”, the word is masculine.
Example - паспорт (passport), документ (document), брат (brother), Хлеб (bread).
Feminine - “а” or “я” it is feminine.
Example газета (newspaper), Россия (Russia), Дочь (daughter)
Neuter -“о” or “е” it is neuter.
Example - здание (building), радио (radio), письмо (letter)
There are few exceptions to role stated above.
Examples
Дедушка - (Grandfather) - Is Masculine
Мужчина - (Man) - Is Masculine
Кофе - (Coffee) - Is Masculine
Мужчина - (Man) - Is Masculine
Кофе - (Coffee) - Is Masculine
Yes even though they end on a or e they are still masculine.
Personal pronouns
- я (I)
- мы (we)
- ты (you - singular; thou*)
- вы (you - plural)
- он (he)
- онá (she)
- онó (it)
- они (they).
Lets just keep it simple in next lesson we will continue in details . Thank you .