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The sound system of your native language affects how you hear and pronounce other languages. When speaking American English, native Russian speakers have accent patterns based on first hearing and speaking Russian. Use the chart below to learn more about the Russian accent in English. Click on the individual sounds for recordings and help with pronunciation.
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| sound p t k b d g v th (as in “think”) th (as in “those”) z sh j ng r w consonant clusters | error pattern can sound like “b” at the start of words can sound like “d” at the start of words can be missing at the end of words can sound like “g” at the start of words can sound like “p” at the ends of words can sound like “t” at the ends of words, or be left off the ends of words can sound like “k” at the ends of words can sound like w at the start of words, can sound like f at the ends of words can sound like s at the start or ends of words can sound like d or z at the start or ends of words can sound like s at the ends of words can sound like sh at the start or ends of words can sound like ch at the start or ends of words can have an extra g or k sound can be rolled can sound like v at the start of words can have sounds left off or have the same errors listed above | Example pay sounds like bay to sounds like do late sounds like lay cap sounds like gap robe sounds like rope code sounds like coat, or we’d sounds like we pig sounds like pick very sounds like wary leave sounds like leaf thing sounds like sing bath sounds like bass those sounds like doze or zoze breathe sounds like breeze buzz sounds like bus cheese sounds like she’s bush sounds like butch Jerry sounds like cherry ridge sounds like rich thing sounds like think why sounds like vie lived sounds like live, want sounds like wan, words sounds like word |
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