№9: Hard and soft consonants in Russian

Short summary: [к] - [к’], [г] — [г’], [д] - [д’],  [б] — [б’], [з] - [з’] угол (corner) - уголь (coal) When you pronounce hard consonants ([к][г][д][б][з]) you hear the pre-sound "ы". When you pronounce soft ([к’][г’][д’][б’][з’]) consonants you hear the presound "и".  Vowels а, о, у, ы, э go after hard consonants. Vowels и, е, ю,я go after soft consonants. да-да - yes, дядя - uncle Exercises: ка, га, да, ба, за кя, гя, дя, бя, зя, кэ,гэ,дэ,бэ,зэ ке,ге,де,бе,зе ко,го,до,бо,зо ку, гу, ду,бу,зу кю,гю,дю,бю,зю кы,гы,ды,бы,зы ки,ги,ди,би,зи Become my PATRON  - https://www.patreon.com/russianwithsasha All my COURSES are here: https://app.gumroad.com/rws udemy courses - https://www.udemy.com/user/aleksandra-3966/ You can support my project here  - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/russianwsasha Please, check other links: YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoHmNr_IBj4zKewoOgbZsdg Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/russianwithsasha/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/russianwithsasha/ Mail- [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/russianwithsasha/message