№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 ⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT RUSSIAN WITH SASHA AND get the TRANSCRIPTS - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/LearnRussianwithSasha/membership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MY SITE WITH COURSES! -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ russianwithsasha.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DONATE to RussianWithSasha - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://softpaymoney.com/order/bR4WA3eSSgMynnn7⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/checkout/LearnRussianwithSasha?rid=22652544⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book a LESSON with Sasha - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/LearnRussianwithSasha/membership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ My email - [email protected] Youtube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3py2hDe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TELEGRAM - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.me/russianwithsasha⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/russianwithsasha⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/russianwithsasha⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠