Cyrillic

I'm bored. I've also had someone tell me that Cyrillic letters look like gibberish. Put them together, and you get this post. You now have no excuse.

Vowels

a = ah
e = eh
i = ee
o = oh
ю = you
и = "i" in "sit"
й = y (hard sound)
є = yeh
ї = yee
у = oo
я = yah

Consonants

Б,б = b
в = v
г = voiced "h"
ґ = g (rarely seen)
д = d
ж = zh
з = z
к = k
л = l
м = m
н = n
п = p
р = r
с = s
т = t
ф = f
х = h (voiced as in "Bach")
ч = ch
ш = sh
щ = shch
ц = ts


Special

ь = "soft sound" - works rather like the symbol above the n in "El nino". Used together with a consonant.

Of course, once you get into cursive script, the letters look completely different. ;-)