Russian Pod 101

Russian letter: М м

Same look, same sound Order in the alphabet: 14

The Russian letter M looks and sounds absolutely the same as the English one.

However, you should pay attention to its hand-written form as it doesn't look the same as in English.

Writing

Printed v.1
М м
Printed v.2
М м
Printed v.3
М м
Cursive
М м
Hand-written
М м

Pronunciation

As in the alphabet
Actual sound
Transcription
[ m ]
How to pronounce
exactly like English m
Pronunciation tips

Practice with syllables

  • мо
  • ма

Words with this letter

Audio
With stress marks
ма́ма
Cursive / Hand-written
мама
мама
Transcription / Translation
[ má-ma ]
mom
Pronunciation tips