Russian Pod 101

Russian letter: П п

New look, familiar sound Order in the alphabet: 17

Thе Russian letter П looks like a gate and sounds like English P.

Pay attention that small handwritten Russian п looks exactly like small English n.

Writing

Printed 1
П п
Printed 2
П п
Printed 3
П п
Cursive
П п
Hand-written 1
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Hand-written 2
П п

Pronunciation

As in the alphabet
Actual sound
Transcription
[ p ]
How to pronounce
like p in part
Pronunciation tips

Practice with syllables

  • па
  • по
  • пе
  • пи
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Words with this letter

Audio
With stress marks
пик
Cursive / Handwritten
пик
пик
Transcription / Translation
[ peek ]
peak
Pronunciation tips
Audio
With stress marks
па́па
Cursive / Handwritten
папа
папа
Transcription / Translation
[ pá-pa ]
dad
Pronunciation tips
Audio
With stress marks
пот
Cursive / Handwritten
пот
пот
Transcription / Translation
[ pot ]
sweat
Pronunciation tips
Audio
With stress marks
писк
Cursive / Handwritten
писк
писк
Transcription / Translation
[ peesk ]
squeak, peep, chirp
Pronunciation tips
Audio
With stress marks
пока́
Cursive / Handwritten
пока
пока
Transcription / Translation
[ pa-ká ]
bye
Pronunciation tips

Unstressed О sounds like А.

Practice with a worksheet

Practice the hand-written Russian letter П as well as the syllables and words listed above, with this worksheet: download the worksheet.