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 handwritten English n.

Writing

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

Words with this letter

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