Soft sign in Russian
Russian letter: ь
The Russian letter ь, called "the soft sign", has no sound. Instead, it changes the sound of the preceding consonant making it soft.
There are no words in Russian starting from the ь, therefore we don't display it in big caps.
Below we included words and syllables with and without the ь, so you can hear the difference.
Writing

Pronunciation
Practice the syllables and words to understand the difference between when the ь is there and not.
Practice with syllables
- аль
- пья
- ал
- пя
- рья
- ря
Words with this letter
царь
tsar
сельдь
herring
ель
fir (tree)
кон
game, round
конь
horse
пароль
password
Practice with a worksheet
Practice the hand-written Russian letter Ь as well as the syllables and words listed above, with this worksheet: download the worksheet.
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