Russian alphabet · letter 28 of 33 · The odd ones

Ъ ъ

Name: твёрдый знак · IPA: (hard) · Sounds like: ", no sound: a tiny pause before a y-vowel

How to remember it: The hard sign. Silent and rare. It separates a consonant from a following я/ю/е/ё, so объект is "ob-yekt", not "obyekt".

Example words

• объект ob"ekt – object
• подъезд pod"ezd – entrance
• съезд s"ezd – congress

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