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De letter Б



 

 

 

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The Б is the second letter of the Russian alphabet.

 

Capital letter Lower case
Б б

 

Listen to the sound of this letter.

 

Names
This letter is called бэ or буки ( orboeki). Бэ is the new name, буки is the old name.


Pronunciation, transliteration and transciption
The letter Б is usually pronounced as the B of bed. At the end of a word it sounds more like a letter P, just as in English, for example in the name Bob.
The transliteration of Б is B.
The transcription of Б is B.

 

Origin and appearance
The capital letter Б looks like the lower case letter b of the Roman alphabet with a line on top of it. The lower case б is more round and looks a bit like the number 6. This letter is based on the Greek letter Béta, Β / β. Just as in the Greek and Roman alphabets, the Б is the second letter of the alphabet. In Ancient Greek, the letter Béta was pronounced as a B. In New greek, the letter B is pronounced like the letter V. When the Cyrillic alphabet was invented, the letter Béta was sometimes pronounced as a B and sometimes as a V. One letter which is pronounced in two different ways, a recipe for misunderstanding. That's probably the reason why two letters of the Cyrillic letter Alphabet were based on the Greek letter Béta, the letter Béta was split in two different letters, each with their own distinct pronunciation.

 

Borscht, beetroot soup.


Борщ, (borscht, beetroot soup), a traditional Russian dish beginning with the letter Б.

 

 

The Russian spelling alphabet
In the Russian spelling alphabet people say Борис (Boris) to indicate the letter Б.

 

 

Common words with the letter Б

бы bi would (indicates the conditional tense)
без byez without
бог bog god
быть bit to be
баня bánya banya, a Russian bathouse
берег byéreg shore, coast
белый byély white
бедный byédny poor
берёзка beryóska little birch tree
бабушка bábushka grandmother
бабочка bábotshka butterfly
большой bal-shóy big
балалайка balaláyka balalaika, Russian stringed musical instrument

 

In various fonts

Calibri

Бб

Calibri Italic

Бб

Times New Roman

Бб

Mistral

Бб

Monotype Corsiva

Бб

Segoe Print

Бб

Comic Sans MS

Бб

Century Gothic

Бб

 

 

Blini, pancakes


Блины, (pancakes), another dish beginning with the letter Б. In Rostov I ate pancakes filled with sausage, like some sort of hotdog.

 

 

 

 




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Quote of the day

 

"Wetenschap zonder religie is lam, religie zonder wetenschap is blind.
наука без религии — хромая, а религия без науки — слепа. "
- Albert Einstein / Альберт Эйнштейн -
(1879-1955)

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