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Russian spelling rule #1 states that ы never follows г, к, х, ж, ш, щ, or ч, and и takes its place.

You'll encounter this rule in plurals and adjectives.

• Plurals: книга becomes книги (not книгы), because the stem ends in г.
• Adjective endings shift from -ый to -ий after these consonants: тихий, not тыхый.
• The pronunciation stays the same after ж, ш, щ, ч, but spelling always uses и.

Learning this rule early helps you avoid common spelling mistakes in Russian.

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Cyrillic script for Russian has exactly 33 letters, organised into consonants, vowels, and two silent markers.

The structure works like this:

• 21 consonants: б, в, г, д, ж, з, й, к, л, м, н, п, р, с, т, ф, х, ц, ч, ш, щ. Some look like Latin letters but sound different.
• Vowels (10): five hard (а, у, о, ы, э) and five soft (я, ю, ё, и, е), which palatalise the preceding consonant.
• 2 signs: ь (soft sign) and ъ (hard sign) produce no sound alone but modify pronunciation.

Some letters look identical to Latin ones but sound different: Р is "r", С is "s", Н is "n".

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