1. Some letters are virtually the same as in English. The Cyrillic letters A, K, M, O, and T are close relatives of their English counterparts. The Cyrillic letter б (which looks like a lowercase “b”) also makes a “b” sound. The letter “C” always makes the “s” sound, like in the English word “cite.”
2. Others are closely related to Greek. Frat guys and sorority girls already know the letters Г (gamma), P (rho), п (pi), and ф (phi), which are the English equivalents of “G”, “R”, “P”, and “F”, respectively.
a. кафе́ = cafе́
b. бар = bar
c. о́пера = opera
d. ро́бот = robot
