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How to say the months of the year in Russian.

We'll start with January.

yeen-VAHR

yeen-VAHR

The accent is on the second syllable. One more time, slowly.

yeen-VAHR

Now, a little bit quicker.

yeen-VAHR

Give it a shot.

Fantastic! Moving on to February.

feev-RAHL

The accent is on the second syllable. I'll say it nice and slow.

feev-RAHL

Now, a little bit more conversationally.

feev-RAHL

Now you try.

Fantastic.

March.

mahrt

mahrt

And again.

mahrt

Now you try.

OK.

April.

ahp-RYEHL

The accent is on the second syllable.

ahp-RYEHL

One more time. A little bit more conversationally.

ahp-RYEHL

Now, you try.

Great. Going on to May.

migh

migh

One more time.

migh

Now, you try.

OK. June.

ee-YOON

The accent's on the second syllable.

ee-YOON

One more time.

ee-YOON

Now, you try.

Moving on to July.

ee-YOOl

ee-YOOl

Be sure to hit the second syllable on that. One more time. A little bit quicker.

ee-YOOl

Now, you try.

Fantastic!

August.

AHV-goost

In this one the accent is on the first syllable.

AHV-goost

One more time, a little bit faster.

AHV-goost

Now, you try.

OK. September.

seen-TYABR

The accent is on that tricky second syllable.

seen-TYABR

I'll say it nice and slow, one more time.

seen-TYABR

And now, a little bit quicker.

seen-TYABR

Now you try.

Great. October.

ahk-TYABR

Once again, the accent is on the second syllable.

ahk-TYABR

One more time, slowly.

ahk-TYABR

Slightly quicker.

ahk-TYABR

Now, you try.

Great! November.

nah-YABR

The accent is on that second syllable.

nah-YABR

And one more time, a little quicker.

nah-YABR

Now, you try.

Great!

Finally, December.

dee-KAHBR

The accent is on the second syllable.

dee-KAHBR

And one more time, just a little bit quicker.

dee-KAHBR

Now, you try.

Great! That's how you say the months of the year in Russian.