Learning Russian

The transition between English and Russian is difficult, because many letters look the same between Russian and English but are different consonants. Here are the parallels between the two languages.

A - A
Б - B
B - V
Г - G
Д - D
Е - ye like "yes "
Ё - yo like "yonder "
Ж - zh
З - Z
И - ee
Й - -y like in "boy "
К - K
Л - L
М - M
Н - N
О - O
П - P
Р - R
С - S
Т - T
У - oo like "boot "
Ф - F
Х - H like "Bach" in German or "Mexico" in Spanish
Ц - ts
Ч - ch
Ш - sh
Щ - ???
Ъ - hard sign; pause between syllabes
Ы - i in "bit "
Ь - soft sign; makes the previous letter with a "y" like "pew "
Э - short e, like "fed "
Ю - u in "universe", also like "you "
Я - ya