cyrillic
part of speech
adjective (Cyrillic); noun (Cyrillic, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Cyrillic is the alphabet used to write Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Kazakh, Mongolian and other languages. tree →
2) Cyrillic letters include some that look like English ones (А, О, Т) and others that do not (Ж, Ш, Щ, Ї). tree →
sense in the lessons
In language lessons, pupils compare alphabets: Latin (English, French), Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Chinese characters. Cyrillic was created long ago from Greek letters and named after Saint Cyril, a missionary who with his brother Methodius brought writing to Slavic peoples. Traps for English readers: Cyrillic Р is an "r" sound, Н is "n", С is "s", В is "v". Ukrainian has letters Russian does not, like Ї, Є and Ґ. Phrases: «Cyrillic alphabet», «Cyrillic letters», «written in Cyrillic».
examples
- Ukrainian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. tree →
- The sign was in Cyrillic, so I could not read it. tree →
- The Cyrillic letter Ж sounds like the "s" in "treasure". tree →
- Cyrillic was named after Saint Cyril. tree →
- In Cyrillic, the letter Р is said like an "r". tree →
- We learned to write our names in Cyrillic. tree →
note
Capital C. Say it "si-RIL-ik". Trap: some Cyrillic letters look like Latin ones but sound different (Р = r, В = v, Н = n, С = s, У = u). Cyrillic is an alphabet, not a language.
In the corpora
- Ukrainian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet, which has 33 letters.
- In Cyrillic the calling form changes only the last letter: МАМА → МАМО, ТАТО → ТАТУ, БАБУСЯ → БАБУСЮ.
Trees and pragmatics
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