Every Russian word has _one_ strongly accented syllable, which is marked
with an acute accent. The vowels are to be sounded as in Italian.
Ch to be sounded as in English.
G always hard, as in ‘_g_ive,’ ‘_g_ot’: never as in ‘gem.’
J always as in English.
Kh like German _ch_, or Scotch _ch_ in ‘lo_ch_.’
L when hard (e.g. before a, o, u) something like _ll_ in ‘pu_ll_’;
when soft (e.g. before e, i) like _l_ in French ‘vi_l_.’
S always hard, as in ‘_s_o.’