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When people want to learn a language, they want to speak it well. I understand your point that learning only grammar tables doesn't help. But if I don't study grammar at all, I'll be more likely to make more mistakes. Besides Russian sounds horrible when you use the cases wrong. I think it should be a combination of study and exposure to language as well.
My dad learned Italian while working there, in the 60s and 70s, impressively good Italian (as Italian friends and guests of mine who met him found out). I took classes at a language school, while also practicing with my dad. When I finally figured out how the subjunctive mood works, I thought (all smartass-y) I could “test” him, so I asked him to say “I want to know your name”, and “I want you to know my name”. He did use “congiuntivo” in the second case, as he should, but he had no idea why. He had heard the word “congiuntivo” before, but he did not know what it was. He didn’t even know what “ipotaktikí” is in Greek (this is how we call “subjunctive”), our mother tongue. Mind you, he had to quit school aged 7 or 8, which was common in Greece back in the 40s, he never even properly learned how to WRITE(!!!). My - long - point is, he was “WOW” in learning languages (German, Dutch, Serbo-Croatian, other than Italian), having zero grammar-book knowledge, just by talking to colleagues in every country he went to work. Having said that, he was a big extrovert, he was a people’s guy, he wouldn’t miss an opportunity to talk, and of course, he spent years in all those countries he worked. The case is totally different if A) you don’t live in an X-language environment, and, more importantly, B) if you’re a… fanatic introvert :-), keeping mostly to yourself. Anyway… Interesting video, good points made. Personally I’ve started building a - very modest - vocabulary in Russian, listening to music (Potap & Nastya :-):-)), and reading football-related articles, sticking to the words that get repeated more often, and some short expressions/phrases.
Yes, it also makes sense to answer yourself the question: Why are you learning a foreign language? Of course, if you're an introvert and don't live in language environment, your progress will be slower, it's true. I'm glad to hear that you've found interesting resources for learning Russian. Thank you for your feedback, very useful!
Case in point. I learned English fluently just by osmosis. My grammar, in fact, was the weakest in my class and probably still is to this day. However, I am glad I have gradually picked this up over time. Languages are best learned via immersion through osmosis. Thank you, Natalia, your Russian videos are beneficial, and I am slowly getting to grips with being able to decipher certain words and phrases with much more ease than when I first started.
You helped me so much in this video in fact, it’s the first UA-cam video which, even with captions on, I could understand without constantly looking at captions! In December I move to either Saint Petersburg or Moscow to teach English so you and your channel are a great help.
Great video Natalia! I fully agree! I've been learning foreign languages for almost 35 years now and I found out for myself that in fact studying a lot of grammar is usually a waste of time and is simply not necessary. You learn grammar automatically by exposing yourself enough to the language.
I like to listen to everyone's advice, and you find what works for you. However, if you understand Russian grammar, you'll recognize the patterns more quickly. I was so frustrated trying to remember the variations in Russian spelling - until I understood grammar + the spelling system. THEN I could relax and follow most of your advice long before I found you. It helps immensely with pronunciation too.
I have been learning Russian grammar, but in my case I think it's OK. Firstly, I am the kind of guy who likes to know the mechanics of how something works (I am interested in English grammar far more than most Americans too). Second, the grammar is a great jumping off point for conversations in Russian. Some lesson we will begin to talk in Russian about random topics and not even make progress in the grammar book, and these are my favorite classes.
If you like grammar, that's great. What I meant in this video is that learning Russian grammar tables is very difficult and it doesn't work, students should master the language in practice (conversation or answers to questions). Learning grammar works if you practice it at the same time. Thank you so much for your feedback! 😊
I think this is the best way to learn the Russian Language without complicated grammar keep going professor, I have never seen this easy way for learning the language before, Thanks a Million Natalia 👍
I have been studying Russian since January of 2022. I can read, and somewhat right, and can barely understand the person talking to me in Russian. My mistake was I relied on Russian grammar books. Looking at the declension rules and word endings was enough to confuse me and make learning discouraging. However, I do study conjugations, past tense, and adjectives. But I try to stay away from learning the 5 cases. And this video is correct! While speaking Russian, I do not have time to figure out what case I’m using. It has to be real time and spontaneous. I feel that speaking Russian with a native speaker with phrases I know will help me build confidence with improving my speaking and listening skills while staying away from grammar books.
I tried learning Russian for 2 years using LuoDingo 😅. All I did was learn a bunch of nearly useless phrases. I could not put together a single thought. I will preface this by saying I speak Italian at a nearly native level. I was married to an Italian woman, lived with her mother for a time, and conducted my daily life in Italian. I constantly made mistakes and got used to being corrected frequently. Since then, I've found that channels like yours are much more useful. The most useful thing I have found is to keep at it. I am a beginner in Russian, and it is humiliating, I must confess, but it is the only way to learn. Trial and error. Thanks again. Я нахожу ваш канал очень полезным.
It's okay to make mistakes. But it's better to strive for perfection. I truly believe that when students listen, they learn the language, and their brains memorize grammatically correct phrases. And you are right, the main thing is not to stop. You'll do great, good luck!
Thanks for the tips Natalia, and I agree 100%. After 2 years studying Russian grammar (with a teacher) I still had terrible listening comprehension! Moreover, I agree most people have basically learned their native language before they start school. Only then can they begin to learn the finer points of grammar, which will help them to write "formal" documents.
Learning Grammar is important but the key is when to learn the grammar. If you are speaking Russian enough and putting it to practice, than learning why you say something one way and why is changes when you say it in a different context, is still grammar that should be understood. Learning grammar a little at a time is great but not learning it will eventually catch up. In other words, learn the grammar you will be using everyday, then forget the grammar once you have an understanding of it. Dont learn all 6 cases at once.
Yes Natalia I agree with you, practice is the most important thing to master a language. All your videos are pleasant. I follow you with great interest.
I agree, you have to have a basic sense for what sounds right. Learn short, simple phrases and start communicating... question/response/ask/answer. Keep it simple. Better to say stupidly simple things fluidly than try to say overly complicated sentences word by word (and getting lost). Too many Russian teachers dump grammar and all the cases on students and they end up never being able to speak at all.
I like your comment. I totally agree. We use language to communicate. You can use simple sentences in conversation. The most important thing is to start talking. The more grammar you know, the more fear you have of starting to speak.
Russian grammar gives me headache, but i start to hear this more and more, that read and speak, then the grammar slowly will come and you learn to speak faster, so i dropped the deep grammar, and focus on easy grammar and instead try to speak as often as i can, and to do this i arrange language cafe ever second week with Russian/Swedish language. Lasse
Да, это правилно 100% я соглазно с тобой ,Кстати,я говорю на шестах языках плюс мой родное язык Арабскии ..Спасибо Болшое за ваш видео так важно и полезно жела вам удачи до свиданя
buying and studying a grammar textbook was the only thing that allowed me to learn russian grammar. I strongly disagree with tip #1 ._. I think everyone learns in their own way. My way for grammar was to practice using exercises in a textbook. Yeah if you just stare at a table it isn't going to work, you need to do the written exercises! Only when I understood the grammar could I understand what people were saying. Without the grammar it's meaningless. And the idea that learning grammar makes it so you can't talk fast is flat out wrong. A person doesn't learn to play a piano by immediately jumping in and playing Rachmaninoff by ear. They have to learn to read sheet music. Then they have to practice a simple song very slow. And only after that practice can they play it naturally. And after playing enough simple songs they can move on to advanced songs. To me, language is no different
Это был отличный совет. Мне очень нравится то, что Вы сказали, и я с Вами полностью согласен. Русская грамматика - очень сложная вещь. Смерть предпочтительна такому страданию. Хороший способ развить навыки чтения и аудирования в нужном языке - это читать и слушать.
Я рада слышать поддержку в этом вопросе. Потому что до сих пор многие люди считают грамматику основой языка. Но это не так! Спасибо за комментарий. Приятно!
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0:53 Intro in Russian
1:17 Tip #1
3:48 Tip #2
5:59 Tip #3
8:04 Tip #4
9:18 Tip #5
11:21 Five Tips Again
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@@flinput Everything will be. You can do it!
When people want to learn a language, they want to speak it well.
I understand your point that learning only grammar tables doesn't help.
But if I don't study grammar at all, I'll be more likely to make more mistakes.
Besides Russian sounds horrible when you use the cases wrong.
I think it should be a combination of study and exposure to language as well.
@@EZTopNotch I agree. I meant that it's possible to speak Russian well without learning Russian grammar. I appreciate your opinion.
@@practicalrussian I agree! I'm learning Russian just fine without any grammar study.
My dad learned Italian while working there, in the 60s and 70s, impressively good Italian (as Italian friends and guests of mine who met him found out). I took classes at a language school, while also practicing with my dad. When I finally figured out how the subjunctive mood works, I thought (all smartass-y) I could “test” him, so I asked him to say “I want to know your name”, and “I want you to know my name”. He did use “congiuntivo” in the second case, as he should, but he had no idea why. He had heard the word “congiuntivo” before, but he did not know what it was. He didn’t even know what “ipotaktikí” is in Greek (this is how we call “subjunctive”), our mother tongue. Mind you, he had to quit school aged 7 or 8, which was common in Greece back in the 40s, he never even properly learned how to WRITE(!!!). My - long - point is, he was “WOW” in learning languages (German, Dutch, Serbo-Croatian, other than Italian), having zero grammar-book knowledge, just by talking to colleagues in every country he went to work.
Having said that, he was a big extrovert, he was a people’s guy, he wouldn’t miss an opportunity to talk, and of course, he spent years in all those countries he worked. The case is totally different if A) you don’t live in an X-language environment, and, more importantly, B) if you’re a… fanatic introvert :-), keeping mostly to yourself.
Anyway… Interesting video, good points made. Personally I’ve started building a - very modest - vocabulary in Russian, listening to music (Potap & Nastya :-):-)), and reading football-related articles, sticking to the words that get repeated more often, and some short expressions/phrases.
Yes, it also makes sense to answer yourself the question: Why are you learning a foreign language? Of course, if you're an introvert and don't live in language environment, your progress will be slower, it's true. I'm glad to hear that you've found interesting resources for learning Russian. Thank you for your feedback, very useful!
I learn exactly like u said in the video ))) finally someone confirmed that this way is the best to learn language.
Glad to hear that! It's great that other people think the same.
Case in point. I learned English fluently just by osmosis. My grammar, in fact, was the weakest in my class and probably still is to this day. However, I am glad I have gradually picked this up over time. Languages are best learned via immersion through osmosis. Thank you, Natalia, your Russian videos are beneficial, and I am slowly getting to grips with being able to decipher certain words and phrases with much more ease than when I first started.
You helped me so much in this video in fact, it’s the first UA-cam video which, even with captions on, I could understand without constantly looking at captions! In December I move to either Saint Petersburg or Moscow to teach English so you and your channel are a great help.
Oh awesome. It's nice to hear that my channel is useful to you. I wish you a great experience in Russia.
Great video Natalia! I fully agree! I've been learning foreign languages for almost 35 years now and I found out for myself that in fact studying a lot of grammar is usually a waste of time and is simply not necessary. You learn grammar automatically by exposing yourself enough to the language.
I like to listen to everyone's advice, and you find what works for you. However, if you understand Russian grammar, you'll recognize the patterns more quickly. I was so frustrated trying to remember the variations in Russian spelling - until I understood grammar + the spelling system. THEN I could relax and follow most of your advice long before I found you. It helps immensely with pronunciation too.
I have been learning Russian grammar, but in my case I think it's OK. Firstly, I am the kind of guy who likes to know the mechanics of how something works (I am interested in English grammar far more than most Americans too). Second, the grammar is a great jumping off point for conversations in Russian. Some lesson we will begin to talk in Russian about random topics and not even make progress in the grammar book, and these are my favorite classes.
If you like grammar, that's great. What I meant in this video is that learning Russian grammar tables is very difficult and it doesn't work, students should master the language in practice (conversation or answers to questions). Learning grammar works if you practice it at the same time.
Thank you so much for your feedback! 😊
I think this is the best way to learn the Russian Language without complicated grammar keep going professor, I have never seen this easy way for learning the language before, Thanks a Million Natalia 👍
Glad to hear that! Thank you. 😊
I have been studying Russian since January of 2022. I can read, and somewhat right, and can barely understand the person talking to me in Russian. My mistake was I relied on Russian grammar books. Looking at the declension rules and word endings was enough to confuse me and make learning discouraging.
However, I do study conjugations, past tense, and adjectives. But I try to stay away from learning the 5 cases. And this video is correct! While speaking Russian, I do not have time to figure out what case I’m using. It has to be real time and spontaneous. I feel that speaking Russian with a native speaker with phrases I know will help me build confidence with improving my speaking and listening skills while staying away from grammar books.
I tried learning Russian for 2 years using LuoDingo 😅. All I did was learn a bunch of nearly useless phrases. I could not put together a single thought. I will preface this by saying I speak Italian at a nearly native level. I was married to an Italian woman, lived with her mother for a time, and conducted my daily life in Italian. I constantly made mistakes and got used to being corrected frequently. Since then, I've found that channels like yours are much more useful. The most useful thing I have found is to keep at it. I am a beginner in Russian, and it is humiliating, I must confess, but it is the only way to learn. Trial and error. Thanks again. Я нахожу ваш канал очень полезным.
It's okay to make mistakes. But it's better to strive for perfection. I truly believe that when students listen, they learn the language, and their brains memorize grammatically correct phrases. And you are right, the main thing is not to stop. You'll do great, good luck!
Thanks for the tips Natalia, and I agree 100%. After 2 years studying Russian grammar (with a teacher) I still had terrible listening comprehension! Moreover, I agree most people have basically learned their native language before they start school. Only then can they begin to learn the finer points of grammar, which will help them to write "formal" documents.
Learning Grammar is important but the key is when to learn the grammar. If you are speaking Russian enough and putting it to practice, than learning why you say something one way and why is changes when you say it in a different context, is still grammar that should be understood. Learning grammar a little at a time is great but not learning it will eventually catch up. In other words, learn the grammar you will be using everyday, then forget the grammar once you have an understanding of it. Dont learn all 6 cases at once.
Yes Natalia I agree with you, practice is the most important thing to master a language. All your videos are pleasant. I follow you with great interest.
So nice of you! My pleasure.
i love your videos. Russian is such a beautiful language we need many advises indeed. thank you !
Glad you like it! And I'm here to help 😃
I agree, you have to have a basic sense for what sounds right. Learn short, simple phrases and start communicating... question/response/ask/answer. Keep it simple. Better to say stupidly simple things fluidly than try to say overly complicated sentences word by word (and getting lost). Too many Russian teachers dump grammar and all the cases on students and they end up never being able to speak at all.
I like your comment. I totally agree. We use language to communicate. You can use simple sentences in conversation. The most important thing is to start talking. The more grammar you know, the more fear you have of starting to speak.
Russian grammar gives me headache, but i start to hear this more and more, that read and speak, then the grammar slowly will come and you learn to speak faster, so i dropped the deep grammar, and focus on easy grammar and instead try to speak as often as i can, and to do this i arrange language cafe ever second week with Russian/Swedish language.
Lasse
gracias por tus consejos!
Great and beneficial information...thank you
So nice of you!
99% of the time ...you are smiling...
You can talk and smiling at same time.... amazing 😁
Only a positive attitude. Many thanks!
thanks
You're welcome!
I like your video. Well done
Thank you very much! Спасибо 😊
Great video! thanks for the advices and yes russian grammar is pretty hard hahaha
It really is! You're welcome.
Да, это правилно 100% я соглазно с тобой ,Кстати,я говорю на шестах языках плюс мой родное язык Арабскии ..Спасибо Болшое за ваш видео так важно и полезно жела вам удачи до свиданя
Спасибо за поддержку. Люди думают по-разному на эту тему. Шесть языков, прекрасно. Какой язык вам больше нравится?
@@practicalrussian Спасибо ..Канечно я люблю Рускии это мое любимы язык деля летература номер оден в мире думаю это прекрасны ...Хорошего дня Наталие
intelligent point
👍⚘
Hope so. Thanks!
buying and studying a grammar textbook was the only thing that allowed me to learn russian grammar. I strongly disagree with tip #1 ._. I think everyone learns in their own way. My way for grammar was to practice using exercises in a textbook. Yeah if you just stare at a table it isn't going to work, you need to do the written exercises! Only when I understood the grammar could I understand what people were saying. Without the grammar it's meaningless. And the idea that learning grammar makes it so you can't talk fast is flat out wrong. A person doesn't learn to play a piano by immediately jumping in and playing Rachmaninoff by ear. They have to learn to read sheet music. Then they have to practice a simple song very slow. And only after that practice can they play it naturally. And after playing enough simple songs they can move on to advanced songs. To me, language is no different
I teach my granddaughter using this method as well as games as she is 8 years old.
That sounds good. It's the right way. Kids learn faster and easier. 😊
Мне нравится как вы думаете! Когда я выучил русский грамматику, у меня есть болит голова!
Да, спасибо. Вы пробовали учить русскую грааматику? От этого точно может болеть голова. 😅
Вы классная!!!
Спасибо большое!
Спасибо где арабский субтитры
Can you teach me Russian? How much do you charge?
Yes, I'm teaching students. If you would like to study with me, please send me hello to my email. Thank you!
@@practicalrussian Hi I have emailed you
SPASIBA NATALIA
Не за что! 🌷
❤️
Glad you like it!
Грамматика- вожно!
согласна, важна, когда вы уже можете говорить на языке немного
@@practicalrussian конечно
Это был отличный совет. Мне очень нравится то, что Вы сказали, и я с Вами полностью согласен. Русская грамматика - очень сложная вещь. Смерть предпочтительна такому страданию. Хороший способ развить навыки чтения и аудирования в нужном языке - это читать и слушать.
Я рада слышать поддержку в этом вопросе. Потому что до сих пор многие люди считают грамматику основой языка. Но это не так! Спасибо за комментарий. Приятно!
@@practicalrussian Да, это не так. Наоборот, словарный запас - основа языка. Я совершенно согласен с тем, что Вы говорите. :)
Not interested anyway.
Ok!