Why O sounds like A in Russian - Russian pronunciation - Vowel reduction
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Many students ask me - why O sometimes sounds like A in Russian? We have so called rule of vowel reduction. I hope after this video you'll understand Russian pronunciation a little better:)
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This is the most wonderful video ever. The "o" has been driving me crazy. Thank you so much!
you're always welcome:)
same lol
In general, if you will clearly pronounse O like O, it will not be mistake too. In some regions of Russia it pronounce this way.
Yeah, my name is Mariano and when I looked it up on Google translate I got Marian-a which in Spanish is the female form. I was like ,wtf! It has to be a mistake. haha
Yes seriously thank you Daria. My reading just skyrocketed.. No more guessing and stumbling.
i speak russian fluently, but my friend about 3 months ago wants to learn. i told her to watch your videos, and she can already speak quite a bit! it’s amazing how well you teach! 💕
спасибо:)
Spasib''o'', I've been asking myself why the hell I keep hearing an ''a'' sound sometimes when a '' o'' Many thanks :)
Listening to Russian people speaking in television (e.g. news channel) helps me alot to pronounce any words, though I'm not really understand the meaning but still enjoyed.
Same
You have really helped me with this russian O, it had been bugging me for months and thank you for such an informative video.
When the vowels а, о, е, э, я come anywhere after the stress or there is more than one syllable before the stress, we pronounce them as a short sound /ə/.
Finally the mistery is solved (at least for me) :D
yeah, me too :D
I got u.
Your comment makes me think about Professor Layton x)
Me three
Спасибо за ваши помощь. Я изучала русский язык в университете (6 месяцев да мало) но я очень мало научилась, мои преподаватели были добрые и хорошие но не для преподавать к служению. Много студентов вернули на своих странах и много выбрали учить на английском из-за ^языка^.
Мы иностранцы, нам нужно люди как вы (teachers who did studies for teaching not just because she/he is native so let's hire them).
Огромное спасибо
Word stress in Russian unpredictable, but once you know on which syllable the stress is, everything else is logical.
There's an airport in Moscow called Домодедово (Domodedovo) and guess what, the stress in on the E, so basically all the Os are pronounced A.
пезос5 Except the last “O” it pronounced almonds like O since it has lighter secondary stress in it
пезос5 basically
Max Spirin what she means is the word is pronounced " DAMADEDAVA
@@galinaioffe2250 more like Damadyedava
@maxspirin, нет там никакого ударения в конце и звучит Шва.
Большое спасибо! У меня есть всегда проблемы с произношение, но это будет мне помогать))
До скорого))
Удачи в поисках буквы Ё, товарищи иностранцы. Точнее, точек над ней. =)
Ё-моё ... надеюсь переведут))
Да,да:) Хорошая новость - ё всегда под ударением. Плохая - русские почти всегда пишут е вместо ё. Экономия типографской краски.
Это не экономия краски, а лень наборщиков. Краску и так тратят на право и на лево, на разные рисунки и узорчики.
Плюс люди всё равно ведь платят деньги за продукцию...
so far the best channel Ive found for learning russian language :)
...it is a stressy situation not to know when to stress!
Thank you!!
Sometimes Very irritating (i also feel)..but it's lovely experience to learn Russian language because it's very good to spell..everday i give 2 hours to the language..
thanks
The schwa e made it clear. Now I understand.
As a Russian-American, who hasn’t spoken Russian since childhood, I’m trying to re-learn it and you’ve been a huge help!
PS: Your accent remind some so much of my mom’s😅 I can barely hear it by the way, you clearly are a linguist!
Спасибо!
You are my favorite teacher 😉
thank you:)
Спасибо 🙏🏼
that was very helpful, i'm just starting to learn russian and this has always been a doubt of mine. thank you!
thanks
A pronunciation tip for English speakers is that the unstressed 'о' is pronounced like the 'i' in 'cousin'. (Obviously most Scottish people would disagree since they don't swallow the 'i' sound like English people do.
Weirdly I found that unstressed 'о' sounded like several different sounds until I got used to it, depending on what letters were around it. First time I heard it, молоко sounded like ma-lu-koh. I guess that is the English-speaking brain unconsciously translating it to more familiar sounds. But when I listened closely, I could hear the two unstressed vowels were the same sound. But I still have to concentrate to hear them as the same sound rather than different ones.
Great to know! I'm only starting out in learning Russian, but I'm sure this would come up. Most likely I'd end up writing it off in my mind, though, as English does similar things with weird and different pronunciations which makes it hard for learners of the language.
Hi. I am looking for a friend to study English. Would you like to communicate with me? I can communicate in Russian.
Thanks. Большое спасибо.
I have a suggestion for a video. In American english we indicate a question by raising the pitch of our voice at the end of the sentence. Usually. But in conversing with my друга по переписка she placed the inflection in the middle of the sentence. This might be worthy of a lesson. Love your work. Спасибо.
thank you for the idea:)
One Anywhere The statement, "You have no car." can be expressed as a question, "You have no car?" When spoken the interrogative would be indicated by tone of voice and expression.
Robin Allen you have a troll admirer! You have a troll admirer?
Redhead gone mild ya think?
@@unbearable9770 If you raise the pitch of your voice at the end of "You think?" you make it sound like a question. Otherwise it would sound like a statement. Notice that?
"...to make your life a little bit easier"
Ok but why does "o" sometimes sound like "a"?
Daria, your lessons and tips are great and useful. Yes, thank you.
Wish i knew this before, papa bless 🙏
now you know:)
Better late than never ;)
Thanks! Your instruction is very helpful.
thank you:)
Even as a slav(serb) this rule is very unsual. There are a lot of similarities between Serbian and Russian,but the rule about O is just weird.
Russians like to be "different" :D
even Ukrainian, which is very close to Russian, does not have this rule apparently.
Not such weird like rules about O in English.
We, who speaks Dutch, don't using this strange role.
It was a ridiculous stupid decision to take the letter O for such a sound! O is O, period! What do people think WHY this letter is ROUND like that?! Simply because when you pronounce it, the lips are being shaped like a round opening!
If it's a sound between A and O, then make a specific letter for it, like Ă or whatever! Whoever made that decision, was not a bright phonologist, if he/she was even one 🤦♂️. I can't get over this.
Хвала Богу што је Вук Стефановић Караџић реформисао нашу Азбуку! / Thank God that he made Vuk Stefanović Karadžić reform our Azbuka
Excellent.
Thank You so much. Ur teaching help me a lot. i find russian language is similar to arabic. In arabic its call حرف العلۃ . Your explain is about rule of vowel reduction, not why it happen. I wish to hear more from u. by the way im from malaysia i wish i can go to russian.
this is exactly what i was thinking about today :)
I read minds :D
I'm not trying to learn Russian, but i have Russian friends, and lately I've been wondering why it is said as spasiba if its written as spasibo, along with many other things.
Also, I noticed that many Russian people who speak English tend to say A instead of O sometimes.
Like for example, instead of 'police' I've heard many of my Russian friends say 'palice', along with other things.
В слове police и так звучит А... Посмотрите Вики словарь
Молоко
все равно легче китайского).
Hello!
I'm belarusian and I speak and know russian, but I watch all of your videos to practice my English. I would like you teach English to Russians, who studies this language.
You are so good teacher!
спасибо:) но даже на русский времени нет :D
hahaha you live upside down
Серый Студио “You are such a good teacher” or “You are so good at teaching”
Is there a way to figure out how to spell a word when hearing it? For example, if you hear the word "beautiful" in Russian, you can write it as "красивый" OR "кросивый". Is there a way to know whether to spell it with a "o" or an "a" without looking it up in the dictionary?
Second question is, why is the spelling not more phonetic, how did this rule come to be. Why spell it "Россия" instead of "Рассия"?
Same with здорова, if I'm not mistaken. It's pronounced [zdarova], right?
Yes.))
Nothing Is Real actually it depends on what you want to say. You can say "thats great" and the stress will fall on the first o and it will sound zdorava. But of course if you just sayin hello, zdarova
worse than that, apparently...
здо́рово - awesome
здоро́ва - healthy
здoрово́ - strong
@@plouf1969 С ударением на последний слог в слове здорово вообще не говорят. В значении ‘сильный’ говорят не здорово, а здоров. Например, здоров как бык.
If you stress the second O in МОЛÓКО, then you'll get the most famous GREEK word 🤣
Доброе утро, мам. Thank you so much for clearing my doubts. Take my love and stay safe. до свидания.... from India
Do people get Mocked for Pronouncing Words incredibly
PROPERLY?
LIKE HAPPENS IN UK.
i just learned that, 'Г' can also be changed to 'Vvvh'????
Спасибо за совет. I am from czech republic and I say sorry that it's so complicated to everyone who is trying to learn it also 😂 After watching the video, It would be nice to have more examples for adjectives and everything becuase it's always so nice to hear a native speaker say the words like they are supposed to be said. overall, lovely video. thank you for sharing with us the mysteries of russian language and of the words like молоко or окно. my rule of the thumb is to always read only the last O as Ó, the rest is A (apart from adjectives)
In my li ited experience..
2 words can SOUND EXACTLY identical until they are spelled out..
I refer tl DuoLingo ... I have video Footage of this... Exact same pronunciation audio sample for 2 totally different words?
I started learning Russian few days back and it has been messing with my mind since day 1! Thanks for the video!
The fact that O sounds like A is the smallest of my problems. What drives a man crazy is that H sounds like G. "Gitler and Mannergaym ate a gamburger together."
I'm still learning Russian as a black American 🇺🇸. God bless mother Russia.
Wouldn't it be better to use а as а unless IT is Stressed... or just use о for о & а for а?
I see a lot of Cyrillic letters that are hardly ever used.. except by people writing / translating words from a Latin to Cyrillic alphabet? Easy way to spot foreigners?
hehe..
I don't mind.. English is a total PIG to learn.. so... I will make the effort.. Russian seems Easy on the whole.
Iornically if you just know the words pronunciation and forget grammar your fine... the irony, unless your writing
Greek Alphabet: We have 1 Letter for the aw sound and another for the oe sound, I hope all Alphabets coming from me have something simi-
Cyrillic Alphabet: +v+
(I'm saying cyrillic alphabet because in some other languages using the cyrillic alphabet this is the case)
Glad I found this today.. I was going to search for it otherwise.
I am still puzzled as Russian has Accented Versions of the same letter... but still uses the same letter for 3 different sounds and yet has 3 different letters for the same sound..
И & Й...
У is like Й?
I get different examples from different teachers etc.
в молоке первая о вообще может никак не произносится. некоторые в некоторых обстоятельствах говорят "млако"
This feels like it's very unnecessary. Why not just use an A if you want and A? And if it's because it's not quite an 'A', why not write it like 'Ä' or something, similar to' Ë'
Good job and congrats! Do you speak....... Spanish or italian??
In spanish we hispanohablantes have some rules when it comes to write stress accent (acentuación in spanish have an ó with stress symbol) in order to know how to pronounciate some word. Do russian have any writting rule about "acentuación"?, If there are any rules, why much of russian exposed out there doesn't show any marked letter? i.e. ó á é ú í
I got a question about writing a word we hear: When do we write "O" and when do we write "A" ???...since both sound "A"
Hi I have a question that when we are writing Россия, why not to write in straight way .. rassiya ..
Yes I am talking about pronunciation between A and O
Спасибо Дария!
I have been puzzled by this for a while. 🤔 It makes spelling and sounding out written words quite challenging. Your explanation is going to help a lot.
It will definitely be noted down in the тетрадь!
Благодарю! ☺
Спасибо Василий!
Actually I did pick up that mistake just after posting my comment. 😣 I really should try to get my teacher's name correct!
I hope Дарья will treat this spelling mistake in the same Russian manner as pronunciation mistakes and not care (for now at least 😉).
Василий, thanks again for pointing out my mistake - it's one of the best ways to learn.
Да свидания! ☺
👍☺
Здорово Василий!
Thank you for the above explanation. I had to think about it for a while but I think I got the point.
I'm really only in the Russian language "Kindergarten" - детский сад (I cheated and got this from Google Translate! 😉). So there is a long way for me to go!
(The following are from the book 600 Real Russian Phrases for Everyday Life by Дарья - more cheating by me!)
Влагодарю Василий!
Всего доброго! 👍☺
Do not make long story just tell as u said why it sounds a. U r making other then just tell why it sounds a... So why??? It cone between two consonants or if comes many O in one word....
I think O as O would have sound much better. In a more sophisticated way, for my taste of corse.
I think O as O would have sound much better. In a more sophisticated way, for my taste of corse.
Yes flaws are always present everywhere, maybe there is any flaw in hindi as well, but as a native hindi speaker I don't recognise it.
Спасибо....but could you please tell me the number 3 rule? (Ий и ый) Thanks in advance.
This is one where it is only going to get used to it via speaking with Russians..
I reckon it is also down to how regional or drunk the speaker is?
I wasn't sure about the correct pronunciation of "Vkusno-i Tochka".
Great video. Most adverbs end with o, are not stressed. For example, ва́жно, тру́дно, интере́сно ... Exceptions are смешно́, легко́ ...
So is this like the schwa sound in English?
Yes.
its called "akanye" and was only one of the russian accents, same happens in belarussian language.
Isn’t it something to do with Russian words and imported words? and only one accented letter per word?
Thanks! I am moving to Russia from the US on January 6th! Your videos are helping with my extremely limited Russian!!!
Dave Trotter How are you doing in Russia?
Вау. Это было очень полезно, я хочу сказать, на пример:Дайте мне пожалуйста, чаи с молоко. Это правильно или нет?Спасибо большое, до скорей встречи
There is no such rule in Ukrainian. So it's just MO-LO-KO))
yes:)
Really?? So thank you in Ukraine would be SPA-SI-BO??
Roel Heijmans no. Its Дякую.
@@samuelmikulasko Thanks! I mean Дякую ;) That's good to know. Would people from the Ukraine understand me if I speak standard Russian? I'm asking because I'm learning the language, but I also have friends in the Ukraine I'd like to visit.
This does happen in Belarusian though (akanje, unstressed O shifting to schwa), although this rule is reflected in spelling. So "malako".
Out of interest, why don't they just change the "o" to "a" in all those words? It seems like a redundant rule to have, as it's literally unnecessary. The russian alphabet already has the "a" sound, so why not just use it? Why not change "moloko" to "malako" and so on?
Because it means a *new change of orthography* , despite some dialects pronounce all Os like O, without reduction.
@@kaprizka1760 Sure, and it streamlines the language and removes a redundant rule there's no need for, making the language much more intuitive for future generations to come.
@@theGunray Because there are other forms of the same word where stress mark goes to other O.
"Malakó" , "Malócnyi" (milky). Basic noun is moloko.
Because a lot of people do pronounce “о” as “о,” and so it would mean that those people would have to learn how to pronounce those words that had “о” to “а.”
Portuguese has something like this too. One tip is to pretend you're screaming the word to a friend, in some cases the intonation will come naturally in your mind. Also definitely listen to russian people speaking.
А шутка в том, что в разных провинциях и разных облостях говорят по разному
ты читаешь мысли людей... что они хотят знать... идеальный учитель... только женщина может быть таким лучшим учителем
В предударном слоге, всё такие не Шва, а звук-крышечка: мълакО
ль pronoun as ли?
спать pronoun as сбать?
Can you make a video talking about this? we want to know in what situations the pronunciation are different?
What about in доброе утро 🤔
Thank you I've subscribed your channel
WHY HAVE ACCENTED VOWELS THEN..
AHAAAHAHAAAAAA.
i guess as a stupid foreigner.. they would understand the gist of it... and through common and regular use... it will become learned..
LOL
Because that's a way most teachers teach a new word, also in the dictionaries. Some people might add it to their names and last names, so that no one can pronounce it wrong.
This is an excellent explanation for something that really puzzled me. Thank you.
I'm happy to help:)
English is full of vowel reduction.
even that clear distinct O is actually an "uooa". Malakuooa
I have not heard a clear distinct O in russian like we have in Croatian.
It's her accent, there are different accents throughout Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, etc., where “о” is actually pronounced as “о.”
Why the о in человек sounds like "аи"?
Very useful video thank you for good teaching 👍
its a big for help me because its is more important and useful for me
I think in printed version of books, the stressed O is not showing
The Russian word for this is аканье.
Dear teacher i am in moskow from last 2 month i daily watch your vedios ..and also use dulingo app ...did gave me tips to lear russian fast because i am there for work...so i anat to learn bussiness russian ..do you help me ? Repley please
So kf there are three o's is a russian word, which o is stressed? and why?
similar to Spanish, we add a tilde to the stressed syllable/vowel, thanks for the video, it's making more sense now
Thank you for the great explanation!
So I have a question related to this. The dictator of Belarus is named Lukashenko and he's been there practically since the Soviet times so for many years I wondered why his name was often spelled as Lukashenka. An article I read from 2020 tried to explain it as being a transliteration difference between Russian and Belarusian, Lukashenka being the Belarusian. The author of the article didn't mention vowel reduction a single time but isn't it THE reason that both languages pronounce the name more like Lukashenka??
Yes, that's right. Because the majority of the population in Belarus speaks Russian it is mostly transliterated to “Lukashenko,” but because Belarusian is also an official language there and is the first language of Lukashenko, they transliterate it to “Lukashenka.”
I am No wiser...
but thanks anyway.
So helpful!! I've been curious about this, thanks!
you're welcome:)
this is not true, why dont you just write a, why complicate.. there must be other bizarre reason, because in other slav languages the words like pogoda (weather) is pronounced normal, yet in russian its pronounced pagoda...it makes no sense linguistically, it also confuses other people...
This isn't true. First, this isn't clear A, and not olnly O have reduction without stress, second - in Russia existed region accents, in some regions reduction not work, people pronounce words how its written.