1. Learn the alphabet 2. Learn basic words and phrases 3. Learn the gender 4. Start learning the conjugations (Only 3 tenses) 5. Learn the case system 6. Learn vocabulary in context 7. Resources: Master Russian, Free Russian Course RT. 8. Throw yourself into the culture 9. Practice conversation
@@alemeli You won't see cursive unless you see native speakers or you travel to the country. Anyway russian cursive is not harder than greek or roman cursive, can be trained fairly quickly (a day)
As a polyglot, the best advice I can offer is to not waste time learning case systems. The reason being, is unless you are already at a high level of fluency, you simply won't know when to use what. Instead, indulge in hours of listening, watching videos / tv with subtitles and listen / see how the endings are applied. This way you will start to naturally understand when and how they work. Having learned Finnish which has 15 cases, unlike Russian which only has 6, I have learned from the mistake of trying to understand a case system which you didn't grow up with. Kids don't learn case systems so why would you as an adult? Allow your brain to naturally adapt by repetition and interaction with the language. You will make more progress learning a language by listening and reading than you ever will learning a complex grammar table. The rule to mastering a language, is to acquire it as a child would: listen, watch, read, write and speak. Make mistakes and keep doing so until you don't. Avoid the grammar and in no time, you'll be living and breathing in your chosen language, because grammar is naturally understood and developed by the brain through non-stop input, not from complicated tables in a book :)
As a Polyglot (6 Languages so far) I totally 100% AGREE! Languages are to be acquired instead of learned! Read, Watch Movies / Podcasts, Practice, REPEAT! Life is Fun!
Thanks for your advice, I’m French and I’m finally starting learning Russian. I was pretty sure that by watching videos and listening to podcasts it will be enough to talk with Russian and travel to, and you confirmed it ! Merci ! Спасибо 😁
I can resonate with this. I learned German, which also has 3 case systems. Even after 3 years of learning, I gave up on case system and just start consuming German. I know it will come to me automatically
With languages you should use it or lose it. I really admire you for being a polyglot. Especially learning Russian! I enjoyed hearing your experiences!
I am a native Russian speaker and must assure you and everybody watching that your Russian, at least in this video, is perfect and astonishing so your advice is worth a lot.
I can't say about Russian, but his English it's not so reassuring: he sounds like an autistic Turkish German that speaks fluent American English, with no tone and articulation, but too fast for being perceived as at ease and with a constant cold. 😁
My advice related to cases: just don't learn it as a table. Learn it from the context, from actually seeing it used in sentences. Learning cases from a table killed my joy in learning any language ever. It felt much harder than any physical work.
This was my experience in German as well. Having a lot of input helped me be able to discern what sounded right. I still studied the case system, but there’s absolutely no way I could rely on figuring that out quickly and maintaining a smooth flowing conversation.
this is excellent advice. if i had learned all the grammar correctly with tables etc... well i would have just given up. i now speak russian with a LOT of mistakes, but i DO speak and read it. i also enjoy it. this would have been impossible with boring grammar drills
Honestly, I felt the opposite. Russian for free not only has a table but also exercises to help with each case and provides examples on when you would use them. It doesn't explain the cases perfectly to be honest, but to have the table side by side with the exercises helps a lot and then you can remove the table completely when it's a bit more natural.
это, еще вы пунктуацию не видели, просто ужас и это для человека ,который живет в России -это просто ужас : мне интересно, в других языках кто-то воспринимает в серьезно знаки : ; - и еще ссп спч бессоюзные предложение прямо косвенное цитирования водные конструкции и многое другое
I’m a native Russian speaker, and I really enjoyed your video! Here’s a piece of advice: remember that kids naturally learn to speak correctly without studying rules, even before they start school. This principle applies to any language in the world. So, don’t be discouraged by the complexity of Russian-just go with the flow. It’s similar to how I learned English. For example, when deciding between “many” or “much,” I noticed that nouns ending with an “s” sound usually take “many”: many chairs, many pens, but much beer, much onion in the salad. Sure, there are exceptions, but you’ll pick those up easily, just like most people do. The same goes for Russian-you’ll start noticing patterns for why certain phrases or contractions are used the way they are. Good luck, everyone!
My humble advice: 1) Start with fundamental grammar (genders, conjugations, cases) but don’t try to nail everything down. 2) Develop your vocabulary. It will help your understanding a great deal. You will be able to connect the dots to get an idea of what is being spoken, even if you don’t wholly understand it. 3) Listen a lot, preferably podcasts that are coming with transcript. This will improve not only your listening but vocabulary also. 4) You need to speak as much as you can but if you have nobody, talk to yourself. Explain your daily routine to yourself in Russian. Pretend you’re in a restaurant and you’re ordering a meal, etc. 5) If you don’t know where to start, buy a course book. It will provide the basics in an organized way. 6) Don’t jump from one YT channel to another. There is no perfect resource but some are smarter than the others 7) It is one step at a time. You have to be very very patient. It is like watching grass grow (at least for me).
@@Rainzy42 I would suggest self study with a course-book and support from online resources: - For course-book, try Дорого в Россию (The Road to Russia) or Поехали - For online grammar support, о русском по русски (about Russian in Russian) is a good resource. She is a good teacher and explains concepts in an easy way - For listening, try Russian with Max. He has videos for all levels. - For speaking, read easy texts and then re-tell them (don’t memorize). Talk to yourself. Whatever you are doing at that moment, try to explain it in Russian. Pretend that you are in an everyday situation (let’s say you’re ordering a meal) and try to do that in Russian. If you have privacy, do all these exercises actually speaking, not in your head. That makes a big difference.
@@adevikthur , Irony of Fate, Diamond Arm, Carnival Night, the girls, Operation Y, kidnapping caucasian style, office romance parts 1&2, Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession. Hope that helps!
@@susankeeton1636 Diamond Arm is my mom's favorite Russian movie. I've seen it before with subtitles, as a kid, but hopefully I can watch it again in Russian some day!
A few recommendations from me: 17 Мгновений Весны - 17 Moments Of Spring (series in 12 episodes, absolutely genius dialogues, very good for learning) - 1973 Курьер - Courier - 1986 Самая обаятельная и привлекательная - The most charming and appealing - 1985
Been learning russian on duolingo for 2 years didnt make much progress, met a friend from russia on a video game called escape from tarkova and every now and then id have him speak russian and id only ask in english if i didnt understand something, learned more that way
Similarly, I didn't learn to truly speak Japanese until I had engaged in a lot of conversation. I'm doing DuoLingo for Russian lately and learning how to say words like "hedgehog", but the app hasn't yet taught me to count to 10, say "sorry", or much of anything. I''m now switching to Pimsleur, and I intend on completing Pimsleur Russian before I may again focus on DuoLingo. Pimsleur has weaknesses, but I think it may be the best way to learn to actually speak, and typically with a good accent right off the bat.
Ive been studying Russian for 2 years now, and I MAXIMALLY agree with everything you said. I’m also surprised RT has a Russian cours, I really didn’t know that one. Anyways, keep up the good work, you’ve gained a new subscriber❤
I'm stuck in the vocabulary phase right now. I have a young baby and am struggling to find time. I absolutely adore the Russian language now though. The movies, television, and music are simply incredible. It's like I stuck my foot in water to test the temperature and the quality just devoured me. Всем удачи!
hii, do you study Russian language? I study English and learn him 2 month. Maybe you want to be my friend? I can help you Russian, and you can help me English. Sorry, for my mistakes
[1] You forgot one very important aspect in learning vocabulary, including when conjugating verbs: don't ignore ударение - memorize over which vowel the accent falls and the associated pronunciation rules. For example, unaccented "o" is pronounced as "a." In some few instances, moreover, a word may be spelt the same but have the accent in an alternate place with semantic effect. So take мука: with accent over the, "a," you have flour; over the "y," you have torture. Another example: There is a big difference if you say я хочу писать depending on whether the accent is placed over "и" or over the "a" in писать. (The latter means "I want to write;" the former, something you only may want to say with your buddies after drinking a lot of beer and you need bladder relief.) With the accent placed incorrectly, you simply may not be understood engendering a look of confusion or you'll be understood as someone speaking Russian poorly. Consider, for example, how to pronounce correctly the very simple words бабушка (grandmother) and отец (father) using Google translate. Can you hear where the accent falls in each? [2] You exaggerate the general difficulty of determining the genders - masculine, feminine, neuter; only two specific issues of complexity come to mind: (1) words ending with мякий знак (soft sign) ь, which may be either masculine or feminine, and (2) the short array of words like мужчина (man), which, by appearances i.e., the typical feminine ending "a" manifests but, nonetheless, is grammatically masculinе so we get "неграмотный мужчина" and not "неграмотная мужчина." In general, masculine and feminine in French is a much bigger headache than determining m/f/n in Russian. [3] Of course, learning the Cyrillic alphabet is a must but do not exaggerate the difficulties of doing so. Compared to Georgian or Armenian orthography, for example, the Cyrillic alphabet is a cake walk with most sounds, except notably for ы, x and щ, easily replicable by native English speakers. I would, however, recommend the learner undertake learning cursive script right after learning print script; cursive has some tricky nuances and should ideally be mastered early on.
Ahahaha! "Я хочу пИсать" That's a phrase you can't even say to your mates. That's what little Russian kids say. That's not what grown-ups say. And in general, you've written correctly.
I'm SO LUCKY to find this because I was thinking about studying Russian and you just popped up recently with this video. Thank you, I'll take all your recommendations.
I’ve literally just started learning Russian. I started Sunday night and now it’s Wednesday and I’ve learned the alphabet. It’s not hard to remember but some could be a little difficult to pronounce. Now that I can pronounce and read most of it I’m going to implement this.
I really strugle to read russian, but the major problem isn't understanding, but actualy read the words, like, letter by letter, I really have to take my time reading in order to get the message, I'm trying to find a way to learn to read faster. Thanks for the advices btw, great video!
This might be the best video I found about learning Russian yet. I'm at the point where I know basic sentences but I have russian friends that want to help me improve my russian You broke everything down on what you need to learn and how to learn it aswell. I'll definitely start using the points from this video to improve my russian thank you :D
Many Soviet films are free on UA-cam, even movies based on classic Russian literature are on UA-cam for free and with English subtitles. For example Dostoevsky’s crime and punishment and brothers karamazov I believe are there
Im Latvian, and my native language is also Latvian (no sh1t, ik), but i fluently speak russian language without any accent since im 7, rn i speak Russian, Latvian, English and currently learning Polish as hobby and German in school. I think this video is pretty right about that you need to start with alphabet etc, but in my opinion its better to start to watch videos in that language to understand how it sounds, then learn basic sentences, and only then start learning about text, writing, etc. Usually people learn language to talk in it, not for texting and then i would recommend to learn sentences (or try to make some) what you would use very often and then actually use them. Even if you learn 10 words from book in single day, you will still forget them if you dont use them daily, cuz ''why you need to remember if you arent using that information?'', you got the point ;)
@@EyeDriveATruck Idk, maybe. Knowing a lot of languages is fun, but the only problem is that i dont know anybody to learn lithuanian language with (i dont know anybody to use lithuanian. Its always easier having somebody to talk in that language with) But Lithuanians are cool, so maybe one day i could start learning it. =D
That was a really good video, man. I mean it. High quality, no beating in the bush, great attitude. Love it! ❤❤❤ Case system is really like a difficulty multiplier, only exponential. I, as a native, don't have any idea where one can start learning it and have clear indicators of progress. It has some structure, but it is so chaotic in real life.
Quick PSA cuz no one in the comments are talking about it: the dative and accusative terms in the table at 3:24 are swapped, so try not to learn them incorrectly
The russian alphabet isn't hard at all. Have you seen chinese or arabic? Arabic literally requires you to learn how to read every word because it doesn't have vowels
I would argue against. I've learned the letters in 10 days. Just take 2 letters a day and you'll learn it in 2 weeks. It's actually easy, because it's just letters, so folks who don't use signs like the Chinese etc., don't have a problem really. Regarding the vowels, there are actually THREE which function as a prolongation letter (hurūf al-madd), which are summed in the word واي, the و (u) the ا (a) and the ي (i). Reading the Qur'ān or books with harakāt (vowels: fathah, dammah, kasrah) is what you learn at the beginning, later after you learned the words, you know which vowels are used, but knowing nahwu (grammar) and sarf (morphology) is also required for the right usage. It comes with time. Even today many Arabs don't know which vowels are being used in certain words when reading classical islamic literature. Also the same word can be pronounced with different vowels, depending on the tribes that spoke it like that, for example YAHSABU or YAHSIBU (he thinks)
The alphabet was the easiest part for me. I'm currently learning it in braille as well as print and let me tell y'all, the print version is much easier. Anyway, the genders were also pretty simple, and I love how predictable the endings are. The verb endings are also predictable for the most part, I'd say about 95 percent of verbs have the same ending rules. I have been learning Russian as a legally blind person and I'm only now starting to learn the cases. Out of the 6 cases, I would split them into 3 sections, easy, medium, and challenging.
same! 3 years after learning the Russian alphabet my Russian skills have worsened since I haven’t spoken it in a while other than at home but barely, but knowing to _read_ Russian is still completely in tact lol 😭
Just as a note, I have 2 videos on my channel pertaining to the Russian alphabet. I'm not trying to mooch off someone else's channel, but I'm just letting y'all know that if you want to see more videos on the Russian alphabet or other unrelated things, I have them
I genuinely think this is the best "how to approach mastering russian" advice I have found. I have been studying russian for 1 year and yeah, very useful
English retains the Saxon genitive (Old English), but instead of being written as an ending, the s is added with an apostrophe. Think of "Johns car" (correct: John's car) as the genitive declension of John.
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I'm currently learning Russian, and I'd love to hear the song recommendations you have!! If you don't mind, I'd also like to check out the discord you were talking about!!
I want to learn more languages and this video is helping me a lot. With 17 years old I can speak English, Spanish and German in C1 level, in the future I want to speak Russian, japanese and French and I noticed that Russian and German have a lot of similitudes, now it doesnt look that hard, because I can compare it with a language that I already know. Thank you again this video actually help me a lot.
Duo skips over ALL grammar. It's great to brute-force learn meaningless sentences and become proficient in translating on the fly. But for anything else, look elsewhere.
Thanks for your video. I've been learning Russian for about two years, roughly the way you advised in your video. However, I am making extremely slow progress. The most difficult thing for me in the Russian language is the pronunciation. I don't learn words when I can't pronounce them. I know the pronunciation rules, but the Russian с, з, ж, ш, щ, ч, and soft consonants are difficult for me. And so are the aspects of verbs. The cases are not that difficult. Maybe the reason for my slow learning is my age: almost 81.
I’m Iranian And I learned English with watching movies only… you kinda cheered me up…and I wanted to say thank you for being generous with sharing your experience 🙏
Recently began Russian studies and agree with everything you said. Have a reason: mine is to speak to my Russian grandson and to my daughter in law’s family. My main fun so far when learning is Russian pop music and doing translations plus practicing pronunciation by singing along. I started with the Russian shuffle dancers. Currently I’m working on дальше-больше by Dabro. It’s a great song!!
hii, do you study Russian language? I study English and learn him 2 month. Maybe you want to be my friend? I can help you Russian, and you can help me English. Sorry, for my mistakes
Yes, screw case declensions. None of the languages I speak uses declensions... not even Alemannisch. A lack of vocabulary and declensions is what always trips me in Russian, and I have no direct translation to work with.
Great video, thanks! I looked in comments for your music suggestions, sorry if I missed it but couldnt find them, I would love to hear some music just to get the ear for the language/rock out to some bangers!
@@ЕкатеринаГолдинова Anything really, I listen to every kind of music genre, classical, country, pop, rock, rap, whatever you recommend I will definitely give a try. Thank you so much!! I am very much an auditory learner so this will be very helpful!
@@bennight5915 Ok, let me share not the most popular russian speaking bands since the popular one are more or less known. Sorry I can be pretty bad at music genres Oldschool rock - Наутилус Помпилиус, Сплин, ДДТ Some just rock - Северный флот, Радио Тапок, КОПЕНGAGЕН, Магелланово Облако Alternative - LOUNA, Порнофильмы, Nizkiz, Обе-Рек, Noize MC fantasy folk - Карелия, Мельница, Земля Легенд Indie - Сироткин, Элли на маковом поле, Дарья Виардо Rap - Oxxymiron, Каста
@@ЕкатеринаГолдинова Oh my gosh you are amazing thank you so much!! I have already started listening to some of the Alt bands you mentioned (as that is my current hype fixation) and they are amazing!! You have been such a big help and I wish you the best. Thank you again so much!!
I'm so jealous! I'm American but self taught myself Russian in HS. My HS had a lot of Russian people (and cute Russian boys) I got so interested. I learned how to read Russian in one day after checking out a book at our school library. I thought it was going to be super hard and tedious but it just came to me. I got so excited and started writing PRINT Russian on my own from what I saw in books. I met many Russian friends in HS and they would help me translate English words into Russian for me to memorize that I wrote on paper. Long time later I took a free course of Russian language at a community college. Tbh, it didn't teach me much of what I already knew. But it was fun to be in a class of Russian dedication. I then further in life took a credit course of Russian language at a different state community college. They had me take a placement test since I told them I already had some knowledge of the language. They told me I could go STRONG in first year with everything I knew already or I could have some challenge and enter second year since I already knew most of the basics. I chose to go to first year because I thought it would be a good idea to fill in any gaps I may have missed from teaching myself. Obviously I did amazing in that class but they did teach me to write in cursive which text books never did for me and cursive is the primary writing type for Russian language. Tbh. I typed all of this out to reach this point. I struggled SOO much with the case system. I recognize it and am familiar with the concept of it. But it's SOO hard to apply it to all the vocabulary and how much it changes in every form. This is why I am jealous. That you can know so many languages and speak them so flawlessly. But Russian, my fav language is your best and even English does well for you. I tapped out with Russian at the case system. It was too much to remember and understand. Idk how you did it. I think I would do better to just be thrown in the country of Russia and learn over time through experience rather than learning the reason and know how.
One thing that makes languages so much more fun to learn is if you really enjoy the people and culture of that language. Trying to learn a language just to say you know another language usually leads people to quit once it gets hard after the early beginner phase.
I'm from the Republic of Moldova, and about 80% of the people here speak russian more than romanian (the native language), and in my school I had to learn it starting with 5th grade. It's been 4 years since I've been learning russian in school and I understand just a bit more than i can say, buy i can say that russian its really complex, especially the grammar part, which is simillar to romanian, but there are a shit ton of exceptions in every rule and so many things that just seem unecessary))
Prepare to be "special military operationed" by the Great Russian Federation cause your country has more people speaking russian than the native language
Pe bune 80% din moldoveni vb mai bine rusa decat romana? Eu stiam ca moldovenii doar vb rusa asa ca pe o limba a doua, cum vorbim noi engleza sau ceva. Wow.
@@FaraStiriRO așa e, e oribil sa vezi in câte spații publice, restaurante, parcuri, cafenele nu se vorbește romana. E un sentiment așa dezamăgitor când mergi la magazin și casiera începe să-ți vorbeasca în rusa, neștiind o boabă de romana. Poate fi explicat asta și prin faptul ca Moldova e o țară post sovietica și comunistă, si ca încă exista o mulțime de oameni (în principiu bătrâni), care susțin vorbirea limbii ruse, comunismul, având o mentalitate foarte inapoiata
@@Fatadevis Uff, da, din pacate asta e realitatea. Cine stie, in viitor poate in sfarsit Romania si Moldova se vor uni, pentru ca suntem aceeasi tara, aceeasi limba, aceeasi istorie, aceiasi oameni really.
@@Fatadevis😂 да просто эти старики знают один из мировых языков и им просто нет необходимости учить что-то ещё особенно если учесть что они закончили школы много лет назад. Они просто решили не копать себе местечковую землянку, а являются сотворцами огромной части мировой культуры. Особенно кекнул с того что коммунистический менталитет - отсталый;) там долбанный маркс и Ленин в бестселлерах продаж, что в России, что в странах «развитого капитализма», а тут про отсталый менталитет басни рассказываешь;)
Hearing the bit about the alphabet, I guess it is all about perspective. The first foreign language I started learning was Japanese (I am still not very good, I need more vocab) and, well, you know how it has at least 2k Chinese characters that you need to at least understand to be able to get anywhere with it. So, when I decided to dabble in Russian, the alphabet felt so easy by comparison. Studying Japanese has been very frustrating at times, and I have only recently gone back to it after getting particularly frustrated, I recommend that you try another language you have not previously studied before. While Russian is obviously much easier (by comparison) I have not spent nearly as much time with it, and it really put into perspective how much progress I had made with my Japanese, and ultimately how much I would beat myself up for small and understandable mistakes. So, long story short, if you are like me and you ever get frustrated while learning your target language try learning another completely new language (new to you, of course) and you will quickly appreciate all the progress you made in your target language.
Hi there’s thanks for the great video! I’d love to hear more about your fav music in Russian and Russian artists you follow plus it would be good to know the links to discord channels you use to practice Russian
Great Video, you explained everything very well and is very helpful to me. I am currently just 2 days into learning it, and you pointed out some important things I didn't know before. Thank you.
German and Latin have m, w, n Spanish and Italian teo genders. I feel happy I had Latin at school that helps . German has 4 cases but uses a prefic. Latin has six cases and uses the ending depending on the case. If you have kids, let them learn Latin. It helps so much with the structure of language
Honestly I think Russian is pretty popular and many people learn it. It's probably easy to get the basics. I don't speak Russian but I can understand the gist of it when people speak it.
Russian is my first second language as well starting Feb of 2023. It seems that I went about it the right way. Knocked the alphabet out in a few days. That’s the easy part. I used UA-cam resources for a while and then got Babbel. I continued to use UA-cam resources to supplement Babbel. But I have been taking it slow and casual because I have no timeline. I don’t have a need for it. I’m simply intrigued by the language and culture. So even though I’m still only at about tourist level proficiency, because I slacked off heavy learning to focus more on more important things, I stay connected to the language by continuing to watch and listen to content that includes Russian language. I will eventually get back to intense study.
Hi there ! Wish you luck in learning this really difficult language! Btw I’m a Russian native speaker, who speaks English and learn french. I think we can help each other by having conversations and practicing What do you think? Just reply if interested
I would say learning the alphabet is 90% of learning pronounciation. As I learned german as my native language and after in this order, french, english and italian which all share the (mostly) same latin alphabet but very different pronounciation made learning and especially speaking russian really easy when you have a connection between certain letters я, ц, ш, щ, х etc. with pronounciations from the other languages. As an example я is said exactly the same as you would read ja in german, ш is „sch“ and so on. The biggest challange for most people I guess is rolling the r in all slavic languages but I had to learn this for italian aswell.
Good tips. I actually learned how to read and write/speak it before I actually understood it. That worked best for me. You could put something in front of me and I'd read/speak it like a native. I'd have no clue what I was saying or reading but I could read/speak it. After I knew all the quirks with the language, genders, grammar, pronunciations etc that's when I started to focus on understanding it. Completely weird but I did it lol.
Kind of what I'm doing. I can read and speak most any word. Trying to learn rules is mind numbing. I'm 2 years on and I still don't know most rules. I figure I'll get there eventually. I'm learning on my own with mostly duolingo
@@eyem4freedom hey I am also learning with Duolingo plus the UA-cam. 😊 And I also can read but can't understand 😅 It's been only a week but I found this method is more faster than going step by step.
Practical tips, thank you. Btw, Russian language uses Greek alphabet, and linguistics-wise, English is not a Western European, but a Germanic language.
I would love to hear some of your favourite Russian music artists please! I have loved Russian rap music for many years and my favourites are Obladaet, Kizaru, Pharaoh, Face, Хаски, T-Fest and the pop-singer Olga Seryabkina. I would really love to learn the language but it seems incredibly overwhelming and complicated. I spent 2 months learning Spanish in Mexico several years ago and I felt like an absolute todler with how I was progressing, it was terrible.
Individual learning styles would mean that others would rearrange your list, but they're all crucial. For me, I tried to learn simple phrases but got frustrated with not understanding context. I was missing a lot of vocabulary. I readjusted to focusing more on vocab first (like baldandbankrupt suggested) and my comprehension went way up from there. I would recommend associating pictures with words (like flash card apps or whatever) to decouple your brain's natural association with your native language. I'm still learning the case system, but having context allows me to absorb the language, listening or visualizing, much better by simply knowing what's being talked about and figuring out the case system from there. Even if I don't understand cases perfectly, I know what a lot of the root words are and can work it out just knowing what's being talked about. I also prioritized listening and even though I didn't understand everything I was hearing, I was able to parse what was being said much easier and would look up words that I was able to discern much easier.
What launched me into wanting to learn was listening to the band KINO. I started getting into new wave and 70s punk and then I found their song packha sigaret which really hit home for me as a youth on and off the street. Post-soviet alternative music slaps. Also shoutout to moscow death brigade.
@@lemonstudios8617 Kino, Chernikovkaya Hata, ATOW, Творожное озеро, Dismay, and Electrobirds. those are only a few of the many ive discovered and fallen in love with..
В современном английском понятие род утрачено, как грамматическая категория не надо говорить что в английском 2 рода там нет ни одного, есть понятие половой принадлежности, но это другое немножко, поэтому средний род это обычное явление он есть во многих языках европейских, например, в немецком. Есть всё таки языки с двумя грамматическими родами как иврит, например.
My humble opinion. learning the alphabet writing it takes about 1 Month, Then use Children learning books with many visuals Mine was an old one 1985 with a cube in front and a key in golden letters. And always write down in cyrillic every visual object there. Thats for the start
Maybe I missed this but ideally, how long should / did you put into learning Russian daily? I know it can vary depending on the person but what would be your recommendation? This would greatly help me with my plan of attack as a beginner just getting started.
I have been trying to learn Russian since the 90s, and instead accidentally absorbed English. So here I am in the present, still trying to learn this sucker. If only I could find someone to converse with........
I also speak Russian but I don’t really know how to write correctly so I mostly use google translate, BUT I know when if the sentence makes sense or not
I decided to learn Russian yesterday. I like their classic literature, their history, and how their language sounds. I am Bulgarian, so everything is smooth by far. However, are Russians really friendly? Since I play a lot of video games, they never pay attention if I use English and seem to me a little bit cold. However, I previously did not like Russian, because it is 'mild' if I can say so (In Bulgarian we say 'e', and Russians say 'ye'), but for some reason I am in love with it now.
Usually people don't play videogames to be friendly. They tend to spew everything that bothers them in real life, so they don't do it in person. Although it's true that russians aren't really interested in other people if they know it won't be a lasting relationship
from me and my dad's experience, yes, they are generally very nice unless you try to press them. They probably dont pay attention to you when you speak english because they don't even know what you're saying or who you're talking to
@@yyyy12344 "Although it's true that russians aren't really interested in other people if they know it won't be a lasting relationship" really? I never heard of that or seen that before, but honestly to me it seems kind of logical, probably because I do it myself.
Native English speaker here who has studied Old English: cases are ALWAYS hard if your language doesn't inherently use them! Thank you for the warning!
Great video!! Have a question: Where can I get the case system chart that you showed on the video? A Google search only gave me a low resolution version. Thanks very much!!
I've been learning Ukrainian for 2 years and it has a lot of the same structure as russian, just like Spanish and French have the same structure (russian and Ukrainian are actually less alike than Spanish and French!). I have found that by using LingQ and stuffing as much vocabulary in my head as possible, it actually helps learn the cases. So I would definitely recommend growing your vocabulary as fast as you can while you learn the cases.... do steps 5 and 6 together.
Very interesting. Is it difficult to use Ukrainian media? I can imagine, that sometimes one should understand both russian and Ukrainian to understand the media. A lot of Ukrainians mix two languages together, some speak only Ukrainian, some only russian. Can you as a foreigner distinguish these two languages? I hated our media because when I was growing up in Ukraine a lot of them were only in Russian. Sometimes the name of the show had Ukrainian name, like "Я соромлюсь свого тіла", "Хата на тата", "Міняю жінку" but a large part of the show could be in Russian... Do you understand Russian as well?
@@marianavytvytska6998 When I was just learning Ukrainian, all I could distinguish was that suddenly I didn't understand a word they said. Now that I've learned a lot of russian words, I can understand that they have switched to russian and sometimes if it's a simple sentence I understand it. It's helpful to know that my lack of understanding is because they are speaking russian... not because my Ukrainian is lacking. And by the way... Slava Ukraine!!
@@brianahoffman9622 Героям і героїням слава. I think, it may be initially hard to find good material, for compréhensible Input. I am happy, that nowadays we have more Ukrainian bloggers, who speak only Ukrainian and don't target the audience from post Soviet region. Sometimes I like to listen to "Палає" and "Це ніхто не буде дивитися"on UA-cam. The two young women who discuss literature, culture, stereotypes, mentality... If you are intermediate, you may profit from this channel ❤️
All slavic languages are the same in general. Russian and ukrainian have the same ancestor. Also if you speak Russian to ukrainians they'll understand you (because it's lingua franca).
@@freeeeman2011 or make a strang face and tell you that they don't want to understand that freaking language. The Russian invasion has changed a lot. For some people that language is a negative trigger. I would rather switch to English than to Russian .
1. Learn the alphabet
2. Learn basic words and phrases
3. Learn the gender
4. Start learning the conjugations (Only 3 tenses)
5. Learn the case system
6. Learn vocabulary in context
7. Resources: Master Russian, Free Russian Course RT.
8. Throw yourself into the culture
9. Practice conversation
Thank you!
How much time required...
@@shoaibalam5007over 1000 hours
What about cursive ? When to do it ? Thanks
@@alemeli You won't see cursive unless you see native speakers or you travel to the country. Anyway russian cursive is not harder than greek or roman cursive, can be trained fairly quickly (a day)
As a polyglot, the best advice I can offer is to not waste time learning case systems. The reason being, is unless you are already at a high level of fluency, you simply won't know when to use what. Instead, indulge in hours of listening, watching videos / tv with subtitles and listen / see how the endings are applied. This way you will start to naturally understand when and how they work. Having learned Finnish which has 15 cases, unlike Russian which only has 6, I have learned from the mistake of trying to understand a case system which you didn't grow up with. Kids don't learn case systems so why would you as an adult? Allow your brain to naturally adapt by repetition and interaction with the language. You will make more progress learning a language by listening and reading than you ever will learning a complex grammar table. The rule to mastering a language, is to acquire it as a child would: listen, watch, read, write and speak. Make mistakes and keep doing so until you don't. Avoid the grammar and in no time, you'll be living and breathing in your chosen language, because grammar is naturally understood and developed by the brain through non-stop input, not from complicated tables in a book :)
As a Polyglot (6 Languages so far) I totally 100% AGREE! Languages are to be acquired instead of learned! Read, Watch Movies / Podcasts, Practice, REPEAT! Life is Fun!
Thanks for your advice, I’m French and I’m finally starting learning Russian. I was pretty sure that by watching videos and listening to podcasts it will be enough to talk with Russian and travel to, and you confirmed it ! Merci ! Спасибо 😁
I can resonate with this. I learned German, which also has 3 case systems. Even after 3 years of learning, I gave up on case system and just start consuming German. I know it will come to me automatically
I'm a native russian speaker but I was watching this video as if I was gonna learn it from zero w
new video : "I become amnesiac to relearn my mother tongue (shocked locals)"
@@user-nu4be8qx1p wow your english tongue is amasing! XD
Now as I speak german as well, after reading your comment about to watch like video auf Deutsch. Thanks for the idea (wait, wha?)😅
With languages you should use it or lose it. I really admire you for being a polyglot. Especially learning Russian! I enjoyed hearing your experiences!
I am learning Russian Language... I'm from Mumbai India
I am a native Russian speaker and must assure you and everybody watching that your Russian, at least in this video, is perfect and astonishing so your advice is worth a lot.
@@viktortsealov5903 thanks for the support 😁
it actually is! i'm impressed because i heard a lot of times on calls and irl just how *all* foreigners struggle with some sounds😅
I can't say about Russian, but his English it's not so reassuring: he sounds like an autistic Turkish German that speaks fluent American English, with no tone and articulation, but too fast for being perceived as at ease and with a constant cold. 😁
Lernrussian.rt unfortunately the resource is not working - audio is missing or not functioning
My advice related to cases: just don't learn it as a table. Learn it from the context, from actually seeing it used in sentences. Learning cases from a table killed my joy in learning any language ever. It felt much harder than any physical work.
This was my experience in German as well. Having a lot of input helped me be able to discern what sounded right. I still studied the case system, but there’s absolutely no way I could rely on figuring that out quickly and maintaining a smooth flowing conversation.
this is excellent advice. if i had learned all the grammar correctly with tables etc... well i would have just given up. i now speak russian with a LOT of mistakes, but i DO speak and read it. i also enjoy it. this would have been impossible with boring grammar drills
Honestly, I felt the opposite. Russian for free not only has a table but also exercises to help with each case and provides examples on when you would use them. It doesn't explain the cases perfectly to be honest, but to have the table side by side with the exercises helps a lot and then you can remove the table completely when it's a bit more natural.
I agree.... very young children learn in this way... a word, a phrase, a sentence.....
это, еще вы пунктуацию не видели, просто ужас и это для человека ,который живет в России -это просто ужас : мне интересно, в других языках кто-то воспринимает в серьезно знаки : ; - и еще ссп спч бессоюзные предложение прямо косвенное цитирования водные конструкции и многое другое
I’m a native Russian speaker, and I really enjoyed your video! Here’s a piece of advice: remember that kids naturally learn to speak correctly without studying rules, even before they start school. This principle applies to any language in the world. So, don’t be discouraged by the complexity of Russian-just go with the flow.
It’s similar to how I learned English. For example, when deciding between “many” or “much,” I noticed that nouns ending with an “s” sound usually take “many”: many chairs, many pens, but much beer, much onion in the salad. Sure, there are exceptions, but you’ll pick those up easily, just like most people do.
The same goes for Russian-you’ll start noticing patterns for why certain phrases or contractions are used the way they are. Good luck, everyone!
Thank you
My humble advice:
1) Start with fundamental grammar (genders, conjugations, cases) but don’t try to nail everything down.
2) Develop your vocabulary. It will help your understanding a great deal. You will be able to connect the dots to get an idea of what is being spoken, even if you don’t wholly understand it.
3) Listen a lot, preferably podcasts that are coming with transcript. This will improve not only your listening but vocabulary also.
4) You need to speak as much as you can but if you have nobody, talk to yourself. Explain your daily routine to yourself in Russian. Pretend you’re in a restaurant and you’re ordering a meal, etc.
5) If you don’t know where to start, buy a course book. It will provide the basics in an organized way.
6) Don’t jump from one YT channel to another. There is no perfect resource but some are smarter than the others
7) It is one step at a time. You have to be very very patient. It is like watching grass grow (at least for me).
Thanks a lot❤❤ It helps 🙂
Can I learn it online?
@@Rainzy42 I would suggest self study with a course-book and support from online resources:
- For course-book, try Дорого в Россию (The Road to Russia) or Поехали
- For online grammar support, о русском по русски (about Russian in Russian) is a good resource. She is a good teacher and explains concepts in an easy way
- For listening, try Russian with Max. He has videos for all levels.
- For speaking, read easy texts and then re-tell them (don’t memorize). Talk to yourself. Whatever you are doing at that moment, try to explain it in Russian. Pretend that you are in an everyday situation (let’s say you’re ordering a meal) and try to do that in Russian. If you have privacy, do all these exercises actually speaking, not in your head. That makes a big difference.
What about Duolingo?
thx Jesus loves you. Have a good day!
My favorite part of learning about the Russian culture is the Soviet movies. You can find them on UA-cam with English subtitles.
Can you recommend a few?
@@adevikthur , Irony of Fate, Diamond Arm, Carnival Night, the girls, Operation Y, kidnapping caucasian style, office romance parts 1&2, Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession. Hope that helps!
@@susankeeton1636 Thanks much!
@@susankeeton1636 Diamond Arm is my mom's favorite Russian movie. I've seen it before with subtitles, as a kid, but hopefully I can watch it again in Russian some day!
A few recommendations from me:
17 Мгновений Весны - 17 Moments Of Spring (series in 12 episodes, absolutely genius dialogues, very good for learning) - 1973
Курьер - Courier - 1986
Самая обаятельная и привлекательная - The most charming and appealing - 1985
Been learning russian on duolingo for 2 years didnt make much progress, met a friend from russia on a video game called escape from tarkova and every now and then id have him speak russian and id only ask in english if i didnt understand something, learned more that way
Similarly, I didn't learn to truly speak Japanese until I had engaged in a lot of conversation.
I'm doing DuoLingo for Russian lately and learning how to say words like "hedgehog", but the app hasn't yet taught me to count to 10, say "sorry", or much of anything.
I''m now switching to Pimsleur, and I intend on completing Pimsleur Russian before I may again focus on DuoLingo. Pimsleur has weaknesses, but I think it may be the best way to learn to actually speak, and typically with a good accent right off the bat.
@@fjorddenierbear4832 memrise is truy the perfect app in my opinion
I agree that the Russian alphabet is the beginning. After studying Chinese, it makes you really appreciate learning any language that has an alphabet.
Ive been studying Russian for 2 years now, and I MAXIMALLY agree with everything you said. I’m also surprised RT has a Russian cours, I really didn’t know that one.
Anyways, keep up the good work, you’ve gained a new subscriber❤
Respect to this guy. I have found this channel by chance, and I love your approach.
I'm stuck in the vocabulary phase right now. I have a young baby and am struggling to find time. I absolutely adore the Russian language now though. The movies, television, and music are simply incredible. It's like I stuck my foot in water to test the temperature and the quality just devoured me. Всем удачи!
hii, do you study Russian language? I study English and learn him 2 month. Maybe you want to be my friend? I can help you Russian, and you can help me English.
Sorry, for my mistakes
@@КристинаШульгинна Привет! Да, я ещё учус по-Русский! Какую программу чата вы используете?
@@joelfisk Do you have a telegram?
@@joelfiskDo you have a telegram?
@@joelfisk do you have a telegram?
[1] You forgot one very important aspect in learning vocabulary, including when conjugating verbs: don't ignore ударение - memorize over which vowel the accent falls and the associated pronunciation rules. For example, unaccented "o" is pronounced as "a." In some few instances, moreover, a word may be spelt the same but have the accent in an alternate place with semantic effect. So take мука: with accent over the, "a," you have flour; over the "y," you have torture. Another example: There is a big difference if you say я хочу писать depending on whether the accent is placed over "и" or over the "a" in писать. (The latter means "I want to write;" the former, something you only may want to say with your buddies after drinking a lot of beer and you need bladder relief.) With the accent placed incorrectly, you simply may not be understood engendering a look of confusion or you'll be understood as someone speaking Russian poorly. Consider, for example, how to pronounce correctly the very simple words бабушка (grandmother) and отец (father) using Google translate. Can you hear where the accent falls in each? [2] You exaggerate the general difficulty of determining the genders - masculine, feminine, neuter; only two specific issues of complexity come to mind: (1) words ending with мякий знак (soft sign) ь, which may be either masculine or feminine, and (2) the short array of words like мужчина (man), which, by appearances i.e., the typical feminine ending "a" manifests but, nonetheless, is grammatically masculinе so we get "неграмотный мужчина" and not "неграмотная мужчина." In general, masculine and feminine in French is a much bigger headache than determining m/f/n in Russian. [3] Of course, learning the Cyrillic alphabet is a must but do not exaggerate the difficulties of doing so. Compared to Georgian or Armenian orthography, for example, the Cyrillic alphabet is a cake walk with most sounds, except notably for ы, x and щ, easily replicable by native English speakers. I would, however, recommend the learner undertake learning cursive script right after learning print script; cursive has some tricky nuances and should ideally be mastered early on.
Ahahaha! "Я хочу пИсать" That's a phrase you can't even say to your mates. That's what little Russian kids say. That's not what grown-ups say.
And in general, you've written correctly.
You're right, learning the alphabet is actually on the easier side compared with many other things.
I'm SO LUCKY to find this because I was thinking about studying Russian and you just popped up recently with this video. Thank you, I'll take all your recommendations.
Listen to Kino and never look back. It's such a great language and culture.
Good luck, you can do it! Я в тебя верю!
@@joelfisk i love kinooooo
Great video. Thanks
I’ve literally just started learning Russian. I started Sunday night and now it’s Wednesday and I’ve learned the alphabet. It’s not hard to remember but some could be a little difficult to pronounce. Now that I can pronounce and read most of it I’m going to implement this.
Can you share the playlist with the bangers?
New subscriber here, that was great advice, learning how to read Russiam was a big step forward for me. I should have been doing this from the start.
I really strugle to read russian, but the major problem isn't understanding, but actualy read the words, like, letter by letter, I really have to take my time reading in order to get the message, I'm trying to find a way to learn to read faster. Thanks for the advices btw, great video!
This might be the best video I found about learning Russian yet. I'm at the point where I know basic sentences but I have russian friends that want to help me improve my russian
You broke everything down on what you need to learn and how to learn it aswell. I'll definitely start using the points from this video to improve my russian thank you :D
Many Soviet films are free on UA-cam, even movies based on classic Russian literature are on UA-cam for free and with English subtitles. For example Dostoevsky’s crime and punishment and brothers karamazov I believe are there
Сталкер!
Im Latvian, and my native language is also Latvian (no sh1t, ik), but i fluently speak russian language without any accent since im 7, rn i speak Russian, Latvian, English and currently learning Polish as hobby and German in school. I think this video is pretty right about that you need to start with alphabet etc, but in my opinion its better to start to watch videos in that language to understand how it sounds, then learn basic sentences, and only then start learning about text, writing, etc. Usually people learn language to talk in it, not for texting and then i would recommend to learn sentences (or try to make some) what you would use very often and then actually use them. Even if you learn 10 words from book in single day, you will still forget them if you dont use them daily, cuz ''why you need to remember if you arent using that information?'', you got the point ;)
Would you ever want to learn Lithuanian?
@@EyeDriveATruck Idk, maybe. Knowing a lot of languages is fun, but the only problem is that i dont know anybody to learn lithuanian language with (i dont know anybody to use lithuanian. Its always easier having somebody to talk in that language with)
But Lithuanians are cool, so maybe one day i could start learning it. =D
@@tritaporika come on, it’s right next door to Latvia!
@@EyeDriveATruck I have a very little free time usually, cuz i also go to music school yk, so i probably will start learning it after polish
@@tritaporika that’s what I like to hear!
That was a really good video, man. I mean it. High quality, no beating in the bush, great attitude. Love it!
❤❤❤
Case system is really like a difficulty multiplier, only exponential. I, as a native, don't have any idea where one can start learning it and have clear indicators of progress. It has some structure, but it is so chaotic in real life.
Quick PSA cuz no one in the comments are talking about it: the dative and accusative terms in the table at 3:24 are swapped, so try not to learn them incorrectly
The russian alphabet isn't hard at all. Have you seen chinese or arabic? Arabic literally requires you to learn how to read every word because it doesn't have vowels
I would argue against. I've learned the letters in 10 days. Just take 2 letters a day and you'll learn it in 2 weeks. It's actually easy, because it's just letters, so folks who don't use signs like the Chinese etc., don't have a problem really.
Regarding the vowels, there are actually THREE which function as a prolongation letter (hurūf al-madd), which are summed in the word واي, the و (u) the ا (a) and the ي (i). Reading the Qur'ān or books with harakāt (vowels: fathah, dammah, kasrah) is what you learn at the beginning, later after you learned the words, you know which vowels are used, but knowing nahwu (grammar) and sarf (morphology) is also required for the right usage. It comes with time. Even today many Arabs don't know which vowels are being used in certain words when reading classical islamic literature. Also the same word can be pronounced with different vowels, depending on the tribes that spoke it like that, for example YAHSABU or YAHSIBU (he thinks)
The alphabet was the easiest part for me. I'm currently learning it in braille as well as print and let me tell y'all, the print version is much easier. Anyway, the genders were also pretty simple, and I love how predictable the endings are. The verb endings are also predictable for the most part, I'd say about 95 percent of verbs have the same ending rules. I have been learning Russian as a legally blind person and I'm only now starting to learn the cases. Out of the 6 cases, I would split them into 3 sections, easy, medium, and challenging.
Also, my Russian music recommendations are some heavy metal bands. They are Kipelov, Aria, Kino, and Neverlove. All are fantastic bands.
same! 3 years after learning the Russian alphabet my Russian skills have worsened since I haven’t spoken it in a while other than at home but barely, but knowing to _read_ Russian is still completely in tact lol 😭
Lol honestly! Once you learn the alphabet, you never forget it
Just as a note, I have 2 videos on my channel pertaining to the Russian alphabet. I'm not trying to mooch off someone else's channel, but I'm just letting y'all know that if you want to see more videos on the Russian alphabet or other unrelated things, I have them
@@KatelynMyszkowski-uo6dl found one, watched it and liked it 😊 How is your progress now?
I genuinely think this is the best "how to approach mastering russian" advice I have found. I have been studying russian for 1 year and yeah, very useful
100%🖒
Oh my goodness. This is SUCH a gift to your fellow polyglots! Thank you so much! 😊
English retains the Saxon genitive (Old English), but instead of being written as an ending, the s is added with an apostrophe. Think of "Johns car" (correct: John's car) as the genitive declension of John.
Also I-me, we-us, he-him, she-her, they-them
Thanks so much for the Links. Very helpful for me. Subscribed
I agree with some comments that learning cases are best by listening to native speech and memorizing the whole phrase in a context.
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I'm currently learning Russian, and I'd love to hear the song recommendations you have!! If you don't mind, I'd also like to check out the discord you were talking about!!
I want to learn more languages and this video is helping me a lot. With 17 years old I can speak English, Spanish and German in C1 level, in the future I want to speak Russian, japanese and French and I noticed that Russian and German have a lot of similitudes, now it doesnt look that hard, because I can compare it with a language that I already know. Thank you again this video actually help me a lot.
Wow! Great suggestions indeed! Thanks!🙏🏻
i started learning on Duolingo and they skipped over the genders, thankyou for your tips
Duo skips over ALL grammar.
It's great to brute-force learn meaningless sentences and become proficient in translating on the fly. But for anything else, look elsewhere.
*Спасибо за это видео! Ваш совет имеет большой смысл.*
Пишу на русском не пользуюсься переводчиком
Thanks for your video. I've been learning Russian for about two years, roughly the way you advised in your video. However, I am making extremely slow progress. The most difficult thing for me in the Russian language is the pronunciation. I don't learn words when I can't pronounce them. I know the pronunciation rules, but the Russian с, з, ж, ш, щ, ч, and soft consonants are difficult for me. And so are the aspects of verbs. The cases are not that difficult. Maybe the reason for my slow learning is my age: almost 81.
You got this!!
it has nothing to do with the age I am 25 years old Russian is still a real pain in the neck for me 😁
I’m Iranian And I learned English with watching movies only… you kinda cheered me up…and I wanted to say thank you for being generous with sharing your experience 🙏
Thanks a lot.
0:37 In persia, we pronounce "hachoo" like this to😂
Recently began Russian studies and agree with everything you said. Have a reason: mine is to speak to my Russian grandson and to my daughter in law’s family. My main fun so far when learning is Russian pop music and doing translations plus practicing pronunciation by singing along. I started with the Russian shuffle dancers. Currently I’m working on дальше-больше by Dabro. It’s a great song!!
У Dabro много хороших песен.
@@ДмитрийШайтура I agree. I love their music!!
Can you share the link to the Discord server and do you have a spotify playlist with Russian songs?🙃
hii, do you study Russian language? I study English and learn him 2 month. Maybe you want to be my friend? I can help you Russian, and you can help me English.
Sorry, for my mistakes
... with Russian, this is the CASE!!! I freak out every time I hear the word CASE!!! since I started to leaned Russian. Coincidence? I don't think so!
Yes, screw case declensions. None of the languages I speak uses declensions... not even Alemannisch.
A lack of vocabulary and declensions is what always trips me in Russian, and I have no direct translation to work with.
Thankyou for giving us a blueprint.
i’m impressed by this!! you broke concepts down well & made things seem approachable!
Great video, thanks! I looked in comments for your music suggestions, sorry if I missed it but couldnt find them, I would love to hear some music just to get the ear for the language/rock out to some bangers!
I am also looking for the music recommendations, I haven't found them, did you happen upon them?
@@bennight5915 What kind of music would you like to listen to? I'm a native speaker and huge Russian music lover, so maybe I can suggest something
@@ЕкатеринаГолдинова Anything really, I listen to every kind of music genre, classical, country, pop, rock, rap, whatever you recommend I will definitely give a try. Thank you so much!! I am very much an auditory learner so this will be very helpful!
@@bennight5915 Ok, let me share not the most popular russian speaking bands since the popular one are more or less known. Sorry I can be pretty bad at music genres
Oldschool rock - Наутилус Помпилиус, Сплин, ДДТ
Some just rock - Северный флот, Радио Тапок, КОПЕНGAGЕН, Магелланово Облако
Alternative - LOUNA, Порнофильмы, Nizkiz, Обе-Рек, Noize MC
fantasy folk - Карелия, Мельница, Земля Легенд
Indie - Сироткин, Элли на маковом поле, Дарья Виардо
Rap - Oxxymiron, Каста
@@ЕкатеринаГолдинова Oh my gosh you are amazing thank you so much!! I have already started listening to some of the Alt bands you mentioned (as that is my current hype fixation) and they are amazing!! You have been such a big help and I wish you the best. Thank you again so much!!
I'm so jealous! I'm American but self taught myself Russian in HS.
My HS had a lot of Russian people (and cute Russian boys) I got so interested.
I learned how to read Russian in one day after checking out a book at our school library.
I thought it was going to be super hard and tedious but it just came to me. I got so excited and started writing PRINT Russian on my own from what I saw in books. I met many Russian friends in HS and they would help me translate English words into Russian for me to memorize that I wrote on paper.
Long time later I took a free course of Russian language at a community college. Tbh, it didn't teach me much of what I already knew. But it was fun to be in a class of Russian dedication.
I then further in life took a credit course of Russian language at a different state community college. They had me take a placement test since I told them I already had some knowledge of the language. They told me I could go STRONG in first year with everything I knew already or I could have some challenge and enter second year since I already knew most of the basics.
I chose to go to first year because I thought it would be a good idea to fill in any gaps I may have missed from teaching myself.
Obviously I did amazing in that class but they did teach me to write in cursive which text books never did for me and cursive is the primary writing type for Russian language.
Tbh. I typed all of this out to reach this point. I struggled SOO much with the case system. I recognize it and am familiar with the concept of it. But it's SOO hard to apply it to all the vocabulary and how much it changes in every form. This is why I am jealous.
That you can know so many languages and speak them so flawlessly. But Russian, my fav language is your best and even English does well for you.
I tapped out with Russian at the case system. It was too much to remember and understand. Idk how you did it.
I think I would do better to just be thrown in the country of Russia and learn over time through experience rather than learning the reason and know how.
hi! i’m Russian native speaker, i’m learning English. What about practicing together? i can help you with Russian, you can help me with English
you really gave up on learning it after all those years?
Love your tips. Following them through. Would love to know what your favorite songs, artists, movies, podcasts etc in Russian are. Thanks, Mia.
Man this background song is a masterpiece. I had forgotten it for 2 years now
Thanks for the tips!
One thing that makes languages so much more fun to learn is if you really enjoy the people and culture of that language. Trying to learn a language just to say you know another language usually leads people to quit once it gets hard after the early beginner phase.
As a russian I have absolutely no idea why Im watching this :)
You could become a teacher to teach the language to many ppl lol
So russian similar to portuguese
Starting russian today, July 27 Saturday, will be updating everytime I make progress
Не сдавайся!
Hello
How's it going?
thank you i will return to this video in the future
I'm from the Republic of Moldova, and about 80% of the people here speak russian more than romanian (the native language), and in my school I had to learn it starting with 5th grade. It's been 4 years since I've been learning russian in school and I understand just a bit more than i can say, buy i can say that russian its really complex, especially the grammar part, which is simillar to romanian, but there are a shit ton of exceptions in every rule and so many things that just seem unecessary))
Prepare to be "special military operationed" by the Great Russian Federation cause your country has more people speaking russian than the native language
Pe bune 80% din moldoveni vb mai bine rusa decat romana? Eu stiam ca moldovenii doar vb rusa asa ca pe o limba a doua, cum vorbim noi engleza sau ceva. Wow.
@@FaraStiriRO așa e, e oribil sa vezi in câte spații publice, restaurante, parcuri, cafenele nu se vorbește romana. E un sentiment așa dezamăgitor când mergi la magazin și casiera începe să-ți vorbeasca în rusa, neștiind o boabă de romana. Poate fi explicat asta și prin faptul ca Moldova e o țară post sovietica și comunistă, si ca încă exista o mulțime de oameni (în principiu bătrâni), care susțin vorbirea limbii ruse, comunismul, având o mentalitate foarte inapoiata
@@Fatadevis Uff, da, din pacate asta e realitatea. Cine stie, in viitor poate in sfarsit Romania si Moldova se vor uni, pentru ca suntem aceeasi tara, aceeasi limba, aceeasi istorie, aceiasi oameni really.
@@Fatadevis😂 да просто эти старики знают один из мировых языков и им просто нет необходимости учить что-то ещё особенно если учесть что они закончили школы много лет назад. Они просто решили не копать себе местечковую землянку, а являются сотворцами огромной части мировой культуры.
Особенно кекнул с того что коммунистический менталитет - отсталый;) там долбанный маркс и Ленин в бестселлерах продаж, что в России, что в странах «развитого капитализма», а тут про отсталый менталитет басни рассказываешь;)
Hearing the bit about the alphabet, I guess it is all about perspective. The first foreign language I started learning was Japanese (I am still not very good, I need more vocab) and, well, you know how it has at least 2k Chinese characters that you need to at least understand to be able to get anywhere with it. So, when I decided to dabble in Russian, the alphabet felt so easy by comparison. Studying Japanese has been very frustrating at times, and I have only recently gone back to it after getting particularly frustrated, I recommend that you try another language you have not previously studied before. While Russian is obviously much easier (by comparison) I have not spent nearly as much time with it, and it really put into perspective how much progress I had made with my Japanese, and ultimately how much I would beat myself up for small and understandable mistakes.
So, long story short, if you are like me and you ever get frustrated while learning your target language try learning another completely new language (new to you, of course) and you will quickly appreciate all the progress you made in your target language.
Hi there’s thanks for the great video! I’d love to hear more about your fav music in Russian and Russian artists you follow plus it would be good to know the links to discord channels you use to practice Russian
I’m learning it from now ima edit that comment on every important step
25/07/2024 - Learning the alphabet
Yo
Progress?
how is u are doing ? How are you going ?
you know most cirilic words now?
Great Video, you explained everything very well and is very helpful to me. I am currently just 2 days into learning it, and you pointed out some important things I didn't know before. Thank you.
Great video, thanks! I found the RT resource quickly, but just letting you know that they're not in the video description as you mentioned :)
Thanks for pointing that out! I’ll update that now!
i cant find it
Check now 😁
@@PolyglotCorner I see the link now, thank you! Btw does it work only for some countries?
@@acmendes2086Some countries can't access it. A solution is to use a VPN
German and Latin have m, w, n Spanish and Italian teo genders. I feel happy I had Latin at school that helps . German has 4 cases but uses a prefic. Latin has six cases and uses the ending depending on the case. If you have kids, let them learn Latin. It helps so much with the structure of language
Your russian accent is amazing..
Thanks 😁 I’ve studied it for a long time
Он прав. Аян действительно очень крут. Для меня маркёром высокого уровня являются причастные и деепричастные обороты. Далеко не все русские их знают))
@@PolyglotCornerMake a video about sounding like a Russian native if you haven’t already
I am an English native speaker and I started listening to some Russian songs and they sound a lot like American songs with Russian lyrics
Honestly I think Russian is pretty popular and many people learn it. It's probably easy to get the basics. I don't speak Russian but I can understand the gist of it when people speak it.
Do you recommend Counter Strike for Russian Practice?
Russian is my first second language as well starting Feb of 2023. It seems that I went about it the right way. Knocked the alphabet out in a few days. That’s the easy part. I used UA-cam resources for a while and then got Babbel. I continued to use UA-cam resources to supplement Babbel. But I have been taking it slow and casual because I have no timeline. I don’t have a need for it. I’m simply intrigued by the language and culture. So even though I’m still only at about tourist level proficiency, because I slacked off heavy learning to focus more on more important things, I stay connected to the language by continuing to watch and listen to content that includes Russian language. I will eventually get back to intense study.
Wow. We appear to be living parallel lives, друг. Good luck with your studies!
Hi there !
Wish you luck in learning this really difficult language!
Btw I’m a Russian native speaker, who speaks English and learn french.
I think we can help each other by having conversations and practicing
What do you think? Just reply if interested
@@ЮлияВолобуева-й9в. I am in
@@ЮлияВолобуева-й9вI'm interested too! I am a native english speaker and know french as well. I want to learn russian
Thank you it helped a lot on having a strategy .Greetings from Türkiye
I would say learning the alphabet is 90% of learning pronounciation. As I learned german as my native language and after in this order, french, english and italian which all share the (mostly) same latin alphabet but very different pronounciation made learning and especially speaking russian really easy when you have a connection between certain letters я, ц, ш, щ, х etc. with pronounciations from the other languages. As an example я is said exactly the same as you would read ja in german, ш is „sch“ and so on. The biggest challange for most people I guess is rolling the r in all slavic languages but I had to learn this for italian aswell.
After hearing his accent whilst speaking Russian I almost thought he was a native speaker. Excellent video👌
He still has accent. Not fluently
Also these videos arent always reality. For all we know, he practiced them sentences 20 times before recording the pronunciation in the video
Another native speaker of Russian here. Hats off to those who learn the language. Such a feat, really
I am learning Russian Language... I'm from Mumbai India
Good tips. I actually learned how to read and write/speak it before I actually understood it. That worked best for me. You could put something in front of me and I'd read/speak it like a native. I'd have no clue what I was saying or reading but I could read/speak it. After I knew all the quirks with the language, genders, grammar, pronunciations etc that's when I started to focus on understanding it. Completely weird but I did it lol.
Picking the easiest route is a great way to learn a language. Once you learn the easy stuff, the hard stuff becomes easier as well :)
Kind of what I'm doing. I can read and speak most any word. Trying to learn rules is mind numbing. I'm 2 years on and I still don't know most rules. I figure I'll get there eventually. I'm learning on my own with mostly duolingo
@@eyem4freedom hey I am also learning with Duolingo plus the UA-cam.
😊
And I also can read but can't understand 😅 It's been only a week but I found this method is more faster than going step by step.
Gut klingt! Vielen Dank!
Any russian music recomendatios? Possibly rock, metal or punk?
Yeah! Check out Кино, Три Дня Дождя, and Какая Разница, those are some of the alt/rock/punk bands that I like!
Radio Tapok
@@PolyglotCorner molchat doma, is one one my favorites
Search “Russian post-punk” on UA-cam. It is calm, romantic and vigorous music.
Practical tips, thank you. Btw, Russian language uses Greek alphabet, and linguistics-wise, English is not a Western European, but a Germanic language.
I would love to hear some of your favourite Russian music artists please! I have loved Russian rap music for many years and my favourites are Obladaet, Kizaru, Pharaoh, Face, Хаски, T-Fest and the pop-singer Olga Seryabkina. I would really love to learn the language but it seems incredibly overwhelming and complicated. I spent 2 months learning Spanish in Mexico several years ago and I felt like an absolute todler with how I was progressing, it was terrible.
Any Russian music recommendations? I’ll take anything but I’m mostly into the Rap scene so I was wondering if Russian rap exists
Istnieje.
It’s funny because I got into Russian from listening to Russian music, put me on to some bops bro
Was wondering if you could send me the link to the discord you practiced Russian in? Спасибо мой брат!
Thanks a lot! 😁
Individual learning styles would mean that others would rearrange your list, but they're all crucial. For me, I tried to learn simple phrases but got frustrated with not understanding context. I was missing a lot of vocabulary. I readjusted to focusing more on vocab first (like baldandbankrupt suggested) and my comprehension went way up from there. I would recommend associating pictures with words (like flash card apps or whatever) to decouple your brain's natural association with your native language. I'm still learning the case system, but having context allows me to absorb the language, listening or visualizing, much better by simply knowing what's being talked about and figuring out the case system from there. Even if I don't understand cases perfectly, I know what a lot of the root words are and can work it out just knowing what's being talked about. I also prioritized listening and even though I didn't understand everything I was hearing, I was able to parse what was being said much easier and would look up words that I was able to discern much easier.
What launched me into wanting to learn was listening to the band KINO. I started getting into new wave and 70s punk and then I found their song packha sigaret which really hit home for me as a youth on and off the street. Post-soviet alternative music slaps. Also shoutout to moscow death brigade.
What about the pronunciation? Like the stress and no stress?
its funny you mention music, my whole reason for trying to learn russian rn is because I got really into russian post punk.
SAMEEE Do you have any recommendations or favourites?
@@lemonstudios8617 Kino, Chernikovkaya Hata, ATOW, Творожное озеро, Dismay, and Electrobirds. those are only a few of the many ive discovered and fallen in love with..
Thank you so much!
6:07 the latin languahee has that and i do latin in prison (school) (i still dont inderstamd cases after studying them for 2 years lol)
В современном английском понятие род утрачено, как грамматическая категория не надо говорить что в английском 2 рода там нет ни одного, есть понятие половой принадлежности, но это другое немножко, поэтому средний род это обычное явление он есть во многих языках европейских, например, в немецком.
Есть всё таки языки с двумя грамматическими родами как иврит, например.
My humble opinion. learning the alphabet writing it takes about 1 Month, Then use Children learning books with many visuals Mine was an old one 1985 with a cube in front and a key in golden letters. And always write down in cyrillic every visual object there. Thats for the start
Я Русский но понимаю что если бы учил свой язык с нуля то у меня хер что получилось, ребята которые учат языки вы гении
Maybe I missed this but ideally, how long should / did you put into learning Russian daily?
I know it can vary depending on the person but what would be your recommendation?
This would greatly help me with my plan of attack as a beginner just getting started.
I have been trying to learn Russian since the 90s, and instead accidentally absorbed English. So here I am in the present, still trying to learn this sucker.
If only I could find someone to converse with........
I also speak Russian but I don’t really know how to write correctly so I mostly use google translate, BUT I know when if the sentence makes sense or not
As a native Russian speaker I am so happy I don't have to start it from scratch.
I decided to learn Russian yesterday. I like their classic literature, their history, and how their language sounds. I am Bulgarian, so everything is smooth by far. However, are Russians really friendly? Since I play a lot of video games, they never pay attention if I use English and seem to me a little bit cold. However, I previously did not like Russian, because it is 'mild' if I can say so (In Bulgarian we say 'e', and Russians say 'ye'), but for some reason I am in love with it now.
Usually people don't play videogames to be friendly. They tend to spew everything that bothers them in real life, so they don't do it in person.
Although it's true that russians aren't really interested in other people if they know it won't be a lasting relationship
from me and my dad's experience, yes, they are generally very nice unless you try to press them. They probably dont pay attention to you when you speak english because they don't even know what you're saying or who you're talking to
@@yyyy12344 "Although it's true that russians aren't really interested in other people if they know it won't be a lasting relationship" really? I never heard of that or seen that before, but honestly to me it seems kind of logical, probably because I do it myself.
Native English speaker here who has studied Old English: cases are ALWAYS hard if your language doesn't inherently use them! Thank you for the warning!
Great video!! Have a question: Where can I get the case system chart that you showed on the video? A Google search only gave me a low resolution version. Thanks very much!!
I've been learning Ukrainian for 2 years and it has a lot of the same structure as russian, just like Spanish and French have the same structure (russian and Ukrainian are actually less alike than Spanish and French!). I have found that by using LingQ and stuffing as much vocabulary in my head as possible, it actually helps learn the cases. So I would definitely recommend growing your vocabulary as fast as you can while you learn the cases.... do steps 5 and 6 together.
Very interesting.
Is it difficult to use Ukrainian media? I can imagine, that sometimes one should understand both russian and Ukrainian to understand the media. A lot of Ukrainians mix two languages together, some speak only Ukrainian, some only russian. Can you as a foreigner distinguish these two languages?
I hated our media because when I was growing up in Ukraine a lot of them were only in Russian. Sometimes the name of the show had Ukrainian name, like "Я соромлюсь свого тіла", "Хата на тата", "Міняю жінку" but a large part of the show could be in Russian... Do you understand Russian as well?
@@marianavytvytska6998 When I was just learning Ukrainian, all I could distinguish was that suddenly I didn't understand a word they said. Now that I've learned a lot of russian words, I can understand that they have switched to russian and sometimes if it's a simple sentence I understand it. It's helpful to know that my lack of understanding is because they are speaking russian... not because my Ukrainian is lacking. And by the way... Slava Ukraine!!
@@brianahoffman9622 Героям і героїням слава.
I think, it may be initially hard to find good material, for compréhensible Input. I am happy, that nowadays we have more Ukrainian bloggers, who speak only Ukrainian and don't target the audience from post Soviet region. Sometimes I like to listen to "Палає" and "Це ніхто не буде дивитися"on UA-cam. The two young women who discuss literature, culture, stereotypes, mentality... If you are intermediate, you may profit from this channel ❤️
All slavic languages are the same in general. Russian and ukrainian have the same ancestor. Also if you speak Russian to ukrainians they'll understand you (because it's lingua franca).
@@freeeeman2011 or make a strang face and tell you that they don't want to understand that freaking language. The Russian invasion has changed a lot. For some people that language is a negative trigger. I would rather switch to English than to Russian .
1:34 thank me later
You're the best!!! 🎉