This is the very video I needed! I've been studying Russian on my own, and this is one concept that I'd always found hard to understand. You've helped me a lot. Thank you for your wonderful videos!
sorry to be so offtopic but does someone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb forgot my password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me.
4 года назад+8
This is the hardest part of all Russian language, in my opinion. I was so frustrated because I couldn't hear a difference between soft and hard. But now I know the rules and it's going to keep me alert. I will continue listening and I'm sure I'll get it. Thank you for this! You were very clear!
Indeed, learning to hear and convey the softness of consonants requires some effort and training. Shortly, soft consonants are pronounced with a different tongue posture, usually with the tip of the tongue pressed against the lower incisors. Try to say the English [t] - [d] with the tip of the tongue pressed against the lower incisors and you will pronounce them soft = with a soft sign.
3 года назад
@@DenisFedorov I'm coming back to this video a month later and I can already hear a difference. It makes me happy to see I'm making progress. I'll keep working hard! Thank you for your help.
Richard Dias Ribeiro this is the best reply over this topic I’ve found on RUclips so far too, for real. I’m finally starting to understand too. Thank you too.
Can you do a video teaching us how to spell in the "old" Russian way, before the alphabet was revised in 1918 and again in the 1920s? I would like to learn to spell with the Yat and the other letters which were thrown out of the alphabet, and how to use the Hard and Soft Signs in the old way, too. Thank you.
This was a very interesting video. I have not seen one like it up to now, and I have been studying for over a year. Please continue this video concept using words that end in a soft sign. Thank you. Also, I will be using this video on and off to recheck my pronunciation of Russian words. Thank you.
Thanks. Words that end in a soft sign actually end in a soft sound. So what you need to do is to teach yourself to pronounce isolated soft sounds. There are 15 soft sounds. If we try to find analogies in English, here is what I find: БЬ = b in bee ВЬ = v in veal ГЬ = g in geese ... So, English has soft sounds too))
I don't know if I missed it on your list of videos, but if you have one already, could you link a reply with a video that explains this ы. It has always stumped me.
Thanks. In practice, learning to pronounce soft sounds properly requires not hints but a more serious approach which usually involves work on each sound. So, that would be a very comprehensive long video. I'll think about it.
Excellent clarification as per usual. I will have to watch starting at the 10:00 mark again and again. I understand the pause just about saying the correct soft and hard sounds to follow. For example мье sounds like muh-eh and мъе meh-eh. Is that a close phonetic description ?
Hi, I'm trying to pick up Russian. which video of yours would you suggest I start on first? do you have a playlist of videos a true beginner can start on? i watched on your other video that for a beginner, we must first learn the alphabets - do you have a video for this? by the way, of all the videos I have come across on RUclips, I like your channel the best. really good approach! keep it up :)
Thanks! If you want my videos in some sequence, start here denisfedorov.com/Free-Alphabet.htm + After subscribing, on the day 2, you'll get my guide on textbooks, and there it will be also discussed how to start learning Russian.
It’s without a doubt a great explanation thanks 😊 but I still struggle to hear a big difference)) I have trouble with сь собираюсь, надеюсь, спалось, здесь and so on hehe. I’ll just have to practice harder and hopefully once my listening skills get sharper maybe I can then hear the difference and work more on it )
Denis, I have just started to learn Russian for a few days. Do you think I should learn some basic grammar first before caring too much about pronunciation ? Or I should make sure my pronunciation is decent before moving on ? (I am interested in enrolling your course, but I am not sure if it is the best moment for me to enrol right now, considering I have just started to learn Russian for few days. However, I wanna stress that learning russian has always been one of my life goals for years, but I just did not have enough time back then. Indeed, being fluent in russian is one of my dreams. )
We have hard and soft sounds in English, too.......but we don't have special indicator letters like Russian does that get placed after consonants. It would be suuuuuuuuuuper confusing if our alphabet 🔤 did!!!!!!
denis what should I do when I START learning Russian I just learned the letter and the soft and hard signs what should I do next, your videos are awesome!
In a word like семья for example, why does it need a soft sign? Doesn't я already indicate that the previous consonant should be soft? Is it extra soft now?
There is no "extra softness." The soft sign makes preceding consonants soft (in word-final positions) and breaks the confluence of a vowel and a consonant (=small pause). Thus, -мья and -мя sound differently because of a small pause inserted.
Sir, at 8:02 МЕ sounded to me like МЭ and ГЕ sounded like ГЭ. Also the Я in ОБЪЯСНЕНИЕ sounded like И. Please I am having a big trouble, could you help me to understand?
Frankly, these are not easy questions to be answered in a comment. However, shortly, "Я in ОБЪЯСНЕНИЕ sounded like И" -- yes, this is correct, it did sound as [и]. This is called “vowel reduction”. Reduction of vowels is basically what happens to vowels in unstressed positions. There is a whole set of Russian pronunciation rules that exist within this concept. In this case, “Я” became [и]. "МЕ sounded to me like МЭ and ГЕ sounded like ГЭ" -- this is somewhat true too. The thing is that there is no such a sound as “E” in the Russian language, only a letter “E” which comprises of 2 sounds, [йэ]. That’s why you hear [э]. The letter “E” is a soft vowel which means that it influences the preceding consonant. So, basically what you were hearing was [г’э] - [м’э], where the apostrophe sign means that the consonant is soft. To learn more about this, google “Russian soft consonants”.
Dude, why you put silicon to your lips? You d be much better without it. As for those hard and soft letters your video was very informative. Good job on that.
Could you be more specific with your question? Concerning "O," maybe the answer is within the following pronunciation rule, "the unstressed |О| is pronounced as |A|." As for the omitted Я, I don't know to what word/example this question refers to.
Your question refers to the Russian Pronunciation Rules in general and to stressed/unstressed vowels in particular. At 8:34, both О and Я are unstressed. In Russian, we naturally deemphasize unstressed syllables so much that they begin sounding "simpler." So, the unstressed O is pronounced as A. The same is with Я. When stressed, it is pronounced as "yah;" when unstressed, "yih."
This is the very video I needed! I've been studying Russian on my own, and this is one concept that I'd always found hard to understand. You've helped me a lot. Thank you for your wonderful videos!
Glad to be of help!
😊
sorry to be so offtopic but does someone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account..?
I was dumb forgot my password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me.
This is the hardest part of all Russian language, in my opinion. I was so frustrated because I couldn't hear a difference between soft and hard. But now I know the rules and it's going to keep me alert. I will continue listening and I'm sure I'll get it. Thank you for this! You were very clear!
Indeed, learning to hear and convey the softness of consonants requires some effort and training. Shortly, soft consonants are pronounced with a different tongue posture, usually with the tip of the tongue pressed against the lower incisors. Try to say the English [t] - [d] with the tip of the tongue pressed against the lower incisors and you will pronounce them soft = with a soft sign.
@@DenisFedorov I'm coming back to this video a month later and I can already hear a difference. It makes me happy to see I'm making progress. I'll keep working hard! Thank you for your help.
I don't know what it is but the way this man talks is so intriguing it makes it surprisingly easy to pay attention
Amazing explanation Fedorov.
Thanks!
Best explanation over this topic I've found on youtube so far,for real! I'm finally starting to understand. Thank you!
Thanks!
Richard Dias Ribeiro this is the best reply over this topic I’ve found on RUclips so far too, for real. I’m finally starting to understand too. Thank you too.
I have been trying to figure this out for so long now, and now it's all finally clicking! Thank you Denis, this was a great video.
Рад быть полезным!
Exactly the video I was looking for! Thank you very much !
You're welcome!
I am totally new to learning Russian and this already made a lot of sense. Thank you.
Не за что
This video helps me hugely! Thanks to you clear and concise explanation, I finally (begin to) understand the differences in pronunciation. Great work!
Glad it helped!
Very informative and helpful. A very sincere спасибо from someone learning on his own in Brazil.
Thankyou Denis, 😊😊😊
Glad this video found me! Thank you!
Denis, you are perfect teacher, very intelligent.
What a wonderful explanation. Thank you so much . You are a very good teacher.
Thank you! 😃
Excellent video. Thank you.
It’s my pleasure to be of help.
Brilliant! Absolutely BRILLIANT!
Thanks!
Sometimes it's so hard to say in Russian but it's not bad. It's like between English and Russian learning.
Wow, this actually helped me so much. I completely understand soft and hard signs now.
Спасибо вам большое 😊🇹🇷
Пожалуйста
Вы хороший учитель 👍
Спасибо за комплимент!
Very Interesting Content,
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Долго искана такой урок и рада что нашла, спасибо!
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Very knowledgeable and very attractive
So nice of you
Most excellent as always.
Thanks
Brilliant as usual Denis
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Can you do a video teaching us how to spell in the "old" Russian way, before the alphabet was revised in 1918 and again in the 1920s? I would like to learn to spell with the Yat and the other letters which were thrown out of the alphabet, and how to use the Hard and Soft Signs in the old way, too. Thank you.
Excellent!
Спасибо
thank you sir! gracias!
Пожалуйста!
Hey comrade, I like your cool way of bidding goodbye, пока-пока!
This was a very interesting video. I have not seen one like it up to now, and I have been studying for over a year. Please continue this video concept using words that end in a soft sign. Thank you. Also, I will be using this video on and off to recheck my pronunciation of Russian words. Thank you.
Thanks. Words that end in a soft sign actually end in a soft sound. So what you need to do is to teach yourself to pronounce isolated soft sounds. There are 15 soft sounds.
If we try to find analogies in English, here is what I find:
БЬ = b in bee
ВЬ = v in veal
ГЬ = g in geese
...
So, English has soft sounds too))
Day 2 of learning russian: There are 10 vowels and 2 letters that don't make a sound. Also there are two letter 3's and a letter 6.
The two ‘3s’ are different: з and э , former is Z. Latter is E. б is B and в is V. Do you have a Russian keyboard?
thank you ! cause this vidio now im understood th soft sight and hard sight
Great!
Thank you :)
Не за что
I don't know if I missed it on your list of videos, but if you have one already, could you link a reply with a video that explains this ы. It has always stumped me.
Thorough! thanks man. Only if you gave some hints on how to pronounce hard and soft it would be 10/10. I can hear the difference but can't reproduce.
Thanks. In practice, learning to pronounce soft sounds properly requires not hints but a more serious approach which usually involves work on each sound. So, that would be a very comprehensive long video. I'll think about it.
To me if feels like there is just a "j/y" sound is added. Almost like the b is a j/y. Like Mba = Mja/Mya.
lol he thought me english too.
Thank you, are you still allowing these pronunciation on your website as of today?
This is very very useful
Excellent clarification as per usual. I will have to watch starting at the 10:00 mark again and again. I understand the pause just about saying the correct soft and hard sounds to follow. For example мье sounds like muh-eh and мъе meh-eh. Is that a close phonetic description ?
Thanks.
Basically yes, it is "muh-eh" or "meh-eh"))
Soften the "T" in 'soften'.
1:15
though moment
Hi, I'm trying to pick up Russian. which video of yours would you suggest I start on first? do you have a playlist of videos a true beginner can start on? i watched on your other video that for a beginner, we must first learn the alphabets - do you have a video for this? by the way, of all the videos I have come across on RUclips, I like your channel the best. really good approach! keep it up :)
Thanks!
If you want my videos in some sequence, start here denisfedorov.com/Free-Alphabet.htm
+ After subscribing, on the day 2, you'll get my guide on textbooks, and there it will be also discussed how to start learning Russian.
Denis Fedorov thank you very much! Keep up the good work :)
Do paired consonants produce the same soft sounds?
It’s without a doubt a great explanation thanks 😊 but I still struggle to hear a big difference)) I have trouble with сь собираюсь, надеюсь, спалось, здесь and so on hehe. I’ll just have to practice harder and hopefully once my listening skills get sharper maybe I can then hear the difference and work more on it )
Noted! To pronounce -сь, you need to strongly press the tip of the tongue against the lower front teeth.
Denis, do you teach every single hard and soft consonant in your course ? 🙏
Yes, I do.
Denis, I have just started to learn Russian for a few days. Do you think I should learn some basic grammar first before caring too much about pronunciation ? Or I should make sure my pronunciation is decent before moving on ? (I am interested in enrolling your course, but I am not sure if it is the best moment for me to enrol right now, considering I have just started to learn Russian for few days. However, I wanna stress that learning russian has always been one of my life goals for years, but I just did not have enough time back then. Indeed, being fluent in russian is one of my dreams. )
You’re fucking awesome
We have hard and soft sounds in English, too.......but we don't have special indicator letters like Russian does that get placed after consonants. It would be suuuuuuuuuuper confusing if our alphabet 🔤 did!!!!!!
denis what should I do when I START learning Russian I just learned the letter and the soft and hard signs what should I do next, your videos are awesome!
Next come new words learning (vocabulary) and the wonderful world of the beginner's Russian grammar))
Denis Fedorov thank you
In a word like семья for example, why does it need a soft sign? Doesn't я already indicate that the previous consonant should be soft? Is it extra soft now?
There is no "extra softness." The soft sign makes preceding consonants soft (in word-final positions) and breaks the confluence of a vowel and a consonant (=small pause). Thus, -мья and -мя sound differently because of a small pause inserted.
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9:37 8:00 10:12
So is it correct if I say that ки=kji, кьи=kj-ji and къи=k-ji ?
Also, thanks a lot for these videos, they are very helpful and you explain clearly :)
Probably it is correct.
(The thing is that we can interpret these "kji kj-ji k-ji" differently)
I understand, thanks!
Я их чисто по приколу ер и ерь называю)
Sir, at 8:02 МЕ sounded to me like МЭ and ГЕ sounded like ГЭ. Also the Я in ОБЪЯСНЕНИЕ sounded like И. Please I am having a big trouble, could you help me to understand?
Frankly, these are not easy questions to be answered in a comment.
However, shortly,
"Я in ОБЪЯСНЕНИЕ sounded like И" -- yes, this is correct, it did sound as [и]. This is called “vowel reduction”. Reduction of vowels is basically what happens to vowels in unstressed positions. There is a whole set of Russian pronunciation rules that exist within this concept. In this case, “Я” became [и].
"МЕ sounded to me like МЭ and ГЕ sounded like ГЭ" -- this is somewhat true too. The thing is that there is no such a sound as “E” in the Russian language, only a letter “E” which comprises of 2 sounds, [йэ]. That’s why you hear [э]. The letter “E” is a soft vowel which means that it influences the preceding consonant. So, basically what you were hearing was [г’э] - [м’э], where the apostrophe sign means that the consonant is soft. To learn more about this, google “Russian soft consonants”.
@@DenisFedorov Thank you so much for spending your time to respond. I will take a look at vowel reduction and soft and hard consonants.
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привет брат. Yeah, I was learn that already.
That's great)
did you write private brat in Russian?
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that's good
I'm trying to learn Russian
+The Syrian eyes
thank you so much brat
wish you the same
Я русская, с рождения говорю на русском, уважаемые знатоки, внимание вопрос.... Зачем я это смотрю?
Вдруг станешь преподавателем или репетитором, вот тебе образец урока.
Dude, why you put silicon to your lips? You d be much better without it. As for those hard and soft letters your video was very informative. Good job on that.
Ь is used more than Ъ.
True.
Да.
объяснение - why "о" sounds like "mOther", not like "dOg" and why Я is omitted (definitely can't hear the "yah" even on 0.25x speed). Explain please.
Could you be more specific with your question? Concerning "O," maybe the answer is within the following pronunciation rule, "the unstressed |О| is pronounced as |A|." As for the omitted Я, I don't know to what word/example this question refers to.
@@DenisFedorov My whole question refers to 8:34
Your question refers to the Russian Pronunciation Rules in general and to stressed/unstressed vowels in particular. At 8:34, both О and Я are unstressed. In Russian, we naturally deemphasize unstressed syllables so much that they begin sounding "simpler." So, the unstressed O is pronounced as A. The same is with Я. When stressed, it is pronounced as "yah;" when unstressed, "yih."
Why the hell I'm studying Russian! 😩 well, lets continue this learning... for Cheburascaaaa!!! 😁 pobeda za nami!!!
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