Thank you! I am American and in my small state (Vermont) we have about 100 Russian students work at a resort each year (before COVID). They always impressed me and I want to visit Russia. I am a bit worried because I was a soldier for 27 years, but man, what a huge country. I want to see St. Petersburg and do the Trans Siberian Railway. Thank you for your kind efforts.
Thank you Elina. My native language is English. I learned Russian from my mother as a child. The next languages I learned were Spanish and Portuguese which both have formal and informal conjugations (tu, usted, voce, o senhor). When I spoke to my mom I was always addressed as Tbi and addressed her and my uncles back as Bbi. When I learned Spanish, it was among friends so I learned the informal first. It was tricky at first because the same conversation would be spoken a different way depending on who you are talking to. But then i remembered the formal and informal in Russian so I had something to reference. I always say that language and culture go hand and hand. You can't understand the culture until you understand the language and you can't understand the language until you learn some of the culture. Saludos desde Texas.
the examples are amazing! I've decided to learn russian,cuz there are many artists and singers from your country,that make great music, so i want to understand what they are saying in interviews ,etc. Also im from a slavic country too-Bulgaria and that makes learning russian easier for me.
I started to learn elementary Russian language during 1 year because a project to Perm, where I received drawings in English/Russian. Hereafter in 1993 I went alone to Moscow for ab.1 week, but it was difficult for me with my poor Russian because english was not so common at that time. OK I visited Bolshoi Theatre, sailed on Moscow River, Museums, Metro, ect. and saw that Russian people had photos outside Mc Donalds in Arbat and western music was obviously new and popular. Since that many visits in Russia and I like the people, culture, food, ect. and I think that nowadays it is very important that people learn each other between countries, which make a more friendly world.
Hi Elina my native language is Arabic. By profession I am a tour guide in Bethlehem места рождения Иисуса. I like learning Russian interesting language.
Informal seems easier. Looks like I'll have to make a lot of friends. I am learning Russian because I want to travel all around Russia and the former USSR countries. I just hope the US and Russia could get along like their people (us) do. We won't have to deal with those pesky visas then! Love the lessons, Elina.
Thank you. Informal is what I'm accustomed to hearing. My great grandmother was Polish and did not speak English. We were not taught. I later in life worked with Russian and Ukrainian's and heard them speak it and seemed to understand some (the Ukrainian not so much) . I learned the basic phrases and out of respect would greet my crew with good morning in Russian I live in Vancouver Washington, and there is a large Russian community here. I am working in a bank and I want to learn Russian to better assist the Russian only speaking community.
I must agree with one of the comments below that if words could be articulated a tad slower, it would be absolutely fantastic. Especially to get the pronunciation right between "o"'s and "a"s for example (noob alert). Really love your videos, though. They make the learning of russian and the russian culture real fun... much more fun than Duolingo :) Spasiba :)
Finally got to start this course after a long delay this year. I did not find one form more difficult than the other but the formal seems wordier. I want to learn Russian to travel through Russia in 9 years.
I want to learn Russian because my family history is from Russia, I visited Moscow and Baikonur, Kazakhstan when I was much younger I feel a connection to the cyrillic alphabet and I want to know more about where my family comes from, thank you for your videos!!
Great refreshing of my poor Russian knowledge from classes in 1968 and 1969. I learned Russian because in the east most people use it as lingua franca. Unfortunately the polish people could speak Russian well but they were unhappy to converse in Russian. They preferred English. Though Russian is a challenge it is attractive to learn the language of Tolstoi, Mendeleiev, Kurchatov and Landau, to name a few of very many outstanding personalities from Russia.
Thanks for your Russian lessons. Ever since COVID-19 lock down was imposed two years ago I started learning Russian through U TUBE. Not continuously but off and on. Today I learned that you are also teaching Russian language which is a pleasant surprise to me. It is really pleasant to have a beautiful girl to listen to. Will look forward to you for more and more Russian lessons. By the way how is the life out there now?
I like the informal but try to focus on the formal because if I use Russian it will most likely be with someone I do not know. I'm studying Russian because it is interesting. I like your language lessons and your travel lessons as well.
I live in Alabama - The time zone is GMT / UTC - 6. I have skyped with some people in Russia before, problem is time zone difference limits when this can be done. Let me know if you are interested - Ok with me.
Priviet, Elina! Thank you for this first Russian lesson! I have a suggestion for improvement: It would be better to show the Russian words longer, so that persons who are not used to the cyrillic script have more time to decode the words without having to stop the video each time. Apart from that, the video is great! I can´t wait to see more of it! Greetings from Vienna, Austria! Paka!
That's so funny I'm learning russian and I keep wanting to say Normal to when I see нормально it goes both ways haha. Awesome video! I love the culture and the people in Russian I can't wait to travel there In the next year.
I apologize, as an American, I was unable to read the words written in Russian because we don't use the Cyrillic Alphabet. It there some way to transliterate the words using the Latin Alphabet as a guide to pronunciation? Spasiba
Hello, Eli. I'm strongly considering signing up for your language course that begins tomorrow. I'm finding it difficult to follow you in this video. 😮 Are your courses easier, or more slower paced than this video? 😊
I decided to learn Russian to help out my Fellow Russian and Ukrainian believers at church and also for work we have many Russian and Ukrainian families seeking assistance.
Hello. Eli..I'm always fascinated with your vlog..how can I reach you? Coz I want to join you with your next adventure..just tell me how much compensation with your companionship and how much I'm gonna spend for a week tour.
Maybe because I no longer have the 2 people I knew to practice with, formal is easier for me to understand. I have Russian language textbooks (forestry).
In answer to your previous question in another video. Why don't Italian guys approach you? Maybe it has something to do with what appears to be an engagement ring on your left hand. Which is also interesting as that is the Western custom not the Russian one.
The video was good but its too fast for the beginner's, if you repeat the meaning or pronounce little slowly it might be helpful a lot for beginner, because beginner wont understand that fastly( just like me😅)
@@ElifromRussia I think this is a nice idea. I think you should write in English alphabet eg. Привет - Priviet , so it would be helpful in pronouncing. Thanks for replying and i hope this will helpful for others.
My family was serb. My wife is czech. Russian is closer to serbian. Easier to pronounce. My wife has ova on my last name. My mother also except it was dropped after move to us
Não faça isso. Coloque a língua do seu idioma com letras pequenas e coloque a tradução com letra maior como se tivesse convidando um estrangeiro a ler seu idioma.
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Thank you! I am American and in my small state (Vermont) we have about 100 Russian students work at a resort each year (before COVID). They always impressed me and I want to visit Russia. I am a bit worried because I was a soldier for 27 years, but man, what a huge country. I want to see St. Petersburg and do the Trans Siberian Railway. Thank you for your kind efforts.
Did you ever make it over? Harder now.
How are you doing now, Geoff?
Thank you Elina. My native language is English. I learned Russian from my mother as a child. The next languages I learned were Spanish and Portuguese which both have formal and informal conjugations (tu, usted, voce, o senhor). When I spoke to my mom I was always addressed as Tbi and addressed her and my uncles back as Bbi. When I learned Spanish, it was among friends so I learned the informal first. It was tricky at first because the same conversation would be spoken a different way depending on who you are talking to. But then i remembered the formal and informal in Russian so I had something to reference. I always say that language and culture go hand and hand. You can't understand the culture until you understand the language and you can't understand the language until you learn some of the culture. Saludos desde Texas.
Wow ! Você é um poliglota! Parabéns!❤️
The Russian Language is so beautiful. I really like it. The informal was easier for me. Thank you Eli for your teaching.
Hello. Your English is very clear . I don't remember anyone speaking English so clearly. Thanks for giving me this information.
Informal just about easier to understand. Want to.learn Russian for multiple reasons.
Thank You sisterRNussian phrases classes.Thanks from India
the examples are amazing! I've decided to learn russian,cuz there are many artists and singers from your country,that make great music, so i want to understand what they are saying in interviews ,etc. Also im from a slavic country too-Bulgaria and that makes learning russian easier for me.
Hello informal way is easy,yes I wanted to learn Russian,bcoz I want to travel when everything is over ,thanks for your concern
If you want to learn a difficult to pronounce word, I would recommend, Трудновыговариваемое 😎
@@ElifromRussia thanks for the new challenge! Took me 2 days to figure out the above word, so let’s see how this goes 😂
сельскохозяйственное
защищающийся
Odlicni si profesor-blagodaram
Very helpful and charmingly presented compilation 😊 I am already looking forward to the sequel
Спасибо , I’m studying Russian because I like the way it sounds and my New Year’s resolution is to learn another language.
I started to learn elementary Russian language during 1 year because a project to Perm, where I received drawings in English/Russian. Hereafter in 1993 I went alone to Moscow for ab.1 week, but it was difficult for me with my poor Russian because english was not so common at that time. OK I visited Bolshoi Theatre, sailed on Moscow River, Museums, Metro, ect. and saw that Russian people had photos outside Mc Donalds in Arbat and western music was obviously new and popular. Since that many visits in Russia and I like the people, culture, food, ect. and I think that nowadays it is very important that people learn each other between countries, which make a more friendly world.
Hi Elina my native language is Arabic. By profession I am a tour guide in Bethlehem места рождения Иисуса. I like learning Russian interesting language.
Informal seems easier. Looks like I'll have to make a lot of friends. I am learning Russian because I want to travel all around Russia and the former USSR countries. I just hope the US and Russia could get along like their people (us) do. We won't have to deal with those pesky visas then! Love the lessons, Elina.
I really want to start learning Russian asap. Nearly in all of your videos you are trying to help people about somethings 👌🏻👏🏻Thank you Eli 💐
@@ElifromRussia tum bahut achi ho ,bakunova.
Informal seems easier to me. I have always found the Russian language beautiful and interesting. Thank you for the video.
Thank you. Informal is what I'm accustomed to hearing. My great grandmother was Polish and did not speak English. We were not taught. I later in life worked with Russian and Ukrainian's and heard them speak it and seemed to understand some (the Ukrainian not so much) . I learned the basic phrases and out of respect would greet my crew with good morning in Russian I live in Vancouver Washington, and there is a large Russian community here. I am working in a bank and I want to learn Russian to better assist the Russian only speaking community.
I used learn it before so it's great to brush up with your kind lessons
Thank you I’m doing Russian classes and school Xx
Спасибо, Элина .. Буду ждать следующего урока от тебя ..
I must agree with one of the comments below that if words could be articulated a tad slower, it would be absolutely fantastic. Especially to get the pronunciation right between "o"'s and "a"s for example (noob alert).
Really love your videos, though. They make the learning of russian and the russian culture real fun... much more fun than Duolingo :)
Spasiba :)
Some Russian sounds are similar ti Irish Gaelige & Scottish Gaelic. = what they call “slender (consonants) + slender (vowels),
broad (consonants) + broad (vowels).See Irish & Scottish
videos & websites.
Большое Спасибо
Buenos dias Elina!
Thanks elina! I'm going to practice these on my friends 😊
To learn Russian one need to use it most possible at visit or study in the country and movies, books, ect. That is why I follow your blog Eli.))
Finally got to start this course after a long delay this year. I did not find one form more difficult than the other but the formal seems wordier. I want to learn Russian to travel through Russia in 9 years.
I´m from Czech rep and I´m just fascinated by russian language. I like my national language too, so maybe it´s also, bcs of similarities.
Informal is easier ❤😊
I want to learn Russian because my family history is from Russia, I visited Moscow and Baikonur, Kazakhstan when I was much younger I feel a connection to the cyrillic alphabet and I want to know more about where my family comes from, thank you for your videos!!
Very useful, thanks!
@@ElifromRussia And the culture video, so useful to know!!
WHITE LADY, SNOW ELI....BIG COUTRY...A SUPER POWER COUNTRY RUSSIA....WITH LOVE FROM PHILIPPINES
Great refreshing of my poor Russian knowledge from classes in 1968 and 1969. I learned Russian because in the east most people use it as lingua franca. Unfortunately the polish people could speak Russian well but they were unhappy to converse in Russian. They preferred English. Though Russian is a challenge it is attractive to learn the language of Tolstoi, Mendeleiev, Kurchatov and Landau, to name a few of very many outstanding personalities from Russia.
Thanks for your Russian lessons. Ever since COVID-19 lock down was imposed two years ago I started learning Russian through U TUBE. Not continuously but off and on. Today I learned that you are also teaching Russian language which is a pleasant surprise to me. It is really pleasant to have a beautiful girl to listen to. Will look forward to you for more and more Russian lessons.
By the way how is the life out there now?
Awesome thanks!
You have wonderful comments written by everyone .Hope you answer to our comments
That's really helpful, thanks! I will check out your other language learning videos!
Greetings from Germany, Becky
We need more of this videos!
Very interesting, thanks Eli 😊
First russian I ever seen speaking English so fluent.
I like the informal but try to focus on the formal because if I use Russian it will most likely be with someone I do not know. I'm studying Russian because it is interesting. I like your language lessons and your travel lessons as well.
Hi
приветствия!
@@jeffsnider3588 i am study english. I am beginer. My english very bad. I need practice. Where are you from?
I live in Alabama - The time zone is GMT / UTC - 6. I have skyped with some people in Russia before, problem is time zone difference limits when this can be done. Let me know if you are interested - Ok with me.
Priviet, Elina! Thank you for this first Russian lesson! I have a suggestion for improvement: It would be better to show the Russian words longer, so that persons who are not used to the cyrillic script have more time to decode the words without having to stop the video each time. Apart from that, the video is great! I can´t wait to see more of it! Greetings from Vienna, Austria! Paka!
I understand Russians, because we are Serbian dobar dan,dobro jutro,laku noc,zdravo dovidjenja, vidimo se sutra
That's so funny I'm learning russian and I keep wanting to say Normal to when I see нормально it goes both ways haha. Awesome video! I love the culture and the people in Russian I can't wait to travel there In the next year.
It was years ago now how was it?
🙋
Hey, good to know my Mango Lessons are working!
Marry Christmas
because I have a ruski lover.
EPIC VIDEO
I apologize, as an American, I was unable to read the words written in Russian because we don't use the Cyrillic Alphabet. It there some way to transliterate the words using the Latin Alphabet as a guide to pronunciation? Spasiba
I would like to learn some Russian before I pay a visit. This was very helpful. Just have to find out where I can get some classes here in Chile.
Hello, Eli. I'm strongly considering signing up for your language course that begins tomorrow. I'm finding it difficult to follow you in this video. 😮 Are your courses easier, or more slower paced than this video? 😊
Oh God. It has been my dream to learn Russian. Как дела:)
@@ElifromRussia yes . :)
For better understanding, pl script it in english too alongside.
nice
I decided to learn Russian to help out my Fellow Russian and Ukrainian believers at church and also for work we have many Russian and Ukrainian families seeking assistance.
Ever heard of the closing of Memorial?
The first was a bit easier and I'm learning because Russian is my heritage
Hi Elina, does russian University provide full scholarship for undergraduate degree other than Russian government Scholarship?
MY ELI FROM RUSSIA.
Hello. Eli..I'm always fascinated with your vlog..how can I reach you? Coz I want to join you with your next adventure..just tell me how much compensation with your companionship and how much I'm gonna spend for a week tour.
Good job elina
Good evening my teacher
I want to learn leatureture
Informal is a lot easier. I'm learning Russian because I have Russian family members.
Some of my Russian friends answer with "Not so good, not so bad" when asked about how they are doing.
❤❤❤
👍👍
Maybe because I no longer have the 2 people I knew to practice with, formal is easier for me to understand.
I have Russian language textbooks (forestry).
Im confused.because many pronounce zdravstvuyte as ZDRASTUYTE...silent V in draVS and tVuy
Хай май рыженькая пусси !🌶️🍒😍 Ю ар соу биютифал
😂
This is good and my Cat is watching it too!
Good video, but i was 'lost' after the first 5 seconds :)
@@ElifromRussia A second language does'nt come easy to me, i struggle with English. Enjoy watching your video's about Russian way of life :)
5:12
In answer to your previous question in another video. Why don't Italian guys approach you? Maybe it has something to do with what appears to be an engagement ring on your left hand. Which is also interesting as that is the Western custom not the Russian one.
Я практикую русский язык жестов. Буряты и ингуши считают на своем языке.
🙏🙏🌷🌷
Привет Элина ) оба мне линки, но "здравствуйте" уже очень трудно скажу. "Здр"! Когда нибудь. Как я узнаю патриномический? Спасибо!
@@ElifromRussia спасибо )) как узнаю кем-то отчество?
The video was good but its too fast for the beginner's, if you repeat the meaning or pronounce little slowly it might be helpful a lot for beginner, because beginner wont understand that fastly( just like me😅)
@@ElifromRussia I think this is a nice idea. I think you should write in English alphabet eg. Привет - Priviet , so it would be helpful in pronouncing. Thanks for replying and i hope this will helpful for others.
@@ElifromRussia i was wrong i am sorry, words are not fast .
R U COMING TO INDIA?
@@ElifromRussia kab rahi ho .[when u lived ?]
Sounds like you said до скорово
Я хочу выучить русский язык, потому что меня усыновили из России 🇷🇺❤️🔥🇧🇻
5:23 some English speakers might think this sounds like "disaster" !
i hope you will put the romanization in the next video :(
"Night" sounds similar in Spanish.
Amor vc pode falar mais devagar?
It is really hard to remember the words in Russian, the letters are similar but also very different to English, and sometime you just get confused.
E a Yulllyya?
My family was serb. My wife is czech. Russian is closer to serbian. Easier to pronounce. My wife has ova on my last name. My mother also except it was dropped after move to us
I want to know the word" I love you" in rusian
Не хватает медленного произношения , и транскрипта . Не всегда понимают , что сказали , быстро
Why does the Russian language look like its from Alpha Centauri?
Chai Russia is hard😅
Hi I am Ukraine 🇺🇦 but you know we talk Russian but I don't now more Russian my friend is Ukraine
For making a Girlfriend 😂😂........ I'm learning because one day I will visit Russia
It's all difficult...
Learn it to earn it 😂
Não faça isso. Coloque a língua do seu idioma com letras pequenas e coloque a tradução com letra maior como se tivesse convidando um estrangeiro a ler seu idioma.
The pronunciation is a huge challenge..😭😭
is it just me or are redheads the most beautiful girls in the world ...
Say what?