Are Russians surprised by foreigners who speak Russian fluently?
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Are you learning Russian and wondering how Russians will react to you speaking Russian? You will be happy to hear that the vast majority of Russians are incredibly tolerant of foreigners speaking Russian. Almost every Russian finds it flattering and is willing to help.
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Russians are really surprised by Russians who speak English. :)
Especially with a North American accent.
@@schizoidforjesus В США существуют десятки разных акцентов, так что "американского" акцента как такового нет
or by Russians who can drive.
In answer to your question at the end, I vividly remember being criticised for my poor Russian by a local in the university dormitory in Minsk, Belarus where I was studying Russian there. I actually appreciated his honesty. I think it helped to spur me on to improve my Russian.
Yes! Hearing how great your Russian is may stunt your language growth. Sometimes the truth is harsh but pushes you to succeed. The important to know is that Russians being blunt isn't to intentionally criticize or hurt you. They just call it how they see it.
@@TheExpatEdge I was wondering what methods you guys used to learn Russian, besides actually living there. I'm hoping to move to Moscow within the next couple of years and want to start working on the language (and Spanish too).
I’m currently learning Russian. 😍🤓
I'm also learning.
I can help you with practicing it if you’re interested in. I’m fluent Russian speaker.
@@smhasan8431 How long have you been learning it?
@@almazkairosh7976 yeah I need help,,
Levi Ligget Not too far yet. I completed the 30 video course here on RUclips by Russian Made Easy and I also use LingoDeer.
I visited Russia last year after studying Russian for 2 years and when I used it to ask for tables at restaurants or speak to people at markets they could tell I wasn’t Russian from my accent but they said my pronunciation was brilliant. They were also very surprised how well I could read Russian. Good thing they didn’t see my writing cause even my Russian teacher says my cursive Cyrillic is terrible 😅 But I loved Russia and would highly recommend a visit!
@Claude Myshkin I studied Russian with a private tutor as I studied Russian history for my A level and am a bit of a language nut. I speak French and Italian (French is my mother tongue, English my second) so I thought a Slavic language would be a good challenge. My tutor is from Volgograd. I think having a native speaker is key as you really get the opportunity to properly learn the pronunciations and idioms that make you sound less foreign. I think it also massively helped with the writing/reading. I always learn best by watching Russian movies with French (or English) subtitles as it gives you a great audio input for pronunciation which can be tricky with Russian. After studying it for nearly 3 years now I would say I can converse comfortably with native speaking Russians who perhaps slow down a little for me. It is a beautiful language though so I wish you good luck! :)
Interesting topic. I have noticed that Russians are impressed when a foreigner speaks Russian at an intermediate or advanced level. I have been told that I don't have an accent when I speak Russian. My biggest problem is understanding everything that is said to me. You mentioned doing a video where you speak Russian. I think that is a great idea.
If you need some practice with Russian I can help you with that.
@@LasLexus it depends what your native language is. If it belongs to Indo-European group basically if it is one of Roman-German group I don’t think it is so difficult as people think. I am not impressed when a person speak some Russian. Every one with brain can do it. I am impressed if someone speaks really fluent Russian with tiny accent, understanding any native speaker, any situation etc. I mean really fluent. Well, I am impressed if you speak fluent English, French, Korean etc as well. This guy’s accent is very good but obviously not tiny or non-existent. Though they speak extremely well, obviously they worked super hard. I ve heard Americans who literally speaks Russian cleaner than 25 of of Russians and without accent. That impressed me tremendously. How many Russians or Spanish or Greek do you know who speak English beautifully and with tiny accent? So yes this level is really impressive.
It was an interesting video. I'm also a native English speaker who speaks Russian. I always respect fellow narive English speakers that can speak Russian.
Learning a language to a high level is quite an endeavor but so worth it. Keep it up!
What methods did you use? I'm going to start learning it next month.
I back this up totally. I did Russian at university and found then and since that Russians are very tolerant of foreigners learning to speak Russian. They are very encouraging. I've never had the experience of anyone in public answering me in English. I also did Czech and found the opposite there. Czechs are just not used to hearing their language spoken by foreigners. You have to get to a really quite advanced level and have a good accent before they stop automatically answering you in English.
I'm surprised you managed to find that many English speakers in czech republic😂😂😂 I lived in Prague for 2 years and it was very difficult to find Czechs (also Ukrainians & Russians) who also spoke English other than foreigners like me...
I noticed the English language level is lower in Czech Republic than even in Poland...
I speak Russian fluently but of course with accent. Russians think I am Estonian but I am Hungarian. Well, we are in the same language group with Estonians and Finns.
Потому что у русских всё просто. Говоришь с балтийским акцентом - всё, ты эстонец или финн))
Hungarian... Hardest european language.
@@Gustavog-v5o "Do or do not. There is no try".
@@Gustavog-v5o not Finnish?
know french too : O? @La Tulipe Noir
I speak fluent Russian as well, but with a southern Ukrainian accent as I live in southern Ukraine. With my northern U.S. accent (originally from Michigan) I am 95% put as either Belorussian, Estonian, Latvian, from the Baltic region. That is a great compliment! Yes, most are shocked that I am an American. I have not been to Russian since I began to learn the language 20 years ago (lived here 5 years at that point and then the most recent 5, for a total of 10 of the past 20). I can read, read aloud, write, and type it as well. I was told 15 years ago by a simultaneous translator that I had the best Russian into English he’d ever heard. Most are surprised at my humor in the language, that I understand their thinking and culture so well also. It is a joy for me. I often forget how much of a gift it is. Originally I was more self-taught in my full immersion into the culture, yet on this second time here, I have had formal lessons pretty consistently over the past three years which has remedied sounds that I hadn’t picked up well on, etc. I agree that it is a systematic language, but I like to term it as very ‘mathematical’ in that with all the cases, to me, there is a multiplication factor (weird, but works for me.) It’d be great to connect with you.
I can hardly see how your Ukrainian accent can be mixed with Estonian...
Its because we have russian blood through ancestry
I started studying Russian yesterday. I plan to have a vacation in Russia, Ukraine and Moldova next year if this pandemic will be over. Hoping I can do a decent conversation by that time. Good luck to us learning the language.
Конечно, приезжай ) тут есть на что посмотреть.
@@john3520 в молдавии? с вами все в порядке?
@@schizoidforjesus Я про Россию, лол
Moldova hehe smart guy its funny i started russian one month ago and want to visit moldova too
@@dt5070 Dont forget to visit Russia! come on....
Wow, I love language learning. It's so hard at times, but so rewarding as well. I enjoyed hearing your discussion about your experiences learning the Russian language!
The mastering of a language is so satisfying on so many different levels, and it also nourishs the soul it has to be siad with a feeling of such achievement
Ну пацан красава ) выучил русский , хотя он реально тяжелый. Думаю это проявление героизма) без шуток.
Really?
Рили.
смотря для кого он сложный. Для поляков, чехов, болгар он не такой уж и сложный, а для китайцев - сложный феерически.
для таких бразильцев, как я, это не так уж и сложно
@@attilarivera бразильцам проще с произношением. Произношение у русского и португальского весьма похоже.
I’m learning Russian now for about a month In this video motivated me I don’t come across too many Russians here in America!
Такая же ситуация когда я учил китайский в Китае, и говорил с китайцами на их языке. Вначале они думают, что ты из провинции Синцзян, а потом когда ты говоришь что ты из России, делают комплимент, и немного удивляются что у тебя не большие голубые глаза, не высокий рост и не светлые волосы. И вообще, они думают что ты им врешь. Как азиат может быть из России ))
Вспоминается КВН:
- Граждане, пожалуйста, не надо в суши-баре блистать своими знаниями и заказывать суши по-японски. Нас в Бурятии японскому не учат
Not gonna lie when I open my mouth in Russia and Belarus people get surprised with my fluency in Russkiy
Good for you!
Wow guys, I am so impressed with your clear pronunciation 😃 that is really so cool!! I live in the US for five years already, and I started to learn English at the same time I moved here. I do my best to improve my speech and make a pronunciation clearer, but I have an accent. Some people say it's lite, other say it's heavy or lovely. Almost everybody asks me "where is your accent from?" Some people guess that I am from USSR, or Europe, but commonly they ask if I am from Russia or Ukraine. According to the people opinion, I consume that I have a very recognizable Russian accent.🤷🏼
Ekaterina, I personally hope you never completely lose your accent when speaking English. I love a Russian accent. It seems to me, you already have made such progress with learning. I don't think very many native speakers of English appreciate how challenging our language must be for foreigners to learn; so many exceptions, so many words that sound exactly the same, but have different meanings.
Я знаю, что опаздываю, но С Днём России! Любовь и уважение к вас и ваша страна 🌹
2 months into trying to aquire Russian and I'm having so much fun 😅
Keep it up!
I would say there are way more than 20% similar words between Russian and Czech (or any other Slavic language). 20% is where you see them almost the same side by side. But you also feel the meaning of majority of Czech words because one way or the other there is a hint for them deep inside of Russian language that goes all the way back to Slavic roots. There are also a lot of false friends which are super easy to cross-reference and remember. Still you can trace how we ended up with different meanings for these false friends. Because of all of that it is relatively easy to memorize Czech vocabulary and when I was in Czech Republic I was able to reproduce literally every phrase right away (if I was able to catch pronunciation) in a whole. Thank you for an interesting video and discussion.
I am English and lived in Bulgaria.I was the only English person there in the 1980`s.I attended the Medical Academy there and obtained a degree in Dentistry.As in all Higher Educational Establishments you were expected to learn a West Language .
We ,as Foreigners were taught the very basics of Russian.
I can say as a fluent Bulgarian speaker and what I know of Russian I can understand 70-80 % of the Language.Speaking Russian is difficult.I spoke Russian to a visiting group from Moskva.They were pleasantly surprised coming from an English Person in the land locked Midlands
И какво правиш в България? Аз съм българка и знам че испански хора отиват да учат в България щото е по евтино. Но никога видях хора от Америка. Интересно ми е 🤔
Russian was my first language but I have been in the states for almost thirty years. Obviously I speak better English but my Russian is still pretty solid.
Чтобы быстро и хорошо выучить русский язык надо много разговаривать с русскими, потому что русские не стесняются поправлять говорящего, и он быстро запоминает, как говорить правильно. Чего никогда не делают американцы. Можешь говорить с ужасными ошибками, но никто тебе не скажет, что ты говоришь неверно.
Хотя, я очень часто исправляю друзей, которые учить английский, но говорить с ошибками. Они удивляются потому, как вы сказали, никто так не делает. Жаль! Они благодарны.
Renee' Flory "Всё равно, я очень часто ПОПравляю друзей, которые учАт английский, но говорЯт с ошибками. Они удивляются ТОМУ, как вы сказали, ЧТО никто так не делает. Жаль! Они благодарны ЗА ЭТО" ))))))
Так будет лучше)))
This why I like Russians, they will always correct you. Unlike for example Germans will just switch to English.
Maybe not in Russia - but in the Stans they certainly are. I may not be 'fluent' - but I will throw down hard with best of them ... except tech language, but I can't do that in English either.
How did I learn it? Courtesy of the US military during the Cold War against the Soviet Union. I always get accused of being 'Georgian' but never 'American' - which for the places I have been, doing what I have done - is just fine by me.
I live in Russia Am British with Russian roots The only real way to learn any language is practice, especially oral Its much easier when you live in Russia but even so you still have an accent unfortunately
Of course. Russian is a difficult tongue.
That's what she said
This is like common sense, maybe except for English, anywhere you go in the world if you're a foreigner who speaks the language fluently,it's gonna be a plus
I have exactly the same thing when I speak Bulgarian.Were your parents Bulgarian ?I was told my grammar is perfect but they could not decide whether I came from North or South Bulgaria.It was between the two.I lived in Sofia for 8 years .My wife was Bulgarian
5:20 actually we understand when you say 3:30 or 3:45 that's normal
But it is too formal. In real life it will be still полчетвертого.
polchetvertogo
Depends on your race/pressumed origin. If you look like you could be from Dagestan (even if you're not), they won't give two shits and some even mock your crappy Russian. If you're a pindos, you get invited to state TV.
My experience learning Spanish (I’m assuming it’s similar with Russian), is that there’s the Spanish taught in the university, and street Spanish. Very different forms of the same language and so that also makes it hard to understand what the normal people say; e.g., you understand everything in the school but outside your like, Tim Allen saying “huh?!”
@@LasLexus he's talking about the similarities in situations lmao, commonly spoken Russian is different from proper Russian.
@@LasLexus They are from same Indo-European family. However, Russian is Slavic group, Spanish is Romance language. Still, there are some similarities between two, I would say remote ones.
I'm learning Russian currently! Just finished my first video on my channel! Hope to be fluent one day! Я надеюсь что мы сможем говорить по русский лучше в будущее!
"Я надеюсь,что мы сможем лучше говорить по-русски в будущем"
@@ВладимирВелиев-с7р или "на русском"
@@taemck3946 yeah you can say на русском but it’s less common
Have you guys ever tried to pretend russian back in America just for fun? What the reaction was? :D
There is a specific Hollywood Russian in America.
An expat is an expatriate. Not "expatriant" as written in this video.
Expatriant is the name of Matt's company. It is the Russian word for expatriate.
Мэт очень круто говорит по русски).
Отвечу на ваши удивления по поводу вашего уровня знания русского языка: дело в том, что он сложен и для нас(русских), особенно много в языке ненужных награмождений, и это я даже не про склонения(падежи). И конечно нам приятно и удивительно, что чувак из другой страны старается и прилагает столько усилий, чтобы выучить этот, пусть и довольно грузный, но красивый язык.
Украинский тоже красивый)
"It's quite interesting to me, as Russian, that I learn grammar case system of other languages like Icelandic in the same way like yours. I guess it's an universal approach." - ерунда какая-то.
просто для англогворящих сложнее - потому что у них язык аналитический. А не флективно-синтетический
Но не все языки аналитические - наоборот, флективно-синтетические (с падежами, cпряжениями и т.д, родами)- стандарт для IE. Old English имел всё это.
А так вообще - сложность изучения двух языков обоюдна для их носителей и пропорциональна их разнице.
Cuz they are so sensitive
Not at all 😂😂😂
Нет, пластмассовый
Around 09:00. All words ending in -ость are feminin.
Kакой родительный падеж в множественном числе слова "семя", дополните : у нас нет... (семя)
У нас нет... (стремя)
You would say, "У нас нет семей." (We don't have families.) Although you would rarely hear that. More likely, you'd hear "I don't have a family." How would you say that in Russian?
@@TheExpatEdge I did not ask about the word семья (family) but about семя (seed) how would you say in plural genitiv У нас нет... (семя)
@@medcha2022 У нас нет семян.
@@matthewshannon9 правильно
@@matthewshannon9 а почему для подобных слов (время, имя, пламя, племя...) Не говорят "времян пламян", а "времён, пламён...
Is the guy on the right having a stroke on camera?
Especially the expert smell likes dip into Vodka
чЁ за болтовня? - Где "работа в поле"?
It’s not interesting to listen to theirs dialogue, I expected to hear like foreigners speak Russian
that was very Russian!
More careful with the Russians. You don't know them as well as the people of the former USSR do.
And believe me, you won't want to know them when you get to know them better...
so-called Russian language, about 70% consists of Deutsche words
Funny, but no. About 30-40% of Russian words are of foreign origin. But I would listed them as 1) Latin 2) German 3) Greek 4) French 5) English 6) Turkish
@@jolevangelista Latin was invented by the official "historians".the so-called Russians lived among Deutschen for several hundred years as uninvited "guests".and thanks to a long presence among Deutschen so-called misleading Deutsche words "invented" "their" language.By the way, there are enough words from the Deutsche language in English.
@@тояматоканава-м7в ok
Russia , three world country
LOL
@@PiotrPerviakov Yeahhh😎
"three world" :D
@@PiotrPerviakov TRUE
Three world? No, Russia is one hundred seventy eight world.