How I Learned Russian
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
- Russian is not only a language rich in history & literature, it’s also a gateway to other Slavic languages, which share most of the same grammatical challenges, (or delights.)\
0:00 - What inspired me to learn Russian.
1:16 - How my Russian-learning journey began.
2:21 - My Russian profile on LingQ.
3:44 - The Russian content that I found useful and interesting.
4:51 - A look at some of the Russian content I have in my library.
9:11 - One of the most helpful content websites for my Russian fluency.
11:48 - Russian was my gateway to other Slavic languages.
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At 60 I decided to learn Russian. Had a big impact on my life. It opened me to the “Russian world”, to other Slavic languages & to all the languages I have learned since then.
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Hi, Steve. I'm a LingQ user and I've been studying Russian for 6 months. I was wondering, when you are watching movies/video material do you use subtitles, or try to just listen to the language. Thanks!
Once I'm fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, and Spanish, Russian is next!
I learned Russian 2000-2002 when I was already 30 ....!!!
Now I learn Chinese at my 50's....!!!
I tried to learn Russian when I was 20 at uni, at the time when there was no internet but just boring textbook and cassette and I gave up as it was so damn hard, I did not even know if I can say 'How are you' correctly....Today, I am 45, seeing so many foreign people (a German, an Ukrainian, a Japanese, an African living in UK, and of course Steve) who can speak Cantonese/Mandarin so well (yeah, my mother tongue and I can speak both) on CZcams, I am really inspired and want to do it again after dropping this for 25 years when we get CZcams, LingQ, iTalki, etc now ... however, I still can't meet any Russian in my real life, not sure where to start, and somehow I just don't believe I can speak or I just cant be motivated enough to at least spend an hour a day on this language which I may not be able to use it at all. Anyway, I know I have to change my mindset and stop finding excuse if I need to make a progress..... :)
@@TCFung0101
When you were 25 you learned Russian, bro....???
That means 25 years ago when American president was... uhm... Bill Clinton....???
At that time, I learned French and was in Reims in 1995.
Where were you when I was in Reims, August 1995 to learn French...??
I learned Russian in 2000 - 2002, and tried to read Dostoyevski and Chekov.
True..
Russian grammar is super duper difficult.
Now I learn Mandarin.
我现在学习汉语.
你好...!!!
I started to learn it in 2017.
Now I 渐渐 understand Chinese news and talkshows, at least in general though not in details.
谢谢.
再见...!!
"Москва слезам whatever" - Ha ha ha ha! This is an absolutely new view on this story!
специалист по русскому языку не помнит название одного из своих любимых фильмов ))
@@coast89100 он объяснил, что изучал русский не для экзаменов, а для удовольствия. И уже давно не практиковался, изучив после русского ещё и чешский, украинский и несколько других славянских языков. Думаю, что для такого энтузиаста вполне простительно
Наверное, слово "слезам" довольно непростое для произношения
В принципе, даже подходит логически)) По крайней мере, на сегодняшний момент)) Хотя с оригинальным названием все же не сочетается.
@@designerv5713 moskwah slezahm neh verit - что сложного?)
I learned Russian at university, studied the grammar formally and everything. However I really got decent at it when I did a year abroad in Russia and had to try to use it with people in conversation! Even though I graduated with distinction in spoken Russian I felt like it wasn't anywhere close to fluency. Conversationally it was quite fluent, but like you I got into Russian because I wanted to read Bulgakov, Dostoevsky etc but I was nowhere near being able to do that. I moved to Germany after university and I learned German without doing any lessons: I tried to read articles and books and listen to podcasts, look up words, and maybe occasionally looked up grammar but didn't worry about it too much, and gradually got more and more into speaking with people. I had no idea about comprehensible input at the time but it just ended up being what I did naturally and my German is pretty fluent these days (I passed the C1 without taking any classes).
In 2019, having not used Russian for close to a decade, I traveled to Kiev. I was horrified at how my Russian had degraded - I even forgot the word for Monday! I had given up on it. Then during lockdown, out of boredom, I decided to see if I could listen to something in Russian and understand it. I listened to the Comprehensible Russian Podcast with Max. I was surprised by how much I could still understand and it gave me the desire to get back into it,. That was about three months ago, and with a little listening and reading every day, and some help from Anki, it's astonishing how quickly the language came back. In a short time I was able to upgrade from listening to comprehensible podcasts for students to real podcasts for Russians. It's incredibly refreshing to not have to worry about whether I'm using the correct verbal aspect, and just enjoy the process of getting a little better every day through repeated exposure. I wish at university they'd told me how important listening was - instead we would have a "listening class" about once a week! I love the Russian lanugage and I'm determined to get to the level where I can read Dostoevsky - even if it takes years, I'm now enjoying the process of just being exposed to the language a little every day, and I want Russian to be a language I will have with me for life.
It's interesting how people naturally pick up languages or anything else when they just love it and enjoy the process without the pressure of being able to read or remember or think about grammer. I've spoken English my whole life and honestly every other day i correct myself or find words I don't know... So why should I be pressured into learning Russian through boring text books? I listen to music, write lyrics, translate and move onto next song. No memorisation, no nothing, just enjoying music and reading lyrics.
If you read a lot in the language you are studying-any texts, but gradually complicating their level, the grammar will be imperceptibly recorded into your memory on a subconscious level. Grammatical patterns tend to repeat themselves over and over again.
Some russian people cannot read Bulgakov and Dostoevsky xD
@@Sizhka how is that possible?
DWpeep too hard for them, cannot understand many words
Просто пришла послушать, как человек рассказывает про изучение русского языка 🌚
Hahah same here! Эх, и не представляют они что их ждет. Даже русские не знают русский хах
@@teissi Какой ужос
@@eugen-gelrod-filippov ужАс ((( ужас.. вот так вот, как то, ну ты понял или поняла, типо, да)
@@teissi no english speaker laughs like this)
@@MuxaL вообще-то так пишут довольно часто. А ты и сам не спикер, так что не надо мне тут.
Крутой дед, че еще добавить
че он крутой то.зря только время потратил на язык загнивающей страны
@@user-fz3nx1kx2x ооо, либераху прорвало
@@user-fz3nx1kx2x правильно, лучше бы английский учил, для работы гораздо полезнее! Чуваку было 60 когда он начал, как я понял уже на пенсии особенно не парится и познает мир. Начал он вообще с японского, потом русский и другие славянские языки. И вот неожиданность, в таком возрасте изучение языков сильно снижает риск развития нейродегенеративных заболеваний что подтверждено исследованиями. У него нет цели уже давно совершить рывок в карьере, бизнесе, построить семью - все это уже сделано. Теперь цель - прожить максимально долгую интересную жизнь с хорошим здоровьем.
@@user-fz3nx1kx2x у тебя щас мозг аннигилируется, но у эсперанто вообще нет привязки к какой-то стране. даже не приплести политику, да?)
@@ilyabronstein5736 путин кстати тоже либераха он сам об этом говорил не раз.Так что твой высер не засчитан
This is my target language. I’ve been infatuated with it for about a year now, ever since taking a Russian literature course in college. I don’t know why this language is so special to me. I look forward to being fluent someday. Thank you so much for uploading this video. I love your channel! 🥰
Good luck..
@@olegpetrov2617 Thanks!
@@TheMorganVEVO Надеюсь, когда-нибудь твоё желание исполнится)
Hello! I'm russian. Do you want talk with me? We can help each other.
Good luck, or Удачи😊
Your grammar light approach had a lot of influence on me as a Russian learner. A little over two years have passed and I have finally pulled out the grammar book. I can't tell you how many times I watched your other video talking about Russian. All the best.
I started using a Japanese grammar book a year after I started studying as well. Reading novels > grammar study.
How has the method worked for you? I just started :)
@@Eric-le3uu Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
Привет из России! Стив, спасибо за ваши видео. Вы, один из тех настоящих полиглотов, которые вдохновляют меня и многих других людей учить иностранные языки.
Мне нравится его испанские видео смотреть
Я бы добавил про его подход, который он не забросил, даже изучая наш язык. Ну про reading+listening. Не помню кто мне Кафмана порекомендовал, но без него и его способа не выучил бы англ, огромное ему спс
@@alexwhite3830 на каком уровне сейчас ваш английский, разрешите поинтересоваться
@@sahinoudiengo816 так c1 наверное, в общем fluent
@@sahinoudiengo816 хз если интересно распишу как так вышло. 2-3 года просто читал, смотрел фильмы/сериалы/аудиокниги(подкасты), немного переписывался. Когда понял, что могу открыть любую книгу и спокойно прочесть (даже эксперементировал, прочел пару книг об экономике, хотя не моё), то заказал урок на Italki с иностранцем и оказалось, что если ты свободно читаешь - то у тебя большой запас слов, поэтому не было труда час поговорить о разном (ну естественно язык был немного "ржавым", неотполированным). Сейчас после 130 часов на Italki без сомнений могу сказать, что fluent.
Ну и пишу понемногу всякую фигню, тоже без проблем, когда хорошая база слов после чтения, то слова сами находят себя, когда пишешь/говоришь. Грамматикой особо не заморачивался, вот уже сейчас прочел пару грамма книг и понял, что знаю почти всё. Когда много читаешь, то появляется чуство осознания, когда фраза правильна и когда некорректна. Подсознательно замечаешь patterns, как Стив говорит
Ну и 2-3 года - я просто откладывал до последнего, не был в себе уверен (спс школе и учителю по англ, сказавшему что у меня нет таланта к языкам), уверен можно и за меньший срок приступить к общению. Всего ушло 5 лет с учетом года в армии, который можно не учитывать, я там только книг 5 на англ успел прочесть
Любопытно видеть свою культуру в такой оптике.
Согл
Не знал, что Тант русский. Неужели Дейа всё-таки Россия?
@@rinacskytoach6414 ну а как ещё? В преобразователь лезь!
Спасибо большое за это видео! Очень интересно послушать вашу историю. 🌻
Hi, anastasia, I like your content, you should do a podcast in Russian
I was able to read your text, except for (hear.)
I am Lithuanian, fluent in English, taught myself basic French and learned basic Russian from school. But I really want to get fluent in Russian for the precise same reason as you, sir - I would love to read Dostoevsky in original! Brothers Karamazov especially, one of my most favorite novels of all time.
I started learning Russian by reading Dostoevsky in Russian. I just went word by word, translating it myself with a English/Russian dictionary and writing down the English translation in a notebook as I went along. It was extremely slow, but it really helped me understand grammar and get a very deep vocabulary. I can read in many languages, but can only speak fluently with others in 2.
You really just need to get good at reading Cyrillic and understanding conjugation and grammar rules. Everything else is just vocabulary.
Не все русские способны читать Достоевского в оригинале, ахаха
@@RussianIntonation Well of course, Dostoevsky is not an easy read in any language
@@RussianIntonationахах мне теперь стыдно, что никак до Карамазовых руки не доходят 😅
As a Russian person, I'd love to encourage you to learn Russian if you have a desire for that. Don't be afraid of having an accent or something, 'cause to be honest we adore when foreigners try to speak Russian. Also, I'd utterly recommend you some Russian writers like Pushkin, Esenin, Tolstoy, Lermontov and so on and so forth. These ones are one of the best writers in Russia and you can read them and gradually acquire your Russian language by reading them.
I'm English and speak Russian and have been learning it since I was a teenager. I have to say that it's still one of the most rewarding parts of my life. I watch Russian films and series and read Russian literature all the time. But one of the best things is reflected in your comment, that is how encouraging and welcoming Russians are to foreigners learning their language. When you are at the beginning stages they are patient and helpful and you never have to face the usual obstacle that English native speakers face, which is people just answering you in English. My Russian friends just treat me as 'one of their own' now and I have had many positive experiences in Russia with formidable officials who suddenly start smiling when I speak to them in Russian. 😂
You are a hero. My respect. (I'm russian and I've been teaching English and German for more than thirty years. I wish my students were so enthusiastic about learning languages.)
@Tyfurm, I live in Russia.
@Tyfurm, actually, not much. Most students learn German as a second foreign language.
@@smartrat9738 i know English and spanish any tips on Russian
@@alexissoto5662 Lo mejor es centrarse en adquirir vocabulario
@@gabrielbarrios9024 ¿como, puedes elaborar mas en eso?
I love the sound of Russian. it has a lot of consonants but never sounds harsh. Maybe I'll learn it someday.
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
What's your first language?
@@user-vb9sh7wl9q By his name I'd say it's English
Right?
@@user-vb9sh7wl9qSpanish
Вы большой молодец! Такое терпение и усердие заслуживают искреннего уважения. Удачи Вам в изучении новых языков!
I'm Japanese learning 5th language and you always inspired me a lot!
Next year, I would like to learn Russian language so it's really helpful!
Thank you always!
Did you start learning Russian ?
Короче , я начал изучать русский язык потому что я любитель классической музыки, и по моему русский народные композиторы великий. После этого , начал я интересоваться русской эстетикой, например народная и церковная архитектура, иконы, и так далее. Мой уровень русского языка увеличал в начале прошлого года, когда я основал дюжирную практику смотреть документальные фильмы, слушать радио, читать новости и смотреть видео. Когда жил я в Европе, совершил мечту путешествовать в Россию.
Вы большой молодец, очень рад, что вы изучаете столь сложный язык и русскую культуру)
Гритингс фром Раша, как говорится)
Well done!
Круто что вы сразу стали учить язык через интересные для себя темы и области знаний. На русском языке можно найти контент и информацию обо всём - от антропологии до теории музыки, от истории искусств до космонавтики.
@@SpankyHam почти. К сожалению, не все новые научные изыскания на русском есть, в англоязычных источниках больше данных, как правило, по некоторым наукам. А так да, русский тащит)
@@SpankyHam правда, например, я тоже интересуюсь армянской культурой, но к сожалению не много информации про это на английском. Из-за этого, использую русский чтобы следовать темы связаны с бывшим советским пространством.
Thank you for sharing your experience! I am a professional Russian teacher, and a couple of my very successful students told me that they like reading on lingq, and I personally like reading with audio, I think it's a great method and absolutely crucial when studying Russian. Input is very important. Делайте побольше видео о изучении русского языка))
Starting learning RUSSIAN at the age of 60! I always knew learning languages would keep a person young. Now I'm sure! Great! 👍👍👍
I am absolutely astonished by your achievement. Russian is probably one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn, and yet, you managed to do it, IN YOUR 60"s!!! My huge respect! Моё почтение!
Russian is not one of the toughest languages to learn for native speakers of English or Romance or Germanic languages, but it is definitely hard. As someone who started studying Russian way back in 2006 and has since learned to speak and write it to at least an upper-intermediate level I can confirm that.
@@LOKI77able Yeah for english speakers there are so many cognates in russian and the cyrillic alphabet is so similar to the latin one. It's still hard but it's way more accessible than languages with more difficult scripts and without direct ties to the history of europe.
@@ethanpayne4116 I have been learning Mandarin Chinese for several years after reaching an upper-intermediate level in Russian and I agree 100% with your comment.
no language is hard if you learn through immersion
@@LOKI77able isn't the only problems in chinese are hierogliphs and tons? I mean grammatic seems easy. Or i am wrong?
Вы большой молодец! Всегда интересно послушать такие истории. Увидеть свой язык и культуру чужими глазами. Спасибо.
Just started learning по-русски this year and watching videos like this help me stay motivated. Thanks for the upload
удачи!
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
I felt this excitement each time you reached to your bookshelf to show us your DVDs, it's so wholesome and familiar ♥ Thank you so much for this video, you're amazing, and your language learning journey is amazing! Warmest regards from Siberia, my good sir! P.S.: Chekhov is honestly the best russian writers of all time, in my humble opinion :)
This is so unequivocally respectful towards all of the depth of what can be found inside the Russian world. Thank you for being so deep, so kind and so respectful towards my home country! Mikhail, Moscow, and I am 34 years old.
Вы видели фильм "Мимино" Г. Данелия?
You are so fortunate for beign a native Russian speaker, such a beautiful language. Regards from Costa Rica.
@@zahleer thank you for your nice words, all respect to your nation
Russian is one of my favorite languages 😍
X2
You have a good taste!
Че рилли?
it's not a language, it's an artificial bulgarian dialect filled with literal translations from French and English literature.. even its name is a lie!
@@maximk7816 a Rose by any other name would smell as sweet 😉😍
I am Russian, and I recall Russian language was one of the most difficult subjects in my school growing up in Russia, maybe after maths. I still can't say I consciously understand all the cases and and other rules of grammar, but, thankfully, my native brain automatically produces the correct language and I speak it - what a miracle. I can only imagine how it is for a student of the Russian language. Such deep respect.
Dear Steve, your video is a very inspiring one, as always! I am a native Russian speaker and can understand how difficult might be learning of the Russian language. But yes, after one gets a certain level of knowledge, there'll be a reward! This is what happened with my English, which I love and now happening with German, which I also fell in love with. The next step is French - the absolutely fascinating language!
I am Russian, but I am still learning it. How rich and powerful our Russian language is😁
давай не превозноси русский. Это такой же язык, как и сотни других. Каждый носитель учит свой язык всю жизнь. Русский не настолько богат и велик как многие "патриоты "думают. Обычный язык
@@pianistanton1 ну он действительно богат, но дело в том, что каждый учит свой язык и в школе да и по жизни
@@pianistanton1 Он действительно велик, как и другие великие языки: Немецкий, английский, французский, итальянский, греческий китайский, японский ну и, может быть, испанский. Просто если сравнивать русский и какой-нибудь казахский, чеченский белорусский, украинский, то наш язык действительно поистине велик
@@Matthew-ko3me в английском раз в 10 больше слов, о чем вообще речь и в чем могущество? Язык не плохой и не хороший, скорее даже ниже среднего, тк тяжело формировать абстрактное мышление, когда у тебя на каждое состояние предмета отдельное слово
@@rajahbtw давай пруфы что в 10 раз больше слов, потому что гугл мне показывает обратное. а твой аргумент, что лучше чем меньше слов - полный бред, иди погуляй
I really enjoy this kind of video. It really contextualizes the road to learning Russian far more than a number of hours or words could.
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
Wow! So inspiring! I come from Riga.
" Москва Слёзы Whatever..." - I like that! :)
Москва слезам не верит ("Moscow doesn't believe in tears") - It's a great and now classical Soviet movie but I can't say I agree with its message. Anyway, it's definitely worth watching.
Просто супер! Я уже пять лет учу английский точно такимже способом, слушаю каждый день 1 час, в машине , дома и на работе если есть возможность. Уже много понимаю. очень вдохновляюшщее видео!
You're amazing, Steve. Your channel is awesome. Thanks for your videos.
Love these types of videos where you explain how you learned various languages and the content that you used! Very helpful!!
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
Thanks Steve, I watched this video some two years ago I think. I tried grammar instruction (in a classroom) and it didn't really help. I tried Babbel and Duolingo, and they didn't really help. But once I started reading every day, with the help of LingQ, I saw my knowledge of Russian skyrocket. I was then able to branch off to listening to channels like Russian with Max and Russian Progress, as well as watching shows on Netflix with the help of Language Learning with Netflix, which also helped me a lot. Today, I can hold a conversation in Russian. I wish more people would follow your advice, then we'd live in a world full of polyglots!
Love your content Steve.
That was a wonderful story! Thank you Steve for sharing your journey with us. I appreciate it so much.
Весьма неплохая подборка фильмов и литературы. Очень серьёзный подход к изучению языка ! Успехов в дальнейшем изучении !
Soy ruso canadiense y si tuviera que aprender ruso me llevaría tanto tiempo que no creo que hubiera cumplido los estudios para nada. Prefijos, sufijos que cambian el significado de palabra por completo, inclinaciones etc. Снимаю шляпу, Стив. Llevo dos años estudiando Espanol y tus vídeos me animaron y inspiraron en esta carrera de aprendizaje. Por si acaso si estás en Toronto, hubiera sido un gran privilegio de conocerte, maestro. ¡Gracias!
Благодарю вас за ваше усилие.
As always, most interesting and insightful. Thank you for posting.
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet, Vanilla Gelato and Brownies. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic.
Hi steve, I am using Lingq for my russian and I think Lingq's content on russian absolutely fantastic. Thanks a lot to you and Evgeniiy(Especially I love listening him speaking on russian culture) :))
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
New viewer here, вижу у Вас диски с "Собачьим Сердцем", "Иронией Судьбы" и "Братом", значит, Вы действительно взялись за русский язык серьёзно! 😄
I started learning russian 2 weeks ago. It's very challenging for me but I'm trying my best. I appreciate the video!
I'm from russia and we can chat in any social media, if you want to))
Could you recommend me some content to start learning Russian? I'm starting now and I'm facing a little bit of difficulty. I'm using Duolingo, but I'd like to use other apps/sites/books, whatever that could help me at this beginning
Same
Thank you for share your experience, Steve!
Thank you so much for creating LingQ, Steve. So far that's the only tool that i enjoy using to improve my language skills, even though it's a bit expensive due to the fact that I'm currently living in Brazil, nevertheless, I'm still enjoying it a lot. By way of the LingQ I've been able to learn and improve both French and English, and i also hope by this means to speak as many languages as you do in the future.
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
So proud when people learn Russian language! Reading and watching are really great methods!!!
Hi! I just started watching your videos and just wanted to tell you that they've been very useful as a benchmark :)
My native language is Russian and hearing you talk about Russian movies and classics is so awesome. Its crazy to see how much work and dedication you put in it ! I am currently trying to learn a third language and your advises are very helpful! Also, Эхо Москвы is very popular in Russia, in my opinion. All of my friends in US told me that they will learn Russian and never did haha, because it’s so much work, so seeing you having so much effort is amazing:)
This was very helpful and inspirational. Thank you so much
Great video. Found this one really interesting! I’m eyeing Russian up in the future, but I’m still another 6 or 7 years away from being able to get started. Hopefully there’s thousands of Echo of Moscow lessons waiting for me on LingQ :)
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
that's the most canadian shirt i've ever seen
You’re required to own one when you live here by law
It looks so comfy 😊
@@M_SC visited Quebec City a couple of years ago, bought the exact same shirt, and the clerk said the exact same joke (also required by Canadian law?)
:)
I will learn Russian after Japanese and Korean ,I can't wait
As a Portuguese, I have learned Chinese and found it much more useful and easy than Korean and Japanese. If you already know Japanese, Chinese will be a piece of cake. I mean China is the largest economy by GDP PPP and the most populated country ever.
@@mongoldiscipline I would love to learn Chinese but I want to learn languages with different writing systems
Удачи в твоих начинаниях
@@mongoldiscipline my native language is Spanish and for me the Chinese tones are very difficult to distinguish ☹️
@@mongoldiscipline Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
I also used to have tutoring sessions on Lingq with Evgeny about 10 years ago! I've recently started brushing up on my Russian again after a long break. I didn't know about Эхо Москвы, so thanks for the recommendation!
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
Эхо Москвы and its workers' blogs are not a good choice. It is far from being an expression of mainsteam oppinions and does not give correct interpretations of events (historical and modern). At least, use it simultaniously with over Russian median which have a different political orientation. Эхо Москвы is really politically polarised in every detail
Thank you for your tips! You're an inspiration.
I am a native Russian speaker who learn English. I am existing your video about Russian language. Grate job!
*I am a native Russian speaker who is learning English. I am watching your videos about the Russian language. Great job!*
Your English is already very good!
Чего-чего ты делаешь с его видосом?
@@AtlantisRouTou fisting or something
@@jasonphilbrook5750 I think he meant to say ''excited'', not ''watching'', when he said ''existing''.
Thanks Steve for interesting and motivational video. I'm learn English now, but also I wanna learn French, and I do it! I wish you everything the best!
Best of luck Daniel.
@@eliel10268 thank you)
Удачи Вам, всё получится!
@@GypsieSeeker спасибо!
I liked this video so much! I'm a russian and seeing such good person learns russian makes me happy!
Очень понравилось Ваше видео! Особая радость от того, с каким удовольствием вы рассказываете о своем опыте изучения русского! Спасибо за такое видео!
Your journey is inspiring , Steve :)
Респект за "Жестокий романс" и "Собачье Сердце".
Спасибо за Ваше видео. Такие эмоции помогают мне находить силы жить в моей стране и ценить ее хорошие стороны даже в настоящей политической ситуации.
Great, great, great job! Браво!
Забавно и приятно видеть, когда изучают твой родной язык. Успехов Вам!
Being a Russian native speaker, I applaud you. If it weren’t my native tongue, I’d never have even attempted learning it. It’s a hot mess ;-)
There’s a whole bunch of jokes going around here, starting with “Try explaining to a foreigner, why…” and then something utterly ridiculous and illogical. You having learnt this crazy language of ours is pretty inspiring, actually. Kudos!
I never ask my self why a language works a certain way. I don't worry about mistakes I make. I just know I will gradually get better if I keep enjoying the language. All languages are enjoyable in their own way, and all these happy languages have problems for the learner in their own way. ( A loose paraphrase of Tolstoy).
I learned Russian 2000 - 2002 in the Russian cultural center in Jakarta.
I tried to read Dostoyevski and Chekov in their original language with a dictionary next to me.
I give up....
I didn't finish Chekov novel though I had made a photocopy of it.
Russian is such a difficult language.
1. the cases / padzesh
2. the verbal aspects : perfective-inperfective
3. the verb conjugation.
I like to learn foreign languages.
I speak German and got Mittelstuffe-1 Zertifikat, which is equal to B2.
But now I can only answer B1 questions satisfactorily.
My German deteriorates.
Now I'm learning Chinese.
I got Hsk-3 in October 2019.
However, I still speak German better than Chinese and Russian though I don't use it anymore....
My Chinese and Russian are more or less the same.
I read Russian articles better than Chinese, but I listen to Chinese conversations better than Russian.
It's easier to read Russian compared to Chinese...
I feel like so many people get into Russian because they want to read Dostoevsky and Chekhov then get very frustrated when they can''t.... that was certainly the case with me. Keep in mind you're reading very sophisticated, literary 19th century language - no one speaks like this in Russia today. Imagine learning English because you want to read Dickens, and you gave it a try after a couple of years and were confronted with this:
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."
It's sophisticated and antiquated language the likes of which you won't hear on the radio or encounter anywhere in daily life in the modern UK. Of course someone who doesn't know English wouldn't know what to make of it! You need to start with much simpler material, and also more modern material that reflects how the language is spoken today, before you can get into that literary 19th century language.
@@sbonfiglioli actually most English learners find dickens learnable and easier to understand than the slangy, choppy, phrasal verb heavy, ungrammatical English of modern speech.
@@sbonfiglioli
After I had read Dosroyevski and Chekov that day, it seemed that it was easier for me to read newspapers.
There were some newspapers in Russian cultural center of Jakarta, usually several weeks outdated, but it's ok to practice reading skill.
After getting dizzy with classics, I could understand what it was about in the newspapers in general, though I still had to look up in a dictionary to comprehend the details....
Big like!
You can learn any language by listening, reading and speaking because it is how we all learn our native languages. :)
Usually adults just speak to a child and when they realise that the child keeps saying something wrong they make a little exercise and ask the child to continue sentenses like "I - do, you - do, she - does, he - does ..." so it helps to remember the grammar rule. For example sometimes russian parents teach words cases to their children with this method (because cases are really hard to remember so it happenes sometimes that children use a wrong one). That's all it takes, no real grammar lessons with hard and boring learning are necessary.
Amazing job, Steve! I am a native Russian speaker, although not from Russia, but I understand how difficult is to learn Russian with it's complex grammar
Моё почтение! Немногие решаются выучить русский, а вы смогли это сделать в столь почтенном возрасте!
I was very interested to hear about your experience. I teach Russian and I have no idea how one can progress in Russian without grammar :-) For example, cases are a tool for establishing connections between words. But, of course, this does not mean that grammar should be crammed. I believe that grammar rules can be discovered while reading. I also fully agree that when learning Russian, it is very important to listen to live speech a lot.
It helps to be aware that Russian or other Slavic languages use cases. It was not possible for me to learn the endings from tables and exercises. Only massive input starts to make this forms and structures more natural so that you get them right more and more often. Lack of knowledge of cases endings only confuses the meaning a little. Most languages are quite redundant so the meaning comes through anyway while listening and reading, and in time the fog lifts. No amount of grammar study has helped as much as just exposing myself to more and more interesting content in the language.
@@Thelinguist Абсолютно согласна с вами! Мне было очень интересно услышать это именно от студента.
Great video!
Thank you for your sharing! So sad to watch this video these days. But anyway I feel a warm watching it. I'm really impressed with your library. I have the same in my Moscow's flat😁 By the way I've been learning English for year and these days I'm starting to read the books by my favorite writers in original too. That's great! I can't stop enjoying it!
So thank you for your video. I'm really inspired by your experience.
Thank you for this video Steve i'm French and i love Russian 😍
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
Me too.. Russian language is beautiful ❤
6:14 You can see Sergey Chonishvili (Сергей Чонишвили) among the actors listed here. That man is a very famous actor/voice actor/narrator in Russia who, among other things, voiced Kratos in the Russian version of God of War III, Ulfric Stormcloak and Malacath in the Russian version of TES V: Skyrim, and is the official voice of Vin Diesel in Russia.
You are amazing. Respect for you !
Клёво, Стив!
Красавчик!
Just a quick note for anyone who's about to start learning Russian: Tolstoy and Dostoyevskiy wrote in a language which is pretty much obsolete now. I definitively wouldn't recommend it for a beginner. Start with something newer if possible. Bulgakov, maybe.
Good to know. I’d wondered about this. I’m looking at Eugene Onegin with the Nabokov translation for the purpose of understanding the Tchaikovsky opera better, but only vaguely expecting it to help my Russian language skills.
@@WestCoastUSA546 I don't mean it's completely incomprehensible, but we definetely do not speak that way anymore. It's hard to explain; the easiest way to do so is to look at the vocabulary. Let's take, for example, Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy. All that "наискоски", "картуз", "ильковая шуба", "нынче", "услыхал", "сударь", "и пошла чертить", "всё хужела", "вышел на тормоз", "да-с", "засим", "помилуйте" and so on - it's all out of use now. So, if the goal of the learner is to comprehend contemporary Russian language, all those Classic works would be simply misleading and therefore harmful. It's surely good-to-know-later type of literature, but one must bear in mind the gap between the 19-th century Russian and the actual modern language.
A significant part of the words originally from the 19th century in modern Russian is used infrequently and either with some irony or with sarcasm.
Not necessarily obsolete, it’s not like Shakespearen English to modern English speakers. The reality has changed a lot but overall vocabulary and grammar changes are minimal. In any case, this is arguable. If you have true interest and persistence, you can get over some differences and enjoy the reading. Most classical Russian books are published in modern orthography and enjoyed by many people.
@@ivanivanov5530 all those words are fine except maybe "картуз" and "ильковая" (no idea what they mean tbh)
I don't agree with misleading part, you can simply ignore such words. I don't think material of coat adds much to the plot and 90-95% of the words are still in usage anyway
I love Steve, he gets me excited to learn
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
Thank you so much from Russia! You are really great! Your efforts and achievments are simply fascinating!
Very inspiring! After watching I wanted to learn russian, despite being Russian myself.
Вам следует обратиться к лекциям академика Зализняка, а также каналам Павла Гума и Микитки сына Алексеева. Узнаете о родном языке больше.
@@undefeated_romantic1692 Микитка просто супер, обожаю его!
I'm learning russian since a few days, I speak English, german and a bit french and i hope i can find someone to practice with *~*
I’m a native Russian speaker
Can you give me your insta or smth? I think I can help you!
@@igorzharikov9576 omg thank you (◍•ᴗ•◍)
insta: katu._.1234
@@nataljawashere I requested to follow you
(ymbtk is me)
Great effort! it's impressive
I'm well past 60 but have taken up the challenge to exercise my brain with learning at least some Russian. It's so different that learning only the alphabet is a stretch, tho still interesting.It's very early days but regardless of the outcome I 'm keen. And there is so much on YT there are no excuses. Your example is a boost.
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Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet, Vanilla Gelato and Brownies. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic.
"Not very popular in Russia" Echo of Moscow is one of the most popular talk radio in Russia, which also has one of the largest audiences on CZcams among other Russian radio stations.
Я посмотрел это видео, и случайно выучил русский. Реально рабочий метод. Спасибо огромное! Правда английский я забыл, ну это уже другая история...
А прикол, что у нас многие люди, которые английский учат, типа "забывают" русский наполовину и начинают говорить на смеси бульдога с носорогом, вставляя в речь всяческие "луки" вместо нарядов и образов, "скиллы" вместо навыков и умений и даже, прости Господи, "экспириенс" вместо опыта, впечатления и переживания. Получается смешно и нелепо. Будто английский наполовину выучил, а русский при этом наполовину "забыл". Такое ещё Грибоедов высмеивал в "Горе от ума". "Смесь французского с нижегородским".
@@undefeated_romantic1692 а бывает и такое) Я хоть и в России живу, но работаю переводчиком, много общаюсь с иностранцами. И под конец дня мозг забывает обычные слова на русском языке, сразу такой ступор))) помнишь, как сказать это по-английски, а на родном языке забыл, хотя даже из страны не уезжал))
Стив, спасибо за Вашу работу! Я учу немецкий и английский, учу для себя, в свое удовольствие. Ваш опыт по изучению русского был мне очень интересен, так как в планах у меня работа с иностранными студентами, хочу помогать им в изучении русского языка, знакомить их со своей страной и городом, для начала в планах у меня организация русского разговорного клуба. Большой привет из России, из г.Нижний Новгород.
Good job, comrade! We can make use of people like you
When it comes to learning Russian, I think Languamus (polyglot Mustafa) is the best all around the world. He is amazing at learning and teaching language. Btw Steve''s motivation really inspires people
U'r right. I checked his Russian. His is really amazing!
@@juliahakkinen9336 Absolute nonsense. I've just looked him up, and he doesn't do Russian. A really pathetic attempt to push advertising for him on someone else's page.
Don't come here and tell lies. He doesn't speak Russian.
@@fiizzy3884 is this your channel? I'm sorry for your deep mental health issue. You obviously need a physiological treatment. I'm a Russian native speaker. And he speaks better than many Russian. He's ability of using so complex and long sentences and higher level of knowledge is a dream for many Russian too..Tell me please what language he speaks here? Maybe you know ))))) czcams.com/video/4ARyGS_YRhk/video.html
I'm about to learn Russian. I'm a little intimated because it's not any easy language, but I'm looking forward to learning.
You shouldn't be intimidated. Just expose yourself step by step. I agree with Steve, don't stress yourself with grammar.
You'll be fine :) As others have said, don't worry too much about the grammar - it won't really stick anyway, trying to memorize the endless charts and exceptions - I did so much better when I started letting it just come to me naturally instead. One tip, though, since most resources never mention this for some reason: sometimes, you'll see O being pronounced sometimes as 'ah', other times 'oh.' It'll seem completely random, but there's a simple reason: unless O is in the stressed syllable of the word, it becomes 'ah.' For example: 'milk' is молоко (moloko), but it's actually pronounced 'malako', because the stress is on the last syllable. Don't worry if that seems complicated now, it'll make sense later when you run into it. It drove me mad as a beginner til someone explained it to me, ha. Anyway, good luck on your journey!
Good luck. Russian-speaking community is really friendly to those who study our language!
@@natalya3134 Very true! That was my experience as a beginner in Russian.
I know the russian language, it is ugly actually.
Hello from Kazakhstan, we speak Russian, too! 🇰🇿 Huge Respect to you, Mister Steve.
9 months ago I started learning english and now I am somewhere btween b1 and b2, so I thought it will be a good idea if I learn french and after 9 months start with russian langauge.. it will be a great adventure to me Im so excited to🪆
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet, Vanilla Gelato and Brownies. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic.
After this video i magicaly start speaking on russian! Это оказалось так легко, что я даже и не заметил! Всем настоятельно рекомендую делать именно так как он говорит.
I'm French and I learn spanish but anyway I love this kind of videos 😂 thanks Sir !
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet, Vanilla Gelato and Brownies. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic.
I'm glad to see Брат on that shelf.
Great Video
Thank you for your appreciation of Russian language and culture. I would rank "Собачье сердце" as the top Russian movie of all time. Echo Moskvy is a great resource for students indeed, and I would say it's quite popular among educated Russians, so only about 10 % of the people I know would support the opinion that you've quoted as "the Russians' opinion". As for the method, there are different ways of learning languages and it's important to find what suits you: some prefer listening to books for long hours without being able to understand what's going on, and some would rather discover grammar and get involved in discussions with a language teacher.
It was a Russian person who encouraged me to go to Echo for language learning content. When I mention that I consider Echo an outstanding resource for learning Russian, I often get a raft of angry comments from Russian "patriots", although some, like you encourage me. I have no way to know how representative the negative people are but they appear to be in the majority amongst those commenting. It's the same when I mention Ukraine or the Ukrainian language.
@@Thelinguist Those are bots. Echo is so well-known and respected in Russia, that even the Putinist government doesn't dare to do anything against them.
@@nimkati5627 They are on Kremlins payroll if you didnt know. As for calling millions of ordinary russians - bots... well , as they say dogs bark, but Russia moves on.
"among educated Russians" - would be interesting to know your position on uneducated russians. How many do you consider uneducated and how much one have to study to be educated, since russia has mandatory education for everyone. ?
Let's not descent to overly simplified politics here, like fake split between liberals / "patriots". Spectrum is wider - there are AnCapers, social democrats (KPFR de-facto is typical socdem party nowadays), egalitarians.. I am not saying it's a bad resource to start learning the language if you enjoy it however. Like reddit if you're learning English :)
Молодец, Стив, умница!
You have such understandable accent... Nice to hear , very nice
How could you have learnt Russian at 60 years-old?! Russians are the greatest humanitarian citizens in this world! I decided I'll pick it up! I'm still breaking through my French, and German language learning, and I'll start off learning it after having perfected my French! I deeply believe that the Russian language will be ones of the most widely learnt languages in the world! The Danish, and the Chinese languages will be next ones!
An honor, sir!
Regards a Dane who learned Chinese and now want to start Russian too!
❤️👌🏻
That exact moment when Steve knows about Russian politicians more than I do 😂
Hello! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details and links for books on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic
Спасибо большущее!!!
Thanks so much your tricks helpful