Why O sounds like A in Russian - Russian pronunciation - Vowel reduction

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    Many students ask me - why O sometimes sounds like A in Russian? We have so called rule of vowel reduction. I hope after this video you'll understand Russian pronunciation a little better:)
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Komentáře • 425

  • @coqui1949
    @coqui1949 Před 5 lety +329

    This is the most wonderful video ever. The "o" has been driving me crazy. Thank you so much!

    • @RealRussianClub
      @RealRussianClub  Před 5 lety +20

      you're always welcome:)

    • @NatalieNicole2222
      @NatalieNicole2222 Před 4 lety +1

      same lol

    • @PyromaN93
      @PyromaN93 Před 4 lety +9

      In general, if you will clearly pronounse O like O, it will not be mistake too. In some regions of Russia it pronounce this way.

    • @MrSupernova111
      @MrSupernova111 Před 3 lety

      Yeah, my name is Mariano and when I looked it up on Google translate I got Marian-a which in Spanish is the female form. I was like ,wtf! It has to be a mistake. haha

    • @jeffaboularage1450
      @jeffaboularage1450 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes seriously thank you Daria. My reading just skyrocketed.. No more guessing and stumbling.

  • @pezos5
    @pezos5 Před 4 lety +65

    There's an airport in Moscow called Домодедово (Domodedovo) and guess what, the stress in on the E, so basically all the Os are pronounced A.

    • @maxspirin3945
      @maxspirin3945 Před 4 lety +2

      пезос5 Except the last “O” it pronounced almonds like O since it has lighter secondary stress in it

    • @galinaioffe2250
      @galinaioffe2250 Před 3 lety +1

      пезос5 basically

    • @galinaioffe2250
      @galinaioffe2250 Před 3 lety +9

      Max Spirin what she means is the word is pronounced " DAMADEDAVA

    • @starinalog5547
      @starinalog5547 Před 3 lety

      @@galinaioffe2250 more like Damadyedava

    • @YaShoom
      @YaShoom Před 7 měsíci

      @maxspirin, нет там никакого ударения в конце и звучит Шва.

  • @robgoodsight6216
    @robgoodsight6216 Před 5 lety +31

    ...it is a stressy situation not to know when to stress!
    Thank you!!

  • @user-nv7lu5wv2o
    @user-nv7lu5wv2o Před 5 lety +33

    i speak russian fluently, but my friend about 3 months ago wants to learn. i told her to watch your videos, and she can already speak quite a bit! it’s amazing how well you teach! 💕

  • @marcello7781
    @marcello7781 Před 5 lety +78

    Finally the mistery is solved (at least for me) :D

  • @damirhusic1366
    @damirhusic1366 Před 4 lety +7

    When the vowels а, о, е, э, я come anywhere after the stress or there is more than one syllable before the stress, we pronounce them as a short sound /ə/.

  • @DUFFAL02
    @DUFFAL02 Před měsícem

    As a Russian-American, who hasn’t spoken Russian since childhood, I’m trying to re-learn it and you’ve been a huge help!
    PS: Your accent remind some so much of my mom’s😅 I can barely hear it by the way, you clearly are a linguist!
    Спасибо!

  • @ar_prichan
    @ar_prichan Před 3 lety +5

    Listening to Russian people speaking in television (e.g. news channel) helps me alot to pronounce any words, though I'm not really understand the meaning but still enjoyed.

  • @Jsarson1976
    @Jsarson1976 Před 4 lety +25

    You have really helped me with this russian O, it had been bugging me for months and thank you for such an informative video.

  • @user-es3kt3ud2i
    @user-es3kt3ud2i Před 5 lety +46

    Удачи в поисках буквы Ё, товарищи иностранцы. Точнее, точек над ней. =)

    • @makfarik
      @makfarik Před 5 lety

      Ё-моё ... надеюсь переведут))

    • @user-tl1iu2df2u
      @user-tl1iu2df2u Před 3 lety +5

      Да,да:) Хорошая новость - ё всегда под ударением. Плохая - русские почти всегда пишут е вместо ё. Экономия типографской краски.

    • @user-uu4kz8sr5i
      @user-uu4kz8sr5i Před 3 lety +3

      Это не экономия краски, а лень наборщиков. Краску и так тратят на право и на лево, на разные рисунки и узорчики.
      Плюс люди всё равно ведь платят деньги за продукцию...

  • @luckyducky1362
    @luckyducky1362 Před 5 lety +1

    Your videos are always so helpful! Thank you 😊

  • @jreid641
    @jreid641 Před 4 lety

    Thanks Daria. I’ve been curious about this for a long time.

  • @Vegan_suraj
    @Vegan_suraj Před 2 lety +1

    ты читаешь мысли людей... что они хотят знать... идеальный учитель... только женщина может быть таким лучшим учителем

  • @sergei62442
    @sergei62442 Před 5 lety +26

    Hello!
    I'm belarusian and I speak and know russian, but I watch all of your videos to practice my English. I would like you teach English to Russians, who studies this language.
    You are so good teacher!

    • @RealRussianClub
      @RealRussianClub  Před 5 lety +5

      спасибо:) но даже на русский времени нет :D

    • @geniusmarcsays2434
      @geniusmarcsays2434 Před 5 lety +2

      hahaha you live upside down

    • @maxspirin3945
      @maxspirin3945 Před 4 lety +1

      Серый Студио “You are such a good teacher” or “You are so good at teaching”

  • @benavraham4397
    @benavraham4397 Před 2 lety +2

    Word stress in Russian unpredictable, but once you know on which syllable the stress is, everything else is logical.

  • @zulkiflijamil4033
    @zulkiflijamil4033 Před 4 lety

    Daria, your lessons and tips are great and useful. Yes, thank you.

  • @arkaseth
    @arkaseth Před 5 lety +2

    I started learning Russian few days back and it has been messing with my mind since day 1! Thanks for the video!

  • @roelheijmans
    @roelheijmans Před 5 lety +1

    Great video! Thanks! I had hoped there would be some sort of rule for how to know which vowel is stressed, however these tips sure help a lot, большое спасибо!

  • @lusia7563
    @lusia7563 Před 4 lety +2

    that was very helpful, i'm just starting to learn russian and this has always been a doubt of mine. thank you!

  • @adamlucivjansky3411
    @adamlucivjansky3411 Před 4 lety +2

    so far the best channel Ive found for learning russian language :)

  • @tombufford136
    @tombufford136 Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you Daria ! Amazing !

  • @dolly_llamas_tea
    @dolly_llamas_tea Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for the great explanation!

  • @sgill4833
    @sgill4833 Před 2 lety

    Thanks been wondering this forever.

  • @EthanA1122
    @EthanA1122 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for that explanation!

  • @carlosarias9171
    @carlosarias9171 Před 3 lety +1

    similar to Spanish, we add a tilde to the stressed syllable/vowel, thanks for the video, it's making more sense now

  • @davedonnelly129
    @davedonnelly129 Před rokem

    It would be nice to have someone to study with but for now I am learning when I can online....You are terrific Daria thank you for the videos as they are a big help

  • @quarterday
    @quarterday Před 2 lety

    Thank you!!! This has been driving me crazy on my favorite language learning app.

  • @FreiderKorff
    @FreiderKorff Před 4 lety +11

    Большое спасибо! У меня есть всегда проблемы с произношение, но это будет мне помогать))
    До скорого))

  • @baharioktafian
    @baharioktafian Před 4 lety +19

    "...to make your life a little bit easier"

  • @-hetalian7562
    @-hetalian7562 Před 3 lety

    Oh my gosh. This clears so much up.

  • @texasranchu8605
    @texasranchu8605 Před 5 lety +3

    So helpful!! I've been curious about this, thanks!

  • @CubanCubeFan
    @CubanCubeFan Před 5 lety

    Thank you so much! I had this very question!

  • @Patrick-it8nk
    @Patrick-it8nk Před 5 lety +24

    Great to know! I'm only starting out in learning Russian, but I'm sure this would come up. Most likely I'd end up writing it off in my mind, though, as English does similar things with weird and different pronunciations which makes it hard for learners of the language.

    • @Vin_vit
      @Vin_vit Před 2 lety

      Hi. I am looking for a friend to study English. Would you like to communicate with me? I can communicate in Russian.

  • @wukennylee4926
    @wukennylee4926 Před 4 lety

    I am just starting to learn russian, and I only know like 18 letters of the alphabet and 5 words of vocabulary but I needed to know this, thank you professor !

  • @mohammadsulaimanrasooly2575
    @mohammadsulaimanrasooly2575 Před 11 měsíci

    Very useful video thank you for good teaching 👍

  • @saeeddabti972
    @saeeddabti972 Před 5 lety +1

    Good job👍👍👍 hoping for more

  • @chrisfarley6662
    @chrisfarley6662 Před 5 lety +3

    This is an excellent explanation for something that really puzzled me. Thank you.

  • @knittingnirvana
    @knittingnirvana Před 3 lety

    Thank you! Very helpful!

  • @j.d.4697
    @j.d.4697 Před 3 lety

    Little but super helpful info!

  • @pavelokruhlica6482
    @pavelokruhlica6482 Před 3 měsíci

    Спасибо за совет. I am from czech republic and I say sorry that it's so complicated to everyone who is trying to learn it also 😂 After watching the video, It would be nice to have more examples for adjectives and everything becuase it's always so nice to hear a native speaker say the words like they are supposed to be said. overall, lovely video. thank you for sharing with us the mysteries of russian language and of the words like молоко or окно. my rule of the thumb is to always read only the last O as Ó, the rest is A (apart from adjectives)

  • @linlinda3487
    @linlinda3487 Před 3 lety +3

    Спасибо за ваши помощь. Я изучала русский язык в университете (6 месяцев да мало) но я очень мало научилась, мои преподаватели были добрые и хорошие но не для преподавать к служению. Много студентов вернули на своих странах и много выбрали учить на английском из-за ^языка^.
    Мы иностранцы, нам нужно люди как вы (teachers who did studies for teaching not just because she/he is native so let's hire them).
    Огромное спасибо

  • @johnhamilton7272
    @johnhamilton7272 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for the explanation.

  • @samueldias704
    @samueldias704 Před rokem

    Thanks!

  • @CarlosHernandez-zr2dr
    @CarlosHernandez-zr2dr Před 5 lety

    You are such a great teacher!! Period.

  • @cesarmendoza6524
    @cesarmendoza6524 Před 11 měsíci +1

    We need more videos about the vowel reduction please

  • @danielsmith8171
    @danielsmith8171 Před 5 lety

    Superb! Thank you!

  • @mrindian8198
    @mrindian8198 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you 🙏

  • @carstenoelschlager5536
    @carstenoelschlager5536 Před 5 lety +4

    Спасибо Дария!
    I have been puzzled by this for a while. 🤔 It makes spelling and sounding out written words quite challenging. Your explanation is going to help a lot.
    It will definitely be noted down in the тетрадь!
    Благодарю! ☺

    • @carstenoelschlager5536
      @carstenoelschlager5536 Před 5 lety

      Спасибо Василий!
      Actually I did pick up that mistake just after posting my comment. 😣 I really should try to get my teacher's name correct!
      I hope Дарья will treat this spelling mistake in the same Russian manner as pronunciation mistakes and not care (for now at least 😉).
      Василий, thanks again for pointing out my mistake - it's one of the best ways to learn.
      Да свидания! ☺

    • @carstenoelschlager5536
      @carstenoelschlager5536 Před 5 lety

      👍☺
      Здорово Василий!
      Thank you for the above explanation. I had to think about it for a while but I think I got the point.
      I'm really only in the Russian language "Kindergarten" - детский сад (I cheated and got this from Google Translate! 😉). So there is a long way for me to go!
      (The following are from the book 600 Real Russian Phrases for Everyday Life by Дарья - more cheating by me!)
      Влагодарю Василий!
      Всего доброго! 👍☺

  • @zeegh5867
    @zeegh5867 Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you . it did make it easy

  • @charliee7112
    @charliee7112 Před 4 lety

    Thanks

  • @nallishainge1753
    @nallishainge1753 Před 5 lety

    wow,! this is wonderful thank you so much Дарья

  • @mmmm2s
    @mmmm2s Před 5 lety +2

    you answered my big question xD
    thank you so much

  • @PenisDieEidechse
    @PenisDieEidechse Před rokem

    wow thank you, been struggling with this since learning russian! spacibo! :D

  • @believeinpeace
    @believeinpeace Před 2 lety

    Excellent!

  • @issac8a
    @issac8a Před 4 lety

    Great easy to understand video

  • @chill_boy1451
    @chill_boy1451 Před 10 měsíci

    thanks

  • @vincentjinjianchia2593
    @vincentjinjianchia2593 Před 5 lety +2

    Great video. Most adverbs end with o, are not stressed. For example, ва́жно, тру́дно, интере́сно ... Exceptions are смешно́, легко́ ...

  • @Timurlane100
    @Timurlane100 Před 5 lety

    Thanks! Your instruction is very helpful.

  • @Saad.civil.numberone
    @Saad.civil.numberone Před 3 lety

    We love you very much

  • @mehmetalisuret9874
    @mehmetalisuret9874 Před 3 lety

    Thanks. Большое спасибо.

  • @tafarelferreira376
    @tafarelferreira376 Před 5 lety

    If I could like this video twice I would!!!! Thank you, Daria, @Real Russian Club
    #realrussianclub #russianpronunciation #russianlessons

  • @phessens5598
    @phessens5598 Před 5 lety

    Daria, Thanks again !

  • @puradhalemselondingkapal447

    Thank you I've subscribed your channel

  • @andreypb4103
    @andreypb4103 Před 5 lety +2

    The best chanel to learn Russian!
    Спасибо

  • @sapientiayu5597
    @sapientiayu5597 Před 4 lety

    I binged watching these videos.

  • @ipitrader
    @ipitrader Před 11 měsíci

    Awesome ! Best explanation ever ! - Thanks Daria ! Your lessons are always great !

  • @mohammedtouati3855
    @mohammedtouati3855 Před 5 lety

    Thank you very much teacher, this is a very useful lesson 💓👌

  • @hunter-qr6tw
    @hunter-qr6tw Před 11 měsíci

    Спасибо 🙏🏼

  • @gammondog
    @gammondog Před 5 lety +2

    The schwa e made it clear. Now I understand.

  • @stochasticxalid9853
    @stochasticxalid9853 Před 2 lety

    Spasib''o'', I've been asking myself why the hell I keep hearing an ''a'' sound sometimes when a '' o'' Many thanks :)

  • @guidoiacono1499
    @guidoiacono1499 Před 5 lety +3

    You are my favorite teacher 😉

  • @billiereynieroarguellojiro5334

    I saw an Instagram story about someone criticizing your nose, I just want to tell you that you really are beautiful as you are: D And I appreciate your videos anyway.. you´re amazing, greetings from Nicaragua Central America.

  • @vinny9261
    @vinny9261 Před 2 lety

    I've been looking for more info on this situation! Thanks for the information. it's like in english the word 'Body' you kind of saw it Bawh-dee and that's how I've been applying the unstressed O in Russian.

    • @YaShoom
      @YaShoom Před 7 měsíci

      Нет, в русском там Шва, а перед ударением центральная нижняя А

  • @agricolaregs
    @agricolaregs Před 5 lety

    I was wondering about this!!!!!

  • @GiorgosKeramidas
    @GiorgosKeramidas Před 3 lety

    Спасибо!

  • @abdurahmanjares2980
    @abdurahmanjares2980 Před 5 lety +2

    This was helpful! !
    Спасибо учителbница.

  • @arturovasquez9720
    @arturovasquez9720 Před 2 lety

    Great!

  • @klaatu77
    @klaatu77 Před 5 lety

    Excellent.

  • @diugki
    @diugki Před 4 lety

    Finally, the video that i was searching

  • @CallumParry1
    @CallumParry1 Před 5 lety

    Good video Daria 😃

  • @israelortiz1605
    @israelortiz1605 Před 5 lety

    Oh dude I thought Russian was easy to learn ... But .. you've made me change my mind ...

  • @KAMALCHAWLA-io2pf
    @KAMALCHAWLA-io2pf Před rokem

    its a big for help me because its is more important and useful for me

  • @dccoulthard
    @dccoulthard Před 5 lety +2

    Thanks! I am moving to Russia from the US on January 6th! Your videos are helping with my extremely limited Russian!!!

    • @spicelord7764
      @spicelord7764 Před 4 lety

      Dave Trotter How are you doing in Russia?

  • @nubar1962
    @nubar1962 Před 3 lety

    Спасибо Daria, now I can pronounce the Russian words that have o's with more confident.

  • @KAMALCHAWLA-io2pf
    @KAMALCHAWLA-io2pf Před rokem

    bolshoyee cpaciba Daria mam

  • @DianaBelliniOficial
    @DianaBelliniOficial Před 5 lety

    Now I have an answer ! Thank you

  • @abdullahcakan
    @abdullahcakan Před 5 lety

    this is exactly what i was thinking about today :)

  • @DrWolves
    @DrWolves Před 5 lety

    THANK YOUUUUU!

  • @katerinasitnikova3219
    @katerinasitnikova3219 Před 5 lety +14

    как я сюда попала, будучи native speakers 😃 вы прекрасно объясняете!

    • @RealRussianClub
      @RealRussianClub  Před 5 lety +3

      спасибо :)

    • @user-uu4kz8sr5i
      @user-uu4kz8sr5i Před 3 lety +2

      Если пишете по английски посреди русского, то уже не носитель...

    • @kirillperov3843
      @kirillperov3843 Před 3 lety

      @@user-uu4kz8sr5i носитель она, носитель, просто решила в контексте русской-английского общения применить известное словосочетание.

    • @olegfedorov3225
      @olegfedorov3225 Před rokem

      @@user-uu4kz8sr5i а-а-а, "носитель языка" звучит коряво. Native speaker - настолько распространено, что воспринимается по английски нормально.

    • @user-uu4kz8sr5i
      @user-uu4kz8sr5i Před rokem

      @@olegfedorov3225 как видите, не воспринимается, а "носитель языка" звучит естественно, потому что звучит по-русски на русском.

  • @leacwpc
    @leacwpc Před 3 lety +1

    Portuguese has something like this too. One tip is to pretend you're screaming the word to a friend, in some cases the intonation will come naturally in your mind. Also definitely listen to russian people speaking.

  • @educare5242
    @educare5242 Před 3 lety +1

    Sometimes Very irritating (i also feel)..but it's lovely experience to learn Russian language because it's very good to spell..everday i give 2 hours to the language..

  • @ManojKumar-id8gj
    @ManojKumar-id8gj Před 5 lety +1

    Спасибо

  • @michaelkato642
    @michaelkato642 Před 5 lety

    your might feature a letter...... like...... г......while teaching children ...educational channels often .... start the program with ....today learn the letter ...B ..or the letter D....the can of course be just a section of your lesson plan.... I am learning at a elevated rate....nicely done

  • @jack12yearsago25
    @jack12yearsago25 Před 4 lety

    GROZA!

  • @kirankumarzatale7622
    @kirankumarzatale7622 Před 5 lety +1

    Балшой спасибо и Пака пака, дари

  • @themax37
    @themax37 Před 4 lety

    We do the same in English, example "o" in cot.

  • @firefire8481
    @firefire8481 Před 5 lety +1

    Большой спасибо

    • @wathwolfy
      @wathwolfy Před 5 lety +1

      Right is "Большое спасибо". Remember that.

    • @firefire8481
      @firefire8481 Před 5 lety +1

      LittleCabana thx mate

  • @peterfoxts
    @peterfoxts Před 4 lety

    Well, wovel reduction it is common in many language, English for once and also Neapolitan but not in Italian

  • @sews5742
    @sews5742 Před 5 lety +9

    I'm not trying to learn Russian, but i have Russian friends, and lately I've been wondering why it is said as spasiba if its written as spasibo, along with many other things.
    Also, I noticed that many Russian people who speak English tend to say A instead of O sometimes.
    Like for example, instead of 'police' I've heard many of my Russian friends say 'palice', along with other things.

    • @YaShoom
      @YaShoom Před 7 měsíci

      В слове police и так звучит А... Посмотрите Вики словарь

  • @PhillS303
    @PhillS303 Před 5 lety +1

    A pronunciation tip for English speakers is that the unstressed 'о' is pronounced like the 'i' in 'cousin'. (Obviously most Scottish people would disagree since they don't swallow the 'i' sound like English people do.
    Weirdly I found that unstressed 'о' sounded like several different sounds until I got used to it, depending on what letters were around it. First time I heard it, молоко sounded like ma-lu-koh. I guess that is the English-speaking brain unconsciously translating it to more familiar sounds. But when I listened closely, I could hear the two unstressed vowels were the same sound. But I still have to concentrate to hear them as the same sound rather than different ones.