When do we capitalize in Russian?
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Finally something easy to remember
That was great news! On any given monday in the month of september while writing in russian to my friends to discuss the novel War and peace and chemistry, i no longer have to worry about capitalization.
There is though another case when you can capitalize if you want to.
That is when you address a single person using a formal version of the pronoun "you" - Вы, Вас, Вам.
By using the formal one you already show some respect, but by using capitalisation you can make it even more respectful.
Not used like that when talking to multiple people btw.
Looks like you got some sunshine, enjoy😋
Бог с большой буквы вообще-то
As a native German speaker my mind is blown. It was hard enough to stop capitalising nouns in English!
English seems to be moving toward German in that regard.
😂 think of me, when I was learning German, it came as a big surprise that every single noun is capitalised. Neither in my native language nor in English was it used.
Ого. Очень интересно. Спасибо. Это, я не знал)
Бог tends to be capitalised in Russian lately and not capitalising it will show whether you are atheist / agnostic or religious.
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Он Фёдор
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Kreosan!? A little older, little less hair, little chubbier.. But that would all make sense! I've been wondering if you were still alive!
thanks, i always wondered why country-related words weren't capitalized
Спасибо 🙏🏻
It seems similar to the capitalization rules in Spanish
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In Russian respectful "you" (one person) is capitalized: "Вы". In English "I" respect only myself 🙂
Nope, вы is not capitalized as well, unless I am missing something..
Thought of this immediately. The etymology of Вы vs вы is interesting, too.
@@moussaalmoussa6989If you write a polite letter you may capitalize "Вы", especially if it is an official document.
Yep, Western culture is egocentric. But in Russia there's even a proverb - Сам погибай, но товарища выручай, which means - Perish yourself, but help your comrade.
@@bshthrasher I would say that's a bit of an unfair characterization for westerners. Russian society is collectivist whereas English speaking cultures tend to be individualistic. You can care for your fellow citizens in an individualistic society just like it's possible for someone in a collectivist society to be an opportunist at the expense of others while still contributing to his chosen community.
Excellent information.Thank you🙂
Huge concept. Thank you.
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What about cardinal directions?
No, unless this is a region like "русский Север".
Мне нравится ваш канал на Ютубе! I'm a Polish person trying to learn Russian, and so many rules and words in our languages are similar. You've gotta be careful, though, because there are also some traps that you can fall into lol.
Спасибо! 😊
Бляааааа нармас 🤌 Я отправлю это видео моим друзьям, которые смеются над языком. Научите их правильному языку, чтобы насмехаться надо мной. 😂
thank you
In Russian, are names of books, movies, games, etc. written in _italics_ like in English?
Oh my Gosh, 44 seconds ago💗
very good
me, who doesnt capitalise anything💀 barely uses punctuation
Вы, Вас, Вам, Вами are capitalized, but only to show respect and not when used as the plural 2nd person pronoun, correct?
_Hello! In formal letters, the pronouns written with the capital letter are used to address a specific individual, while lowercase is used when addressing a group. However, in everyday communication, especially on the Internet, people always use the lowercase, since there's no necessity to capitalize pronouns._
I'm seeing a lot (not "allot") more capitalization in English than I used to. I guess it's just how written English is evolving.
What about possessive adjectives for cities/countries? Are they still capitalized or are not like in Serbian language,where such words are not capitalized(except if they are at the beginning of the sentence)
Not capitalized, just like in Serbian
Not capitailzed, unless the adjective is used as a part of the name of a region or district, e.g. Московская область" (Moscow region), "Раменский район" (Ramenskiy district), but "московская ночь" (Moscow night).
Quite odd that religious one, for a westerner like me at least. In most places of western european culture, and western european descendent culture (Brazil, USA, Chile, etc...), it is almost seen as an act of blasphemy to not capitalize the names of deities, an in Brazil (as well as most other romantic and germanic countries, but being brazilian i know the rules of brazilian portuguese better), all words used to refer to The Abrahamic God get their own exception in the rules of capitalization saying they *should*, specifically, be capitalized; Deus (God), Ele (He/Him), Pai, Filho e Espirito Santo (Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit), O Santo (The Saint). This extends to any word used to describe Him, if one were to say something is of God, they would say "D'ele" (His), or if someone wanted to refer to God by an adjective, that adjective would also be capitalized; O Glorioso ( The Glorious), O Omnipresente ( The Omnipresent), or as i myself said earlier in this comment (The Abrahamic God) " O Deus Abraâmico". We take this so seriously there are multiple literal clauses on own written rules of the language (wich are set by the Brazilian Academy of Letters, ocasionally in agreement with the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, because there are active efforts by both organizations to keep the European and Brazilian variants of the language similar enough as to prevent a break-up of the language into two separates) specifically for this, it could literally be considered a light form of blasphemy to not to so, so it's very wierd to me that a culture as religious as the russian one would have a direct opposite rule. Would anyone be able to explain to me why that is?
Por eso más fácil aprender ruso si sabes español
Does Russian have a kursive script? Or is handwriting exactly like typing and printing?
Yes. Medics use it to crypt their writings, so, only another medic (sometimes only another medic working the same place) can decrypt them.
Мы всегда пишем курсивом, исключения только если какие то документы нужно проверить с помощью компьютера
имеет в смысл
I am a native speaker, and when I refer to the Christian God, I am accustomed to capitalizing words like "Бог", "Господь", "Боже".
I am a native speaker too, and when I refer to the christian god, i use "бог". Only "Бог-Император" must be capitalized, all other gods is a herecy ;).
Вы забыли о слове "Вы". Если это вежливое обращение к одному человеку, то оно тоже пишется с большой буквы.
The word I had in mind most this time is: Я
Fedor, Why does it look like you are going to catch on fire?
But "бы" is also sometimes capitalised, right? When you want to be extra polite and respectful.
Вы, yes. should be always capitalized.
Thanks! Oh, and yes, I made a typo there, wanted to write "Вы" indeed.
You di not know why it is so because you are confusing nouns and names and compounds nouns and compound names.
So capitalising in Russian simply means making the letter slightly bigger? It is still the same letter? Not like a A and b B??? Same letter, just slightly bigger.???
For most letters, yes, but some do change like б to Б
Try handwriting, it differs a lot. For example, uppercase Д , is "D" and lowercase is "g".
@@tinkerer67 On my best day ever I will never attempt to write Russian in cursive.
It depends on the letter
@@PaintingandExercise, well, you actually don't have to :) For example, I use my own artistic style of block letters for almost 30 years now in both Russian and English, and it was never a problem.
я с маленькой, но Вы - с больщшой буквы.. почему не сказал?
Это смотря к кому и где обращаешься ). Если это старый-старый но всё ещё живой форум - там "вы" и уж тем более "Вы" может до сих пор считаться оскорблением, по принципу "все мы тут друзья, но вот конкретно Вы мне не друг", т.к. в старом времён модемов рунете и ФИДО нормой было обращение на "ты".
@@sagrer128 правильней сказать так - если обращаешься к неизвестной персоне или к кому то с уважением, то Вы с большой буквы (мы не говорим об использовании ты для своих) а если используется "вы" для обращения ко многим людям то надо с маленькой буквы.
@@Rus-eq5wn В том то и суть, что так работает на везде ). Общаясь в некоторых сообществах, я буду использовать "Вы" не из уважения а чтобы дистанцироваться от собеседника, показать ему что он тут чужой, например ).
@@sagrer128 ну мы говорим же о правилах русского языка а не о взаимоотношениях среди близких)
@@Rus-eq5wn Сленг тоже часть русского языка, и там значения слов могут быть другие ).
stop doing the x sign. Its short for giving people x rays for speaking to Russians.
Кцда красота пропала?
No offense, but I get triggered by your way of speaking and pitch.