This is the very video I needed! I've been studying Russian on my own, and this is one concept that I'd always found hard to understand. You've helped me a lot. Thank you for your wonderful videos!
@DenisFedorov
7 жыл бұрын
Glad to be of help!
@practicalrussianwithtam4816
4 жыл бұрын
😊
@camdyndash6000
2 жыл бұрын
sorry to be so offtopic but does someone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb forgot my password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me.
@annwatchman6885
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou Denis, 😊😊😊
@likeajeanius7354
Жыл бұрын
I don't know what it is but the way this man talks is so intriguing it makes it surprisingly easy to pay attention
@myrddrral
2 жыл бұрын
Very informative and helpful. A very sincere спасибо from someone learning on his own in Brazil.
@marcelocastroman697
7 жыл бұрын
Amazing explanation Fedorov.
@DenisFedorov
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@richarddiasribeiro429
6 жыл бұрын
Best explanation over this topic I've found on youtube so far,for real! I'm finally starting to understand. Thank you!
@DenisFedorov
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@The495marauder
4 жыл бұрын
Richard Dias Ribeiro this is the best reply over this topic I’ve found on KZitem so far too, for real. I’m finally starting to understand too. Thank you too.
3 жыл бұрын
This is the hardest part of all Russian language, in my opinion. I was so frustrated because I couldn't hear a difference between soft and hard. But now I know the rules and it's going to keep me alert. I will continue listening and I'm sure I'll get it. Thank you for this! You were very clear!
@DenisFedorov
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed, learning to hear and convey the softness of consonants requires some effort and training. Shortly, soft consonants are pronounced with a different tongue posture, usually with the tip of the tongue pressed against the lower incisors. Try to say the English [t] - [d] with the tip of the tongue pressed against the lower incisors and you will pronounce them soft = with a soft sign.
3 жыл бұрын
@@DenisFedorov I'm coming back to this video a month later and I can already hear a difference. It makes me happy to see I'm making progress. I'll keep working hard! Thank you for your help.
@jimmyramos8839
7 жыл бұрын
Exactly the video I was looking for! Thank you very much !
@DenisFedorov
7 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@poogissploogis
4 жыл бұрын
I have been trying to figure this out for so long now, and now it's all finally clicking! Thank you Denis, this was a great video.
@DenisFedorov
4 жыл бұрын
Рад быть полезным!
@ASH-xt8uh
5 жыл бұрын
Sometimes it's so hard to say in Russian but it's not bad. It's like between English and Russian learning.
@maresolaris
4 жыл бұрын
This video helps me hugely! Thanks to you clear and concise explanation, I finally (begin to) understand the differences in pronunciation. Great work!
@DenisFedorov
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@ALLCAPS
5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Absolutely BRILLIANT!
@DenisFedorov
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@TimelapseTree
Жыл бұрын
Wow, this actually helped me so much. I completely understand soft and hard signs now.
@vickieterry888
3 ай бұрын
Glad this video found me! Thank you!
@mick1545
4 жыл бұрын
I am totally new to learning Russian and this already made a lot of sense. Thank you.
@DenisFedorov
4 жыл бұрын
Не за что
@seswee8030
4 жыл бұрын
Спасибо вам большое 😊🇹🇷
@DenisFedorov
4 жыл бұрын
Пожалуйста
@mya7267
7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant as usual Denis
@DenisFedorov
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks)
@shaydawn5578
5 жыл бұрын
Most excellent as always.
@DenisFedorov
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@jeanguyrichard6771
3 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful explanation. Thank you so much . You are a very good teacher.
@DenisFedorov
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😃
@mr_afraz
Жыл бұрын
Very Interesting Content, Viewer From India 🇮🇳
@brenobarbosa4761
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you.
@DenisFedorov
5 жыл бұрын
It’s my pleasure to be of help.
@leninha-carioca
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@DenisFedorov
4 жыл бұрын
Спасибо
@anupmasharma9103
3 жыл бұрын
Вы хороший учитель 👍
@DenisFedorov
3 жыл бұрын
Спасибо за комплимент!
@edit11
4 жыл бұрын
thank you sir! gracias!
@DenisFedorov
4 жыл бұрын
Пожалуйста!
@myspace...9272
6 жыл бұрын
Долго искана такой урок и рада что нашла, спасибо!
@DenisFedorov
6 жыл бұрын
Спасибо за просмотр)
@BikcekRussia
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@DenisFedorov
5 жыл бұрын
Не за что
@ivory__3166
4 жыл бұрын
thank you ! cause this vidio now im understood th soft sight and hard sight
@DenisFedorov
4 жыл бұрын
Great!
@user-bq2om2ye9i
Жыл бұрын
Hey comrade, I like your cool way of bidding goodbye, пока-пока!
@maggielemken6369
7 жыл бұрын
This was a very interesting video. I have not seen one like it up to now, and I have been studying for over a year. Please continue this video concept using words that end in a soft sign. Thank you. Also, I will be using this video on and off to recheck my pronunciation of Russian words. Thank you.
@DenisFedorov
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Words that end in a soft sign actually end in a soft sound. So what you need to do is to teach yourself to pronounce isolated soft sounds. There are 15 soft sounds. If we try to find analogies in English, here is what I find: БЬ = b in bee ВЬ = v in veal ГЬ = g in geese ... So, English has soft sounds too))
@pravoslavn
3 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video teaching us how to spell in the "old" Russian way, before the alphabet was revised in 1918 and again in the 1920s? I would like to learn to spell with the Yat and the other letters which were thrown out of the alphabet, and how to use the Hard and Soft Signs in the old way, too. Thank you.
@finalbossoftheinternet6002
3 жыл бұрын
Very knowledgeable and very attractive
@DenisFedorov
3 жыл бұрын
So nice of you
@mofojackson
3 жыл бұрын
I don't know if I missed it on your list of videos, but if you have one already, could you link a reply with a video that explains this ы. It has always stumped me.
@ehmo8706
4 жыл бұрын
It’s without a doubt a great explanation thanks 😊 but I still struggle to hear a big difference)) I have trouble with сь собираюсь, надеюсь, спалось, здесь and so on hehe. I’ll just have to practice harder and hopefully once my listening skills get sharper maybe I can then hear the difference and work more on it )
@DenisFedorov
4 жыл бұрын
Noted! To pronounce -сь, you need to strongly press the tip of the tongue against the lower front teeth.
@kaIawin
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, are you still allowing these pronunciation on your website as of today?
@digginz8603
4 жыл бұрын
Day 2 of learning russian: There are 10 vowels and 2 letters that don't make a sound. Also there are two letter 3's and a letter 6.
@nhmooytis7058
2 жыл бұрын
The two ‘3s’ are different: з and э , former is Z. Latter is E. б is B and в is V. Do you have a Russian keyboard?
@sarahosinovsky4025
7 жыл бұрын
Excellent clarification as per usual. I will have to watch starting at the 10:00 mark again and again. I understand the pause just about saying the correct soft and hard sounds to follow. For example мье sounds like muh-eh and мъе meh-eh. Is that a close phonetic description ?
@DenisFedorov
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Basically yes, it is "muh-eh" or "meh-eh"))
@LittleMissStuffy
7 жыл бұрын
Hi, I'm trying to pick up Russian. which video of yours would you suggest I start on first? do you have a playlist of videos a true beginner can start on? i watched on your other video that for a beginner, we must first learn the alphabets - do you have a video for this? by the way, of all the videos I have come across on KZitem, I like your channel the best. really good approach! keep it up :)
@DenisFedorov
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks! If you want my videos in some sequence, start here denisfedorov.com/Free-Alphabet.htm + After subscribing, on the day 2, you'll get my guide on textbooks, and there it will be also discussed how to start learning Russian.
@LittleMissStuffy
7 жыл бұрын
Denis Fedorov thank you very much! Keep up the good work :)
@pervcat314
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks now I can pronunciate more than thos lines from Red Alert QAQ
@DenisFedorov
5 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Red Alert provide a rich foundation for the Russian pronunciation, but one can always use some more training.
@benismann
Жыл бұрын
1:15 though moment
@robetheridge6999
Жыл бұрын
Soften the "T" in 'soften'.
@freexboz7048
Жыл бұрын
You’re fucking awesome
@jvm-tv
6 жыл бұрын
Thorough! thanks man. Only if you gave some hints on how to pronounce hard and soft it would be 10/10. I can hear the difference but can't reproduce.
@DenisFedorov
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks. In practice, learning to pronounce soft sounds properly requires not hints but a more serious approach which usually involves work on each sound. So, that would be a very comprehensive long video. I'll think about it.
@TingBie
Жыл бұрын
Do paired consonants produce the same soft sounds?
@thesyrianeyes5528
7 жыл бұрын
denis what should I do when I START learning Russian I just learned the letter and the soft and hard signs what should I do next, your videos are awesome!
@DenisFedorov
7 жыл бұрын
Next come new words learning (vocabulary) and the wonderful world of the beginner's Russian grammar))
@thesyrianeyes5528
7 жыл бұрын
Denis Fedorov thank you
@theyoungeldeer
3 жыл бұрын
Я русская, с рождения говорю на русском, уважаемые знатоки, внимание вопрос.... Зачем я это смотрю?
@vfnikster
Жыл бұрын
Вдруг станешь преподавателем или репетитором, вот тебе образец урока.
@backtomakingvideos
Жыл бұрын
Друз'я.
@Verbalaesthet
2 жыл бұрын
To me if feels like there is just a "j/y" sound is added. Almost like the b is a j/y. Like Mba = Mja/Mya.
@ellenross6828
Жыл бұрын
We have hard and soft sounds in English, too.......but we don't have special indicator letters like Russian does that get placed after consonants. It would be suuuuuuuuuuper confusing if our alphabet 🔤 did!!!!!!
@samc7734
3 жыл бұрын
Denis, do you teach every single hard and soft consonant in your course ? 🙏
@DenisFedorov
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I do.
@samc7734
3 жыл бұрын
Denis, I have just started to learn Russian for a few days. Do you think I should learn some basic grammar first before caring too much about pronunciation ? Or I should make sure my pronunciation is decent before moving on ? (I am interested in enrolling your course, but I am not sure if it is the best moment for me to enrol right now, considering I have just started to learn Russian for few days. However, I wanna stress that learning russian has always been one of my life goals for years, but I just did not have enough time back then. Indeed, being fluent in russian is one of my dreams. )
@sirmasteryan4958
5 жыл бұрын
lol he thought me english too.
@_regnar_4189
2 ай бұрын
Я их чисто по приколу ер и ерь называю)
@Zero_Vida
2 жыл бұрын
This video has exactly 100 comments SIKE now it has 101
@carollynbratcher3587
4 жыл бұрын
😎😎❣
@bilbowaggins8967
4 жыл бұрын
In a word like семья for example, why does it need a soft sign? Doesn't я already indicate that the previous consonant should be soft? Is it extra soft now?
@DenisFedorov
4 жыл бұрын
There is no "extra softness." The soft sign makes preceding consonants soft (in word-final positions) and breaks the confluence of a vowel and a consonant (=small pause). Thus, -мья and -мя sound differently because of a small pause inserted.
@Jehan-David_de_Saint_Mars
7 жыл бұрын
So is it correct if I say that ки=kji, кьи=kj-ji and къи=k-ji ? Also, thanks a lot for these videos, they are very helpful and you explain clearly :)
@DenisFedorov
7 жыл бұрын
Probably it is correct. (The thing is that we can interpret these "kji kj-ji k-ji" differently)
@Jehan-David_de_Saint_Mars
7 жыл бұрын
I understand, thanks!
@anna45333
Жыл бұрын
Dude, why you put silicon to your lips? You d be much better without it. As for those hard and soft letters your video was very informative. Good job on that.
@ahmedouerfelli4709
4 жыл бұрын
Sir, at 8:02 МЕ sounded to me like МЭ and ГЕ sounded like ГЭ. Also the Я in ОБЪЯСНЕНИЕ sounded like И. Please I am having a big trouble, could you help me to understand?
@DenisFedorov
4 жыл бұрын
Frankly, these are not easy questions to be answered in a comment. However, shortly, "Я in ОБЪЯСНЕНИЕ sounded like И" -- yes, this is correct, it did sound as [и]. This is called “vowel reduction”. Reduction of vowels is basically what happens to vowels in unstressed positions. There is a whole set of Russian pronunciation rules that exist within this concept. In this case, “Я” became [и]. "МЕ sounded to me like МЭ and ГЕ sounded like ГЭ" -- this is somewhat true too. The thing is that there is no such a sound as “E” in the Russian language, only a letter “E” which comprises of 2 sounds, [йэ]. That’s why you hear [э]. The letter “E” is a soft vowel which means that it influences the preceding consonant. So, basically what you were hearing was [г’э] - [м’э], where the apostrophe sign means that the consonant is soft. To learn more about this, google “Russian soft consonants”.
@ahmedouerfelli4709
4 жыл бұрын
@@DenisFedorov Thank you so much for spending your time to respond. I will take a look at vowel reduction and soft and hard consonants.
@edval6404
Жыл бұрын
Why the hell I'm studying Russian! 😩 well, lets continue this learning... for Cheburascaaaa!!! 😁 pobeda za nami!!!
@Arczii1337
5 жыл бұрын
объяснение - why "о" sounds like "mOther", not like "dOg" and why Я is omitted (definitely can't hear the "yah" even on 0.25x speed). Explain please.
@DenisFedorov
5 жыл бұрын
Could you be more specific with your question? Concerning "O," maybe the answer is within the following pronunciation rule, "the unstressed |О| is pronounced as |A|." As for the omitted Я, I don't know to what word/example this question refers to.
@Arczii1337
5 жыл бұрын
@@DenisFedorov My whole question refers to 8:34
@DenisFedorov
5 жыл бұрын
Your question refers to the Russian Pronunciation Rules in general and to stressed/unstressed vowels in particular. At 8:34, both О and Я are unstressed. In Russian, we naturally deemphasize unstressed syllables so much that they begin sounding "simpler." So, the unstressed O is pronounced as A. The same is with Я. When stressed, it is pronounced as "yah;" when unstressed, "yih."
@vavvokilluminati
4 жыл бұрын
9:37 8:00 10:12
@ASH-xt8uh
7 жыл бұрын
привет брат. Yeah, I was learn that already.
@DenisFedorov
7 жыл бұрын
That's great)
@FarhanKhan-wd1fd
6 жыл бұрын
did you write private brat in Russian?
@FarhanKhan-wd1fd
6 жыл бұрын
+The Syrian eyes that's good I'm trying to learn Russian
@FarhanKhan-wd1fd
6 жыл бұрын
+The Syrian eyes thank you so much brat wish you the same
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