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I have learned Russian for years and never thought about the difference sounds. It is obvious now when you demonstrated it and relatively easy to do with your instructions. Thank you for showing this.
This has saved my sanity. I can hear the difference very clearly. But pronouncing the hard sound was giving me trouble. I was pretty sure I was close and this video verified I had the right idea so thank you for this!
Спасибо за видео !!! Я из Аргентины и люблю русский язык, который очень интересный и сложный язык. I'm a Spanish native speaker and I speak other languages. Among them, I speak Catalan which has a strong letter L. That's why I can easily pronounce the Russian л. Russian Л is stronger than Spanish / English L. Good job !!! THANKS !!!
Thanks so much! I've been struggling the L sounds in Russian. You've give a great explanation of how to make them hard and soft and not English-sounding -- and I haven't found this anywhere else. Thanks again. 😇
The hardest sound for me to make as an English speaker is the rolling R sound, sometimes I hear words that the D letter also has vibrating rolling sound.
I can do both sounds in both tongue spots. The vocal cords just need to change the pitch 🤷♂️ But maybe I can't hear if it makes it sound like sn accent.
@@FlyingTigersKMT ahh sh and sch......yeah, those are tricky too....to me the one without the tail sounds like a stronger sh sound while the one with the tail sounds softer.
@@cc10higa yeah, 33 letters and while I'm about to get the backwards R and Y and O/A and the >|< (zh) and backwards N and all that... I'm making my way through and haven't gotten to the last two which are the Ws I mentioned... all in due time. 😅😅😅
@@FlyingTigersKMT you'll eventually get the hang of the alphabet. The alphabet is the easiest aspect of Russian thankfully. Once you get over that hurdle you'll be fine.
There are actually many dialects of English that regularly use the hard L sound. The first that come to mind are from Scotland. Certain dialects around NYC do this as well. There are other realizations that remind one of the progress of the Polish hard l (ł) from л to /w/, such as southern England final L, and even medial realizations, like the uvular L we hear among certain members of the American media, Tom Brokaw being a great example of such. L is a great sound in its many aspects. Scottish Gaelic actually has three different Ls!
Not really that hard. My teacher made it easy. Л is pronounced like the English word "Love" with the tongue inside the mouth, and Ль is pronounced as in the English word "table" or "pool". with the tongue slightly outside the mouth attached to the upper teeth. Pretty easy if you use English equivalents. Just like the seemingly difficult-for-English-speakers "gd" sound in где can easily be pronounced if English speakers compare it to the English "big dog" which they can easily do. After all, we don't say "Biga doga", so why say "ga dyeh"?
Ну не так она показывает произношение.. при мягком Л кончик языка не смещается к середине неба, а остается в том же положении что и при твердом Л, только задействуется уже середина языка
My friends laugh my Russian cursive is beautiful. But my English cursive is so bad I could write Top Secret messages & walk across NK & China, let them copy them & noone will know what I wrote. Including me since I can't read my own handwriting.
I’ve seen dozens of videos on this subject and the problem for English speakers always comes down to the words ‘hard’ and ‘soft.’ These descriptors mean nothing unless you understand that they refer to palettes. In English, there’s nothing inherently ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ about any of these palettelized sounds.
@@НектоНеизвестный-в1р No, "L," and 'N" (for example) have no harsh sound.. Hard and soft refers to where you make (articulate) the sound... either at the tip of your mouth or at the soft palette.
@@davidholden4543 not the same. Plus both these are closer to the soft L. There is the other L in indian languages. That is closer to the hard L in Russian.
I find it somewhat bizarre to name the L-variants "soft" vs "hard". Isn't that just conventional, to please the writing system? Because phonologically, it seems to me, there's no justification for it.
The L is written the same, no matter how it's pronounced. This video is about the correct pronunciation of the L sounds. The L is pronounced differently depending on the vowel after it. In the examples with a hard L, there were normal vowels (А, О, У, Ы, and Э) following it, while with the example words with a soft L, there were soft vowels ( Я, Ё, Ю, И, and Е) following the letter L.
@@ymmv99 Good grief I've been playing Russian on hardmode I think trying those soft vowels with the hard L. They're so much more comfortable to say with the soft one, probably why they use it to begin with.
@@ymmv99 Oh, I see, I thought it was about the soft versus hard signs, my bad, so thanks a lot! Still neither of both variants imply any plosives or tension or stop of airflow or voicelessness, but rather the "soft" variant is palatalized while the "hard" one isn't. Then again the chosen nomenclature seems to be conventional and standard in Russian phonetics. What do you think?
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I have learned Russian for years and never thought about the difference sounds. It is obvious now when you demonstrated it and relatively easy to do with your instructions. Thank you for showing this.
You are the most beautiful Russian language teacher in the world
This has saved my sanity. I can hear the difference very clearly. But pronouncing the hard sound was giving me trouble. I was pretty sure I was close and this video verified I had the right idea so thank you for this!
what a beautiful language
Спасибо за видео !!! Я из Аргентины и люблю русский язык, который очень интересный и сложный язык. I'm a Spanish native speaker and I speak other languages. Among them, I speak Catalan which has a strong letter L. That's why I can easily pronounce the Russian л. Russian Л is stronger than Spanish / English L. Good job !!! THANKS !!!
спасибо! I never knew I was pronouncing it wrong! I think I will buy your pronunciation course soon
Very good! Great instruction 😊
Glad it was helpful!
I find the L to be the most difficult letter/sound to pronounce in the Russian language. Will have to watch this video again to practice.
My russian friend and I were JUST talking about this 20 minutes before you posted this video except we were talking about ы 😂
Knowing Spanish really helps with this.
As an Egyption I can say the soft is just a "ل" in Arabic and the hard is "L" in English
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Thanks so much! I've been struggling the L sounds in Russian. You've give a great explanation of how to make them hard and soft and not English-sounding -- and I haven't found this anywhere else. Thanks again. 😇
Thank you for sharing
Very Interesting Classes ❤
I was surprised. This was a good video even for me, thanks! :)
how’s your L😅
@@RealRussianClub Неплохо наверное)
You should make the hardest sound in Russian for Slavic speakers!
it’s P (R)
I always love your videos but the sound i find most difficult is ы
The hardest sound for me to make as an English speaker is the rolling R sound, sometimes I hear words that the D letter also has vibrating rolling sound.
Можете привести пример?
More beauty my teacher
I can do both sounds in both tongue spots. The vocal cords just need to change the pitch 🤷♂️ But maybe I can't hear if it makes it sound like sn accent.
Wow I thought the hardest sound in Russian would have been ы or р! I never expected л!
For me it's the 2 W looking letters with and without the tail. 😅😅
@@FlyingTigersKMT ahh sh and sch......yeah, those are tricky too....to me the one without the tail sounds like a stronger sh sound while the one with the tail sounds softer.
@@cc10higa yeah, 33 letters and while I'm about to get the backwards R and Y and O/A and the >|< (zh) and backwards N and all that... I'm making my way through and haven't gotten to the last two which are the Ws I mentioned... all in due time. 😅😅😅
@@FlyingTigersKMT you'll eventually get the hang of the alphabet. The alphabet is the easiest aspect of Russian thankfully. Once you get over that hurdle you'll be fine.
@@cc10higa trying, my friend
How's Super Roman doing? You are right about not being able to say that easily 😂 Hope you are enjoying life 😊😊😊
he’s doing great! speaks English like a native already🫠
@@RealRussianClub Super Roman can do anything 😊👍😎
Л is fine for me. Its ы that has been difficult for me. But im getting better
love lida
Дарья такая милая
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So helpful!!! Wow
Love from India . ❤. I love u madam
Большое спасибо 🌹🌺🌷
L, LI gotcha! Now back to vocab and grammar 😂👍
There are actually many dialects of English that regularly use the hard L sound. The first that come to mind are from Scotland. Certain dialects around NYC do this as well. There are other realizations that remind one of the progress of the Polish hard l (ł) from л to /w/, such as southern England final L, and even medial realizations, like the uvular L we hear among certain members of the American media, Tom Brokaw being a great example of such.
L is a great sound in its many aspects. Scottish Gaelic actually has three different Ls!
@oceantree5000 Have you tried Welsh "- LL" ? I think the same sound occurs in Zulu.
the thing is, russians speakers will understand you regardless you use strong or soft whenever a Л is pronounced
sure, but most people want to reduce their accent when learning the language:)
No problemo para mua.
Long time no see
Not really that hard. My teacher made it easy. Л is pronounced like the English word "Love" with the tongue inside the mouth, and Ль is pronounced as in the English word "table" or "pool". with the tongue slightly outside the mouth attached to the upper teeth. Pretty easy if you use English equivalents. Just like the seemingly difficult-for-English-speakers "gd" sound in где can easily be pronounced if English speakers compare it to the English "big dog" which they can easily do. After all, we don't say "Biga doga", so why say "ga dyeh"?
Now when we talk about a soft L, are we talking about ль or something else, since the example words weren't spelled with a ь ? I'm confused
we also have several soft vowels that soften the consonants before them:) я ё ю е и
Супер! Но моя проблема в том, что я ношу зубные протезы. А если его снять, то он выглядит как сдутый мяч.
I only watch your videos to see 🙈 🙈 you .because you are so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
Love from India ❤️
Лук... Я твой отец 😂 🌰
yes😂
это невозможно!!!😭
- говорит Принц Лимон Чиполлино... 🥲
Ну не так она показывает произношение.. при мягком Л кончик языка не смещается к середине неба, а остается в том же положении что и при твердом Л, только задействуется уже середина языка
I cant roll my r's, so this is a cakewalk compared to that
For a spanish speaker is difficult too????
My friends laugh my Russian cursive is beautiful.
But my English cursive is so bad I could write Top Secret messages & walk across NK & China, let them copy them & noone will know what I wrote.
Including me since I can't read my own handwriting.
Assalmoalikum Pakistani people so much lava Rassia and Rassian Language please help me I want to Urdu to Russia
I’ve seen dozens of videos on this subject and the problem for English speakers always comes down to the words ‘hard’ and ‘soft.’ These descriptors mean nothing unless you understand that they refer to palettes. In English, there’s nothing inherently ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ about any of these palettelized sounds.
Разве твёрдые звуки не звучат жёстче, а мягкие мягче?
@@НектоНеизвестный-в1р No, "L," and 'N" (for example) have no harsh sound.. Hard and soft refers to where you make (articulate) the sound... either at the tip of your mouth or at the soft palette.
I speak native standard American English, and I fail to see any difference between my American English L and your hard Russian L.
and it’s very different😅
@@RealRussianClub Then kindly describe the difference.
Fortunately this less challenging for someone who knows indian languages.
Sanskrit and other satem languages have similar pronunciation.
ला लाँ ?
@@davidholden4543 not the same. Plus both these are closer to the soft L. There is the other L in indian languages. That is closer to the hard L in Russian.
I find it somewhat bizarre to name the L-variants "soft" vs "hard". Isn't that just conventional, to please the writing system? Because phonologically, it seems to me, there's no justification for it.
The L is written the same, no matter how it's pronounced. This video is about the correct pronunciation of the L sounds.
The L is pronounced differently depending on the vowel after it. In the examples with a hard L, there were normal vowels (А, О, У, Ы, and Э) following it, while with the example words with a soft L, there were soft vowels ( Я, Ё, Ю, И, and Е) following the letter L.
@@ymmv99 Good grief I've been playing Russian on hardmode I think trying those soft vowels with the hard L. They're so much more comfortable to say with the soft one, probably why they use it to begin with.
@@ymmv99 Oh, I see, I thought it was about the soft versus hard signs, my bad, so thanks a lot! Still neither of both variants imply any plosives or tension or stop of airflow or voicelessness, but rather the "soft" variant is palatalized while the "hard" one isn't. Then again the chosen nomenclature seems to be conventional and standard in Russian phonetics. What do you think?
lee lee elee likee leeke leleya
Are u in mbs university college professor????
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we still havent forgoten how you pushed the vacine on children with the story book , hell awaits you .
what’s wrong with you?🤣 it’s a soviet classic book that all kids know and love, and you need therapy apparently
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