Is grammar really that important in Russian? Interview with Steve Kaufmann - Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2020
- Привет, друзья! In this video, I am talking to Steve Kaufmann, a famous polyglot. You will learn more about Steve and find out if he ever mixes up the languages that he speaks :) Most importantly, we will also discuss if the grammar is really that necessary when it comes to learning Russian. Russian and English CC available!
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Anna, I very much enjoyed our conversation. I always enjoy speaking Russian, listening to Russian, trying to express my thoughts in Russian, even though I do so with mistakes. If I have more opportunity to speak Russian, and to interact with people in Russian, I will have the opportunity to focus on the mistakes I make, and will undoubtedly develop better language habits. I know from experience that looking at the declension tables and reading grammar rules doesn't prevent my accuracy in the language from declining if I don't use it. I enjoy exploring languages and therefore I don't linger long enough with any language to develop the skill level that I would like to have. Obviously the languages that I have spoken the most, are also the languages that I speak the best. These two are French and Japanese, which are the only languages where I have lived in the country where the language is spoken. To me, the purpose of language learning is enjoyment, discovery and comprehension. As the opportunity to use the language, to speak with people, increases, inevitably, if we are paying attention, our accuracy in the language also improves. It has been my experience that with languages that I have not spoken enough, absence from using it means declining accuracy. None of this prevents me from enjoying the exploration of languages. None of of this prevents me from availing myself of every opportunity to use the language, even though I know I will make mistakes, as in this delightful interview with Anna. But, to avoid the inevitable mistakes that would occur if I were to make this comment in Russian, I have decided to leave this comment in English. Best of luck to all learners of Russian, and those who have Anna as a tutor, are already lucky.
I have been studying Russian since the start of the pandemic. I speak English native and I am fluent in Spanish and strong in French and I will say that with Russian he is 100% correct. The grammar is so complicated that I almost gave up at the beginning because I was obsessing over the Grammar.
Crazy I understood 60% to 70% of this. My comprehension is improving 😁. I remember watching this understanding nothing a while back.
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I have wanted to learn Russian for over 10 years, and from the beginning, I knew it would be grammar, grammar, grammar. Now, having said that, I have benefitted enormously from listening to Russian choral music, where I have learned many words in Church Slavonic, which are similar or the same in Russian. I also regularly watch some videos on TH-cam, and scroll through the comments to see whether I can pick up easy phrases.
Отличное интервью! Большое вам спасибо!
Учитывая его окружение и возможности он отлично говорит на великом и могучем.👍
Wow. I swear I was thinking about your videos today, and just like that you posted one,
Dear lovely anna,keep uploading such videos,we all love you ♥️🙏
Steve used to speak russian a little better than that, but he still amaze me and you Anna thank you very much.
Супер видео !спасибо👏
Стив, я впечатлена! Анна - замечательное интервью! Браво!
A very interesting interview and useful content I learned a lot of new useful words. Thank you very much <3
Не знал, что Стив родился в Швеции:)) Отличный диалог)
Thanks for interesting and motivating video .
Он молодец. Передавайте от меня привет. Привет из Кыргызстана 🇰🇬
Great video! Я Американец и я изучаю русский 1 год. I follow both of your pages. And what a nice surprise it was to see the 2 of you together! Класс 👍🏾!
I dream to be that good at Russian....Steve did great!
I haven't gone deep into studying Russian, and I've not looked at the language in two months. I'm fascinated at how much I've retained, and understood without the captions! he hit a strong point at the end "process of learning and forgetting over again"
Interesting video