there are a couple of reasons why I want to learn Russian 1: I want to visit Russia when I am older. 2: I listen to a lot of Russian music and would like to appreciate the song for the lyrics.
Very good reasons, my ambition is to go to Moscow or St Petersburg, find one of the squares, and play chess with one of the locals there as they do there while sharing a bottle of Vodka.
Yes, I have for the past one year i had been studying Russian. I am a self studying person. Through facebook and you tube videos. Lately i have skype lesson with a teacher. Now i keep studying. Now I join WhatsApp groups and have written conversations with some friends. Now i watch films and listen to news. A very beautiful language.
Denis Fedorov Dennis I have a question for you. As an American I am actually quite concerned right now. I'm afraid that North Korea or your country is going to launch a nuclear missiles at us. And your country has the czar Bomba. What are your feelings towards Americans and do you predict that your country will take nuclear action against
Я сам учу русский язык уже шестнадцать месяцев, а мой родной язык - испанский. Каждый день я занимаюсь с русским, и, думаю, что буду глубоко знать этот язык через другой год. У меня нет учителей, а только интернет. Дело в том, что я учу русский так же, как и дети учат и как я выучил свой родной. Рано ли, поздно ли, но я получу. :)
Russian is hard in my opinion but what is the difference between Russian in all the former sovjet states? any difference, or they speak the same? thanks
Roger Solid: Yes, of course Russian language is hard, but if you love the language and have passion for learning, then it won't be that hard. I don't know at all the diffence, but even in Russia there are dialects. For example, the word "хорошо" is pronounced "kharasho", but in other dialects is pronounced "khorosho". I prefer the standard. :)
I've studied Russian for 9 years using all media--textbooks, Russian Pod 101, flashcards, TH-cam, Russian movies and television series. I don't care how long it takes. It's just a hobby and if I ever became truly fluent and didn't need to study the language that is a sad day. I don't want the learning to end. Russian Forever!
I wish the Internet had been a common thing when I was learning Russian back in the early 90's. Instead I had nothing but classes and old Russian books from the 70's - which I still have. The resources available today are incredible
Finally I see a teacher speaking realistically and sensibly. Without making any wild claims or sounding gimmicky. Thank you :-) I am a multilingual speaker, fluent in 3 languages, and English is my second language. I also speak Hindi- another category 4 language, so I guess Russian wouldn't be too complex for me to learn. I hope I can become fluent in it by the end of next year.
Excellent teacher, this dude has my respect. -Begins straight onto the video, not with that typical "welcome to my new video on bla bla bla follow my instagram". Instead, this guy starts right into the video, no wasting time. -Clearing up obstacles for you, actually does not complicate stuff for you at all.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been asking a question like this for so long, to conflicting and vague answers. You were the first one to give me at least a solid idea of how long it would take to learn a language. Thank you Denis for a clear answer.
I'm Malaysian, and English happens to be my second language. I'm quite surprised that German's in the second group, as I find it a lot easier to grasp than French or Spanish. However, I do find it quite fitting that Russian's in the fourth group - I struggle with it the most, despite Russian grammar being quite similar to Malay, haha. I'm still very invested in learning it, despite how difficult I find it at times. I just love how Russian sounds to the the ears - warm and melodic.
Speaking Russian isn’t hard, it’s the grammar. Slav languages have weird grammar like asian languages. I find it much harder to say german words than russian words. I pretty much memorized a few dozen russian phrases in a day or so.
I like your take on learning language, it’s realistic; basically common sense! The more effort and work you put in, the faster you’ll learn and get the results you’re looking for.
Excellent video; no wasted time with the usual self-ingratiating silly anecdotes. But what is particularly appealing is its evident honesty. I kept waiting for him to push his own product, but refreshingly that is absent and I think that especially important in a discussion on methodology.
A beginner here , I have been learning the Cyrillic alphabet now I can read Russian words but don't know what the hell they mean. I can introduce myself and say a few words, and just about make out what a Russian speaker is saying. All this in three weeks of looking at TH-cam videos. I agree , it's a beautiful language and now I'm so determined to go all the way.
I learned English since i was a child but it was so bad, i couldn't speak fluently until i decided to learn Spanish, first i studied it in Arabic because my native language is Arabic but i got no process in Spanish until my friend advised me to study it in English, then every thing changed dramatically, i got fluency in English and then i learned Spanish well, then i started to learn Russian since five months ago, it's hard but this made me know there's not a difficult language but it depends on how much we can free our mind from our native language and to think in the language we are learning because we keep thinking in the same way in our native language and make a lot of comparison between the both to learn a new on, believe me the first step is to respect the time you must spend the language and learn it in mind, there are a lot of things in Russian, Spanish and English which made me crazy but now i can feel how it will be easy if i accept it as it is no how i want it to be depending on my native language 😊 Have a good time with language 👍👍
Really great video man! Your English is very good and your accent is quite good too! I'm currently considering embarking on learning Russian, I already know French. I find the culture, the country, and Russian history to be extremely interesting. Also I love Russian writers like Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy etc... It would be amazing to read them in the original Russia, as well as communicate with Russians and all that. I'm looking forward to the challenge!
If a person knows any Slavic language then learning Russian doesn't take too long. To be really perfect takes time, but to understand and speak on a basic level can take just a couple of months. I speak Czech and Slovak and took a two month Russian course during the summer and can understand mostly everything now. My speaking isn't so great but Russians understand me. But if all I knew was English I think it would have taken me 10 years.
Nice video, very to the point and no "fluff", I am currently attempting to learn Russian from rosetta stone and I think I am about half way thru level 1, to the point where I am having to auto correct English spelling because my fingers want to spell in Russian lol
Its really easy honestly. Once you've studied the Cyrillic alphabet you can read any russian sentence. I learned it fast because i didn't stress or whine over making small mistakes. It REALLY depends on the person and how they think about their goal on learning the language. Just relax and make learning russian fun 😃
Glad for you! The problem with Russian is to start speaking by yourself properly (properly change endings of words in the sentence). And this requires more practice. But it is of course achievable.
Denis Fedorov I couldn't agree with you more! I would prefer to practice what i learned with someone who is fluent in Russian. But unfortunately i dont know anyone who does. So it's just me and my phone.
All the practice except for speaking practice is available on the internet (reading, writing, hearing...) With speaking practice - it's harder. There are not many people out there who would agree to help with this for free (or getting something in return).
Hey there, I am Dutch and I really want to learn Russian in a fun way. I can read the Cyrillic alphabet and I am learning through the app called duolingo now. I would really like to learn Russian through tv series or films.
What a great explanation! I am learning Russian since last month. I know English and Spanish fluently and have learned German and French since two years ago too. I study Russian full time.
+Denis Fedorov -i'm willing to learn russian but i have admit will be a tough path,but what scares me is the alphabetic and the grammar rules that looks be widely!! but i won't give up!!
hahahahahaha 2 years to learn English? you are an arrogant little mule. it took me 15 years to learn decent English and there's still more to learn. you must be like these stupid speakers who use the verb make for everything.
my native language has the same alphabet,and there are several words similar,it took two years to learn enough english to comunicate,read and listening well to be accepted in scholl in toronto( canada)all the natives speakers praise my english,i'm sure that if you have learn a new alphabet and an language totally differently,of course it'll took more time,nobody knows everything in an idiom,include your own native language. +محمد شاكر
Same! I am honestly not pressuring myself into learning Russian fast. I want this experience to be fulfilling and on my own terms😁 I feel ecstatic just from recognizing one or two words in a basic phrase HAHAHA
You must also remember the age. Younger people learn languages faster than an adult or elder. There are schools where they teach other languages in elementary school, and many come out bilingual.
Thank you for your simple and straight answer. I have subscribed to your channel as your no bullshit approach made me confident of getting steered the right direction. I am planning to visit Russia in 8 months, of which 2 weeks will be traveling, then I would be staying the remainder of my 3 months in a Village close to Tayshet in Siberia. To accomplish that I have to learn not only Russian, but also the customs and habits of Russians not to cause any offence.
Nooooooooo way would I have put Chinese and Japanese together. Chinese is hard as hell. Japanese I actually found pretty easy. As far as Russian goes, I'm finding it easier to learn than Spanish. I think it's more down to your own personal "ear" (if that makes any sense). Like, it depends on who you are what sounds and structures you pick up quickest.
I disagree, my native language is Spanish, and we have waaaay more conjugations, verb tenses and moods, two gramatical genders, and every country has its own... 'dialect' (kinda). Spanish is not so difficult, but it's harder than English. At least we don't have tones, cases, three genders, perfective and imperfective verbs... that kind of stuff lol
I don't understand why romance languages are put in the easiest ones. If you speak one of them you will realize how ridiculous people speak them, with gross mistakes.
1 No language is too difficult for a child born into the family that speaks it. 2 No one can TOTALLY master one language (not even Shakespeare), let alone two or more. 3 The closer the language you want to learn to the family of languages it belongs to, the easier for you to learn it. If you know, say, Spanish you’ll easily learn Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian. 4 In the five groups given at 2:25, Dutch and the Scandinavian languages should be in Group 2; Hebrew and Arabic, both Semitic languages, should be in Group 4; and Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese (tonal languages) should be in Groups 5. 🤓
I agree with you. Knowing Spanish growing up, I found it easy to learn French in school and without even really studying or trying I can understand Portuguese pretty well and read in italian for the most part! The languages are quite similar in themselves. It's mind boggling how that works :D
Very good, Heydee! Having in mind Point 2 above, consider Mario Pei-he was an Italian-American linguist who died at 77 in 1978, spoke fluently six languages, was able to handle 30 more, and knew the structure of 100 more. 😱
Any evidence of Mario Pei being proficient? Maybe some U.N. translators who had a chance to speak with native speakers when they are younger, and people in Europe or big cities where multiple languages can be spoken with native speakers, but there is absolutely no way to really learn a language well without a native speaker correcting a person constantly.
+Roman Fox many of these self defined 'polyglots' are simply frauds. There is a specific example where there was a guy being interviewed and it all went wrong (vague I know, if I find it I'll come back)
yes and no...modern standard Arabic is for sure cat 5. Arabic dialects should be cat 4. mandarin could be in group 4, but Cantonese is definitely more complex and could stay in cat 5 or even be cat 6 just for its 12? tones and huge alphabet. honestly I think Japanese could be cat 4 as well.
I am a brazilian learning german. For me, as a portuguese speaker, german should be labeled as group 4, but I'm also a bilingual english speaker. Considering this, german might be stated between 2 to 3 for me and with all honesty I find it very diffcult. Following this logic, russian language stays at group 4, for not having big similarities to any language I know. I am realy afraid to take classes on this language, because the struggle might be huge and I don't like the idea of giving up. I'm either Sisyphus or his son.
i learnt mandarin chinese for 11 years (throughout primary and most of high school) and only spent about 3 hours per week learning. I am currently working on my spanish and italian to communicate with a lot of my outer family and now russian seems like my next big target. This was super helpful and i am hoping to be able to speak many different languages so that i can communicate with the rest of the world.
This was an excellent video. Thank you. Very well done, great graphics, and you seem like a wonderful guy. I love the way you speak. Very handsome, too!
Я изучаю русский 8 месяцев. Мой первый язык - испанский, второй - английский. Я изучаю русский 5-6 часов в неделю. Я так счастлив, потому что могу немного понимать и говорить.
I've been learning Russian for 3-4 months. It's pain in the ass for me. It feels like I'm discovering an ancient code of Slavs. The forms and words are just.. just no.. I regret choosing Russian over German.
Of course, all that you have listed will shorten these hours. However, learning Russian is a long term goal. Achieving long term goals means to create proper habits and routines that you constantly follow. Then through some time you just get learning Russian done (I mean level 3 from my video about levels of proficiency).
I was born in the Ukraine, fluent in Russian as a child and quickly picked up English when I moved to the US. Now I want to relearn Russian as my first language, something about pride in my roots to pursue Russian. English is technically my second language (I took ESL in like kindergarten).
Kkandy Krystals having a good memory helps. But having a good short term memory isn't exactly learning if you understand what I mean. Learning and remembering are different although it is part of it.
@@omgitsjakenjames: Some people do have that experience. If I'm hit in the head or coming out of anaesthetic I tend to speak in Spanish, which was the language I first heard. You'll still need to study but I think you may find it easier to start thinking in Russian. You may also have a better idea of how to make some of the sounds than people who've never spoken Russian.
my first language is korean, my second language is english, and my third language will be spanish. i really want to learn russian, but i suck at remembering things ;-;
I'm studying Russian for almost 6 years but not ambitiously. But I want to learn it so bad. I'm giving Eng classes my native lang is Turkish. Can you advice easy songs to memorise? This was how I learned English by myself and even now I'm teaching. But for Russian I couldn't become that successful. I can't take private lessons either and of course it's more difficult to be in Russian society to learn it.
Hi, I don't know how to learn Russian by memorizing songs, so I can't advise any of them) But I think there is a whole internet full of different songs. Pick what you like. However, I would recommend movies. Not only Russian movies. All movies but with Russian audio track and English/Turkish subtitles.
I'm from India.. I'm already fluent in English, Hindi and Bengali.. I started learning Russian from today... I'm learning from TH-cam and downloaded a PDF of a book.. I wanna learn this language properly.. Any advice or suggestion from anyone wud be really appreciated.. THank uuu.. Slava Rossiya!!!
Hey i'm native Indonesian. I don't understand why you put indonesia in group 3, considering Indonesia doesn't have grammar, no past and future. If you want to learn Indonesia language u just have to know the vocabulary and put them together into a sentence and the last one we have a very basic alphabet, same like english
@@draken3420: There are some words in Bahasa that are loan words from Chinese and Vietnamese so that you might look and think they are a bit similar. However, they are totally different language families. and Vietnamese is actually a tonal language, like Chinese but with 6 tones, not 4.
@@franschen5505: I've heard even native speakers have difficulties with some of the more obscure grammar. I've also heard of a native speaker who was in an English speaking country for a number of years and found that she forgot most of her Bahasa and really struggled to relearn/remember it.
I believe the reason German is in section 2 is because of modern German grammar structure which is quite tricky to learn for a non native German speaker, and can confuse English speakers. Even though English is itself a Germanic language and basically descend from Low German Russian may be more difficult for English speakers to learn, but it's easier for native speakers of other languages, I read somewhere that it's actually one of the easier languages for Spanish and Portuguese speakers to learn cause the pronunciation of letters and words is quite close, and the sentence structure. I specifically like the Russian rolled "R" pronunciation
This is a good video. Everything takes time. I wanted to learn russian since i was a child, but it is hard in Australia because very few russians here, so no courses at school or university. But i now have a russian co worker to talk too and so i decided lets do it and have been learning for about 10 days. It is tough, but not so bad. I learned japanese at school and was quite good, so i hope i can learn russian as well to a good degree. For me i am focusing on learning the alphabet and how to read and pronounce first, so that i can then use that to increase my vocabulary. I also use duolingo to learn sentence structure, grammar and phrases. спасибо большой (i typed this myself :D no google translate!)
I can speak in a Russian accent now I just need to learn Russian language.
Dont think so. Hollywood accent and Russian accent are different things.
@@jolevangelista I am familiar with a guy from Brazil . He speaks Russian wiwhl light Caucasian accent . Now he needs just start learning Russian
joletoronto Russian accent is quite easy for me and Ik british
Im*
Ну давай, покажи чему научился за 2 года
there are a couple of reasons why I want to learn Russian 1: I want to visit Russia when I am older. 2: I listen to a lot of Russian music and would like to appreciate the song for the lyrics.
Nice reasons) It's all in your hands!
Very good reasons, my ambition is to go to Moscow or St Petersburg, find one of the squares, and play chess with one of the locals there as they do there while sharing a bottle of Vodka.
Nerfer squad Exactly the same reasons I want to learn Russian? Who do you listen to out of interest?
Nerfer squad wow i just wanna go off on people in russian lol
Hi can you share some bands you're listening to? I want to find some good music to keep me motivated to learn this beautiful language:)thx
I know Spanish and English now I want to know Russian!! Wish me luck
Желаю удачи!
How has it gone for you after 6 months?
Good luck.
Josie Godines lol I know English and russian, learning Spanish
Josie Godines I know English but want to learn Russian. Never ACTUALLY learned Spanish. Only a few words
Russian is not hard for me.
Because I'm polish.
I hate you!! Us mortals are struggling!!! 😂
Slavic people power
Russian is easy for a Slavic and I am one! 😁😉😉😄
😁 Jestem angielkiem i mowię trochę po polsku..... Rozumiem niektorę rosyjskie słowa, jeśli uważnie słucham....
The Slavic languages are awesome 👍
I had one reason to learn Russian..
I want to read Dostoevsky in Russian
Me too!!! :)
@@plantymcplantface7182 same here!
Haha even native speakers don’t read Dostoyevsky because they find it too exhausting and energy consuming. But I wish you luck my friend!
Офигеть, училка по литературе не врала, такие люди есть 😮
What a legend you are
I am a real Russian from Russia. And I have been learning my language for 50 years. This language is as huge as my country :)
Your country is occupied by "xachi" and "churki".
@@gordonfreeman1842 ?
Я хочу идти в россия!
Really hard
😂
Yes, I have for the past one year i had been studying Russian. I am a self studying person. Through facebook and you tube videos. Lately i have skype lesson with a teacher. Now i keep studying. Now I join WhatsApp groups and have written conversations with some friends. Now i watch films and listen to news. A very beautiful language.
Thanks for sharing this. And yes, you are doing everything right.
Could you add me in wpp groups, please..
Denis Fedorov Dennis I have a question for you. As an American I am actually quite concerned right now. I'm afraid that North Korea or your country is going to launch a nuclear missiles at us. And your country has the czar Bomba. What are your feelings towards Americans and do you predict that your country will take nuclear action against
Watch come and see
Zulkifli Jamil Ты меня понимаешь?
i think the only reason we are all here is to understand what the russians are saying in csgo
oh no i gamble all the time
PCbandit1020 same :(
PCbandit1020 хахаха лол учи учи 😂
Nah, gotta understand every word in Kin-Dza-Dza! Скрипач - не нужен :)
Ahahahah, or in Dota 2
Я сам учу русский язык уже шестнадцать месяцев, а мой родной язык - испанский. Каждый день я занимаюсь с русским, и, думаю, что буду глубоко знать этот язык через другой год. У меня нет учителей, а только интернет. Дело в том, что я учу русский так же, как и дети учат и как я выучил свой родной. Рано ли, поздно ли, но я получу. :)
Поддерживаю!
Can't wait to learn to read that.
Russian is hard in my opinion
but what is the difference between Russian in all the former sovjet states? any difference, or they speak the same?
thanks
Roger Solid: Yes, of course Russian language is hard, but if you love the language and have passion for learning, then it won't be that hard.
I don't know at all the diffence, but even in Russia there are dialects. For example, the word "хорошо" is pronounced "kharasho", but in other dialects is pronounced "khorosho". I prefer the standard. :)
Эдильсон И. Удачи!:)
Beautiful language
r u learning Russian?
Marat Shaydullin on my own yes
wow. how long? how does it feel like?
Marat Shaydullin I like it, just started a month ago, off and on. I use an app called mondly and that helps alot
good) dunna if you need any help, but if you do just send me a msg)
Excellent presentation on learning languages, the best I have ever seen!
Wow, thanks!
Just a noob here trying to learn
All have to start somewhere...
bet, im the biggest noob here. An im not proud about it :(
Noobest one here😂
Same
It's hard ASF
But I'm working on it
I only know how to say, “where is my dad?”
Lol
Гда мой папа
I've studied Russian for 9 years using all media--textbooks, Russian Pod 101, flashcards, TH-cam, Russian movies and television series. I don't care how long it takes. It's just a hobby and if I ever became truly fluent and didn't need to study the language that is a sad day. I don't want the learning to end. Russian Forever!
How’s your experience with RussianPod101. Does the premium+ tutor helped you to make progress?
I wish the Internet had been a common thing when I was learning Russian back in the early 90's. Instead I had nothing but classes and old Russian books from the 70's - which I still have. The resources available today are incredible
1100 hours sounds like nothing for me who has 20.000+ hours on a game. i can see now why ppl are saying i am wasting my life ehhhhh >_>
Haha same.. this is literally the only thing I’m comparing it to, my video game hours.
Lol
Holy shit. 20000 hours? I thought I was hooked to a game when I got to 300 hours
The most i got was 1000
I have like 5000 hours wasted on playing Garry's mod
I know Hindi, Bengali, English now learning Russian. Really cute language. 😊
Privet brat.dif you became fluent.i am just starting.
Same
It's like ice creamp
Finally I see a teacher speaking realistically and sensibly. Without making any wild claims or sounding gimmicky. Thank you :-)
I am a multilingual speaker, fluent in 3 languages, and English is my second language. I also speak Hindi- another category 4 language, so I guess Russian wouldn't be too complex for me to learn. I hope I can become fluent in it by the end of next year.
Excellent teacher, this dude has my respect.
-Begins straight onto the video, not with that typical "welcome to my new video on bla bla bla follow my instagram". Instead, this guy starts right into the video, no wasting time.
-Clearing up obstacles for you, actually does not complicate stuff for you at all.
Thanks for the kind words!
That's because he's not American
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been asking a question like this for so long, to conflicting and vague answers. You were the first one to give me at least a solid idea of how long it would take to learn a language. Thank you Denis for a clear answer.
You’re welcome! Thank you, Jacob, for your appreciation.
Denis, this video is EXCELLENT. Very well done.
Thanks!
I'm Malaysian, and English happens to be my second language. I'm quite surprised that German's in the second group, as I find it a lot easier to grasp than French or Spanish. However, I do find it quite fitting that Russian's in the fourth group - I struggle with it the most, despite Russian grammar being quite similar to Malay, haha. I'm still very invested in learning it, despite how difficult I find it at times. I just love how Russian sounds to the the ears - warm and melodic.
Sofia Zara I'm malaysian too hi
Speaking Russian isn’t hard, it’s the grammar. Slav languages have weird grammar like asian languages. I find it much harder to say german words than russian words. I pretty much memorized a few dozen russian phrases in a day or so.
OMG me too,trying to learn russian
I am a native English speaker from Canada and German is much easier than French.
what do you mean by similar to malay? im an indonesian maybe you can explain it a bit
Awesome video. Спасибо!
Thanks!
Пожалуйста
Thanks
I like your take on learning language, it’s realistic; basically common sense! The more effort and work you put in, the faster you’ll learn and get the results you’re looking for.
Excellent video; no wasted time with the usual self-ingratiating silly anecdotes. But what is particularly appealing is its evident honesty. I kept waiting for him to push his own product, but refreshingly that is absent and I think that especially important in a discussion on methodology.
A beginner here , I have been learning the Cyrillic alphabet now I can read Russian words but don't know what the hell they mean. I can introduce myself and say a few words, and just about make out what a Russian speaker is saying. All this in three weeks of looking at TH-cam videos. I agree , it's a beautiful language and now I'm so determined to go all the way.
1100 hours?
Blyat it, I have quarantine and summer-
Edit: BLYAT 6 YEARS!?
you reallllyyyyyy thought you wouldnt need to work long and hard to learn such a language ???
Really great video! Probably the most well thought out and concise explanation of how long it might take to learn Russian.. thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Spasibo Denis! I have just started learning basic russian and it's so fun to decode and write, thank you !
My pleasure)
I learned English since i was a child but it was so bad, i couldn't speak fluently until i decided to learn Spanish, first i studied it in Arabic because my native language is Arabic but i got no process in Spanish until my friend advised me to study it in English, then every thing changed dramatically, i got fluency in English and then i learned Spanish well, then i started to learn Russian since five months ago, it's hard but this made me know there's not a difficult language but it depends on how much we can free our mind from our native language and to think in the language we are learning because we keep thinking in the same way in our native language and make a lot of comparison between the both to learn a new on, believe me the first step is to respect the time you must spend the language and learn it in mind, there are a lot of things in Russian, Spanish and English which made me crazy but now i can feel how it will be easy if i accept it as it is no how i want it to be depending on my native language 😊
Have a good time with language 👍👍
Really great video man! Your English is very good and your accent is quite good too! I'm currently considering embarking on learning Russian, I already know French. I find the culture, the country, and Russian history to be extremely interesting. Also I love Russian writers like Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy etc... It would be amazing to read them in the original Russia, as well as communicate with Russians and all that.
I'm looking forward to the challenge!
Thanks! Well, learning a language is mostly about time investment. So, it's all up to you. Good luck with learning Russian!
Excellent video Denis. Thank you.
Very welcome
I liked how you presented it and made everything clear :)
First time I feel I can start a real program. THANKS
Не за что!
@@DenisFedorov спасибо :)
Both of my daughters began to speak Russian fluently after 2 years of learning.
If a person knows any Slavic language then learning Russian doesn't take too long. To be really perfect takes time, but to understand and speak on a basic level can take just a couple of months. I speak Czech and Slovak and took a two month Russian course during the summer and can understand mostly everything now. My speaking isn't so great but Russians understand me. But if all I knew was English I think it would have taken me 10 years.
Thanks for your advice 👍
Nice video, very to the point and no "fluff", I am currently attempting to learn Russian from rosetta stone and I think I am about half way thru level 1, to the point where I am having to auto correct English spelling because my fingers want to spell in Russian lol
lovely explanation.
Thanks)
I'm starting today! Going for 3 hours a day learning adding up to 21 hours a week, wish me luck!
Best of luck!
Did u learn anything?
How did it go
Blaric TheGreat i think he fucked up :))))
What about now ? 1 year after ? :)
So inspiring, thank you!
Thanks! And you are welcome)
Спасибо, Спасибо!! So helpful! Excellent presentation!
Всегда пожалуйста!
Its really easy honestly. Once you've studied the Cyrillic alphabet you can read any russian sentence. I learned it fast because i didn't stress or whine over making small mistakes. It REALLY depends on the person and how they think about their goal on learning the language. Just relax and make learning russian fun 😃
i am learning french (group 1) as well as Russian. i find Russian much easier (i love Русский). For some reason my brain in picking it up quicker.
Glad for you! The problem with Russian is to start speaking by yourself properly (properly change endings of words in the sentence). And this requires more practice. But it is of course achievable.
Denis Fedorov I couldn't agree with you more! I would prefer to practice what i learned with someone who is fluent in Russian. But unfortunately i dont know anyone who does. So it's just me and my phone.
All the practice except for speaking practice is available on the internet (reading, writing, hearing...)
With speaking practice - it's harder. There are not many people out there who would agree to help with this for free (or getting something in return).
Pourtant le français n'est pas si compliqué :/ :P
Great video and a very interesting research, thank you 👌
Actually a very insightful video, thanks!
Thanks)
Hey there, I am Dutch and I really want to learn Russian in a fun way. I can read the Cyrillic alphabet and I am learning through the app called duolingo now. I would really like to learn Russian through tv series or films.
"The fun way" becomes available later. Before that, you need to learn at least a couple thousand words and beginner's Russian grammar.
About 90% of my friends are Russian and Ukrainian and they speak Russian all the time, so I'm trying g to learn so I can understand them
What a great explanation! I am learning Russian since last month. I know English and Spanish fluently and have learned German and French since two years ago too. I study Russian full time.
Great explanation - большое спасибо!
Went to Russia in December, love it!!!
Love the people I’ve met
i took two years to leaning english,i think it will takes the double to learning russia, to sum up i'm screwed!! : )
It depends on you. If you already learned one foreign language, it means that learning another one will be easier.
+Denis Fedorov -i'm willing to learn russian but i have admit will be a tough path,but what scares me is the alphabetic and the grammar rules that looks be widely!! but i won't give up!!
Rafael Alves Well, the good news is that you need to understand those rules but not to learn them by heart. Practice is the key.
hahahahahaha
2 years to learn English? you are an arrogant little mule. it took me 15 years to learn decent English and there's still more to learn. you must be like these stupid speakers who use the verb make for everything.
my native language has the same alphabet,and there are several words similar,it took two years to learn enough english to comunicate,read and listening well to be accepted in scholl in toronto( canada)all the natives speakers praise my english,i'm sure that if you have learn a new alphabet and an language totally differently,of course it'll took more time,nobody knows everything in an idiom,include your own native language. +محمد شاكر
I'll Give You A Thumb Up Because You're Time Video Was Worth To Me. So, All The Information Content Here Is True 100%.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much, such scientific way you presented is the best among others
I am glad that you like it!
Я тут русская, пришла посмотреть как люди учат наш язык !😍😍😍
Russian is beautiful and I adore Putin. Nevertheless I would love to visit Russia and be able to speak Russian with everyone else there
I’ve been learning Russian everyday for 3 months and so far, I can form small sentences but the feeling is literally fulfilling😊
Sometimes I regret learning Russian over Spanish
Why not learn both languages? 😁
Elina Elinarussianlang Can’t cram everything. I still have lessons to learn in school. 😅
@@princepanes797 well, maybe one day 😉
Same! I am honestly not pressuring myself into learning Russian fast. I want this experience to be fulfilling and on my own terms😁 I feel ecstatic just from recognizing one or two words in a basic phrase HAHAHA
Thanks for such an honest assessmentent. Spasiva.
Wow great video. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
I BELIEVE I CAN DO THIS
Mays Tomorrow Were you able to do it?
Mays Tomorrow were you able to do it?
Did you make it?
did you do it
it's been three years, did you learn it?
You must also remember the age. Younger people learn languages faster than an adult or elder. There are schools where they teach other languages in elementary school, and many come out bilingual.
doubt, im 28 and feeling i learn much quicker than 10-15 years ago
This is by far the best video I have seen on what it takes to learn a language.
Wow, thanks)
Thank you for your simple and straight answer. I have subscribed to your channel as your no bullshit approach made me confident of getting steered the right direction. I am planning to visit Russia in 8 months, of which 2 weeks will be traveling, then I would be staying the remainder of my 3 months in a Village close to Tayshet in Siberia. To accomplish that I have to learn not only Russian, but also the customs and habits of Russians not to cause any offence.
4:09 "No Russian..."
Remember no Russians
Jake Nightblade *gun fire*
@@lukusvieira6385
*loud screaming*
What was this message?
Shoots the undercover shooter
That was the message
помните! ни слова по-русски
Russian may be a difficult language for many as me, but learning it is not impossible! We need a lot of patience and strong motivation
I really like your videos Denis, keep up the great work!
Thanks, will do!
Very concise. Very realistic. Thank you!!
Thanks for watching!
Nooooooooo way would I have put Chinese and Japanese together. Chinese is hard as hell. Japanese I actually found pretty easy. As far as Russian goes, I'm finding it easier to learn than Spanish.
I think it's more down to your own personal "ear" (if that makes any sense). Like, it depends on who you are what sounds and structures you pick up quickest.
easier than spanish. thats strange because spanish is regarded as the easiest language ever
I disagree, my native language is Spanish, and we have waaaay more conjugations, verb tenses and moods, two gramatical genders, and every country has its own... 'dialect' (kinda). Spanish is not so difficult, but it's harder than English. At least we don't have tones, cases, three genders, perfective and imperfective verbs... that kind of stuff lol
I don't understand why romance languages are put in the easiest ones. If you speak one of them you will realize how ridiculous people speak them, with gross mistakes.
I speak Port. as first language...
Juan Cano Harder than English? Just to start off, Spanish doesn't have words that sound exactly the same but mean different things
1 No language is too difficult for a child born into the family that speaks it.
2 No one can TOTALLY master one language (not even Shakespeare), let alone two or more.
3 The closer the language you want to learn to the family of languages it belongs to, the easier for you to learn it. If you know, say, Spanish you’ll easily learn Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian.
4 In the five groups given at 2:25, Dutch and the Scandinavian languages should be in Group 2; Hebrew and Arabic, both Semitic languages, should be in Group 4; and Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese (tonal languages) should be in Groups 5. 🤓
I agree with you. Knowing Spanish growing up, I found it easy to learn French in school and without even really studying or trying I can understand Portuguese pretty well and read in italian for the most part! The languages are quite similar in themselves. It's mind boggling how that works :D
Very good, Heydee! Having in mind Point 2 above, consider Mario Pei-he was an Italian-American linguist who died at 77 in 1978, spoke fluently six languages, was able to handle 30 more, and knew the structure of 100 more. 😱
Any evidence of Mario Pei being proficient?
Maybe some U.N. translators who had a chance to speak with native speakers when they are younger, and people in Europe or big cities where multiple languages can be spoken with native speakers, but there is absolutely no way to really learn a language well without a native speaker correcting a person constantly.
+Roman Fox many of these self defined 'polyglots' are simply frauds. There is a specific example where there was a guy being interviewed and it all went wrong (vague I know, if I find it I'll come back)
yes and no...modern standard Arabic is for sure cat 5. Arabic dialects should be cat 4. mandarin could be in group 4, but Cantonese is definitely more complex and could stay in cat 5 or even be cat 6 just for its 12? tones and huge alphabet. honestly I think Japanese could be cat 4 as well.
My brother you taught yourself English ? Well done you speak very well. Much respect. Thank you for sharing this into.
Thank you very much for the realistic answer. 💖
My pleasure 😊
is there an index on how long it would take for me to learn foreign languages corresponding to my cs:go playtime?
I am a brazilian learning german. For me, as a portuguese speaker, german should be labeled as group 4, but I'm also a bilingual english speaker. Considering this, german might be stated between 2 to 3 for me and with all honesty I find it very diffcult. Following this logic, russian language stays at group 4, for not having big similarities to any language I know. I am realy afraid to take classes on this language, because the struggle might be huge and I don't like the idea of giving up.
I'm either Sisyphus or his son.
Henrique Brust as a conversational learner of german, i can say that it gets a lot easier. Genders are a pain at first
já fala um pouco de alemão?
i learnt mandarin chinese for 11 years (throughout primary and most of high school) and only spent about 3 hours per week learning. I am currently working on my spanish and italian to communicate with a lot of my outer family and now russian seems like my next big target. This was super helpful and i am hoping to be able to speak many different languages so that i can communicate with the rest of the world.
Thanks for the explanation and a clear answer.
You're welcome.
я русский. читаю очень много. и я гарантирую, что русский можно учить всю жизнь. впрочем как и любой другой язык.
Jet Owl nyet
@@Connor-jc7kr da XDD
You only need to know “пик b(rush b)” “водка(vodka) and “сука блять(cyka blyat) “ you’re good to go.
Sooka vlooat. Fuck off now
This was an excellent video. Thank you. Very well done, great graphics, and you seem like a wonderful guy. I love the way you speak. Very handsome, too!
Many thanks)
Hi Denis, this is a good video. Very informative!
Thank you for the kind words, Ann!
Я изучаю русский 8 месяцев. Мой первый язык - испанский, второй - английский. Я изучаю русский 5-6 часов в неделю. Я так счастлив, потому что могу немного понимать и говорить.
I've been learning Russian for 3-4 months. It's pain in the ass for me.
It feels like I'm discovering an ancient code of Slavs.
The forms and words are just.. just no.. I regret choosing Russian over German.
i did the same thing
How is it going now?
@@xrayden342 he is probably drinking vodka and riding a bear in Siberia nowadays
I took german at secondary school and it was a fruitless process and now I forgot all about the language
I regret not taking french then
Nah french is also difficult for they gender bathroom appliances, which gets quite confusing
This is the best explication on how to learn a language that I have encountered
Thanks!
Very good introduction , I will follow your lessons.
Thanks!
My first language is English, I was born in Russia, I can do Russian accent and I have a pretty good memory, does that shorten the hours or no?
Of course, all that you have listed will shorten these hours. However, learning Russian is a long term goal. Achieving long term goals means to create proper habits and routines that you constantly follow. Then through some time you just get learning Russian done (I mean level 3 from my video about levels of proficiency).
I was born in the Ukraine, fluent in Russian as a child and quickly picked up English when I moved to the US. Now I want to relearn Russian as my first language, something about pride in my roots to pursue Russian. English is technically my second language (I took ESL in like kindergarten).
Hey I was born in Russia too! Hopefully there's like a switch we gotta turn back on haha
Kkandy Krystals having a good memory helps. But having a good short term memory isn't exactly learning if you understand what I mean. Learning and remembering are different although it is part of it.
@@omgitsjakenjames: Some people do have that experience. If I'm hit in the head or coming out of anaesthetic I tend to speak in Spanish, which was the language I first heard. You'll still need to study but I think you may find it easier to start thinking in Russian. You may also have a better idea of how to make some of the sounds than people who've never spoken Russian.
my first language is korean, my second language is english, and my third language will be spanish. i really want to learn russian, but i suck at remembering things ;-;
Well, 3 languages is a pretty big deal.
Thanks for this!!
Oh My God! This is indeed helpful. Seym Privet spaseeeba!!
I'm studying Russian for almost 6 years but not ambitiously. But I want to learn it so bad. I'm giving Eng classes my native lang is Turkish. Can you advice easy songs to memorise? This was how I learned English by myself and even now I'm teaching. But for Russian I couldn't become that successful. I can't take private lessons either and of course it's more difficult to be in Russian society to learn it.
Hi, I don't know how to learn Russian by memorizing songs, so I can't advise any of them) But I think there is a whole internet full of different songs. Pick what you like.
However, I would recommend movies. Not only Russian movies. All movies but with Russian audio track and English/Turkish subtitles.
Thank you very much, youre so kind :)
Thank you! And you are always welcome)OhlalaTali
Drew '' to qualify AS a teacher ''
Saleh Feroze 🤣😆🤣😆😂😂😂 nicely done
If I can speak japanese and some chinese then I can do this.
Great channel, thanks so much.
Glad you enjoy it!
Very nice video for us. Thank you!
You're welcome)
I'm from India.. I'm already fluent in English, Hindi and Bengali.. I started learning Russian from today... I'm learning from TH-cam and downloaded a PDF of a book.. I wanna learn this language properly.. Any advice or suggestion from anyone wud be really appreciated.. THank uuu.. Slava Rossiya!!!
Good luck in learning Russian)
Skyy Banerjee vai sahajo kor :(
did you learn it?
@@samuraiii6434 Sekha chhere diechhi
@@everengaged9370 nope. I learnt French instead. Now I teach French to school students :)
Hey i'm native Indonesian. I don't understand why you put indonesia in group 3, considering Indonesia doesn't have grammar, no past and future. If you want to learn Indonesia language u just have to know the vocabulary and put them together into a sentence and the last one we have a very basic alphabet, same like english
Indonesian looks similar to Vietnamese
I am a native indonesian. The suffix and the conjugations in our language are quite crazy to learn for non native speakers.
@@draken3420: There are some words in Bahasa that are loan words from Chinese and Vietnamese so that you might look and think they are a bit similar. However, they are totally different language families. and Vietnamese is actually a tonal language, like Chinese but with 6 tones, not 4.
@@franschen5505: I've heard even native speakers have difficulties with some of the more obscure grammar. I've also heard of a native speaker who was in an English speaking country for a number of years and found that she forgot most of her Bahasa and really struggled to relearn/remember it.
Underrated video , nice job man
Thanks)
This is actually very practical. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Does knowing spanish help me at all with learning russian? Some words like "Луна" sound like their spanish counter parts, in this example "Luna".
ザラエゲルセZalaegerszeg Are there any cons to knowing Spanish and learning Russian?
Luna is not derived from Spanish. It is derived from Latin. There are many loan words from Greek and Latin in Russian
I believe the reason German is in section 2 is because of modern German grammar structure which is quite tricky to learn for a non native German speaker, and can confuse English speakers. Even though English is itself a Germanic language and basically descend from Low German
Russian may be more difficult for English speakers to learn, but it's easier for native speakers of other languages, I read somewhere that it's actually one of the easier languages for Spanish and Portuguese speakers to learn cause the pronunciation of letters and words is quite close, and the sentence structure. I specifically like the Russian rolled "R" pronunciation
You speak english very well Denis, thank you for the video.
Thank you
This is a good video. Everything takes time. I wanted to learn russian since i was a child, but it is hard in Australia because very few russians here, so no courses at school or university. But i now have a russian co worker to talk too and so i decided lets do it and have been learning for about 10 days. It is tough, but not so bad. I learned japanese at school and was quite good, so i hope i can learn russian as well to a good degree. For me i am focusing on learning the alphabet and how to read and pronounce first, so that i can then use that to increase my vocabulary. I also use duolingo to learn sentence structure, grammar and phrases. спасибо большой (i typed this myself :D no google translate!)
@@faryellowstar да, но уже хорошо. еще учус!
i am now studying russian very hard to became a native russian speaker and get a beautiful russian girl asap!!!
That is a very good reason to learn Russian)
Arnab Mitra haha same
Bhaai.. ami aaj theke start krlam!!! Good luck!!!
Any beautiful Russian women out there that want to help me learn Russian...Im a Australian and US citizen! 😆 😊
You can't be native because it is not your first language, but good luck on Russian girl
Мы его всю жизнь учим)
Excellent presentation and advise
Thank you