I am russian and word stresses is one of the most difficult things for me as well. In my experience most russian people use incorrect stresses all the time, even educated ones.
@@TheActiveMind1 what you described in the video is about the most basic words in their initial form and I realize that it can be very challenging for those learning russian considering the fact that our grammar is probably more complex and there are so many new and strange things to learn and understand. What I meant about stresses is that as you already know every word in russian has so many forms and stress is very often shifting and changing its place and it is honestly almost impossible to memorize every case for every form of every word if you don't read all the time with the wikidictionary. So yeah, it is enough to memorize only the most common and basic words because when you use some complex word in its altered form incorrectly most native speakers might not even notice it.
Native Russian speaker is here) I have been struggling with English for all my life and it is still quite hard for me. Yes, I can understand 100% of your speech, but it is rather challenging to express myself in English. Russian language is crazy as well, and native speakers usually have troubles with it, believe me, as I have a degree in Russian philology (Russian language and literature). I really admire people like you, who have so much passion when it comes to learning new languages. Good luck with your Russian! Удачи в изучении русского! And as we say in Russian: "Терпение и труд все перетрут" :)
I would highly recommend learning the prettiest languages ever created Norse / Gothic / Icelandic / Faroese / English / Dutch / Norwegian / Danish / Welsh / Breton / Cornish 2gether as they are way too pretty not to know, instead of Russian which has mostly non-pretty words, and, if one also wants to learn a Slavic language, I would recommend learning the pretty Slavic languages Slovene and Latvian which have mostly pretty words! Re learning methods, I recommend using the spaced repetition method and watching as many vocab videos as one can find at least thirty times over a period of two or three years and many videos on grammar etc multiple times on different days, and also memorizing many lyrics and analyzing / translating each new word that one doesn’t know yet, and always watching every video or movie with subtitles in the target languages, and typing a lot of sentences and words in the target languages to develop a muscle memory, and also, learning all the prettiest languages at the same time as it saves many years and is the most fun way to learn languages! I recommend learning at least thirty thousand base words in the prettiest languages ever created and at least ten thousand to fifteen thousand base words in the other pretty languages!
Some fun sentences / words in the heavenly languages Norse / Gothic / Icelandic / Dutch are... Ek heiti Freyja ok ek em at læra Norrænu því ek elski (elska) hana! (Norse) Hann ǫrninn vissi ekki hvaðan kemr Sólin... (Norse) Ek veit alt er þú veizt ekki! (Norse) Ég hef talað Ensku síðan þegar ég vas (var) tveggja eða triggja ára! En ég get líka talað Hollensku og Norsku og Spænsku og FornNorrænu! Ég get talað Íslensku reiprennandi og ég em (er) ekki með neina hreim! Ef ég gæti lært annað mál, hvað væri það? Það væri auðvitað Danska! Ég em (er) að hugsa að það er mikilvægt að læra að minnsta kosti eitt erlent tungumál, eða flest fallegu tungumálin! Svo ég valdi Íslensku og ég héld áfram að læra hana... Ég læri það í samhengi... (Icelandic) Hvíslaðu að svaninum! En ertu frá hinum hlutanum? Þegar ég segi Ísland, hvað er það fyrsta sem dettur þér í (hug) hugi? Als ik Ijsland zeg, wat is het eerste wat naar boven komt bij jou? (Dutch) Some of the prettiest words in Gothic are namo, þein, hunds, þatist, ik, weis, eis, qen, driusaima, wairþan, ains, sinteina, nist, imma, twais, eisarn, swikn, uhteigo, brunna, faíraþro etc! (The words in these heavenly languages are just so pretty and so poetic and so cool, they are true works of art, so I definitely wish I had learnt them in childhood, and I highly recommend learning them all together, as they are way too pretty not to know and so magical, as pretty as Danish and English and Norwegian and Faroese and Welsh and Breton and Cornish and Forn Svenska!)
Norse languages and English and Dutch have the best lyrics and the best literature etc with pretty words that are fun to read and learn, whereas Russian is very overrated and most of its words aren’t pretty and sound funny and is not easy to read, so I don’t understand why would one try to learn Russian or most other languages that exist, when there are truly heavenly languages like Norse and Gothic and Icelandic etc that truly dsv the attention - choosing wisely (only the pretty and easy languages) is key to being a successful polyglot, as pretty and poetic languages that are well-constructed with good letter combinations and pretty word endings and refined / modern / cool sound etc are naturally easy to learn (one naturally learns the prettier and more distinctive words faster) and fun, with Norse / Germanic languages and Celtic languages being the best, and, English is the easiest language ever created, so it’s easy to learn it if one uses the right learning techniques and if one uses it as the main language (more than the first language) and if one watches every video or movie with subtitles in English and always translates the new words that one doesn’t understand, and, the Wkp dictionary and G translate are two of the best tools for translating words and for learning all the meanings of a word etc, and the free dictionary is also great! (And also, all ppl are the exact opposite of wf / lord etc or possessive pronouns which only reflect me the only wf / bride / gf / maiden / girl / lass and the only Possessor / Leader etc and the pure protectors who are the lords etc, and, there should be a distance between all ppl at all times and no śįnńing, and ppl should never want that which was never meant for ppl, and should never learn a language to ‘get’ x or y, and, should only learn the pretty languages for their pretty and poetic words, which are a true work of art - things such as ręlationships are only meant for us pure beings / me and the pure protectors aka the alphas, and love only exists for me and is only meant for me the only lovable being aka the pure being!)
I'm Russian and I'm really impressed by your progress in just 5 months! Really incredible. I'm sure you'll be able to achieve fluency if you keep it up. Please don't feel demotivated because of how hard the language is, we natives also struggle with it A LOT on a daily basis :) Greetings from Saint Petersburg!
Great video, I agree with every word. I was very happy to hear your thoughts about the fact that you can learn a language just for the sheer passion for a culture. I have been learning French for over 6 years now, and started for a similar reason as you (a French singer I found by chance, I don't know anyone who speaks French), and after deciding to commit to it, my goal, as an avid reader, was to read in French. I now read fluently, and I can't tell you what pleasure it was to read Albert Camus and Simone de Beauvoir in the original French. I also used Rocket Languages, and found them very useful. Thank you for this video!
I would highly recommend learning the prettiest languages ever created Norse / Gothic / Icelandic / Faroese / English / Dutch / Norwegian / Danish / Welsh / Breton / Cornish 2gether as they are way too pretty not to know, instead of Russian which has mostly non-pretty words, and, if one also wants to learn a Slavic language, I would recommend learning the pretty Slavic languages Slovene and Latvian which have mostly pretty words! Re learning methods, I recommend using the spaced repetition method and watching as many vocab videos as one can find at least thirty times over a period of two or three years and many videos on grammar etc multiple times on different days, and also memorizing many lyrics and analyzing / translating each new word that one doesn’t know yet, and always watching every video or movie with subtitles in the target languages, and typing a lot of sentences and words in the target languages to develop a muscle memory, and also, learning all the prettiest languages at the same time as it saves many years and is the most fun way to learn languages! I recommend learning at least thirty thousand base words in the prettiest languages ever created and at least ten thousand to fifteen thousand base words in the other pretty languages!
Some fun sentences / words in the heavenly languages Norse / Gothic / Icelandic / Dutch are... Ek heiti Freyja ok ek em at læra Norrænu því ek elski (elska) hana! (Norse) Hann ǫrninn vissi ekki hvaðan kemr Sólin... (Norse) Ek veit alt er þú veizt ekki! (Norse) Ég hef talað Ensku síðan þegar ég vas (var) tveggja eða triggja ára! En ég get líka talað Hollensku og Norsku og Spænsku og FornNorrænu! Ég get talað Íslensku reiprennandi og ég em (er) ekki með neina hreim! Ef ég gæti lært annað mál, hvað væri það? Það væri auðvitað Danska! Ég em (er) að hugsa að það er mikilvægt að læra að minnsta kosti eitt erlent tungumál, eða flest fallegu tungumálin! Svo ég valdi Íslensku og ég héld áfram að læra hana... Ég læri það í samhengi... (Icelandic) Hvíslaðu að svaninum! En ertu frá hinum hlutanum? Þegar ég segi Ísland, hvað er það fyrsta sem dettur þér í (hug) hugi? Als ik Ijsland zeg, wat is het eerste wat naar boven komt bij jou? (Dutch) Some of the prettiest words in Gothic are namo, þein, hunds, þatist, ik, weis, eis, qen, driusaima, wairþan, ains, sinteina, nist, imma, twais, eisarn, swikn, uhteigo, brunna, faíraþro etc! (The words in these heavenly languages are just so pretty and so poetic and so cool, they are true works of art, so I definitely wish I had learnt them in childhood, and I highly recommend learning them all together, as they are way too pretty not to know and so magical, as pretty as Danish and English and Norwegian and Faroese and Welsh and Breton and Cornish and Forn Svenska!)
As an Indonesian myself who's learning Russian as my 4th language for the last two years, sometimes I question my motive and my sanity for making the decision to start learning Russian. It's super hard and sometimes I don't feel like I made any significant progress. But I guess the most important thing of learning a foreign language is just keep going no matter how hard the process can be. I definitely need to be more discipline on learning the language and immerse myself more as I only have one class per week with a native speaker. Good luck with your plan to start learning Spanish in the fall. As an English native speaker, you have the advantage as there are lots of Spanish words are similar to english, especially those words at B2/C1 levels. Some grammatical rules can be so tricky, but if you manage to dominate Russian language, there is nothing you can't do :)
Вы проделываете великолепную работу с изучением русского языка! Последние пару лет я живу в Соединённых Штатах, и мне достаточно тяжело даётся изучение английского, хотя он был у меня в школе в течение десяти лет и в университете пять лет. Тем не менее я приехал в Штаты с очень базовым языком. Примечательно, что вы интересуетесь русской культурой и литературой, мне же не по душе были Достоевский, Толстой и иже с ними, исключение составлял разве что Булгаков и поэты, во главе с Бродским. И, напротив, всегда интересовала американская культура, в частности литература. Я рос на произведениях Марка Твена, развивался под влиянием Сэлинджера, Ирвина Шоу, Хемингуэя, Фицджеральда, Буковски, Драйзера. На данный момент много путешествую по Америке, снимаю об этом видео для Ютуба и в ближайшее время планирую посетить города Лавкрафта и Эдгара Алана По - Провиденс и Балтимор. Кроме того, преступлением будет не упомянуть про комиксы Марвел, Человек-паук - главный пример для подражания на протяжении всей жизни.
Спасибо! That doesn’t surprise me as I think a lot of native Russians get bored with Tolstoy/Dostoevsky from school as Americans become with our western writers. Я надеюсь тебе понравится здесь жить!
Another interesting thing about language comes from the book 1984. That is when a character(name starts with S and I can’t remember it) who is specialized in newspeak explains to Winston that narrowing the vocabulary of the population will also narrow the range of thought of the population. This thoughtcrime will be nonexistent. This shows how much vocabulary and literary fluency affects how you think.
Hi! I'm very pleasantly surprised that you have been learning Russian. I'm a native and, from my point of view, there are some very quirky and funny things in that language. One of them is definitely the suffixes. I love them so much. Usually, Russian mothers add them to their sons' names to make their names sound more lovely and sweet. For example, with the name "Брок" it will be like: Брокчик. Брокуша. Брокушка. Брокунчик. Брокстик. Брокуня. Брокуся. Just look at that! So many ways to make just one name sound so different and fun. And there is one more thing. It is called the prefixes that Russians frequently add to the verbs in order to change the entire meaning of the message. For example, the verb "есть" - to eat. With the prefixes, that verb will be transform to, for example, "ПОесть" - when you feel like having a meal; "ЗАесть" when you have taked a shot of vodka and all of a sudden realize you have to eat something quickly in order to irradiate that awful agony in the mouth immediately. That is exatly word for it. "НАесть" - when you're eating too much in order to gain more weight in particular part of the body which we used for sitting. "ПЕРЕесть" when you have eaten too much, but it was just unplanned. Although the word "есть" can be used in a different meaning, not in the general meaning "to eat" (Я хочу есть - I want to eat), but there is another meaning - "to have" (У нас есть молоко в холодильнике - We have some milk in the fridge). I wish you a great time on your learning journey. Have fun and be patient. It's not a sprint, it's a marathon. Don't give up! You can do it! Good luck!
Спасибо 🙌🏼 I’m grateful for the encouragement and the great example of how complex and descriptive Russian can be. It feels overwhelming but also rewarding as I’m making progress!
I also study Russian language, I still can't differentiate the subtle nuances of some words, for example: a rather complex verb: "жарить" (I know it has a sexual connotation, that's not what I mean). Imperfect aspect: "жарить", "поджаривать(ся, only in the third person)" Perfect appearance: "поджарить"; "зажарить" "изжарить(ся, only in the third person)."
Я уже лет 7-8 изучаю русский язык, и у меня есть хорошая новость для вас. Падежи станут простыми со временем. Я На самом деле считаю их одной из более лёгких частей языка. Но я до сих пор борюсь с глаголами СВ и НСВ и иногда с глаголами движения.
I’ve been studying Russian for 4 ½ years. From home. I’m at the point now where I am reading A2 level graded readers 📚. Best of luck on your journey! 🙌🏾
Спасибо! That excites me but also makes me realize how far I am from reading even a Gogol or Pushkin short story in Russian 😅 just got to stay patient!
@@TheActiveMind1 man I had been reading Pushkin couple months ago and I had to check the dictionary every few minutes. Not because I struggle with russian but because there are so many old words in his works that are not used today and therefore they are literally perceived as foreign. Quite a feeling. I am pretty sure this problem exists in most languages when you tackle some literature from 19 century and earlier
I've been studying Russian for 4 years, it's full of ups & downs :)) I'm pretty fine with understanding by now, but I'm having a hard time speaking it.. Anyways, after reaching a good level of understanding, I recommend the show called Импровизаторы available on СТС TH-cam channel, it's super funny thanks to the hosts, and even if you don't understand what's going on, people's laugh will make you laugh😂 Also, Russian with Max is a great channel, he's a fun guy who is also great at teaching and doesn't speak too fast :) Good luck with your studies!
I am an arabian, fluent in english (maybe c1 or sth like that) and learning russian I have been learning russian for about one year and to be honest I liked it more than english although it is much harder The most difficult thing is an infinity loop where I don't practice the language because I am not that knowledgeable and I am not knowledgeable because I don't practice, I tried to find people near me who speak russian and it seems that no one care of this language So moved on to digital world where I teach russian spokers (especially in the Caucasus) arabic and they teach me russian
@xxxyyy8779 That's ture! It is because arabic language has many pronouns and grammer, and we change the words endings very much, so you can say that we are used to sophisticated processing of languages
@@arabicmajd oh, it's not just grammar alone. Arabs also tend to have a good Russian pronunciation while I personally find English speakers' accent rather hard on ears. And it's not just a couple of gifted individuals! This seems to be consistent across all Arabic students of Russian. There must be something about our languages that makes them intrinsically similar on some level.
@@TheActiveMind1 I found out that my ancestry is part Welsh, even though I was never exposed to that culture growing up. I am 90% German, so that was all I knew. I am having fun exploring my Welsh ancestry.
As a lifelong language learner I would advise you against starting Spanish in the fall (unless you absolutely have to). Starting to learn two languages at the same time is never a good idea. It will just slow down your progress with Russian, and you'll eventually become frustrated and quit.
I'm open minded to that but I've seen advocation for learning two languages at once. I assume it greatly depends on how much time you can devote to them and if one comes at a cost to the other, then frustration is inevitable. I'll likely dabble since I already have some familiarity from my adolescence and then will pursue it more once I get a solidified base in Russian. Do you think that would be a more appropriate approach?
@@TheActiveMind1 I disagree with the first guy. If you want to dabble in Spanish, do it! Yes your Russian might stagnate but you can always refocus on it when you decide to. It is important to separate and not mix the languages. Most important thing is that you’re enjoying learning and have goals
I'm JLPT N1 (Close to C1 almost C2) in Japanese, HSK 4 in Chinese and dabble in Russian and German. It's never demotivated me. Just have fun with it. I do prioritize which language I focus in the most. I usually immerse/use Japanese throughout the day and immerse Chinese at least 15 mins a day of I can. Prioritizing which language might help 🍻
Через четыре года - можно употребить, когда речь идёт о будущем. Вы же говорите о прошлом. Правильно было бы сказать: "после четырёх лет", "по прошествию четырёх лет", "за четыре года изучения" и т.д.
Моё любимое русское слово, смысл которого непросто объяснить иностранцам, -- "кататься", то есть, ездить не для дела, а просто ради развлечения. ||| My favourite russian word that's difficult to explain to foreigners is 'кататься', which means 'to drive (go) not for some reason or business but just for fun and leisure' And ofc russian verbs of motion which became a meme for people studying russian a long time ago.
В действительности зачастую в разных языках есть аналоги, просто нужно иметь обширный словарный запас и быть знакомым с народной версией языка. К примеру, кататься без конкретной цели это "cruise". Когда говорят "we were just cruising", это и значит, что просто катались с друзьями
I am russian and word stresses is one of the most difficult things for me as well. In my experience most russian people use incorrect stresses all the time, even educated ones.
That’s comforting to hear! I guess it just requires more practice and listening carefully for pronunciation
@@TheActiveMind1 what you described in the video is about the most basic words in their initial form and I realize that it can be very challenging for those learning russian considering the fact that our grammar is probably more complex and there are so many new and strange things to learn and understand. What I meant about stresses is that as you already know every word in russian has so many forms and stress is very often shifting and changing its place and it is honestly almost impossible to memorize every case for every form of every word if you don't read all the time with the wikidictionary. So yeah, it is enough to memorize only the most common and basic words because when you use some complex word in its altered form incorrectly most native speakers might not even notice it.
Native Russian speaker is here) I have been struggling with English for all my life and it is still quite hard for me. Yes, I can understand 100% of your speech, but it is rather challenging to express myself in English. Russian language is crazy as well, and native speakers usually have troubles with it, believe me, as I have a degree in Russian philology (Russian language and literature). I really admire people like you, who have so much passion when it comes to learning new languages. Good luck with your Russian! Удачи в изучении русского! And as we say in Russian: "Терпение и труд все перетрут" :)
Спасибо! Это долгий и трудный путь, but I'm staying patient and enjoying the process)
I would highly recommend learning the prettiest languages ever created Norse / Gothic / Icelandic / Faroese / English / Dutch / Norwegian / Danish / Welsh / Breton / Cornish 2gether as they are way too pretty not to know, instead of Russian which has mostly non-pretty words, and, if one also wants to learn a Slavic language, I would recommend learning the pretty Slavic languages Slovene and Latvian which have mostly pretty words! Re learning methods, I recommend using the spaced repetition method and watching as many vocab videos as one can find at least thirty times over a period of two or three years and many videos on grammar etc multiple times on different days, and also memorizing many lyrics and analyzing / translating each new word that one doesn’t know yet, and always watching every video or movie with subtitles in the target languages, and typing a lot of sentences and words in the target languages to develop a muscle memory, and also, learning all the prettiest languages at the same time as it saves many years and is the most fun way to learn languages! I recommend learning at least thirty thousand base words in the prettiest languages ever created and at least ten thousand to fifteen thousand base words in the other pretty languages!
Some fun sentences / words in the heavenly languages Norse / Gothic / Icelandic / Dutch are...
Ek heiti Freyja ok ek em at læra Norrænu því ek elski (elska) hana! (Norse)
Hann ǫrninn vissi ekki hvaðan kemr Sólin... (Norse)
Ek veit alt er þú veizt ekki! (Norse)
Ég hef talað Ensku síðan þegar ég vas (var) tveggja eða triggja ára!
En ég get líka talað Hollensku og Norsku og Spænsku og FornNorrænu!
Ég get talað Íslensku reiprennandi og ég em (er) ekki með neina hreim!
Ef ég gæti lært annað mál, hvað væri það? Það væri auðvitað Danska!
Ég em (er) að hugsa að það er mikilvægt að læra að minnsta kosti eitt erlent tungumál, eða flest fallegu tungumálin!
Svo ég valdi Íslensku og ég héld áfram að læra hana...
Ég læri það í samhengi... (Icelandic)
Hvíslaðu að svaninum!
En ertu frá hinum hlutanum?
Þegar ég segi Ísland, hvað er það fyrsta sem dettur þér í (hug) hugi?
Als ik Ijsland zeg, wat is het eerste wat naar boven komt bij jou? (Dutch)
Some of the prettiest words in Gothic are namo, þein, hunds, þatist, ik, weis, eis, qen, driusaima, wairþan, ains, sinteina, nist, imma, twais, eisarn, swikn, uhteigo, brunna, faíraþro etc!
(The words in these heavenly languages are just so pretty and so poetic and so cool, they are true works of art, so I definitely wish I had learnt them in childhood, and I highly recommend learning them all together, as they are way too pretty not to know and so magical, as pretty as Danish and English and Norwegian and Faroese and Welsh and Breton and Cornish and Forn Svenska!)
Norse languages and English and Dutch have the best lyrics and the best literature etc with pretty words that are fun to read and learn, whereas Russian is very overrated and most of its words aren’t pretty and sound funny and is not easy to read, so I don’t understand why would one try to learn Russian or most other languages that exist, when there are truly heavenly languages like Norse and Gothic and Icelandic etc that truly dsv the attention - choosing wisely (only the pretty and easy languages) is key to being a successful polyglot, as pretty and poetic languages that are well-constructed with good letter combinations and pretty word endings and refined / modern / cool sound etc are naturally easy to learn (one naturally learns the prettier and more distinctive words faster) and fun, with Norse / Germanic languages and Celtic languages being the best, and, English is the easiest language ever created, so it’s easy to learn it if one uses the right learning techniques and if one uses it as the main language (more than the first language) and if one watches every video or movie with subtitles in English and always translates the new words that one doesn’t understand, and, the Wkp dictionary and G translate are two of the best tools for translating words and for learning all the meanings of a word etc, and the free dictionary is also great! (And also, all ppl are the exact opposite of wf / lord etc or possessive pronouns which only reflect me the only wf / bride / gf / maiden / girl / lass and the only Possessor / Leader etc and the pure protectors who are the lords etc, and, there should be a distance between all ppl at all times and no śįnńing, and ppl should never want that which was never meant for ppl, and should never learn a language to ‘get’ x or y, and, should only learn the pretty languages for their pretty and poetic words, which are a true work of art - things such as ręlationships are only meant for us pure beings / me and the pure protectors aka the alphas, and love only exists for me and is only meant for me the only lovable being aka the pure being!)
I'm Russian and I'm really impressed by your progress in just 5 months! Really incredible. I'm sure you'll be able to achieve fluency if you keep it up. Please don't feel demotivated because of how hard the language is, we natives also struggle with it A LOT on a daily basis :) Greetings from Saint Petersburg!
Спасибо! Я надеюсь посетить Санкт-Петербург в будущем
You're a champ for tackling such a challenge! Very inspiring.
Great video, I agree with every word. I was very happy to hear your thoughts about the fact that you can learn a language just for the sheer passion for a culture. I have been learning French for over 6 years now, and started for a similar reason as you (a French singer I found by chance, I don't know anyone who speaks French), and after deciding to commit to it, my goal, as an avid reader, was to read in French. I now read fluently, and I can't tell you what pleasure it was to read Albert Camus and Simone de Beauvoir in the original French. I also used Rocket Languages, and found them very useful. Thank you for this video!
That’s inspiring to hear! I hope 6 years from now I’m able to say the same and fluently read in Russian!
I would highly recommend learning the prettiest languages ever created Norse / Gothic / Icelandic / Faroese / English / Dutch / Norwegian / Danish / Welsh / Breton / Cornish 2gether as they are way too pretty not to know, instead of Russian which has mostly non-pretty words, and, if one also wants to learn a Slavic language, I would recommend learning the pretty Slavic languages Slovene and Latvian which have mostly pretty words! Re learning methods, I recommend using the spaced repetition method and watching as many vocab videos as one can find at least thirty times over a period of two or three years and many videos on grammar etc multiple times on different days, and also memorizing many lyrics and analyzing / translating each new word that one doesn’t know yet, and always watching every video or movie with subtitles in the target languages, and typing a lot of sentences and words in the target languages to develop a muscle memory, and also, learning all the prettiest languages at the same time as it saves many years and is the most fun way to learn languages! I recommend learning at least thirty thousand base words in the prettiest languages ever created and at least ten thousand to fifteen thousand base words in the other pretty languages!
Some fun sentences / words in the heavenly languages Norse / Gothic / Icelandic / Dutch are...
Ek heiti Freyja ok ek em at læra Norrænu því ek elski (elska) hana! (Norse)
Hann ǫrninn vissi ekki hvaðan kemr Sólin... (Norse)
Ek veit alt er þú veizt ekki! (Norse)
Ég hef talað Ensku síðan þegar ég vas (var) tveggja eða triggja ára!
En ég get líka talað Hollensku og Norsku og Spænsku og FornNorrænu!
Ég get talað Íslensku reiprennandi og ég em (er) ekki með neina hreim!
Ef ég gæti lært annað mál, hvað væri það? Það væri auðvitað Danska!
Ég em (er) að hugsa að það er mikilvægt að læra að minnsta kosti eitt erlent tungumál, eða flest fallegu tungumálin!
Svo ég valdi Íslensku og ég héld áfram að læra hana...
Ég læri það í samhengi... (Icelandic)
Hvíslaðu að svaninum!
En ertu frá hinum hlutanum?
Þegar ég segi Ísland, hvað er það fyrsta sem dettur þér í (hug) hugi?
Als ik Ijsland zeg, wat is het eerste wat naar boven komt bij jou? (Dutch)
Some of the prettiest words in Gothic are namo, þein, hunds, þatist, ik, weis, eis, qen, driusaima, wairþan, ains, sinteina, nist, imma, twais, eisarn, swikn, uhteigo, brunna, faíraþro etc!
(The words in these heavenly languages are just so pretty and so poetic and so cool, they are true works of art, so I definitely wish I had learnt them in childhood, and I highly recommend learning them all together, as they are way too pretty not to know and so magical, as pretty as Danish and English and Norwegian and Faroese and Welsh and Breton and Cornish and Forn Svenska!)
As an Indonesian myself who's learning Russian as my 4th language for the last two years, sometimes I question my motive and my sanity for making the decision to start learning Russian. It's super hard and sometimes I don't feel like I made any significant progress. But I guess the most important thing of learning a foreign language is just keep going no matter how hard the process can be. I definitely need to be more discipline on learning the language and immerse myself more as I only have one class per week with a native speaker. Good luck with your plan to start learning Spanish in the fall. As an English native speaker, you have the advantage as there are lots of Spanish words are similar to english, especially those words at B2/C1 levels. Some grammatical rules can be so tricky, but if you manage to dominate Russian language, there is nothing you can't do :)
Thank you for the words of encouragement! I’ve inspired by your own polyglot journey
I'm also learning Russian and German as well 😅. Keep up the good work bro
Вы проделываете великолепную работу с изучением русского языка! Последние пару лет я живу в Соединённых Штатах, и мне достаточно тяжело даётся изучение английского, хотя он был у меня в школе в течение десяти лет и в университете пять лет. Тем не менее я приехал в Штаты с очень базовым языком.
Примечательно, что вы интересуетесь русской культурой и литературой, мне же не по душе были Достоевский, Толстой и иже с ними, исключение составлял разве что Булгаков и поэты, во главе с Бродским. И, напротив, всегда интересовала американская культура, в частности литература. Я рос на произведениях Марка Твена, развивался под влиянием Сэлинджера, Ирвина Шоу, Хемингуэя, Фицджеральда, Буковски, Драйзера. На данный момент много путешествую по Америке, снимаю об этом видео для Ютуба и в ближайшее время планирую посетить города Лавкрафта и Эдгара Алана По - Провиденс и Балтимор.
Кроме того, преступлением будет не упомянуть про комиксы Марвел, Человек-паук - главный пример для подражания на протяжении всей жизни.
Спасибо! That doesn’t surprise me as I think a lot of native Russians get bored with Tolstoy/Dostoevsky from school as Americans become with our western writers. Я надеюсь тебе понравится здесь жить!
Another interesting thing about language comes from the book 1984. That is when a character(name starts with S and I can’t remember it) who is specialized in newspeak explains to Winston that narrowing the vocabulary of the population will also narrow the range of thought of the population. This thoughtcrime will be nonexistent. This shows how much vocabulary and literary fluency affects how you think.
Hi! I'm very pleasantly surprised that you have been learning Russian. I'm a native and, from my point of view, there are some very quirky and funny things in that language.
One of them is definitely the suffixes. I love them so much. Usually, Russian mothers add them to their sons' names to make their names sound more lovely and sweet. For example, with the name "Брок" it will be like: Брокчик. Брокуша. Брокушка. Брокунчик. Брокстик. Брокуня. Брокуся. Just look at that! So many ways to make just one name sound so different and fun.
And there is one more thing. It is called the prefixes that Russians frequently add to the verbs in order to change the entire meaning of the message.
For example, the verb "есть" - to eat. With the prefixes, that verb will be transform to, for example, "ПОесть" - when you feel like having a meal;
"ЗАесть" when you have taked a shot of vodka and all of a sudden realize you have to eat something quickly in order to irradiate that awful agony in the mouth immediately. That is exatly word for it.
"НАесть" - when you're eating too much in order to gain more weight in particular part of the body which we used for sitting.
"ПЕРЕесть" when you have eaten too much, but it was just unplanned.
Although the word "есть" can be used in a different meaning, not in the general meaning "to eat" (Я хочу есть - I want to eat), but there is another meaning - "to have" (У нас есть молоко в холодильнике - We have some milk in the fridge).
I wish you a great time on your learning journey. Have fun and be patient. It's not a sprint, it's a marathon. Don't give up! You can do it! Good luck!
Спасибо 🙌🏼 I’m grateful for the encouragement and the great example of how complex and descriptive Russian can be. It feels overwhelming but also rewarding as I’m making progress!
I also study Russian language, I still can't differentiate the subtle nuances of some words, for example:
a rather complex verb: "жарить" (I know it has a sexual connotation, that's not what I mean).
Imperfect aspect:
"жарить", "поджаривать(ся, only in the third person)"
Perfect appearance:
"поджарить"; "зажарить"
"изжарить(ся, only in the third person)."
Learning Russian is very rewarding. Once you reach fluency, you will discover a whole different world. Keep up the good job :)
Спасибо 🙌🏼
Exactly but reaching fluency in languages especially such a difficult language like Russian s not easy but it s definitely worth the effort.
This lovely guy can master the Russian language in a couple of years, but he will always say "ЛУБЛУ" haha
you know, I proud)) 🙌🏼😊
Я уже лет 7-8 изучаю русский язык, и у меня есть хорошая новость для вас. Падежи станут простыми со временем. Я
На самом деле считаю их одной из более лёгких частей языка. Но я до сих пор борюсь с глаголами СВ и НСВ и иногда с глаголами движения.
Приятно это слышать! The verb variations are definitely tricky
I’ve been studying Russian for 4 ½ years. From home. I’m at the point now where I am reading A2 level graded readers 📚. Best of luck on your journey! 🙌🏾
Спасибо! That excites me but also makes me realize how far I am from reading even a Gogol or Pushkin short story in Russian 😅 just got to stay patient!
@@TheActiveMind1 man I had been reading Pushkin couple months ago and I had to check the dictionary every few minutes. Not because I struggle with russian but because there are so many old words in his works that are not used today and therefore they are literally perceived as foreign. Quite a feeling. I am pretty sure this problem exists in most languages when you tackle some literature from 19 century and earlier
I've been studying Russian for 4 years, it's full of ups & downs :)) I'm pretty fine with understanding by now, but I'm having a hard time speaking it..
Anyways, after reaching a good level of understanding, I recommend the show called Импровизаторы available on СТС TH-cam channel, it's super funny thanks to the hosts, and even if you don't understand what's going on, people's laugh will make you laugh😂
Also, Russian with Max is a great channel, he's a fun guy who is also great at teaching and doesn't speak too fast :)
Good luck with your studies!
Большое спасибо!
Спасибо за этот видео
Конечно!
I am an arabian, fluent in english (maybe c1 or sth like that) and learning russian
I have been learning russian for about one year and to be honest I liked it more than english although it is much harder
The most difficult thing is an infinity loop where I don't practice the language because I am not that knowledgeable and I am not knowledgeable because I don't practice, I tried to find people near me who speak russian and it seems that no one care of this language
So moved on to digital world where I teach russian spokers (especially in the Caucasus) arabic and they teach me russian
Hahah yes that is an easy loop to fall into. We’ll both feel more comfortable with enough consistent practice!
Unlike English speakers Arabs are excellent when it comes to Russian in my experience as well as Italians.
@xxxyyy8779
That's ture! It is because arabic language has many pronouns and grammer, and we change the words endings very much, so you can say that we are used to sophisticated processing of languages
@@arabicmajd oh, it's not just grammar alone. Arabs also tend to have a good Russian pronunciation while I personally find English speakers' accent rather hard on ears. And it's not just a couple of gifted individuals! This seems to be consistent across all Arabic students of Russian. There must be something about our languages that makes them intrinsically similar on some level.
Thank you for this. I'm in the process of learning Welsh.
I'm curious, what led you to start learning Welsh? What got you interested?
@@TheActiveMind1 I found out that my ancestry is part Welsh, even though I was never exposed to that culture growing up. I am 90% German, so that was all I knew. I am having fun exploring my Welsh ancestry.
@@jackwalter5970 I figured that might've been the reason. Very neat!
As a lifelong language learner I would advise you against starting Spanish in the fall (unless you absolutely have to). Starting to learn two languages at the same time is never a good idea. It will just slow down your progress with Russian, and you'll eventually become frustrated and quit.
I'm open minded to that but I've seen advocation for learning two languages at once. I assume it greatly depends on how much time you can devote to them and if one comes at a cost to the other, then frustration is inevitable. I'll likely dabble since I already have some familiarity from my adolescence and then will pursue it more once I get a solidified base in Russian. Do you think that would be a more appropriate approach?
@@TheActiveMind1
I disagree with the first guy. If you want to dabble in Spanish, do it! Yes your Russian might stagnate but you can always refocus on it when you decide to. It is important to separate and not mix the languages. Most important thing is that you’re enjoying learning and have goals
I'm JLPT N1 (Close to C1 almost C2) in Japanese, HSK 4 in Chinese and dabble in Russian and German.
It's never demotivated me. Just have fun with it.
I do prioritize which language I focus in the most.
I usually immerse/use Japanese throughout the day and immerse Chinese at least 15 mins a day of I can.
Prioritizing which language might help 🍻
Я бразилец а тоже изучаю русский язык через четыре года. я ещё делаю много Грамачистики ошибок! Русский такой сложный язык!
Через четыре года - можно употребить, когда речь идёт о будущем. Вы же говорите о прошлом. Правильно было бы сказать: "после четырёх лет", "по прошествию четырёх лет", "за четыре года изучения" и т.д.
Моё любимое русское слово, смысл которого непросто объяснить иностранцам, -- "кататься", то есть, ездить не для дела, а просто ради развлечения.
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My favourite russian word that's difficult to explain to foreigners is 'кататься', which means 'to drive (go) not for some reason or business but just for fun and leisure'
And ofc russian verbs of motion which became a meme for people studying russian a long time ago.
В действительности зачастую в разных языках есть аналоги, просто нужно иметь обширный словарный запас и быть знакомым с народной версией языка. К примеру, кататься без конкретной цели это "cruise". Когда говорят "we were just cruising", это и значит, что просто катались с друзьями
It's not named English alphabet, it's Latin alphabet