31 Minutes of Russian Listening Practice for Beginners

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In this video, you’ll challenge your Russian listening comprehension skills. You will listen to small dialogues for [Insert Level] by Russian native speakers. This is THE place to start if you want to start learning Russian, and improve both your listening and speaking skills.
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[@gregorywandersaround6178]

This is not for beginners.

[@CrustofCreation]

Gregory Hoaja Yes it is. You should hear the advanced level if you disagree.

[@waynewestlake9576]

Definitely not for beginners. Dialog is waaaaay too fast. Just because advanced level is super difficult doesn't mean that this is for beginners. Bummer. Need to look elsewhere for lessons.

[@aoshun3897]

its definitely not for people just starting out i only started like 3 or 4 days ago so i only know like maybe a dozen words so i got no clue what they're saying

[@zzpunk]

Hi) I from Russia and I can help you learning the russain language with native speaker FREE, if you help me too) E-mail: [e-mail]

[@runningfromabear8354]

I've been learning for 6 months, this is definitely not at my beginner level. I can pick out words in the first dialogue that I'm familiar with, but I don't understand the question.

[@andreyg1578]

Русский язык для меня родной. Прослушал задания и могу сказать, что для новичков они будут очень сложными! Но если кто-нибудь из иностранцев сможет правильно ответить на больше, чем половину вопросов, я думаю, он может гордиться собой)

[@daniilguslyakov7929]

+

[@georgeavetyan8193]

Привет .я один из таких иностранцев

[@kutlubey5342]

Спасибо Андрей.Приятно слышать.

[@__Collector.]

Жиза я рускиий

[@soul4951]

@@__Collector. рил? жесть приветик

[@killinzombieseasy]

Within a year of studying, I personally find this relatively easy with basic vocabulary.Thank you for the video.

[@crisscringle]

For repeating easily: 1) 0:30 0:42 0:48 0:50 0:58 1:00 1:08 2) 2:29 2:39 2:42 2:49

[@kevinutama3748]

privyet, for now I only know this word.

[@patchesthegoat1109]

DOTA 2 AIM привет, как дела? That's one of the only things I know and that's with English grammer.

[@leviwhite3464]

grammar****

[@deutschland403o2]

Yope twiy you mott. When you understand that you’ll either be mad or have a chuckle

[@noonelol08]

@@patchesthegoat1109 я хорошо, а ты?

[@catchphrase3008]

@@noonelol08 Меня очень хорошо 👍

[@tyejames]

I found it super helpful, despite the others. You really just have to pick apart the words you actually know, figure out what they’re saying, and try to decipher what the other words they say are. I didn’t know what printer was in russian, but it’s a cognate, so I picked it up. Helps me learn new words

[@ShakhanovTV]

сложный английский))

[@illehnation5511]

xD for beginners? bruh I've been studying for nearly 6 months and I struggle with this

[@minihwas]

I've been studying for nearly 6 YEARS and I struggle with this. Don't worry

[@VEVE-VAULT]

6 months is a beginner lol

[@ironside915]

You’re doing it wrong. I’m studying for a month with background in south slavic and I’m doing fine

[@gerardosalinas7693]

Ironside teach me lol 😢

[@littlesisterfromnine]

@@ironside915 maybe because you have that background? I speak Japanese and for me it's easier to learn kanji or Hanzi because I already know part of them.

[@easterneuropedreamin]

NOT FOR BEGINNERS. I've been living in Russia for a year, studying 30 minutes a day, and speaking with locals many times a week. I can catch a few words but still have NO IDEA WHATS GOING ON.

[@minihwas]

I've been learning for 5 years an do barely understood some of this 0-0

[@honestyfenix530]

30 minutes a day is very little my friend. Diplomats put 8 hours daily at Berlitz schools. You need at least 2 daily, plus Exposing yourself as much as possible and watching TV in Russian. Then you'll see quicker progress!

[@yagmur-xu4bo]

@@minihwas can you practice with me, i want to learn russian

[@user-rj7er7ry4h]

Сложна

[@brunoIsmyname]

wonder how you've been in the past few years, if your Russian got any better

[@TheThrillanmanilla]

Well, this is discouraging.

[@claudeh.8145]

TheThrillanmanilla Don't be discouraged! This video is not for beginners. There is an online series of audio files called Russian Made Easy that are so great to learn from; simply Google it. I've had such an adventure with the Russian language and I hope you do too.

[@user-jx1tb5ul8f]

@YouCan It depends on what you call a beginner. But, as pointed out upper in the comments, in this video there are all cases possible, a lot of vocabulary, some difficult grammar constructions (subjonctive for example). To really understand everything here, I mean the reason of all constructions and spellings, you need to know all the basics of Russian grammar. When you know this, you're intermediate, not beginner.

[@danny_3036]

Lol

[@douglassarfokantanka7208]

Its challenging. Yes its not for beginners but it makes it the best because it helps you challenge yourself

[@Trumppower]

Not for beginners.. more advanced learners

[@BowlerTheHatGuy]

Hey Trumpie how's your relation with Putin goin on?

[@kreassiva9138]

For you nothing is on beginner level enough to understand, but fooling americans

[@winkmurder]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kovacsgergo8648]

It is... if you only know a few words you shouldn't expect to solve this. Learn words and a bit of grammar then come back and you'll know some of these.

[@charcoal460]

@@kovacsgergo8648 have been studying russian for 5 years, answered most incorrecty:)

[@HiyayaHo]

Extremely helpful ! Thank u Russian pod101!

[@sfacchy]

This is so helpful cause it gives you the chance to listen and check what you didn't get the first time. Спасибо X

[@jamilibrahimli190]

Eleonora Mingardi Can we help Each other with Languages ? I have learning English for 6 months . But there's no man to speak to impruve it . I've lived 13 years in Russia and speak as a native speaker . If you want join with me . Thank you .

[@areruben10]

Gee, guys, I think I need more practice. Thanks a bunch!

[@kslepets]

I'm a native speaker, I think it's for elementary students, definitely not for those who have started learning Russian from scratch but people speak really slowly in this video if we compare it with the speed of the real life conversation somewhere in a shop or in an office. In a way it wasn't bad but still I guess that they shouldn't have marked it for beginners, it's not actually true) if you want to study Russian, you should be really persistent, it takes a lot of time and effort but it's absolutely worth it!:) Lots of love from Moscow)

[@jareno5496]

To everyone saying it is not for beginners I'd argue that it is, if you watch beginner listening practice on other languages you'll see it is of a similar difficulty. Russian is a very hard language, it takes a lot of effort and hard work to speak, but you can't lower the standard of how proficient a beginner should be because of this. Its normal that it takes far longer to understand listening practice for in beginners in Russian compared to Spanish for example. (If your native language is English)

[@shinychu]

This is so useful and great!! I learned so much from this. I can understand 2/4 of it. And my answers is correct most of the time :D This is not for beginner beginners but you have to know at least a few words to understand it. Maybe watch their other videos where they teach words. You have to learn at least 2-3 pages of words to understand it. Don't blame the video makers blame yourself and learn words :D!! Have fun on your journey of leeeaaarrrnnniiiiggggg~

[@fabriceteurquety4384]

I am false beginner, I learned russian 30 years ago, and lost everything after that ! I started again 6 months ago ! And believe me this is not for beginner for sure !

[@Ntrigme]

Exactly! Russian was my first language, later I studied it to become an interpreter. For 30 years I’ve now lived in the U.S. and have lost almost everything. I want to start again, but she’s to fast for me. I understand some but, that’s all.

[@fahrenheit_5971]

Ok, This will be the video that I'll use to compare my Russian. In a few months I'll come back here and try to understand it, now I can only understand the word "где". I started to learn Russian 2 days ago, I can read most of the words already (not perfectly), but I don't know what they mean.

[@sibalsekya]

Omg me too

[@luisfeliperey]

Thank you! Great videos

[@CS-hy6es]

I love this!

[@bennigan88]

This is very useful and well made, but it is at least B1 level, and some of the vocabulary is probably even B2, so definitely not for beginners.

[@CS-hy6es]

love these!!!

[@shorts-qq6dk]

Love it, thanks for your help

[@smoothiestech]

Да какое это для начинающих? Тут просто отвлечься достаточно чтобы потерять суть повествования. "Я возьму первое". А какое первое??? Я сильно сомневаюсь что иностранец сможет понять о каком ожерелье идет речь. Тем более в русском для "ожерелья за 300 кусоков" есть название "бусы". I really disappointed with this listening. Being Russian, i could not get the point during first attempt because it can easily be lost. Its not for beginners.

[@riyadqasimov6081]

Автор урод

[@sardoreshmuminov4026]

Thank you so much if it is for beginners or elementary level. Because it is good method of teaching language. Others should learn

[@Chiwirito22]

Hi, my name is Arturo Garcia, had you learn some russian since you put this comment? If thats the case, wich app or videos did you use to learn?

[@PetreLou]

Great stuff - very useful! :)

[@robertmion6741]

I can just hear beginners telling their Russian friends in russian "We should specify a particular date". They would answer in Russian "Yes, that would avoid confusion and ensure completion of their obligations" What a joke!!

[@TheBlackDinosaur]

its really helpful thank you

[@deutschland403o2]

There are a lot of people crying in this thread but am I the only one who picked up a few words and now understand at the least that our sentence structure’s aren’t the same? It was an informative video ffs

[@jorgenfa7819]

Спасибо. Изучаю русский язык уже 5 лет и свободно им владею..

[@user-nc4xf1uj1d]

Какие мы самоуверенные..)

[@Rovio20091]

Как дела?

[@nurmuhammadnematov9661]

А ты сам не русский ?

[@soul4951]

я негде ненаучилься .. но знаю русский .. свободно общаюсь.. а ты откуда?

[@jorgenfa7819]

@@user-nc4xf1uj1d зачем вы пытаетесь принизить достижения других людей? я владею русским языком на уровне с2. Несколько раз был в России и не было никаких трудностей в общении или понимании.

[@domispablo7992]

Its my russian gcse tomorrow and the fact i can pick keu words in this which is faster then the audio in gcse makes me feel more prepared than i thought i was. If tnis lastmin vid is the reason ingo well then thank you

[@TheNishann]

This is not for beginner .

[@zzpunk]

Hi) I from Russia and I can help you learning the russain language with native speaker FREE, if you help me too) E-mail: [e-mail]

[@aymansayrafe8653]

Василий Глыба спасибо Василий .как можно?

[@user-rj7er7ry4h]

@@zzpunk а так че,можно было???

[@Kino-Imsureq]

This is not for beginners, but is still useful, because there are more than 5 dialogues, with its russian and english version, meaning you can somehow get to know the words

[@sibalsekya]

The animation! This is very helpful

[@1kicsipunk]

Nice video! When I read comments like "this is not for beginners", I feel even more satisfied about I could easly answer all of the questions. I'm learning Russian for 1,5 years now, but only by myself. To undertsand live speech was very hard before I found videos like that, but now I can communicate in speech too, so thank you!

[@sardorshokirov9953]

смотрите - ожерелья: он говорит, что не купит синее ибо длинное оно, но в конце говорит дайте первое ине понятно становится, а так все отлично)

[@Andres-ik4dh]

Спасибо за видео!! ))

[@soul4951]

иностранец?

[@anabellmedina2167]

This is so good

[@abdellahiehreimo3402]

Спасибо за это видео🌷❤🕊👌💪☄🎓🍸🎂🍰

[@robertmion6741]

Overall the material is very good as my Russian is poor but here is another example "какои дизайн они выбрали?" is What design did they choose? AND BETTER FOR LEARNERS than the more fancy "What design did they decide on?"

[@ertugrulerdonmez555]

excellent!!!!

[@ArumugamArumugam-yk6xh]

USEFUL EXPLanation

[@brent4770]

Where is the beginning part?

[@adriano7678]

I am Pole and for me it is quite easy however Polish and Russian are similar.

[@robertmion6741]

оптик is an optician .... they don't say glasses shop . "той же", and "а про" are not expressions I've seen before but useful

[@crisscringle]

My answer to Question 1️⃣ Он собирается купить самое длинное ожерелье. Их ожерелья с подвеской в виде цветка или с сердцем недостаточно изысканние. Жемчужное ожерелье слишком дорогое, поэтому он его не собирается купить, хотя и предпочитает

[@robertmion6741]

"Я с нетерпением жду вечеринки" excellent useful expression.... you see I find much of your stuff good

[@lazaroneto3715]

Nossa gosto demais de ouvir alguém falando este idioma

[@kevinutama3748]

no offense mate, but I wonder how do you even not realize that maybe no one will respond to you to answer your question due your language? pls use english, even your english bad or not. thanks

[@kevinutama3748]

and I love Neymar, only if you are brazilian haha.

[@dogdyedblack]

We;re here to study a foreign language, mate, and not just accept the dominance of English. I think it's great to see Portuguese here too. Obrigado, amigo

[@MegaCleo83]

DOTA 2 AIM Go Hell! Entende isso?!

[@justin.y5770]

Молодец

[@alessiopino9753]

For those who have tried it, is this level of Listening higher or lower than the B1 of ТРКИ?

[@kirkhammett1211]

till i saw the comments, i felt so depressed, i was like, if it is for beginners, why i am so far away understanding any of them. thanks for releasing

[@timvildanov2403]

I’ve got my russian GCSE’s tomorrow and this really helped

[@minihwas]

You did russian too? Do you do it for a level?

[@zews9292]

Ughm, everyone complaining about how hard it is. But actually, native speakers, speak way faster and not that robotic(let alone the fact that all the words are basic). Sometimes I do really think about starting a channel, since most of the videos focus only on rules, when the majority of Russian grammar is made up of exceptions rather than the legitimate rules.

[@anarust3697]

I would say this is at least for intermediate -mid to high level speakers

[@nicky85926]

I couldn't make out the words until they replayed them with English subtitles, then it was like I recognized all the words because I knew what to listen for

[@robertmion6741]

As a beginner do I really need to know how to say "rectangular shape" in Russian? I think NOT

[@deutschland403o2]

As a beginner I’d say you need to know how to say almost everything dicknutz

[@kreassiva9138]

Lol the micrapple logo 13:00

[@eddakulle7301]

This video isn't for complete beginners, however if you already have reached level a1 you should be able to answer most of it correctly. By the time you reach a2 this should be easy and you will most likely understand everything that's said.

[@Prokiller30rus]

It is one of those, you understand what is being said in dialogue, since you are native speaker)

[@soul4951]

желаю успех. а ты понимаеш русский?

[@OriDMT]

I think this is suitable for the A2 level so it's not that easy. I'm not learning Russian right now but I could understand like 3/4 because I know another Slavic language.

[@zebra8262]

Harasho means okay? I only understand Da (yes) and telephono. Utra means morning? Kampani means company?

[@00BeesKnees00]

OK not for beginners but I'm learning a lot!

[@soul4951]

жесть🤣

[@afuana2309]

this is really hard !

[@darioemanuelperez5157]

Estaría bueno que le agreguen la traducción en español para poder entender lo que dicen

[@robertmion6741]

служба доставки пиццы is PIZZA DELIVERY SERVICE? why do you translate it as "This is a Pizza Station"?

[@nkl1028]

4:33 5:30

[@robertlove2168]

The accursed KZbin puts pop up ads over the text at the bottom of the screen. It's bad enough they have ads before and during the video but do they have to ruin the reading material you provide?

[@aztecwarrior7373]

Where do you go to first learn the words??

[@lordsauron999]

Это очень сложный урок для первых начинающих ))

[@quinquiry]

This woman's voice is enthralling...Russian language is so beautiful !

[@user-rj7er7ry4h]

Ага

[@munkherdene3908]

thks s

[@DeprLugia]

This video is not for only listening, I have to watch it too...

[@ghosteeret]

I was just standing there pretending to be watching the people in the questions talking without understanding a thing lmo

[@Prokiller30rus]

Касательно принтеров: Мы должны поставить его В ( а не НА) другом конце комнаты.

[@userclar-Bb7]

Какое она θобираетθа купить?

[@HannaHasAPlan]

Not for beginners AT ALL

[@user-xw6tk3ws5z]

Yes it is, you can compare this to the advanced.

[@apichayawong.9694]

When I first watched this I thought It's not for beginner at all, but after a few months of hard learning I still think that it's for beginner haha

[@s_t_a_c_i_a28]

I am a native speaker and I assure you that it's not for the beginners. The subjects of the dialogues are too specific for the beginners because they usually can speak only about common things. But not about necklaces as they are speaking in the first dialogue.

[@somostodoscaminhoneiros619]

31 minutes or 31 years??? Hahaha I love Russian language and I hope speak very well one day... I think it's not for beginners :'( Hugs from Brazil♡♡♡

[@soul4951]

желаю успех

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[@buffone3888]

Speak inglish

[@razaqfaturrahman7007]

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[@nicky85926]

If it’s too difficult change the playback speed to 75% 👍

[@robertmion6741]

I think you will find that "всё"is translated "everything" rather than "it". Despite all my criticism, this is a very useful video but it is for intermediate and certainly not for beginners.

[@scarletred8888]

This is way beyond absolute beginners

[@sardorshokirov9953]

да не ссыте ребята, легко же очень, медленно и понятно, как раз для начинающих=D

[@soul4951]

медленно стонавиться сложно..

[@aloomilk6326]

To me, this sounds a bit Intermediate and between Beginner. And BTW this is for those who are good with Absolute basic Russian. Not Like Beginners or Idk what to say.

[@qwerty69600]

Wow, this is not for beginners at all.

[@zebra8262]

-balshoye spasiba, thank you very much -nyet means No

[@Olga-qn1wo]

how is it for beginners??

[@nadezhdasmolko1215]

In Russia even Beginner Listening isn't for Beginners!😁

[@lennartvandervelden1093]

The black laptop is grey though

[@soonerbred22]

This was very basic Russian. A good refresher

[@siyanliu3191]

It indeed is for beginners... I took two semesters of Russian and this video is perfect practice

[@user-lt6wo8eu9t]

5:25 не классно , мы будто блин алкоголики и каждый день на завтрак пьём пиво , НУ СПАСИБО

[@snezzhinka]

Хахаха :)

[@Prokiller30rus]

Не где находится, а где СТОИТ старый принтер?

[@robertmion6741]

You need to make translations easy and as close to the originals as possible. For example: Что бы вы посоветовали? is muchy better as "what would you advise? " and NOT "What do you reommend?" which might be Что вы рекомендуете?. Russian is a very difficult language for us to learn. Its easy when absorbed during an infant's sponge years.

[@SuperXxMarcosxX]

I guess clicking or like wet mouth noises are really common in this language. I thought it was just me

[@venus6487]

i wanna learn russian and spanish and korean lol but its gonna be hard

[@Anitalazt]

I need lower level :(

[@unily-8589]

За 30 минут вы падежи не выучите!

[@dapygor9339]

Тут не падежам учат, а аудированию