Basic Russian 1. Russian Sound System: Stress. Stressed and Unstressed Vowels

[@jtdubya]

This is probably the best video that I've seen that explains stress and unstressed vowels. I feel like I've made learning this concept more difficult than it should be, but this is very helpful in helping me understand. спасибо. вы молодец.

[@AmazingRussian]

John Windom , спасибо большое! Очень рада.

[@deejay6869]

This is such a great help. I had learned that vowel reduction exist in Russian, but no easy explanations about how the vowels sound when vowel reduction is necessary This video is such a great help that I am pinning it to my homescreen, so I can find it easily when I need to review. Thank you so so much. You just made learning Russian so much easier for me.

[@generalguderian5695]

I wish I would have studied these rules more when I took your class, it would have been easier! Everything just connects now! спасибо !

[@janusztucholski8826]

This is pretty awesome and clear explanation. Extremely helpful! And yes, if/when we learn the language we want to sound like native speakers. This is the goal.

[@wanderingwade8877]

I'm a beginner who has sampled many different videos on the subject of learning Russian. Yours are the best imho. You get into depth and subtlety that others do not.

[@robertfiala1540]

a great explanation Olga, i am gonna buy this presentation. i am already low intermediate but i somehow missed the pronunciation rules and so this video is very uselful. BTW, you are such a good teacher that it is a great pleasure and fun to learn russian! you simply make me love russian language :)

[@AmazingRussian]

Спасибо большое!

[@magorzatawawer7136]

@@AmazingRussian Have you thought about making more videos about pronunciation? Or even a pronunciation course? It would be great... Thank you so much for your videos, they are such great help in understanding Russian. Best wishes.

[@AmazingRussian]

@@magorzatawawer7136 , спасибо, я подумаю.

[@barnabasszabolcs8708]

Amazing explanation! I have tried to wrap my head around this for a while now, and now it finally all makes sense!

[@สําเร็จชัยกิจกรณ์-บ7ฅ]

Very helpful and well organized video. Thank you so much!

[@youngsuk3329]

Truly one of the best channels for beginner Russian learners out there

[@mariorestrepojcg]

Hi, Olga! I'm a bit new here, but your way to explain simply and in detail is epic!!!! I've been trying to learn Russian for a year, and you have answered three questions I had until now by this video. Please, keep on that way. Your videos are simply the best I've ever seen. Your examples and the way you see and teach each thing is unique! Greetings from Colombia!!!

[@zebulahfadade6548]

Thank you for such a clear explanation. I was not aware of some of these rules, despite several years of studying Russian. Спасибо!

[@markmarkyyy5632]

I recently took a beginning Russian language class at the university we have here. The professor NEVER once gave a lesson explaining the fundamentals of pronouncing stressed and unstressed vowels in detail like you did. I went through an entire year and even received an A grade in the class without EVER having a clear cut lesson like this. I am disgusted with the professor at the university but extremely glad that I have alternate ways to clarify things. I subscribed to your channel IMMEDIATELY after viewing this video.

[@AmazingRussian]

mark markyyy , thanks. I hope you will find a lot more useful things on the channel.

[@anastasianatriashvili4379]

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[@octahedron115]

How's your Russian now?

[@anthonyramirez8038]

This is the BEST..the Main Key to learn Russian..спасибо

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Amazing Russian and Russia too is amazing. Great. Thank you for your video.

[@詹淳惠-w2d]

Thank you, this is wonderful.

[@cluckygirl792]

Excellent resource for me. It’s good to have so many words as examples- written and pronounced and these I am adding to my Leitner box which I’m just beginning to put together for learning vocab effectively. I’m in the older generation so I do not retain information like I did when I was young. Thank you. It’s

[@amerasia5189]

Teaching style is great. It is straight forward and I subscribe. Thank You very Much!

[@NoamR-nq5ez]

Excellent explanation. Спасибо большое ❤

[@Marta-fg2je]

thanks for this video!!! Indeed it turned something hard into smth clear and approachable!!

[@lincemeladath8909]

Russian was difficult until i found this channel!

[@AlexandraaFeodorovna]

Your videos are incredibly useful and very well made. Thank you very much!

[@bilal.l]

it is really amazing russian, thx a lot.

[@elchile336]

The stress also works in Spanish EVERY word in Spanish has exactly one stressed vowel, showed or not by an acute accent, excluding the one-syllabe words, that there're ALWAYS stressed

[@josegilsonalvesferreira7954]

Отличиное видео, Мне понравилось, Большое спасибо!

[@AmazingRussian]

José Gilson Alves Ferreira , пожалуйста. Я рада, что Вам понравилось!

[@billhuang9665]

Thanks a lot for this great explanation.

[@Gideon1426]

Thank you your video is very easy to understand and very well explained !

[@captainawesome4622]

You explain things very clearly. Thank you!

[@mpicos100]

your videos are fantastic. Hope to learn a lot (started today!) thanks for your work.

[@AmazingRussian]

Marco Picos Sol , thanks. Good luck with your learning.

[@mohgaahmed7399]

I am a native Arabic speaker and I learnt English when I was 5 on my own, I am learning a bit of french in school and I was thinking to learn another language, whenever I mention it to my parents they overreact about it and it unmotivates me Bec now I feel forced to study it, I was forced to study french and Korean for a while but then I stopped, now that it's summer I was thinking to learn a language secretly and for some reason the bsd rus fandom motivated me to start Russian! So here we are! Tysm for all ur help and all the other accounts and resources I have u r the best

[@AmazingRussian]

Wish you good luck! Stay motivated!

[@musty4273]

I've just started learning Russian two days ago. I hope your channel will help me.

[@AmazingRussian]

Meme Mate , good luck!

[@musty4273]

@@AmazingRussian большое спасибо!

[@edm_ortiz]

Thank you for the help

[@jeanguyrichard6771]

Your explanations are very clear. Thank you for all of this information that is so well organized and presented.

[@Kittyququmber]

What a great video. Thank you.

[@BehroozMahi]

Very good dear

[@Persephoneofficial]

This is helpful a lot. Thanks

[@manuelasfari973]

merci Olga ;-)

[@AmazingRussian]

Manuela Sfari , пожалуйста.

[@seyma3324]

i was using duolingo app for a little easy starting but i had no clue why the texts are read different than how they spelled... i came here and now u made it clear. i wasnt even know why there kot and kowka for cat. my friend who knows russian language said it means kot boy cat and kowka girl cat. i think this language is way too hard to learn from that application, need a good teacher like the one here

[@angelosenlob1557]

very good lesson

[@AmazingRussian]

angelo senlob , thanks.

[@عبدالكريمحسنبحر]

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[@sunving]

Thank you ,

[@vio_luna]

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[@r.j.9983]

Great lesson, thanks.

[@snehamusiclover1]

Thanks a lot mam for posting this video It helped me a lot

[@AmazingRussian]

Sneha Pawar , you are welcome.

[@tomasfell1453]

I fell in love with your voice!

[@AmazingRussian]

Tomas Fell , nice! I like that! 😊

[@iqmangel]

Amazing video!!! Thanks!

[@N0vame7]

Спасибо 😔🤍

[@juanorellana2398]

than you for your amazing videos

[@Kaushik-Roy.]

Wonderful video with pronunciation rules . Keep up the good work about teaching the Russian rules , Many Thank to you once again (ещё раз Большое Cпасибо )

[@AmazingRussian]

Kaushik Roy , пожалуйста. Рада помочь.

[@Kaushik-Roy.]

Hello Olga , one more Russian rules that confuses me is the rules of conjugation . I simply don't understand how to apply . For example let us take the word for run i.e. бегать 1st Person Singular is бе́гаю but for its perfective i.e. побежать 1st Person Singular is побегу́ , it is not “побежаю” . Same goes for 3rd person plural . Is there any set of rules so that by just looking at an unknown word , I can figure out its 1st Person Singular to its 3rd person plural ? If you have made any video in youtube in this regard , please share with me the link ? I shall be very grateful to you.

[@AmazingRussian]

Kaushik Roy , I have a video on conjugation. It might help you clarify your concerns. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXvbmmuljqqMhpo

[@Kaushik-Roy.]

Thank you Olga for your quick response , even though this video is basic rules but it cleared some of the doubts . This week I shall be busy due to some office work , but as soon as I will be free , I would share my doubt with you

[@deluluma]

Trying to pay attention, but your voice is also relaxing and I want to take a nap

[@AmazingRussian]

Namjoon Ah , please take a nap!

[@PerreRust]

This was such great help, thank you

[@mercedes508notin]

Very good thank!

[@AmazingRussian]

Mercedes 508 Notin , thanks.

[@AnkitSharma-oc5bz]

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[@LucasP0102]

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[@carloschess2010]

Muy, pero muy bueno. Se agradece!!!

[@philipsalmon2192]

Very helpful and in most cases similar to British English

[@joshua_finch]

"Астрономия" shows that the first rule can be simplified to "Prior to the stressed syllable." Because the long 'uh' is not necessarily the first vowel of the word, just immediately prior to the stressed syllable which sometimes happens to be the first vowel of the word.

[@jkanaan8776]

Thank you very much

[@AmazingRussian]

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[@mythopoeic8236]

Amazing!

[@TheNacholopera]

You say that январь sounds ɪnvˈarʲ but in FORVO eight native speakers say jɪnvˈarʲ, as it sounds like to me. Please, were am I wrong?

[@AmazingRussian]

TheNacholopera , usually, январь sounds like [jinv’ar’] when the words are connected together - в январе, while [invar’] is more like a separate word.

[@maiklkok9055]

откуда вы? может быть в некоторых районах ''январь'' произносится так [и], но в учебниках по русскому языку есть только произношение [йи] @@AmazingRussian

[@vk2172]

Amazing content! I was taught Russian at University and they never bothered to explain these rules. I have a question though: at 15:24 the example word компьютер the final 'e' is pronounced with a 'scwha' sound. This wasn't explained to be possible with the letter e. Does this happen to 'e' after the stressed syllable but not the last letter of the word? (I hope this question makes sense!) Thank you for the great videos. Keep it up!

[@AmazingRussian]

Valerio Kim , some foreign words are pronounced like that: компьютер, интернет, принтер, сканер.

[@music_appreciation]

@@AmazingRussian This is VERY hard for me to remember: foreign words and names where Е sounds like Э, because there's no way to tell which words are which! According to Wiktionary, for example, тест (test) is pronounced тэст, but текст (text) is pronounced with a Е. Do native speakers regularly make mistakes in such words? If not, how clearly will they understand foreigners who mess up because they can't keep track of all these exceptions?

[@AmazingRussian]

@@music_appreciation , interesting question! Most likely, native speakers will understand you. If not, they ask for clarification. Foreign words have a tendency to sound in Russian as close as they sound in English, for example. The word ТЕКСТ is not really a foreign word, even though it is derived from Latin. On the other hand, ТЕСТ is truly foreign. It has equivalents in Russian: ЭКЗАМЕН or АНАЛИЗ.

[@boghund]

@@music_appreciation There are some loan words in Russian that have existed for a long time, and have become “properly” russian. For example the word for museum (музей) used to be pronounced with the э sound, but not anymore.

[@grant7780]

I'm also wondering🤣

[@edgardorodriguez9262]

Hi Olga and thanks for all this great material. Could you please help with a question? Is there a reason why the e in computer is pronounced as a schwa and not an [i], would this be an exception?

[@AmazingRussian]

In some foreign words, Е is pronounced as Э. You should watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIDKfYKPYtiWa5osi=RDvrSy8dIHgwycRq

[@shahindaHNN]

спасибо :)

[@Ramiprops]

Recently I came across the word счастливый, which puzzled me significantly. I was told the change from /a/ to /ɪ/ has to do with reduction, but I didn't see it explained in this video. Do you have a video in which you explain vowel reduction in-depth?

[@AmazingRussian]

Thank you for a good question. This video is for beginners, and it explains basics of pronunciation. Yes, there are a few minor rules that can be considered more like the exceptions. Here is one of them: after the consonants Ч and Щ the letter А is pronounced as something between Е and И. There are very few words that fall this rule: счастливый, часок, щавель, Чайковский, частота. I might make a video for more advanced students explaining more rules of pronunciation. Thanks for an idea.

[@bellebastion9325]

thank you for the video but I am confused about how to pronounce январь. since the я is unstressed you pronounced it like “ee” in seek but my mom pronounces the я like “yuh” when she says that word and she is a native russian speaker. other russian videos I’ve also watched have also pronounced it the я in different ways so now I don’t know which is correct

[@AmazingRussian]

@@bellebastion9325, The unstressed Я at the beginning of a word is pronounced as [yi].

[@billyboone69]

03:34 believe me they do)

[@ivanovichdelfin8797]

0:44 Hola. Muchas gracias por la clase. Tengo una duda, ¿por qué en la palabra "унивЕрситет", la primera "E" se pronuncia como [ye] y no como [i]? Aquí te dejo el minuto 0:44

[@AmazingRussian]

Sorry, I do not understand Spanish.

[@leecherlarry]

hello Olga 😎, which syllables (vowels) are stressed in this name, please could you rewrite it? *Аслан Казбекович Карацев* Is it maybe: Áслан Казбéкович Кáрацев? And how sure (100% confidence) are you in your given answer? 😀 Thanks for your help! 👏🙋😻

[@AmazingRussian]

As far as I know: аслАн казбЕкович карАцев. Stressed vowels are capitalized. I do not have a stress mark on the phone.

[@leecherlarry]

@@AmazingRussian Thank you, that's amazing Russian!! :D

[@judgedredd8876]

In English "yacht" sounds more like between yot and yat). For sound A you may use "Apple".

[@AmazingRussian]

In “apple”, there is a different sound.

[@mariannethomas9347]

👏👍

[@oliverd1469]

Any explanation why the word "слова" (with the second syllable being stressed, plural of "слово" - with the first syllable being stressed), differs in pronunciation from the very that word (in plural), namely: "слова", when it precedes the number: "два", "три", "четыре", in which case it is being pronounced same as "слово" ??

[@AmazingRussian]

The stress shifts in a few words when they decline: письмо, окно. There is no other explanation to that.

[@Elgcid]

Put a subtitle please

[@abolishshekeluse3782]

10/10

[@Dr_AK33]

How will we know which syllable to stress? And thanks for all videos. I have just started to watch your videos from beginning. I studied Russian for 2 semesters in university but they are nowhere close to your videos.

[@AmazingRussian]

Спасибо! The problem is the stress is unpredictable. For that reason, it is marked for beginners.

[@gwho]

6:20 no, u as in but is NOT the sound that O and A get reduced to. that's completely the wrong sound.

[@isaola93]

I have a question why does Астрономия doesn’t use ^ on the letter A. If it follows both first and second rule? It is placed two syllables before the stressed vowel and it also is at the beginning of the word. Why does it follow the second and not the first rule?

[@AmazingRussian]

Iss Olarte , you are right. My typo. But when you listen, you will notice the difference.

[@larescompitales4736]

Ё may be not stressed in some loan words, i. e. сёгун where the last syllabe is stressed.

[@syfre9506]

In "город" and "космос" the unstressed O is not pronounced the same way ? What i heard is more "go.rat" and "kos.meus" (I am french)

[@Sofia-hr8nd]

Both o in these words pronounced as a "горад" and "космас"

[@maraj8215]

Olga, I'm checking out again this video of yours related to reduction of vowels in Russian. Just checked out a video of another russian speaking person that says that O and A are also pronounced as "u" in "but" when the vocal is placed at the end of the word (not only at the beginning or when it's in the 1st pretonic syllabe but also when it's the last letter of the word, such as in мало, лето), but you say here that you pronounce it so only when it's at the beginning (or when it's in the 1st pretonic sillabe). Your thoughts? Is it more common the way you say???

[@AmazingRussian]

Mara J , I am not sure about other sources. They might be right. However, this is the simplest way to teach reduction, in my opinion.

[@maraj8215]

@@AmazingRussian thank you for answering

[@robertprosser4425]

"[Russians] do not really shout all of the time." XD, so... it's just or most of the time? :) And, thanks for these essential speaking skills videos.

[@GeoffreyGraham2]

Am trying to learn Russian because I would like a Russian wife. ha ha. Thanks for your help!

[@AmazingRussian]

Geoffrey Graham , good luck with that! 😊

[@mrkhoausd]

Brave (y)

[@LockMacFly]

Т from телефон is it ть or т since the е is an i? Also your 'IC part3' video doesn't work anymore. :)

[@AmazingRussian]

LockMacFly , in ТЕ, Т us soft because of Е (a soft indicating vowel). I am currently working on Part 3 (I found a typo), and it will be republished this week.

[@syfre9506]

яйцо is pronounced like in rule #4 ? but it's at start of word ?

[@AmazingRussian]

syfre , but the stress is not on Я.

[@Tolyan97kartofan]

В жизни бы не подумал, что в словах театр, президент, и тд откуда-то взялся [ɪ]

[@lagertha8900]

1:36

[@LockMacFly]

Damn got to re-learn how to read xd

[@AmazingRussian]

LockMacFly , good luck!

[@LockMacFly]

Amazing Russian сердечно благодарю

[@nikita7224]

0:04

[@LockMacFly]

Well got a new problem. Haha Normally if you have те is becomes Tj+e. And тье becomes т+Je. But with these rules it would make it т+Ji which doesn't make sense in my mind. Exampl. Деревьев. Will not be '...v+jev' but '...v+jiv'

[@AmazingRussian]

LockMacFly , yes, in деревьев, the last Е will be slightly reduced. In the endings, you can barely hear reduction. But for sure, it is not a fully stressed E.

[@LockMacFly]

Amazing Russian so in ipa or so, how would you say it? Вь+ев, в+jeв, вь+iв or в+jiв

[@AmazingRussian]

dʲɪrʲˈevʲjɪf. See the reference here: easypronunciation.com/en/russian-phonetic-transcription-converter#result

[@LockMacFly]

Amazing Russian That website seems like a goldmine thnx a lot. I'll be using it a lot from now on :D

[@AmazingRussian]

LockMacFly , thank you.

[@kozanibo]

yiponka ?

[@Mila_WildHoney]

Простите, но мы не произносим долгих гласных под ударением!

[@AmazingRussian]

Людмила Панина , for English speakers, it is important to know that vowels are not equal in lengths. For that purpose, the stressed vowels should be pronounced longer than unstressed ones.

[@Undercookedsteak]

My tongue hurts-

[@AmazingRussian]

😁

[@SkillfulKiwi]

there is already too much stress in learning russian!

[@lawlietuchiha7622]

laaann ananas diyo ananasss

[@lawlietuchiha7622]

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[@gabogc]

my russian friends are laughing about how wrong is this lesson :/

[@AmazingRussian]

gabriel galleguillos , are your friends professional language instructors? Do they know how to teach languages?

[@colinlyne8688]

Perhaps they could do better then! This lesson is perfect for me, and helped me a great deal.She also speaks in good English too. If you can teach better, then do it! By the way, Russian as an adjective, is spelt with a capital in English!

[@marenmessirek8061]

Very helpful and well organized video. Thank you so much!

[@wajdyamer9345]

Wow 😍😍 Thank you very much 🌸🌸🌸 Imazing explanation 💓💓 Спасибо Очень хорошо 😘

[@twigs27]

Best explanation ever

[@simorasimora6460]

The best I have seen!

[@nikita7224]

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