How to Learn and Remember Russian Words?

[@benverret7968]

I use a technique that fits exactly with what you're saying. I learn languages mostly with music. You first hear sentences, then you get to pronounce and read them. Music sticks to your head and is also easy to remember (hard to forget should I say). I learned German that way and I understood it quite well before I even opened a grammar book. (Now I'm trying it with Russian)

[@Learningtoknowrussian]

+Benoit Verret Thanks so much for your feedback, I appreciate that much! Whoa, this is something even tougher, I mean learning foreign language through music as you can not always here all words and phrases properly (unless you follow along with lyrics/subtitles ;) ) But it's a great approach, I agree. Keep up the great work and let me know about your progress!

[@benverret7968]

Well, before going on learning the lyrics, I think it makes sense to listen to a lot of your target language. I also use spaced repetition software to learned words IN sentences. Because learning words out of context is pointless lol.

[@Learningtoknowrussian]

+Benoit Verret That's even better! This is what I call a "scientific approach" :D Kudos to you and your creative way of language learning ;)

[@Zeklore]

Hey could I contact you, I would really like to know more about your technique

[@benverret7968]

I'm here. The software I use for spaced repetition is called Anki. It's free software (except for the iOS version). I found audio sentences from sites like 50languages and I created flashcard decks with it. And then, for the music part of learning. I really only learn lyrics so I never forget. It works quite well.

[@alyrababy]

Thanks a lot for the advices, as a spanish native speaker, russian is hard for me, but I love it. Thanks for the motivation.

[@Learningtoknowrussian]

alyrababy Thank you for the positive feedback! I'm so happy when my videos help fellow learners :) Keep up the good work, it will pay off, trust me ;)

[@RussianwithTatiana]

+alyrababy i'm Russian native speaker, and i think, Denis is the best teacher on y-tube

[@QQTrick1QQ]

This is how babies learn a language, hearing phrases, and words and repeating. A great path to learning. Thank you for these videos.

[@nevenicaa97]

I'm from Serbia, and I'm studying Russian language. I watch your videos, and you really helped me :) I even got better on my exams, so thank you very much! :)

[@jimscheltema670]

I wish I had heard this when I first began studying Russian language! You are 100% correct. Thanks Dennis!!!

[@bungouyevsky]

It's actually what I've dreamed for all the time. You explained everything excellent. I'm from Turkey(I'm 16), I've learned English without grammar and I have been always better than other students who were learning "grammar" and "word" memorizers. I just used the language itself, it was imressive absolutely. I also did the same thing for Japanese. Then I started to learn Norwegian, even though I've studied it for 6-7 months, I just learned grammar but I have never had a conversation with a native Norwegian face-by-face or even voice-by-voice. It was a shameful fail for me. Now I'm learning Russian, when I saw grammar tables I said to myself "What are these, really? These are such nonsenses, I can learn them naturally just like I did in English, I will use them and then I will learn the rules later.".... And it really works, there was no way for me to memorize all the tables of course, I hate memorizing. Even though there have been almost a week since I started to learn Russian, I can speak it without any hesitations, better than I do in Norwegian. Of course I do a lot of mistakes, however my friends correct my mistakes about it. Also we also have 6 cases in Turkish so it makes Russian easier for me.(I'm not counting Vocative, because it is not that common as I can see, and also we don't have vocative case in Turkish) I will get used to everything anyway, I am not ashamed of my mistakes because at least I'm trying my best. And I saw this beautiful video... It gave me more motivation to learn Russian more and more. Thank you so much for your suggestions.

[@noahcole3796]

This was extremely helpful! Thank you for posting! I am having fun trying to learn Russian, I’m looking forward to the day I can read and understand the Fairy Tales from Russia, and books!

[@philipwalsh9690]

Noah Cole how’s it going?

[@PotatoNuggetBoi]

i like your accent. I've been on Russian for a year now but have been making slow progress

[@youtubecansukkadik]

I just take the language day by day. Don't overthink the words you're learning. If you are consistent, then you will remember them eventually.

[@abdallahzaini4929]

Amazing methods I already learned Spanish the same way I was listening the sentences then writing then saying and rebeat them many times Loudly, Thank you so much dear желаю вам хорошего дня иудачи,

[@teenator579]

Amazing video, thanks

[@xblackb0x]

This is why I was so bad at learning french is school. They learn it completely the wrong way. I can speak english perfectly from movies, songs, games. Because it is a natural way of learning. The way we learn it in school is total bullshit.

[@katfujioka212]

That's so true! It's all about learning just enough for the exam :( I love languages but they just don't work for me when I learn them at school.

[@dermanbekci7319]

Did u learn french and if u did could u explain how did u do it?

[@phx4closureman]

Just what I needed to hear at the right time, thank you!

[@easterdeer]

Я люблю смотреть ролики по русский язык на ютубе и это мне поможет. Спасибо большое за этот видео. Вы отличный профессор !

[@Vikkk47]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@lilyrose4191]

Thank you so much 😀 I enjoyed your video! I find listening to songs and learning complete sentences very useful. I also like the videos with lessons featuring complete sentences. I like some vids with only the names of things ... at times it's simply relaxing. Your method is very encouraging! 🙂 "Liked" and Subscribed!

[@svetlanakibizova4943]

Wonderful! I liked your videos very much! I teach Russian myself and know how hard it can be sometimes for students. The approach you described is of much help to me. Thank you very much and good luck!!!

[@Learningtoknowrussian]

Thanks for your feedback, Svetlana! Great that you've found something that you can use in your own classes ;) New videos are coming up, so stay tuned! And you can always check my blog for further updates and other tips on learning Russian: www.learningtoknowrussian.com

[@RussianwithTatiana]

+Svetlana Kibizova the easiest way is to find Russian speaker friend and communicate with him)

[@francienolan4619]

+Russian Lessons yes, but how do you find this friend?

[@RussianwithTatiana]

You can find a group in facebook "Learning Russian with Russians" and check the channel of Maria Zdorovetskaya on y-tube

[@francienolan4619]

Russian Lessons oh, okay, thanks:) I'll do that!

[@jaketubedeja]

Very very interesting solution. Thank you!

[@Learningtoknowrussian]

jaketubedeja Thanks for your positive feedback! Stay tuned for the upcoming videos ;) Oh, there is a book I am currently working on, which will be soon available on Amazon. You might find it helpful as well: www.learningrussianmarathonbook.com

[@RussianwithTatiana]

+jaketubedeja yes, it's true

[@crusiethmaximuss]

Спасибо большое!!!

[@hopeindarktimes]

Crusieth Maximuss Yes, thanks!

[@markmarkyyy5632]

Great advice! This is exactly how my 2 year old is learning to talk! Thank you!

[@stellaa302]

Danis, I love you accent and way of simplify things, thank you..by the way, you are so cute 💕

[@liamsmits3646]

Народ России милые.

[@fly3513]

Thanks a lot:)

[@ritooraj]

Good advice!!!

[@ronom8856]

Thanks, great points.

[@MoriAnimations]

Great method!

[@boriscuduco4377]

Memorization is the process of committing something to memory. It does not matter what rout you use, you can't learn anything with memorization, you do memorize all the time, always. Using memorization techniques, focus in actively be aware of memorization with the goal of active recall. There is a point in learning anything that, if you used mnemonics you won't need to use them further. You memorize 700 words in the language, strategic words, and if you practice and master the use of them, to learn more of the target topic you use the learned words instead of memorizing more words. Things I will memorize in learning a language, in the same order of importance: the grammar, a limited amount of words and verbs, pronouns, conjunctions and prepositions (if practical, I wouldn't do it for Russian, for that better memorize common phrase that I care to use). Techniques I'd use: method of Loci, major system (anything with numbers), memory peg for keywords (if needed). Rote memorization, never.

[@RussellKnight1066]

I like this guy- very cool!

[@kimcm5392]

thanks for this... I`m starting to learn russian!

[@BenJones1127]

Ты гений человек, спасибо за видео

[@eddieliusa]

its not the cases or verb conjugation thats hard, because eventually it becomes consistent. The hardest part for me now is learning words like "to open" (открываю) and "to be late" (опаздываю); they all are simple verbs but are so hard to memorize since they sound similar and are long AF. Anyone got tips to overcoming this or will it just become easier overtime?

[@meerabalbaisi6576]

I’m learning how pronounce words by listening to rap music and reading the lyrics.... I rap instead of talking like a normal person 😅

[@enpakrev]

😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭

[@mehmetedex]

perfect

[@Learningtoknowrussian]

***** Thanks so much! I'm currently working on a free online course for Udemy dwelling on day-to-day topics, improving Russian speaking skills and such. There is also an ebook coming up that will teach how to speak Russian not in 10 years :) So, stay tuned! Or in case you haven't yet, you can subscribe to my blog and be one of the first lucky devils to receive permanent access to both the course and the book: www.learningtoknowrussian.com/2014/09/learn-russian-free-course.html

[@RussianwithTatiana]

i'm Russian native speaker, and i think, Denis is the best teacher on y-tube

[@liamsmits3646]

Спасибо мой друг. Это хорошо!😁

[@S.O.T.E.777]

I enjoy your videos)))

[@Komrade-ny2xq]

Omg, i love the intro. 😁😆😁😆😁

[@emptinessnagarjuna6847]

Please recommend some good songs that I can listen to and learn!!!

[@TravelingThruLife]

I love how he says : words

[@iondura1229]

What about if i don't have anybody to speak russian with. Would your technique still works?

[@Vitek530]

What the hell I'm doing here I'm Russian XD

[@Lyly-oc2ys]

Vitek530 that really get me out of ma mind😂😂

[@JeffarryLounder]

@@Lyly-oc2ys He can't translate it when you type it like that. You're confusing him

[@betterstayout0]

@@JeffarryLounder ough gerl, that's meen.

[@onlycheeto1384]

@@JeffarryLounder is that supposed to be nice? Cuz it seems rude

[@no35432]

Thank you for your useful suggestions. I'd rather learn the way you suggested than memorizing word by word. :)

[@Learningtoknowrussian]

M. Collins Thanks for your warm words :) Yeah, I wish someone had told me about this approach years ago, when I was struggling with learning English =P

[@RussianwithTatiana]

+M. Collins tra, yes, it's really great method!

[@klausnewman8125]

I don't have problems memorizing grammar tables, in fact, I've already memorized Russian cases, my real problem is memorizing long words in Russian, I try to memorize them by their sounds, but still, it's hard to commit them to memory, mostly because the sounds make no sense to me, they sound like nothing I know from European languages, very few cognates...

[@rkhgd4444]

it's good

[@toxic_venom1129]

Спасибо большое. А также я говорить очень мало по-русски. Im still learning. I'm trying something called sentence mining. It helps

[@joedove7918]

I like this post to some thing that helps me also is to role play or act it out. Pretend you are doing it. Use your imagination have fun with it. Pretend there is some goofy looking person or cartoon IN the library asking make up many situations (sky's the limit) with this phrase!! It will work better in while your reviewing. IMO

[@Learningtoknowrussian]

Joe Dove That's a great idea! You are absolutely right: it helps a lot playing with your imagination while learning a foreign language (it does apply to any language). This way you will stick to the situation you've created and will definitely remember the word or phrases you've used to come up with this or that situation :) Thanks for your feedback!

[@RussianwithTatiana]

+Joe Dove the most useful fraces for you: Как дела? Что делаешь? Хочешь кушать? Куда пойдём?

[@katfujioka212]

That's a cool way to learn! I'll have to try that out :D

[@daniellee6912]

learning sentences is really easier and more effective

[@كاظمالبصراوي-ر5ه]

Хорошо

[@bashirabdelwahed]

Can some one link me to a begginner'ss audio book

[@ibrahemalanaizi]

firstly thank you bro, please someone recommend me some good russians songs that I could listen and learn!!!

[@eltoroluckypatientzero1355]

This makes so sense. I've been doing all wrong.

[@alazalgunaid6722]

спасиба вам очень мне пригадился

[@pabloperafan7zyzz7]

Молодец

[@Omanvera]

Where are you 💔🙏

[@SanchoSiberia]

Я же русский, что я тут делаю?

[@aymunz]

Лол

[@nightshadespectre409]

Я не знаю!! лол 😂

[@l33VI08]

I wish I knew what y’all were saying

[@rachsmith6891]

I feel better about being a slow learner !

[@LK-cb6ih]

I will start listening to music and radio stations and TV channels.. Thank you for the solution

[@Sillilesshells]

я изучала до сих пор русском языку 6 лет и самый основные часть для меня из моего изучений - Я ЕЩЕ не понимаю тому когда я слышаю :(.Конечно это всегда раздражает мне, особенно потомучто даже если я знаю все слов в этом фразе..

[@Sillilesshells]

Тоже ,недавно ,что я думаю что это довольно трудно -когда я знаю все слов в фразе и я это случиться особенно с короткими словами (with short words). но как он сказал " its about context of the words" ...But I find that the shorter the word the harder it can be to deceifer its' meaning. хм я хочу найти пример..Hope you understand my bad Russian.

[@paulbyron1359]

I'm sure that's Mika Hakkinen.

[@tecomaman]

пройти means go past ,not get to

[@pier9501]

👏🙏🙏🙏🙏😁

[@1893Anton]

Судя по акценту мужик из наших:)

[@robertmion6741]

Yes, You will be able to ask a person how to get to library (in perfect Russian) but you won't have a clue what he/she is saying in giving you the directions. Dennis. The unfortunate fact is this. You learned most of your Russian in what I call the "sponge years" i.e, years 1-5. During these years years a person can absorb (soak up) several languages virtually simultaneously. Because Russian is particularly illogical and difficult, it is very hard for a middle aged English speaker to learn it. In fact Russian is 12 times more difficult than English. So it takes 12 years to learn what a native Russian speaker can master in English in 1 year. However a little is better than none.

[@charlyalthouse1820]

I thought learning the alphabet first is a good thing?

[@ЭдуардЛаншин]

it is not so Greek for a people who know English

[@Morgow1]

I did, it does help a lot. But it depends on the individual. Everyone learns differently, the fundamentals is that learning is fun and memorable because of that. You will never learn something if it's not fun or feels important to you.

[@deotexh]

Love u bro

[@wotan1028]

breda ya videos gud

[@msakov]

adam incici çıktı yaw

[@charlyalthouse1820]

what?

[@saidabdesselem4919]

your English accent is very scary , I feel like you are threatening me and wants to kill me , I want to have this accent 😍😍😍 , just kidding ))) , keep it up , I am learning lot from you

[@chandermanitomar3766]

what SHOULD A BEGINNER DO..........WITH NO KNOWELEDGE ABOUT ANYTHING IN RUSSIAN

[@желтыйбанан-к5п]

Дэнис)))))))))))))

[@Vitek530]

У него довольно интересный английский акцент и к тому же русский у него чистый Я думаю казачок то засланный

[@A-PyreD]

first of all you dont need thousands of words for talking. with 2.000 word and enough grammer you ll be able to talk with anyone

[@oreganooreganok283]

I can hardly uderstand what he says.

[@glebthemanrob6727]

i am russia now

[@juanquintana118]

1000 LOLs

[@thewizard5651]

its clear from your english, what kind of expert you are. give me back the 13 minutes that you have stolen from me

[@xyzzyxxyzzyxxyz]

I respect your opinion and methods , but i have to be honest about how painful is it listening to your English .. Why didn't you use same methods to speak English fluently

[@Hunter-wx7td]

Mhd Vesna roasted!

[@Andy21FS]

Mhd Vesna I think you're confusing fluency with accent.

[@klausnewman8125]

Just because he has an accent doesn't mean he doesn't know English grammar.

[@hopeindarktimes]

Wish I could speak Russian as "poorly" as he speaks English!

[@hereinspiration227]

he has awful pronounciation . awfulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

[@moni3710]

All he's teaching is how to fear russian language and not the language, what an exploiter!