Interview with Ulia Sinaieva - Teacher of Russian in Kiev

[@fabrizioricci5355]

This may be your best video yet, thanks for sharing! She seems like a really fun person, I could listen to her explain the language all day.

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

She is a gifted teacher. Learning a language next to her is fun. :) Thanks for your kind words Fabrizio.

[@romaapluto]

This is way more helpful then I anticipated!!! I am a month and 1/2 into my self taught learning Russian journey. I’m going to rewatch this tomorrow and take notes. Спасибо!!

[@Maximum_911]

She is wonderful! I want her as my teacher!

[@JulianW1862]

Really great video. Thank you!! Quite inspirational. Good end question about motivation. And thank you for taking time to do double subtitles. I know that's no easy job. All the best from England. I'll re watch now with a pen and paper.

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Thank you so much Julian! Greetings from Saint Petersburg!

[@JesusHernandez-do4ic]

Great interview. Very encouraged to continue learning Russian. Always praise yourself. Outstanding Angelos.

[@mohamaddumirieh2420]

this video is amazing ,you can learn lots of words,and even phrases just in a half hour ,really wonderful teacher, I hope that you will make more videos with here thank you so much for your efforts

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Thank you very much for your kind words! I'm keep making these videos!

[@ingridtrue8652]

Amazing video! Such a gifted teacher.

[@russianteacher9483]

thanks))))

[@vectorofmidnight6387]

Ульяна, Вы во всех смыслах лучезарны. Своей красотой и душевной теплотой Вы любого можете вдохновить на изучение русского языка)

[@Alfy47]

I just found your videos and I like the innovative way you have chosen to explain and to hep us learn Russian language. Many thanks to you Angelos!

[@donnajohnson9834]

Thank you for this interview. She covered so many topics in such clear fashion. I have been studying Russian for several years and get so frustrated with my lack of progress. This inspires me to work on it every day! Love your videos!

[@TheRomantika23]

Thank you, Donna! It's Ulia:) I hope I can help you again, this is my fb group, join: facebook.com/groups/EasyRussianwithUlia/?ref=bookmarks

[@Ded_Silu]

Donna Johnson Where did you begin studying Russian. I began studying Russian at Ohio State University.

[@aussiesurfer7236]

Большое спасибо!! Your efforts to help others in their journey of learning Russian is outstanding. Great video.

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Aussie, слушай. It gets a lot easier when there are people like you who support me, leave a comment, send an email, ask a question...

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

In this journey, I met Ulia for example, we became friends and created this video together. Благодарю.

[@hinchlnt]

Ulia, I love this video. It is exactly what I need.

[@raularmas1719]

Ulia. Thank you for your youtube postings- I really appreciate your relaxed speaking style. I've been studying Russian for the last year. Your style seems relaxed, really good diction, and I think I've learned a lot from repeated viewings of this one video.

[@TheRomantika23]

Спасибо, Рауль) this is Ulia) thanks for watching )))

[@SamualAnthony]

Thanks for the interesting videos Angelos. Its good that there is English and Russian subtitle. I am accidentally noticing/reading the English before the Russian sometimes, I would rather focus on the Russian. Maybe if the Russian subtitles were at the top of the screen and the English was at the bottom it might help prevent people from accidentally noticing the English subtitles.

[@steffenbloetner1695]

Great video. Thanks for taking the time to interview Ulia.

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Hey Steffen, Interview #2 is coming soon!!! ;)

[@advertisingagency5430]

I have your all videos you ever uploaded..It is really helpful and thanks for sharing with us

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Благодарю advertising agency! :) Стараюсь.

[@advertisingagency5430]

Ohhhhh...thank you sir...It's a great honor that you have replied me.. Thank you very much.. thank you...... thank you waiting for next video sir..... It's a agency where I work ))

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

It's my pleasure. I wish the best to you and your company. :)

[@dibona38]

Interesting video with great sense of humour that makes the watching pleasant. I wish to watch a new session with Ulia & Angelo.

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Harfang, thank you for your kind words! Another video is coming with Ulia soon! If you have any specific question for her, please let me know and we will feature it on the video. ;)

[@TheRomantika23]

Big thanks!)

[@rumahkedua4667]

Thank you, Angelos. Your videos are all very interesting and helpful.

[@jeanmenezes8342]

This video is great! Keep it up, you managed the interview very well and chose the best person to interview.

[@saulo07]

I learned a lot in this video. I thank you and her for the nice interview ( class ).

[@Olegstuff21986]

Приятно слушать человека из Киева с адекватным взглядом на русский язык :) - удачи Вам в Вашей деятельности :).

[@TheRomantika23]

Спасибо!

[@MrSarMax]

Прекрасный учитель!

[@jameshermes4341]

Interesting and instructive, thank you.

[@Alfy47]

Thanks to how interesting she is, this interview is great for learning Russian ! She is an outstanding teacher.

[@raularmas1719]

thank you for your advice on how to stay motivated.

[@RusoVietico]

Thanks for the video! Really useful and interesting! saludos

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

German, muchisimas gracias. By the way, Ulia speaks Spanish fluently! :)

[@TheRomantika23]

Mil Gracias:)

[@27scole]

I feel this is best way to learn with both subtitles. Thanks! And very fun to watch. Peace :) haha

[@ceresludovic7509]

I agree with her(Ulia)If you don't work 20 min or at least 1 Hour your russian every day...you can not get any good result. As for me your video is really useful and help me a lot to improve my russian. After just 2 months(with your video) i start to understand russian interview. Keep up the great work man.

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

This sort of comments is my food. They keep me going! Thanks so much!

[@Some_Guy_87]

Great video, Angelos! I especially love that you always add Russian AND English subtitles, super helpful. Since I heard additional questions are possible: I personally would like you to dive a little bit more into the "learning methods". At the end of the video, Ulia said that you need to practice 20 minutes each day at the very least. Assuming someone would only have that amount of time, how exactly would she spend those 20 minutes? Maybe you could make some kind of "Russian workout plan" as a basis that people could extend according to their personal preferences based on how much time they have? Additionally, I was wondering if there's some good approach to find out which kind of learning methods are the most effective ones for someone? For example, you and Ulia both say that speaking is the most important, most efficient way to learn any language. In my personal experience though, this was never really true for me somehow. For my English skills, for example, I felt like I learned much more from learning lyrics of my favorite music than from speaking practice during school or whatever. I rarely learn anything new when practicing speaking, besides maybe getting faster in using what I already can. Might be a special case since I have a social anxiety disorder and am always very stressed when speakng, I don't know. With Russian, this is even worse because I'm at a very low level and people quickly lose their patience when I am attempting to speak it. So I mostly have very negative associations with the language in this regard.

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Hello Some Guy! Thank you very much for your comment. Yes, you are right. It depends on each one of us. Different people prefer a different approach. I can see you're playing your guitar and enjoying playing English songs. I also love playing the guitar and I found it very effective to learn Russian through songs. I also love Russian films. The only thing here I was to stress is the following: Sometimes it's better to learn something through a "non-preferred learning way" just because this pushes us to work towards our weaknesses. For example, it's good to look at the same information from a different perspective. This always creates strong memories as I have said in a previous video. It's studies in cognitive psychology that have proven that, not myself. ;) You can watch that video here kzbin.info/www/bejne/pInco6KwoNWkpLc In my opinion, again each one allocates those 20min in a different way. The key is definitely consistency. We have already done the shooting of the next video but I will ask Ulia to comment here and answer your question! Thank you very much, Angelos.

[@TheRomantika23]

Hi! Thanks for your comment!) I would recommend you to turn on the TV, the channel with a Russian TV program, movie, clips and to get used to their speech. You may not listen to it but do different things while listening, for example one day: reading some short stories ("Шкатулка" is a manual for A1-B1 levels), other day: writing and learning some vocabulary (taken from the previous stories); then trying to study the grammar using these new words in different cases for instant. If you want I can send you some manuals for A1-B1 levels of the real conversation is not helpful for you at all. Good luck!

[@Some_Guy_87]

Большое спасибо! К сожалению, я не могу найти книгу "Шкатулка". Но она вроде похожа на немецкую книгу "Рассказы из коробки", которую я прочитал. На левой странице всегда была короткая история, а на правой слова и порой грамматические правила. В принципе Я всегда мог сразу понимал рассказы, и ещё там были специфические слова, которые я учил, что меня очень мотивировало! Новые слова вместе с грамматикой - отличная идея! В данный момент я обычно читаю "визуальный роман" и порой пишу некоторые слова, которые я повторяю в свободное время несколько раз в день. Грамматика мне...кто бы мог подумать...не нравится особенно ("Учить грамматику? Да ладно, я просто буду читать каждый день и автоматический узнаю всё!"). Но использовать новые слова в грамматическом контексте возможно мне тоже поможет их запомнить. Я теперь именно так и учу русский. И, конечно же, больше "слушаю" телевидения на русском языке, потому что это все равно не сложно )). Я уже начал слушать новости на работе, но надеюсь, что я не буду больше слушать, чем работать...

[@TheRomantika23]

Оставьте ваш имейл, я отправлю вам "шкатулку

[@Baqsam]

_What a Magnetic Person!_

[@michaelbruck1713]

This video is motivation pure! Thanks!

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Michael!! Thank you! I just added the whole transcript on the website for your convenience guys. explorerussian.com/interview-ulia-sinaieva-teacher-russian-kiev/

[@raularmas1719]

Why have you not made many more such videos. She is natural, relaxed, I feel no pretense with her. Please do future project with her in many different situations/locations.

[@nicolascornejo903]

Excelente video, aprendí mucho. Saludos

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Muchas gracias Nicolas! Un abrazo!

[@umot6277]

By the way, the prefix "пере-" in the word "переписка" does not mean "сделать заново". It means to exchange something, letters in this case. Other examples would be "перестрелка" (exchange of gun fire), "перепалка" (exchange of angry words)

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Nice comment! I hadn't heard any of these two words. :)

[@horaciovladivos]

Muy buenos los videos!! Me subscribí recientemente, por lo tanto estoy viendo todos los videos de tu canal y son de gran ayuda. Los reportajes son excelentes (Ulia шикарная). Saludos desde Argentina. ¿Es tan linda San Petersburgo como dicen? Всего доброго!

[@TheRomantika23]

Gracias por todo! Ulia

[@sistematic88]

Это видео чисто мотивация для меня! Развлекательные и образовательные. Поздравление для вашего канала. Приветствие от Сардинии!

[@jean-christopheMiquel-ef3ur]

Y Вас информация об этом отличном преподавателе при современной ситуации , то есть при войне в Украине ? Эта очень талантливая женщина, верно !

[@TheRomantika23]

Спасибо большое!!!! Мне и моей семье пришлось уехать от войны в Германию (Ганновер).

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

For those who have been asking for the transcript of the interview with Ulia, here it is on Explore Russian. explorerussian.com/interview-ulia-sinaieva-teacher-russian-kiev/

[@ncoaAAAA]

hi angelos, can you tell us what are the differences between ukrainian and russian?? good job!!!! keep going.

[@haseopshin9728]

So glad I found this

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

So glad to have you on board Peter!

[@oldmediaguy3194]

I would definitely sign up for a Russian class with Ulia. (I once had a class with a professor who knew eight languages, but he was difficult to talk to in any language. Ulia seems the opposite.)

[@TheRomantika23]

Спасибо) это я)

[@HeadintheBox]

Чрезвычайно интересно.

[@SpogliedEsilio0]

Thank you for this beautiful video. Great utility both for the advices and for the listening practice. Angelos, only a little curiosity... Have you ever thought about doing some videos also for the Greek language? I ask because I study Russian and Modern Greek, and since you are really an amazing teacher, it would be great to have some advices from you also for Greek, there is so little material for this language... Obviously they would be in minority because Russian is more requested, no problem; it can be anyway an idea to do sometimes. :)

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Thank you for your kind words. I'm very happy to hear that you're learning Greek. I've thought about this and at some point, yes, I'm planning to make some Greek lessons. Also, you know what... After I started learning other languages I ended up appreciating more my native language. It's interesting. It's a similar feeling someone has when they start travelling the world and they have these moments when they get homesick. So, I often compare the grammar structures in Russian to those in Greek and instantly I think "How would I explain this to someone who's learning Greek"? Again, thank you very much for the motivation and support.

[@elshisu]

totally useful!! спасибо большое!!!!!!!

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Thank you so much! Your support is very important. :)

[@cloeye32]

Angelos Georgakis Мне нравится ваше видео репортаж это красота замечательный

[@loved-is2gm]

спасибо вам огромное Angelos. очень очень полезно. я тоже студен, изучающий русский язык. кстати скажите мне пожалуйста, у преподавательницы есть канал на ютубе?

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Привет! У Улей?? Уля, у тебя есть канал????? Вот ссылки polinasvetlaja.wix.com/easy-russian www.russianclub.com.ua , если хочешь ей написать!

[@TheRomantika23]

К сожалению, нет. Куплю микрофон и буду делать видео)

[@Cenchuz]

Большое спасибо за русские и английские субтитры, это абсолютно помогает!!! Спасибо вам за делиться ваше знание!!! Очень интересное видео!!!

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Вам спасибо!!! Еще видео готовится!!! Если у вас есть какой-то конкретный вопрос к Уле, пожалуйста пишите!!! :)

[@Cenchuz]

У меня есть очень многие разные вопросы. Например, когда я должен использовать "СВОЙ". На каких языках вы говорите? Она говорите по испански??? :-О

[@TheRomantika23]

Да, я говорю по-испански) "свой" is one's own smth: я люблю свою маму (I love my (own) mom)

[@Cenchuz]

Большое спасибо за ответ! Вы и Ангелос очень интересные и умные люди, я просто восхищаюсь вами!! Еще раз спасибо большое за делиться ваше знание!!!

[@АлександрРыбинцев-н6п]

еще слово МАТ может означать спортивный инвентарь на котором упражняются

[@hereinspiration227]

Круууто

[@Tibissia]

I am wondering if now that there is the war in Ukraine she is fine and managed to get safe:( Such a good teacher

[@TheRomantika23]

Thank you. I'm safe, in Germany, but had a bad experience running from war

[@stephanpeterthree]

Bro...great stuff!

[@dorafragkouli2321]

Πολύ καλό βίντεο όπως πάντα! Μπράβο! Очень хорошое видео как всегда !Молодец!

[@11jupitercowboy8]

Hahaha, so funny. I hear people complain about the socks-with-sandals thing all the time here in the U.S. too. I think it's a universal fashion no no! :p

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

hahahaha!!! I had such a laugh when she mentioned that. Every time I see people now I think of her instantly and laugh! :)

[@ВладимирЛябах-з6г]

11jupitercowboy8 г

[@TwelfthRoot2]

@ 0:19 angelos why “еду”? I would expect “иду”? I’ve seen verbs of motion use walking verbs for public transport but never vehicle verbs for walking?

[@loved-is2gm]

хорошо, я жду. хочу изучать русский язык с вами. потому что вы хорошо понимаете иностранных студентов.

[@TheRomantika23]

Welcome to Kiev!)

[@TheRomantika23]

Join my group facebook.com/groups/EasyRussianwithUlia/?ref=bookmarks

[@raularmas1719]

Ulia, which would you say is more difficult reading or speaking?

[@TheRomantika23]

Hi Raul! This is Ulia. Polina is my nickname ) Speaking Russian is the most difficult part in studying.

[@Eli-Sat_Shirim-Russim]

Замечательный урок если вы будете говорить немного медленнее он будет намного более эффективным

[@michaelkaniki5616]

hahahaha... she taught some good "bad words" already.... great teacher by the way.

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

I'm sure she did... :)

[@TheRomantika23]

Many thanks!)

[@haroonmarikar]

amazing . both the video and her . i am learning russian for 7 months . gopniks famous because of bald and bankrupt video . kruto

[@TheRomantika23]

спасибо!)

[@miladveeraa6578]

Почему она делала странные работы 😳 и тоже скажите пожалуйста как её зовут ? 🙏🏻 😍

[@TheRomantika23]

Какие странные работы я делала?))

[@miladveeraa6578]

Полина Светлая это была шутка !! Мне нравится ваш стиль преподавания 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😍

[@look007456]

da,perfect

[@Greamzih]

At 2:37 I almost thought she was going to say "Я русский бы выучил только за то, что на нем разговаривал Ленин // I would learn Russian just because Lenin was speaking it". I wonder whether she has had fewer students of Russian in Kiev since the recent events.

[@TheRomantika23]

Even more) Kiev became more popular

[@Baqsam]

_The character on that broad!_

[@jeffreyd508]

Great vid, thanks! Im only two months into learning Russian. A girl in Kyiv told me "Xaxa!! You can't LEARN Russian. No one can LEARN Russian. You have to grow up with it.".........................starting to believe her, LOL! . But seriously, I would like to strangle the people who let the language evolve like this. It's very unnecessary. 24 ways to say the word 'first'??? Why? Dogs survived for 25 million years with only 20 different bark tones, and they understand eachother PERFECTLY. You ever see a confused dog when talking to another dog? Me neither.

[@TheRomantika23]

We like difficulties :) the language is a part of our history and our history was very complicated.

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

haha

[@Baqsam]

_But she kept excluding Belarus in her Ukraine/Russia comparisons..._

[@russianteacher9483]

😊😉

[@beldengi]

The Russian guy; please slow down so that we can hear your pronunciation clearly.

[@AlexFG24]

Интересно, т.н. красивые выражения как правило старинные. Хочешь говорить красиво - говори как Пушкин или Достоевский.

[@fareaster9760]

25:17 - awesome explanation about gopniks , squating and three-stripes dudes , and also right conclusion - if you see them - just run . And stay cheeki-breeki , lol

[@TheRomantika23]

Exactly!)

[@fathermcfeely7214]

На 25:17 некоему Борису ( *Life of Boris* ) стало обидно.

[@raularmas1719]

Were you saying it's o.k. for immature boys and girls to acknowledge their feelings, but that mature men should deny/repress/ attempt to stifle their true feelings of hot-ness or cold-ness because appearances are more important?

[@AlexFG24]

"Окают" не только украинцы :) "Окают" на русском севере и в Вологодской области к примеру.

[@Anastasia-dm9xz]

Я с севера не окают тут 😁

[@ОльгаПидгайная-т6я]

Киевляне тоже акают, она в видео сказала "говорю а тебе" ,в паходы, слава паказывают)) Мне кажется украинцы не окают совсем, может не так тянут " а"

[@chadandrews98]

Болшое спасибо. К счастью я не встретил гопников когда я был в киеве.

[@angelosgeorgakis5663]

Hahahah!!! Приезжай Chad! Найдем вместе!!! :)

[@ivd3004]

I will show u both

[@idopshik]

Женщина допускает речевые ошибки.

[@lenavalavani9051]

Kpyto*****

[@ТетянаМиколаївна-о2т]

haha it`s like learning Italian in Sweden. She doesn`t know Russian. She`s Ukrainian.

[@nodarnodar1318]

Читать то умеет.спроси.

[@elenaalex9183]

Ещё забыли сказать, что 90% Израиля говорит по-русски, 30% Нью-Йорка и ...почти вся Анталия...ха-ха :)

[@AtlantisRouTou]

Капец, вна Украине ещё сохранились такие стереотипные гопники?

[@cpnolto]

молодец против овец, а против молодца и сам овца

[@susclik]

Avoid learning Russian language in Ukraine. It is cheaper, yes, but ukrainians make ridiculous mistakes all the time. Especially when they mix Russian with village dialect (Surzhik), this is awful. State of Ukraine wages war against Russian language in Ukraine and it bears fruits. People in Ukraine speaks much worse than in Russia. I'm sorry to say but this teacher speaking is full of garbage. "давали больше зарплаты" "очень понравится" "плохой лексикон" It is illiterate to speak like this. "иногда это можно услышать для иностранца" - I failed to understand this phrase at all. "Мат", "кончить" - these are words for checkmate and "to finish". It is as much obscene and funny as in English. What is she talking about??? "Но мы так не говорим" 99% of people with IQ higher than 100 have emigrated from Ukraine to Russia or other world. So maybe polite speaking is an old art that has no successors in Ukraine, but in Russia it is pretty common to be polite. Poor girl have never been in Europe and didn't see thousands of people wearing sandals with socks. Funny that recent Armany collection included sandals with socks too. Fashion of wearing sportswear on a street came from US, so what is she talking about? Her vision of EU and US are not in touch with reality. Social racism over poor and less educated people is not funny in Russia. So this is the real difference between Russia and Ukraine that Angelos asked to show. Sad that she feels so much inferior to foreigners, she looks ridiculous with this self-hating attitude.