Lesson 5: RUSSIAN PRONUNCIATION: HARD vs SOFT Consonants | Palatalization | Russian Comprehensive

Learn How to Read Russian Consonants (Hard vs Soft, or Plain vs Palatalized)
Some of them are always hard or always soft. What does it mean?
Palatalization describes the process when the center of your tongue is raised and touching the roof of your mouth when you're pronouncing the so-called Russian Soft consonants.
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0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Explanation for Hard and Soft Consonants in Russian
3:04 - Russian Consonants that are always hard
3:47 - Russian Consonants that are always soft
Most Russian consonants can be hard or soft, depending on a word. I also gave some examples of hard and soft consonants. This idea doesn’t exist in English, or in most European languages. The closest example from another language would be the Spanish consonants N and Ñ. The Spanish N kind of resembles the hard Н in Russian, while Ñ resembles the Russian soft Нь. In this video, we'll try to apply this idea to other Russian consonants.
Whether a consonant is hard or soft, depends on what letter goes after it (you'll see examples in the video).
👆 If you can barely hear the difference between hard and soft consonants in Russian, don’t be too hard on yourself, keep in mind that it’s a new idea for a foreigner, and one has to get used to it. Through time and practice, you’ll get the idea better, just keep trying!
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[@RussianComprehensive]

0:20 - Explanation for Hard and Soft Consonants in Russian 3:04 - Russian Consonants that are always hard 3:47 - Russian Consonants that are always soft 📌 Transcript to the video: www.linkedin.com/pulse/learn-russian-consonants-syllables-hard-vs-soft-pt2-misuraghina/?published=t 👆 This video is a part of a guided plan for learning Russian: kzbin.info/aero/PLpgpVaWoAiTEF8aNQvPnFCLBrtIeF3tqa

[@juanmab58]

3:57 - "You would always read them as cha sha chu shu, and never cha sha chu shu" I'm so lost right now. Great video btw

[@pualgmoskakd]

This is a goldmine. Thank you so much for this structured lessons (not just this video)

[@marcelocortez3312]

This is exactly what I deduced by myself a few days ago: I heard the word день in a song I thought that -нь sounded almost exact to ñ (I speak spanish natively). This video confirmed my thought, thanks!

[@tongsllc]

"If you can't tell the difference between hard and soft, don't be too hard on yourself." Haha!

[@12388696]

You're outstanding, period.

[@pravoslavn]

EXCELLENT ! I have struggled with the palitalization of consonants for almost ten years, and every time I think I have it figured out, I realize I do NOT have it figured out ! Would you consider doing a video on how to write Russian using the pre-Revolution spellings, uspecially the Ѣ ? Greetings from the US. Боже Х аря Храни !

[@musike544]

Que gusto cuándo hacen símiles con el español.

[@stanm25]

Serbian also has a single letter Њ that sounds like НЬ in Russian and Ñ in Spanish.

[@cheerful_crop_circle]

Bulgarian doesnt. Bulgarian doesnt have soft and hard signs. In Bulgarian, all the consonants naturally have a hard sign, and they can be softened only by the letter/vowel that is after them. So yeah , Bulgarian is the Slavic language with the least amount of palatalization overall

[@estleexin7584]

Very awesome!!!!!!!!!thanks;!!!!!

[@karlkueng8595]

very good explanation, pronunciation 👍👍 Thank you very much

[@Andrew-yl7lm]

I think the most confusing thing is the fact that they're called hard and soft consonants. Implying that the sound of the consonant changes when it actually doesn't, you just add a vowel sound to the consonant.

[@RussianComprehensive]

Actually, it is the sound of a consonant that changes. There're examples of hard vs soft consonants in the next lesson. The soft consonants sound kind of childish, if I may say so: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apS2mIOmprZlkJo

[@pravoslavn]

I have found it helpful to realize that Old Slavonic had "fuill words," i.e. the pattern was CVCV or VCVC, whereas in modern RU some of those intermediate vowels ahve been elided, both phonologically and orthographically. The RU hard and soft signs represent the vestigal remains of those elided vowels. A somewhat good explanation of this is in Prof. Horace G. Lunt's book Old Church Slavonic Grammar, 7th ed, 2001, and in his masterful (but very complex) monograph, Progressive Palatalization in Common Slavic, publ. by the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1981.

[@musike544]

Study about what is an yod inflection.

[@Lunar994]

0:56 Why does the word for fire (огонь/ogon') end with a soft consonant then?

[@mihanich]

Wrong, the consonant actually changes and pronounced differently and it's not caused by a vowel.

[@eleanorbrown6489]

A brilliant explanation, большое спасибо)

[@3niknicholson]

Thanks. Clear and well-presented.

[@OsmioIridio-og8cn]

So far the best video for understanding this topic. It gets right into the point. Thanks for this content. I really appreciate it 😁

[@RussianComprehensive]

СпасИбо, Осмио! I'm happy it helps!

[@olivieryeung398]

Really good video explanation about the signs. thank you very much

[@engorgioarmani3381]

Is it like the u in ‘cute’?

[@josuearesav]

Thank you 😊

[@periclesdasilva5973]

You have great teaching skills. Every good gift comes from the Father of lights who also gave us His Son. James 1:17, John 3:16

[@vid888vid]

Please leave your PERSONAL religion off KZbin!

[@TomLaios]

In Greek there is something similar with Γ and Χ. Γάμος is hard, Γιατί is soft.

[@apkaabhishek595]

☺☺😇😇

[@namkhanhnguyen3091]

Hi. In Russian, are the softening effect of the soft vowels and the soft sign to the preceding consonant considered equivalent? For example, does the word 'Мя' sound the same as 'МЬа'? And if a consonant is double-softened, like 'МЬя', how would it sound? I'm sorry that I can't find some real words to illustrate my questions more clearly.

[@RussianComprehensive]

Hey! You're absolutely right about the first part of your question. In the pairs like МА - МЯ visually, it's the vowel that is different; but actually, the vowel sound is the same sound A, the difference is in the hard vs soft consonant. So yes, Russian hypothetically, could have a different system, instead of vowels that signal us how to pronounce the preceding consonant (МА - МЯ), we could write pairs like this: МА - МЬА, with some sign indicating to read М soft. While МЬЯ is a different story, Ь here signals us to read МЬ and Я as separate sounds. Here's more on that, it's a 20 minute lesson that covers the 2d part of your question (the difference in what МЯ - МЬЯ sound like): kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWe9opxvqdRgr8U

[@namkhanhnguyen3091]

@@RussianComprehensive Thank you very much. It's such a quick and complete response.

[@nikoramirez4086]

What is a constant?

[@spencerdavis6937]

Confused by "the й disappears after a consonant." Isn't мю still "myu" because the ю softens the consonant "m?" You still hear that й sound. Or am I missing something?

[@spencerdavis6937]

Wait, I think I may have just got it. The Russian vowels are А, Э, О, У, Ы. The soft versions of those vowels (that soften a preceding consonant) are Я, Е, Ё, Ю, И. Those vowels have the Й sound, it's literally the normal vowel plus Й. So you hear it when softening a consonant. However, if it's a normal consonant (hard) you omit the Й and go back to А, Э, О, У, Ы. Извините, for the huge comment. Lol

[@RussianComprehensive]

Right! That’s what I was just about to say. Only when those vowels follow a constant, the consonant becomes soft, but the Й sound goes away 👍🤗 And И doesn’t have a Й sound in it at all.

[@clashcanada8845]

So the consonant is not softened by и? All the other soft vowels changed П to pj and Б to bj but БИ was just pi

[@RussianComprehensive]

it is, all the vowels from the right column soften consonants (except those three that are always hard). Check out the next lesson to compare hard vs soft: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apS2mIOmprZlkJo

[@martinLe269]

I really can not catch the different between the soft and the hard letters

[@RussianComprehensive]

Try this phonetic exercise: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apS2mIOmprZlkJo

[@user-zd1td9bq4d]

There is a great blogger who can help you to learn more about the difference between russian and english sounds - PhoneticFanatic. He is a true master! He usually teaches English pronunciation to Russian speakers, but here he talks about soft and hard consonants: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naasmpSabdKHaLMsi=MSvUU2RLB2UJdjwu&t=13m55s And here he compares english and russian vowels: kzbin.info/www/bejne/joiQnHZtr858rKssi=XLMMD-ajHqSyIkxD All the videos on his channel are in russian, but they have subtitles

[@RussianComprehensive]

I like it, it’s nerdy 😁 still, you want to focus on practice, theory is good for continuing students. getting stuck on it at the very beginning might get you into a trap of fake progress, or even be demotivating

[@aeriexol9945]

I think it's channel is for spanish not others

[@valkonrad]

... in Russian...

[@aeriexol9945]

Dont compare with spanish🥲🥲🥲 We dont know spanish.

[@RussianComprehensive]

Who are you talking for?

[@musike544]

I do.

[@aeriexol9945]

Pls dont mention spanish!

[@josuearesav]

Lol take a hike