Russian handwriting in block letters: Common mistakes and How to fix them all

Russian learners tend to write some Russian block letters differently than we, Russian native speakers, do. However, this is not a big deal because this issue can be effortlessly solved.
Such handwriting problems exist simply because they dwell in one’s blind zone, and once we pull them out from the dark into the spotlight, you’re going to easily fix them.
In this video, I show you several common mistakes students make when writing in Russian in block letters by hand and provide a PDF that will help you to assess your handwriting and find your individual weak spots.
DOWNLOAD THE PDF HERE:
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[@C-PHLS]

Почему бы не посмотреть это в 12 ночи, когда ты Русский

[@Lefty_99]

Действительно хD

[@aneonel2555]

Жиза, 0:31

[@AlexeySKLK]

Двадцать минут второго ночи)

[@idonotthinksoo]

1:34)))

[@angelinabutenko8176]

Однозначно лучшее мое решение за сегодня

[@gavinperry8433]

" hello commrades " Holy shit this was too russian from the start

[@hatpal2287]

Yeah thats how i know he is legit

[@studijasymrov7630]

İt shouldn't be too soviet

[@Rolando_Cueva]

@@studijasymrov7630 SOYUZ NERUSHIMI

[@gadli3981]

@@hatpal2287 oooooh quirky, ppl died btw

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

I have heard plenty other Russian KZbinrs use the address of "comrade" to refer to fans! Something tells me they are the third most common users of the term in Russia, behind Russian Army officers (in formal situations) and communists. However, I hear that a lot of Russians don't use that term since '91, so maybe find a video about Russian forms of address and send it to me.

[@storona3999]

As a native Russian speaker, I just discovered how I spent my whole life writing most letters the wrong way 😂 So, my comrades, don’t stress out!!! Cursive is common, however, no one will consider you rude or shame you for writing in blocks. Strive, and don’t get discouraged 💜

[@0lympy]

haha, the same shit =)

[@siriushelldog6771]

Almost same. My blocks is half cursive, half block.

[@okcomputer07]

is it more common to do writing (such as for school) in cursive or block letters?

[@siriushelldog6771]

@@okcomputer07 In kindergarten, you are taught to write and read at least somehow, so that you can learn your lessons at school,so blocks there. In elementary school, they teach you cursive, so blocks is allowed until you fully learn it. In high school, only cursive is allowed, but blocks is used in subjects related to the Latin alphabet - for example, algebra, geometry, chemistry, physics, and so on. also, cursive is usually faster to write than blocks, but blocks is easier to read (because cursive can be hard to read)

[@storona3999]

@@okcomputer07 in all honesty, I have no idea how it is now. Back in time when I was in school everyone was writing in cursive cuz that was the way we were taught and we were used to it. However, like in any language, when ur own writing script develops no one cares how u write as long as u r writing.

[@lamblia_pph]

Я не знаю почему, мне просто выпало это в рекомендациях. Ютуб, у меня не настолько плохой почерк

[@MrMisticZ]

Тупо моя ситуация Ютуб при просмотре видео на инглише: почему бы тебе не выучить английский? При просмотре видео на русском: Хочешь выучить русский?

[@recipe_of_humanness2224]

Вчіть мову терориста, вчіть

[@cinemagraphymahivara2000]

@@MrMisticZ ну как мне объяснить людям что английский модно выучить занимаясь по пять минут в день

[@leozackdestron1574]

Только у меня выдает рекламу на корейском перед видео?

[@ciriemme]

@@cinemagraphymahivara2000 это не твои слова. Основателя инглиш точки 🧐

[@huilingyan3981]

I just started learning Russian, and i was so confused on how hard it was to 'draw' the letters...This video saved me! Thanks a lot!

[@DenisFedorov]

You're very welcome!

[@adieselboi2873]

Same actually

[@Marmalademurmade]

5:44 we have words with constant Ё but we don't write it cause it uncomfortable I guess. If you write a dictate in school, Е instead Ё won't be a mistake. I hope I write it okey and understandable)

[@mint_wind.]

Очень приятно,что кто-то учит русский язык :3

[@Vebtor3000]

In the time I trying to learn English. It's so hard for me, but I'm happy because people in other countries trying to learn Russian. My native language. I don't understand what the bot in this video says :D

[@lev1gor577]

походу многим ютуб выкинул это в рекомендации, и теперь они смотрят, как писать печатные буквы)

[@СергейЖаврид-г8т]

От типа с отвратительным английским. Мазохизм

[@wowposh]

@@СергейЖаврид-г8т у него классный англ, просто акцент

[@Chfrchko-144]

)

[@purity_one]

9:30 "у меня есть нет деньги" Я примерно также описал бы своё финансовое состояние)

[@CorsetMasterRu]

Аналогично 😂

[@vebyza]

i have no money, дословно просто переводит

[@ApollonianShy18]

😂😂😂

[@lisafler-u7s]

@@vebyza я помню как мне ломало мозг, что "нет денег" это "я имею нисколько денег", ахах. Англоязычным наверно так же сложно перестроиться.

[@kaprizka1760]

@@vebyza Дословно было бы "Я имей нет деньги". А "у меня есть нет деньги" это дословно "At me is no money".

[@nadirg6055]

"Never write "a" even if they put a gun in your head" 🤣🤣😂😂 🆘

[@aokipou4]

...

[@annyone3293]

Well that happens a lot in Russia.

[@hronikanika1712]

@@annyone3293 it's a lie, western spie.

[@rosirumenova287]

That is true, actually, I mean, you can, but don't, it's not ok to get used to writing it like this :dd

[@zhanelsh5857]

As a native speaker I was taught to write а, д, е, ё the "wrong" way in kindergarten but in school our teacher told us that it's wrong and just started teaching us cursive

[@annanovikova5338]

As a native russian speaker I write ALL the block letters in a wrong way, because i've been taught only cursive. OMG, I am VERY surprised

[@pafeik4456]

Никогда не слышал чтобы кто нибудь писал маленькую д как большую.... Я вообще пишу далее большую д как что то типо полумесяца (может это разница между Беларусью и Россией)

[@alexandrareyzvikh520]

@@pafeik4456 Д это самая неудобная буква, чтобы писать ее печатной. Я пишу полу-печатным подчерком, но Д у меня что большая, что маленькая всегда прописная.

[@skyyangv]

@@alexandrareyzvikh520 именно, по-моему 99% русский(и русскоговорящих) пишут Д как прописную.

[@КсенияБаранова-з9и]

@@alexandrareyzvikh520 я иногда её треугольничком пишу. Но все же прописью намного удобнее

[@Akasa_Lust]

Так, без шуток, ставьте точки над буквой Ё. Носитель языка знает, где буква Ё только потому, что учился по книжкам, где она была.

[@IrinNovy]

Носитель языка знает, где ё, потому что она все еще читается как "ё" в словах. Или вы хотите сказать, что не знали бы, что нет слова елка, если бы вам над е точки не поставили? )))

[@Akasa_Lust]

Правильно, читается. С самого детства из книжек с ёжиками и ёлками. Надеюсь Й ещё никто как И писать не просит.

[@IrinNovy]

@@Akasa_Lust то есть если там будут ежики и елки, дети вдруг начнут говорить эти слова со звуком "е"? Не смешите. Устную речь никто не отменял.

[@Akasa_Lust]

@@IrinNovy как написано, так читать и будут, особенно неизвестные слова, особенно читая впервые.

[@IrinNovy]

@@Akasa_Lust ёлка и ёж - неизвестные слова? И учитель не поправит? Что-то вы из людей совсем идиотов делаете.

[@Balazak]

Oops, nobody ever told me that before. I was guilty of some of these, but I'll be mindful in future. Thanks Denis. 👍

[@DenisFedorov]

These problems are very common but easily solvable. Just compare your handwriting to the samples from the PDF, and you'll be good.

[@goatgamer001]

@SaiftherobIoxgamer44 you are sus

[@goatgamer001]

@SaiftherobIoxgamer44 б

[@crabfighter5791]

OMG I've written the "A" wrong for a WHOLE YEAR! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! ❤️

[@DenisFedorov]

It’s my pleasure to be of help!

[@katekhorol1411]

Я наверное смотрю так много английского ютуба, что ютуб такой тип она точно не русская и закинем это видео ей в рекомендации😂

[@HelloWorld-sy4yc]

+++

[@cherryblossom4206]

Ахахахп, дадада, но у меня ещё и телефон на английском и в ЕС живу. Окончательно алгоритм запутала😂

[@eighteyedfluffball]

Это и про меня.

[@an1k_623]

Хахах, то же самое))

[@thegulpofenglish4131]

Я. - Учу английский по видео на KZbin. KZbin. - I suppose You should start learning Russian in English. 🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@Настоящее.имяНастоящая.фамилия]

Двойной "Profit" так сказать)

[@ApollonianShy18]

😂😂😂 Maybe you'll learn something new... ")))

[@thegulpofenglish4131]

@@ApollonianShy18 I'm full of confidence that it isn't so

[@harry_page]

Это противоположно тому, что я получаю от KZbin. Я учу русский с видео по-английски, но KZbin рекомендует видео для изучения английского по-русски. 😂

[@KateeAngel]

It is strange why English speakers just don't write "a" by hand the same as they would in English when they write by hand?

[@Crow-sr7xj]

? many english speakers write it looking like "a" even by hand. lowercase a never looks like A in english, unless you're someone who writes in all caps

[@starcraftplayer7084]

That's crazy lol. I never even realized that... We never ever write "a" like that lol

[@deadlymecury]

@@ArtiomRomanov yeah, and when he said something like "some writes "e" like this" - well, I think EVERYONE writes e like this because it is much easier and with one line instead of 4 lines in small E.

[@unnamed_account]

@@Crow-sr7xj I think she meant that most people write a as α (or something like that). Kinda same with g, in many fonts it is 𝐠 altough handwritten it is ɡ. (Hopefully these display properly)

[@fiercerodent]

Personally I did it bc a bunch of the videos I found wrote it a, and just bc the upper case A looks the same in both alphabets, doesn't guarantee that the lower case looks the same, too. It took me a surprising amount of time to find a correct guide.

[@officerbutton9532]

I'm so glad I found this on my second day of studying 🤣Thank you!!

[@DenisFedorov]

You are so welcome!

[@obsequiae]

I found this on my 4th month.. all those notes I’ve written.... man 😭

[@joshbrennan2885]

"don't do this, even if they put a gun to your head" had me in tears 😂

The "a" thing is mindblowing, especially because my private teacher never corrected me :/

[@nanicrash]

I mean, people WILL understand your "a", but they'll admit that you have a rather peculiar handwriting✋

[@Rolando_Cueva]

Because she understood it! No worries there.

[@shoomey2658]

Only psychopaths write "a" like that in russian

[@yudji1987]

I'm native speaker and I write it like that. No one cares.

[@shoomey2658]

@@yudji1987 мой одноклассник так пишет он поехавший просто, из-за этого такая ассоциация)

[@LittleWinterWitch]

This is fantastic. I'm German and started learning Russian all by myself, a couple of weeks ago, with an app and two books, because I love the language. I'm pretty used to Russian letters by now, block and handwriting, but I don't have a teacher who tells me if I make mistakes. I found your channel yesterday and subscribed immediately. You help me a lot! Спасибо!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks for sharing!

[@горькаябрусника]

Good luck with studying!!

[@dariialysiuk8787]

I'm a Russian native speaker and I officially make all of these mistakes. I didn't even know about these rules before this video...

[@КаоЛин]

Формально, никто ничего не запрещал. Просто иностранцы находят наиболее сложные пути к написанию букв, которые не могут нормально написать. Вот поэтому это видео и существует. Так то я тоже нарушаю все эти "правила" за исключением б

[@pafeik4456]

Кто вообще пишет печатное д? И б? И а? Я тут один кто соединяет буквы? Большую часть букв (90%) я пишу не отрывая руки

[@КаоЛин]

@@pafeik4456 иногда в документах пишут печатными буквами для большей разборчивости. Мне не составляет сложности подписать читательский билет печатными, чтобы никто не путался. Но в остальных случаях, где надо записать быстро я не выделываюсь и пишу прописью

[@leozackdestron1574]

@@pafeik4456 У меня в группе девочка пишет почти все буквы как "и". п, н, и, л, т, м, к, ш, ж, г- все выглядят как "и", у нее очень ровный и красивый почерк, но вот это бесконечное шшшшшшшшшшшшш шшшшшш шшшш шшшшшшш, понять просто невозможно. Лучше почерк кривой, косой, но понятный.

[@cowpuncher1410]

I just started learning russian and I thought it was weird how hard it was to write the letters. I was literally making every single mistake in this video. This is extremely helpful, thank you!!!

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome!

[@tanya4515]

I'm glad to see you're back posting videos. They have been very beneficial, thank you. For the English Speakers: Learn the Greek Alphabet, it's the missing link between Russian and English. English = Latin = Greek = Cyrillic = Russian

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks for the kind words. Indeed, the modern Russian Cyrillic alphabet is a deeply modified Greek alphabet.

[@leansipperr5494]

i'm fluent in English, and a beginner in Russian. then i leartnt the Greek alphabet and i found it pretty easy, well at least the uppercase lamo

[@fishlaugh]

This is so incredibly helpful! By pointing out the common mistakes, your video answered all of my questions - the rest is pretty easy. Searching online, I’ve found many charts that show Russian printed letters and cursive letters but I've had trouble locating a chart with hand written block letters. Благодарю вас!

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@justmax9447]

You are a hero, I am just starting my journey into Russian and have found it impossible to consistently write the letter "д" + "л". I have just bought a print writing letters book and it teaches the wrong/other way you show. I'll practice your advice, thanks again !

[@vetr17384]

Oh god this reminds me on my childhood homeworks when we were learning how to write properly. It must be hard for people who come across Cyrillic for the first time! Good luck to everyone, I wish you learn fast! 😁

[@mmeshkov]

С буквой Ё всё довольно грустно. Она существует фонетически, она присутствует в алфавите, но её всё равно нигде не пишет.

[@leozackdestron1574]

Я пишу и печатаю в документах.

[@NoMind_]

Меня, если честно, отсутствие буквы "ё" в нужном месте всегда бесило. Да и сейчас бесит. Никогда этого не понимал.

[@cherryblossom4206]

У меня была подруга Алёна, она всегда бесилась из-за неправильного написания её имени. Даже в студенческих списках она значилась как «Алена». А иностранцам эта буква, так же как и «ы» непроизносимой просто кажется)

[@demidandelion]

>её всё равно нигде не пишет Ну, не совсем правда! У меня вот в фамилии Е стоит, а не Ё, но при этом практически каждый раз найдётся умник, который напишет Ё, даже если это какие-то важные бумаги. Приходится говорить, чтобы писали, как в паспорте, а потом проверять :'D

[@viktoriark4044]

Пох вообще на эту ё

[@stardust6210]

Эххх, помню, как в первом классе расстраивалась, что у меня эти печатные буквы не получались(

[@leozackdestron1574]

А теперь вообще рукой ничего не пишем, все кнопками.

[@torsuk]

@@leozackdestron1574 я, которая пишу десятистраничные конспекты, потому что препод не принимает напечатанное: 😐

[@sethappleton7628]

I literally have a "russian handwriting" book meant for english speakers, and it says upfront that its teaching you how to write like typed texts and fonts. Like.. why dont you just teach me how people actually write?

[@surugi_Karitori]

interesting fact, I am Russian, and I write the capital " Д " is printed, I do not know why, I also write the printed "п", "р", "ц" and especially "т" for convenience and so that teachers can understand my handwriting, hehe XD

[@mmeshkov]

Жизненно, я "Т" так и пишу везде.

[@oserty]

у меня все заглавные буквы печатные вообще, хах, и часть маленьких: "р", "х", ещё "т" иногда. чего он пугает, всё мы поймём, даже "а" эту странную поймём. сами-то, почти никто по правилам не пишет, что прописью, что печатными только сейчас загуглила, нашла прописи, в которых учат писать печатную "а" как неведомую хрень, а "б" - как шестёрку, то есть как раз так, как этот чел говорит не делать, лол

[@leozackdestron1574]

А я добавляю твердый знак на конце, как в древне русском. Пока никто не жалуется, кроме как на работе.

[@lukandrate9866]

@@leozackdestron1574 Давайте тогда по хардкору пишите ять вместо гласной е в словах

[@leozackdestron1574]

@@lukandrate9866 ять я пробовала писать, но к ней придираются.

[@AyaChible]

This is the most important video on KZbin if you want to learn Russian. Thank you so much this video saved me.

[@VitalijKaramakov]

In belarusian language you must use the dots when youre writing ё)))

[@Rolando_Cueva]

Праўда

[@Ckat220]

Бульба ёсть?

[@DedYefremiy]

As russian, I never wrote small e as E

[@lifeom2412]

I was learning Russian on Duolingo and at one place I saw different Russian letters which really confused me but this video was really helpful . Really thankful for this

[@amymrnr4952]

But "a" IS a block letter. It is not a strange symbol, and it is recognized by all russian-speaking people. We used to write it this way in kindergarten and elementary school.

[@oreocreme450]

Maybe it's because "a" is mostly inspired by cursive handwriting styles

[@believeinpeace]

I have not studied Russian for a couple of years. I looked to see it you had any new videos. I hope you are well!

[@КостяПадерин-л5т]

As a Russian want to say for all foreign students who learns this very hard language: this guy talk about really important things, better for you to subscribe and support him for more lessons. I wish you a huge patience in studying Russian. So there’s some write and translate exercise for you: Привет, дорогой студент! Пожалуйста, не начинай изучать Русский язык с плохих слов, их слишком много.

[@skyyangv]

Ахах. Да, в русском действительно много плохих слов. В этом плане мы очень богаты😄

[@correction5663]

I could only read Привет and Русский lol, I've only been learning for a while though.

[@skyyangv]

@@correction5663 Have you learned the alphabet yet?

[@correction5663]

@@skyyangv I know some of it, I've been trying to learn it recently since I've been told that a good thing to learn first.

[@skyyangv]

@@correction5663 oh, cool

[@victoriannecastle]

"Never do that even if they put a gun in your head. " Ha. Typical Russians. 😊 I've been self learning Russian for four years now but I just started with cursive writing about a week ago. I think it's important to distinguish the purpose. Block letters are okay for beginners because they won't understand cursive. Thanks

[@icyarcticfx35]

Ok phewf I was worried I was gonna have to do cursive 😅

[@matt309]

@@icyarcticfx35 what so worrying about it?

[@ogorangeduck]

@@icyarcticfx35 I've been writing solely cursive from the start of my Russian learning journey heh

[@DezMarivette]

Well, the KZbin algorithm brought me here, and this is fascinating! Thanks for breaking this down! Since I don’t know all the sounds for Russian letters, looking at them feels like I’m watching a silent movie! I learned so much!

[@DM-wv6to]

Wow, cool video! No one has pointed out these issues with handwriting in the 2 and a half years of taking Russian classes. Спасибо большое!

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AnhThu-lw9td]

I am glad you’re still there, Денис!

[@DenisFedorov]

Still there, holding down the fort...

[@igorek612]

Что это делает у меня в рекомендациях? Интересно.

[@scarbluff]

The speaker saying at 4:05 "Even if they put a gun to your head" in such a deadpan voice and expression is mighty creepy. he actually looks looks like AI.

[@kahina3878]

You saved me from the impossible to write д, спасибо

[@DenisFedorov]

Happy to help!

[@Jane_under_a_tree_with_a_book]

Haha. I am new to learning Russian, self teaching, and I always struggle when it comes to writing. I knew I was doing it wrong because it was just too labour intensive. So, I came to KZbin to find someone that explained it. What a relief! I was doing every single error. Now I can adjust quickly. And then go on to learning cursive. Thank you so much for teaching me this important correction.

[@GeorgeT0504]

This video was so helpful, that pdf is a life saver too. I’ll be writing Russian as if I invented the language in no time, спасибо 🙏

[@edamatyaacob3518]

Oops, I have a habit of mixing typed letters and handwritten letters when I'm writing down lyrics to Russian songs. I memorised the lyrics first, then I wrote them down on paper. Thanks for the video. I'm going to fix my mistakes.

[@DenisFedorov]

Рад стараться. Успехов в исправлении!

[@hahahaund]

Thank you for this video! Among the channels I look into to study Russian, yours is by far my favourite, and the pdfs are very helpful. I’ll be looking forward to watching more of your videos ^^

[@DenisFedorov]

Happy to hear that!

[@deepakjoshi5413]

Can you please make a video covering all 33 alphabets. This video is very helpful.

[@lazeywinde6113]

Thank you. I started studying Russian a few months ago and was getting so frustrated with handwriting Cyrillic- while googling everything is either type fonts or cursive. I was writing the mentioned letters wrong, at least it's only been a few months and a few pages of notes, not entire notebooks.

[@hiryu70]

Вери информатив, сенк ю вери мач

[@geschiedschrijver]

At 77 yrs. it is a "tour de force" to learn another alphabet, let alone writing or even speaking. Since I LOVE to watch russian documentaries I would already be happy to read the letters and 'pronounce' the words. Your courses are fun to watch and your explanations are top notch. Thank you ! Now... back to work ah beh veh ..........

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks for the kind words. I wish you speedy success in learning to read Russian.

[@geschiedschrijver]

@@DenisFedorov Thank you ! Watching : kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHW3hXuNfbCGrZY ..and listening to the russian and enjoying it. Don't know if he has an accent (?) This is the true reason why I want to at least know some russian.

[@DenisFedorov]

He is a Russian native speaker. Thus, no accent.

[@mythopoeic8236]

As for the mixed lower and uppercase, it’s probably also due to the familiarity to letters we always make large in the English language

[@Kit-ys2qx]

Самое время в 3 часа ночи посмотреть видео про ошибки в правописании русского языка у англичан

[@MacobstonProductions]

5:02 Anglia Lansberry is that you ? Crime she typed took a whole different turn.

[@princessmollyscream3283]

Учу английский по видео для обучения русскому на английском. Оооо да

[@ScroogeVerse]

Понимаю 🤣

[@andreyburmagin3030]

Классное произношение, Денис.

[@manugarcia2355]

Thank u very much! I'm beginning to learn this language and it's really helpful know this little things before going more deep in this beautiful language. Greetings from México.

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@john197039]

03:30 I simply refuse to believe a Russian reader wouldn't recognize the "typed" lower case b rather than the block letter b.

[@SanBest93]

it would require some time to process

[@nanicrash]

Russians will absolutely recognize it, but they'll admit that you have a rather peculiar handwriting👐

[@MetalRX1]

Thanks Denis, very helpful. I appreciate you using some of my practice as examples.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks for the appreciation, John! However, I doubt this video was of any practical help to you because you don't have such problems anymore :)

[@hopeh6616]

I just started learning and wanted to say thank you so much for this video!!!

[@sabrinaramelli5013]

First thank you! I have a Russian alphabet book that actually makes these mistakes and I wondered about how the letters would actually look as I was practicing. Something was off as I was going along. I am glad I came across this video.

[@Dmitry_Arz]

It seems good, but I was absolutely confused when you said that native speakers could not to understand Д written with a different top. It sounds weird. Imma native russian speaker and I write this letter in that "typing" way. Tell me that I'm wrong 🤣

[@pravoslavn]

When I was first learning Russian, I got a book on the Old Church Slavonic language and copied that style of Ustav writing. ☺ My teacher, who was from Moskva, loved it. I still write RU that way. And I am always looking at old scribal maunscripts, to see if I can find some even more primative ways of forming the characters. Oh yeah... I also put the Yat character in every place I can, and use all the Hard Signs as they were used in pre-Revolution writing !

[@dontworry5084]

wow. great presentation. it's impossible to not learn something! thanks, mr. fedorov.

[@DenisFedorov]

My pleasure!

[@Caedda478]

I'm learning Russian and this helps with the writing but every time I write Д it always looks like the Greek letter Δ 😅. I have trouble with the two little tails

[@your_homesoobie]

this was the most helpful video to fix my awful Russian writing, thank you!

[@RafalRacegPolonusSum]

Can we write letter „а”, like „α”, or in it's early cyrillic form?

[@misha_himik9466]

It is italic form, cursive form of the letter А. And most often used in handwritings by my experience. Everyone who I meet write A on the paper like this

[@RafalRacegPolonusSum]

@@misha_himik9466 Thank you.

[@MrMisticZ]

@@RafalRacegPolonusSum The guy is telling the truth, we do write "α" instead of "a". In fact, the way you write letters out is actually quite personalised. I know many people who write in cursive, but I myself tend to mismatch between different types. I would almost never connect letters, unless accidentally writing the letters too far apart. I would never write "б" this way, in fact, I don't know anybody who does, it's always written as "δ" (not exactly, but close enough, the tail at the top would be more to the right). "Д" is also never written this way, it's way too complicated to write out fast, so we use "g" instead. Note that all letters are written in a single line. "e" instead of "ε", I'd also write "т" instead of "m", but the latter is a matter of preference. As you can tell, cursive is more common than block letters, but connecting the letters is a literal hell, I'd never do that, it's inconvenient and it ruins your writing by making it incoherent. It's basically a parody on calligraphy that somehow was adopted as a "proper way of writing fast", when you literally can't write fast like this.

[@999samus7]

where could I find those worksheets with squares? I'm so interested in those

[@ahmienyah1]

Thank you for the PDF, you’re a life saver! ❤

[@pmjmiller]

I love everything Denis does. He is The Man! A very gifted teacher.

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо за добрые слова!

[@kimashcraft434]

Thank you, Denis. I have been making almost all of these mistakes for many months. I have very neat writing, so I suppose that is why my tutor hasn't corrected me.

[@Dora1979rus]

Why do you pronounce the word 'lower' as [lauə]?

[@DevilsNeverCry333]

I figured this out beforehand because of a slight confusion. But this definitely confirms that I did learn the proper way. Thank you.

[@nhmooytis7058]

Very helpful Denis your vids are always worth watching!

[@okcomputer07]

this was so helpful! thank you)

[@DenisFedorov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JustAnotherNameYo]

My notes are going to look so much better from now on. Thank you

[@DenisFedorov]

Happy to help

[@Benkerosadon7890]

Thank you!

[@gunderalex]

Thank you, my writing looked (looks) exactly like your "what not to do" samples. I am eager to start fixing it. I'm glad you're making videos again, and the production quality on this one looks especially great!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks! It doesn't take very long to fix handwriting in block letters, thus I do not doubt that you'll succeed.

[@nottechytutorials]

I was copying the typed letters exactly, turns out thats a mistake then. Thank you for letting us know how native speakers would write.

[@enesgonen1332]

Thank you so much. For months i have been writing those incorrectly.

[@jabololxd2.037]

That's why i began with the Cyrilic alphabet instead of the Russian languaje, i knew i was writing it wrong, but i couldn't figure what, now that i know that, i will check my writing again, Spasibo za informatsiyu Denis.

[@bergsteiger3000]

Thanks a lot. This is exactly what I was looking for. Very helpful

[@felinepeople]

Help I always write “a” even in English I just like it 😭 but thanks for making this video, very useful information I’ve been looking for

[@charlesebeniste]

Thanks! I've been learning russian for years and never knew how to write some of those letters!

[@pimp0chka]

как меня бесит, когда не пишут точки над ё. люди с именами и фамилиями с ё меня поймут. постоянно исправляю.

[@kurtfrancis4621]

Thanks for correcting me, Denis. I learned, from an old textbook, to write the lower case letters just like lower case type letters. Now you've set me on the correct path. спасибо

[@DenisFedorov]

Не за что. Рад быть полезным!

[@annmcewan6080]

I realize I have been making these exact mistakes. Thank you for this video

[@adamschrader6382]

Email of PDF never arrived. Regards.

[@mushufu5766]

Inasmuch as writing by hand has been reduced to the esoteric in mainstream culture (with the proliferation of electronic keyboards), the craft of writing by hand remains an important tool in language instruction, especially for beginners and intermediate students. I am grateful for your clear instruction on this topic. A follow up if I may: What about the tails of letters hanging below the line? For examples, Y and P in lower case are hanging well below the line in several of the samples in your video. Thank you in advance for your response.

[@jonathandellicolli149]

Thanks for the video!!! I have a question How do you guys differ the letter З to the number 3?

[@ilyauu7968]

"З" More voluminous than 3 and the number will never be inside the word. The letter "З" is also never written separately.

[@jonathandellicolli149]

@@ilyauu7968 thanks for answering me! I'm starting now to learn russian and I was very confused about this!

[@ilyauu7968]

@@jonathandellicolli149 I wish you success in your studies.

[@goatgamer001]

З is w i d e

[@Adri79]

Well, I'm native speaker but I learnt today how to write "д", I just did the same mistake as the foreiners do )) Usually you don't need to write in not handwriting style so I just avoided writing like that. The same with block-lettered "ж" it's kind of hard to write

[@austinschaible1005]

Why does your keyboard have a variant forms to begin with?

[@CraftyFoxeMC]

good video I had no idea the differences between printed and handwritten russian

[@CapybaraCola486]

I get confused about the lowercase Ф. It looks bigger than the capital. Isn't it supposed to look like the capital but half the size?

[@fotppd1475]

question about a. in its lower-case shouldn't it be written as "o" with a "i" at its right, instead of a small "A"?

[@DenisFedorov]

That would be a cursive А (𝑎).

[@johnbailey8103]

"Don't do this even if they put a gun to your head" Damn, my man is a straight savage

[@FuruTurtle]

Предположила, что это видео попало мне в рекомендации, потому что я часто смотрю видео с письмом на разных языках, но оказалось, что это видео попалось в рекомендации многим носителям русского языка

[@ryanw3184]

I appreciate this video as the different uses have caused some questions. Especially the letter L

[@sysyphenf8ewtfr603]

Amazing. All my questions about Russian writing is answered in this video. I can’t thank you enough.