5 Russian Names You're Pronouncing Horribly Wrong

Chances are, you're pronouncing Russian names wrong. Watch this video to learn how to correctly pronounce, Vladimir, Ivan, Igor, Boris and Grigori.

[@umartdagnir]

The first time I see a British person pronouncing Russian names right.

[@Ali-wl6pm]

lol :D

[@Frygonz]

Dmitrij Bugajev Does Russian use alveolar trills? He was using them more and more as the video progressed,, but I have always heard the Russian accent with chiefly alveolar flaps.

[@kaktotak8267]

Joseph Fry Russian only has one R sound and it's an alveolar trill, though in fast speech it may sound like a flap.

[@user-bs1ps7pg8v]

Dmitrij Bugajev he's obviously not british lol

[@isaiahanderson1000]

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[@annaboni8476]

as a russian,the way you pronounce this names sounds like music for my ears

[@emiliaartimovica5629]

Anna Boni same

[@ephraimkaravan]

For real though

[@nothingnobody6669]

Same

[@wow1983]

Да да да Х)

[@user-bw2th4fc4w]

Жиииза 😹😹

[@8o8inSquares]

I am Russian and I have no clue why I am watching this video, I guess just to check if you're correct or not. You're correct btw... xD

[@FuckingSeeta]

same :D

[@prophettime]

Correct, except Igor has other sound in the end

[@ratiborus5012]

igorь :D

[@ann5977]

same here

[@rivenv2137]

HAHAHAHA

[@anastasiaboyko7040]

"Ivan The Very Scary Dude" 😂😂😂

[@FlanGG0]

His name is literally translated as "awesome", both in common meaning and literally "awe-inspiring".

[@Ivan-ei4jo]

Cool

[@iloverebeccachambers]

ахахахаха

[@user-ph6ej4mk4z]

Lol:)

[@IvanIvanov-nm7hi]

Oh thank you 😂

[@Tim70theYawner]

That was beautiful dude, as a Russian, I'd say that was perfect.

[@SomeRussianthings]

+Tim70 Thanks Tim!

[@Vikasslytherine]

Tim, ya викаc))

[@GAZAMAN93X]

+5 Russian things more videos?

[@glue1000]

That was nothing close to perfect. He got letter "r" completely wrong. He doesn't know how to pronounce it

[@bliss_fields]

Alex I agree. "r" should be pronounced in soft way in name "Igor" but it's too hard for native English speakers, they don't have such sound. However, this guy made great work, he said another names correctly.

[@itstwelvee]

Зачем я это смотрю? Я ведь знаю Русский

[@vladprokopenko4271]

Asking myself the same question

[@chemisty96]

я тоже не знаю зачем смотрю

[@KozenaDrzka]

Because you want to know how Americans are screwing it up :D

[@itstwelvee]

Maybe :)

[@VitiokRu]

Twelvee Channel 😂😂😂

[@Fafancina]

I'm Ivan and whenever someone calls me eye-VAN instead of ee-VAHN I get pissed

[@50centgotshot9times]

Mate try my name in Australia

[@ilyalead4blade897]

they try to make you Ivan The Pissed

[@KiraReminiec9399]

Hi Eevan

[@TheMrsuperhesoyam1]

@@50centgotshot9times how do Aussies pronounce your name?

[@fan9775]

I stopped trying to correct people. Now I’m just eya-van to anglos.

[@baz_uzma_]

HERMIONE THOUGH "It's VlAdImIr, not Vladimir"

[@mentalistize]

puahahah

[@yeruschmift8422]

The most important thing in "Igor" is the "r". Because it's soft. But there are no soft sounds in English. Having this name (Igor) makes me a lot of problems when I introduce myself :(

[@perfectgentleman92]

I'm sad because my name is Igor Krupnov and i can't pronounce the Real Russian sound "R" correctly. 10% of Russians have the same problem. As for me I pronounce it like a man from France

[@filipszkudlarek5260]

perfectgentleman92 im from Poland but have the same R problem,i use the british r sound instead xd

[@TitovIgorBro]

Тот самый Иван Иванов Тогда что у тебя с ником? Почему Иваном зовешься, предатель?

[@Georg-fb8iu]

А хотите я вам прикол расскажу, которого вы, возможно, не знаете. Знаете город Пермь? Так вот, оно произносится Перьмь. Т.е., р -- мягкая.

[@akaHius]

Это диалектная/просторечная форма произношения :) У меня бабушка постоянно говорила "церьковь" и я даже какое-то время так писал :D

[@B-R-A-Z-I-L]

I think Russians pronounce *Igor* as *Игорь* not *Игор*

[@user-eh3ke5mv3t]

+฿ ℝ Ⱥ ℤ ⱡ Ỻ™ Yeah, р sound supposed to be soft.

[@alexandermashin5515]

+฿ ℝ Ⱥ ℤ ⱡ Ỻ™ I think he considered the "рь" too complicated for his audience.

[@Perfect250193]

+฿ ℝ Ⱥ ℤ ⱡ Ỻ™ he said about Igor Егор

[@user-nh6ms3bs6g]

+Alexander Mashin I d k if there's a way for an English speaker to pronounce рь ... I can't even explain how to do that) Anyhow, Игор, the way he said it, it still was weird)

[@Igorfcsm88]

Не верю, докажи.)

[@leskarty]

Русскоговорящей мне почему то интересно слушать про то как англоговорящим объясняют как говорить на русском )

[@teawithlemon1220]

/ sugarо4ек / я это смотрю потому что это всегда ржачно

[@lenasprototrap7281]

Да весьма забавно и интересно;)

[@user-sc8eo7dh5o]

Плюсик)

[@ddsferd1628]

Это всегда забавно.

[@slyfoxgaming4028]

Я не знаю, что ты сказал, поэтому я просто набираю

[@user-do5ne5gi1j]

IM RUSSIAN WHY AM I WATCHING THESE

[@user-do5ne5gi1j]

действительно. Вообще люблю смотреть зарубежных блог(г)еров больше, чем наших, к тому же, можно учиться воспринимать язык

[@unfinishedgestalt]

А без ошибок на английском не обойтись? Неправильный порядок слов(((

[@user-sy2ky5ng9g]

Да и как бы this

[@Querens]

тщеславие (

[@a.b461]

Why is your name german?

[@user-gy4dv1lj4z]

I`m Russian, and I think that your russian pronounciation is beautiful!

[@NichtNameee]

Blyatiful

[@tonkaljevar5920]

Мозгодробительный Рандом istina(true in croatian,serbian..)

[@AnkoreStorm]

tonka ljevar the same for russian (истина)

[@AnkoreStorm]

tochilkalastic Condibober a какие у него ошибки были? Может, я чего не понимаю...

[@tochilkalasticcondibober9668]

MadHoover наверное в построении предложения? во-первых,пунктуация! Англоговорящие не ставят столько запятых. Во-вторых,конструкция предложения не та. Это видно сразу,чел!

[@benderrodriguez2642]

Oh my god, your russian pronounciation is awesome! I've never seen english-speaking person speaking russian so good! (Actually, for a minute I thought you're russian, who speaks english)

[@SomeRussianthings]

+Bender Rodriguez That's kind of you to say! I'm Australian actually, but I've been learning Russian for about 9 years.

[@NightDoge]

look at Irwin Weil then for Russian pronunciation.

[@Dante8731]

+AussieGuyWhoSpeaksRussian, same here, I was thinking you're a Russian (because most of the perfect English+Russian speakers are Russian), until you started pronouncing 'Boris' with hard 'r' instead of soft one.

[@pyschxtic.__1791]

I speak both

[@pyschxtic.__1791]

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO IS FROM RUSSIA HERE Ps I speak 3 languages •English •Spanish (I'm ok with Spanish still learning a little) •Russian (almost know all words don't ask me why)

[@user-rb6xg2tz8n]

"Ivan Very-scary-dude" - lol, the best option))

[@lil_hal]

Iiiiiiiigor'!

[@igorjee]

Hi! (English for bad sorry)

[@user-hl8nl2oj7f]

chto

[@iNeoN50]

wat?

[@igorkubanovjr6027]

What

[@user-fy4ob5uq3h]

Igor E. K. 60 wat

[@sovushkeen]

Иииигоорь!

[@user-px2ry2ep9s]

Баааарсик! Баааааааарсик!

[@jasminecurrie3811]

Thumbs up if you have no idea what they're fucking saying.

[@AlexaPhilip]

jacob smith watch?v=4xD0SRXtXDI Watch it and you'll know. But again... you have to speak Russian to understand))

[@ethanedwards414]

jacob smith I speak Русский so I understand everything their saying друг

[@torohoro]

Ахаха))

[@vovanvelikii]

Черт побери, этот чувак офигенен.

[@rottendein5052]

vovanvelikii Черт побери,да

[@user-vl1yv5ud7d]

черт побери, чем?

[@soulhealingmusic1117]

Ъ аааааа иииииии ахаххах как он хорошеечно вытягивает эти буковки

[@TheSoulSteelTeam]

ИгорЬ мягкий знак им бошки снесёт.

[@chrisacker499]

Don't you threaten with a good time! Is this one like Voh-van-vehleekee ? Oh and Google translate says this means: Damn that dude fucking....I'm gonna assume that Google translate failed on that one. heh

[@yawenliu6648]

Once I was discussing Shostakovich’s music with an elderly Russian gentleman on a train home, we both attended a concert at Carnegie Hall. He immediately corrected me on the stress sound of Shostakovich, which turned out to be the “k”. Russians are very proud of their language and love to teach me if I ask them. Thanks for this great video teaching me some important rules on Russian pronunciation!

[@GMKriv]

As a Grigori myself, I am impressed. I wish you could also make one about routinely mispronounced words like Babushka, Matryoshka and, most importantly, Baba Yaga.

[@davidnull5590]

Babushka? In the US you can buy one in most department stores, Really. A Babushka is a headscarf tied under the chin, typical of those worn by Polish and Russian women.

[@factahhh]

Great drinking game here. Take a shot every time he says "It turns out"

[@finnianquail8881]

Red Army Productions Can I sue you for killing me?

[@cheesebusiness]

Igor: no, you spell it wrong, it is not Игор, it is Игорь (the last R is soft like in the word Real).

[@dontcallmethat7240]

Ты очень жестоко поступаешь с иностранцами. Не всем так легко произнести мягкую р на конце из-за оссобенностей их родного языка.

[@alexduraev]

Forgot of palatalized “r” in the end of “Igor”. Although, it is almost impossible for a native English speaker. But overall your pronunciation is quite good, I give you that

[@GingaGirl2000]

In Finnish we'd say the names mostly like that, BUT all the o's would sound like o's when stress is on them, and we'd always stress the first syllable because in Finnish the stress is always at the beginnig of the word. Also in Boris, we'd probably say more along the lines of Booris because we like to use double vowels. We also have a 'Finnish' version of the name Ivan, and it's Iivana. As I said, we sure like our vowels :'D One more useless piece of information, Ivan the Terrible is Iivana Julma in Finnish, which means Ivan the Cruel. Wonderful. Oh, and the name Nikolai used to be a really common name here! Another random fact. You're welcome for this pointless comment.

[@williamwolf2844]

Thank you. I am currently watching the TV series "Nyrkki" called "Shadow Lines" in English, so all of the information you shared is interesting to me. Just because it has a connection with the Finnish language.

[@user-hz9yo7tv1c]

U

[@xwiirastusx]

Another thing most non-Russians get wrong or are ignorant of is the Russian system of "official" nicknames. For example, the diminutive or affectionate pet name for Vladimir is not Vlad, but Volodya. Ivan is Vanya, Sergey is Seryozha, Boris is Borya, Grigori is Grisha and so on.

[@parapotamus]

+Rainer Vilumaa No one in Russia would call a pet Volodya, it could be either Vladimir or Vova (the shortest "official" form of Vladimir). Anyway, for some reason Vladimir in any form is not popular as pet name, unlike, say, Vasiliy.

[@xwiirastusx]

"Pet name" is affectionate, dimunutive. Nothing to do with animals in this case.

[@anandadaquino3604]

+Rainer Vilumaa I understand it, Aleksandr: Sasha, Pavel: Pasha, Anatoly: Tolya...

[@kayu_music]

So Boris Johnson has been pronouncing his own name wrong his whole life? ...classic.

[@channelguest2482]

Depends where you're from. And which language you took the name from

[@kayu_music]

Strangely "ba-rees" sounds a lot like "embarrassment".

[@bob-enough8223]

Yes but must Brits just call him "Tosser" with the stress on Tosser

[@lxjoe96]

I think it's more like Boor-iss, with the i barely pronounced

[@louistavare1825]

His real name is Alexander so we've most certainly been mispronouncing it

[@i.r.6397]

In Spanish the I is also pronounced as an E, my name is Ivette, but some people want to call me eye-vette lol.

[@StanislavNikitin]

The first two ones were awesome. Igor (Игорь) has an extra sound at the end. For Boris the explanation was correct, but at the end, when the author pronounced this name a few times in a row, he mispronounced "i"repeating the common mistake he explained before :) For Grigori "i" sounded very close, but a little bit wrong again (though I understand it must be a complicated name for an English speaker). Also, the Russian version (Григорий) has an extra sound at the end. Overall, awesome explanation!

[@TheCostah1997]

In Brazil we pronunciate Ivan just like the Russians do. Cool video!

[@TheRedbeardster]

Brazil rocks! \m/ :)

[@BFM74]

я люблю бразильянок)

[@TheCostah1997]

BFM74 I love Russians! hahaha'After knowing my Russians friends I can say that your people are cool!

[@fedorin1234]

As far as I know you don't hear difference between [v] and [b] sounds. So Ivan and Iban would sound same for you. Am I wrong?

[@RoadT123]

fedorin1234 as we don't make big difference between 'w' and 'v'.

[@jeanneheo5071]

vlah-DEE-meer eeh-VAWN EEH-gurr buh-REES gri-GO-reeh

[@ozcaroline]

In Brazilian Portuguese we speak "i" like the Russians

[@Anna_brand_newsha]

в том числе поэтому бразильский португальский так легко и приятно учить

[@ukrainer7723]

Man, most languages pronounce it like that, except English) Even Japanese.

[@gustavodeoliveira5254]

Анна Чукова man, I completely agree with you, you're so damn right

[@AndreiBerezin]

@@gustavodeoliveira5254 she's not a man)) Анна can not be a man

[@gustavodeoliveira5254]

@@AndreiBerezin sorry, I don't have any idea of how to read russian haha my apologies

[@vit.lebediev]

Nice work on these pronunciations! One small thing (I'm not sure if anyone mentioned it earlier, scrolled first page and didn't see): Igor is actually also has a really soft 'r', as in russian there's special letter ('soft sing'), which is not pronounced, but designates that the previous consonant is spelled softly. And it is present in name 'Igor' at the end. Actually, to be absolutely correct, there's another special letter, similar to 'soft sign', but on contrary, is called 'solid sign' (sorry, those are literal translations, I'm sure there's academic naming for these), which designates a letter which shouldn't be softened, even if rules say it should. So when you say 'Iiigor', you also need to soften last 'r', basically reading

[@aleksa.j]

It's kinda strange to watch it when ur Russian😂 But yes it's absolutely true

[@debbido8801]

lets make babies

[@Skanovi]

Northern Wolf What the fuck fuck

[@mkontent]

Except his "БАРЫС". It's not an ы, it's an и.

[@Skanovi]

reddog ye

[@k4tskis]

woAh-wOAH

[@aur485]

хахаха По комментам я понял, что это видео смотрят только русские)))

[@weirdo_2317]

Русские везде :D

[@groupsphera]

***** Я одногрупника исключительно "Айгор" зову... и время от времени прошу повернуть рубильник.

[@user-ux1uj2qv2i]

Да мы тут угараем

[@babahers]

AMUR DM not really xD Also Latvian right here!

[@FloppyFrogg]

penis ✘ chlen ✅

[@mledkov]

Oh man, thanks a lot for shedding some light on the pronunciation of Russian names! It's really frustrating to hear them pronounced wrong all the time. Ah, I wish TV hosts could see your video and learn from it. :)

[@mayamaeru]

needed this, thank you

[@kenlamtsz]

I also want to stress to all the Americans that it's sp-oo-tnik and not sp-uh-tnik. Thank you for your time.

[@racheldow7507]

CIVIL WAR

[@SpainHighlander]

I have a cat called Boris....he has never disputed my pronounciation of his name. Maybe he thinks I won't feed him if he is critical of me. But thanks anyway. Regards from sunny Spain.

[@VicVlasenko]

Or your cat isn't russian enought :))))

[@SpainHighlander]

Probably right there. I think he may be SVU as he says very little about himself, and always wears a shuba, 😀😀😁

[@alesanchez7754]

Stewart Liebenstrudl My Cat's name is Boris too! She is white and blue eyed

[@bazkontrabas1516]

Dude, you make my day. Всё отлично объяснил. Красавчик :D

[@damiended]

Omg, I'm Russian and I'm watching this video. And it is strange. But you said every name correctly. Perfect. Putin! Yep.

[@AlexFG24]

Вы забыли про мягкий знак в конце имени Игорь :)

[@muammarkaddafi3572]

For me it's two different names. Игорь is some russian guy, and Igor is a Frankensteins assitant ))

[@AlexFG24]

agree )

[@astan151]

тогда уж Егор

[@MisterIncog]

But wait, Frank assistant is Игорь too, no?

[@okad_das]

И-и-и-и-и-и-гарь!

[@mirrortherorrim]

Also Игорь has a "ь". But that might be difficult to explain to a beginner ^_^

[@user-db2ld5yr2x]

+Yaroslav Sokolnikov Да и чаще всего произносится не Игарь, а Игрь)

[@no_name4889]

I bet the english think ь means or is something like a soft b

[@akherousia]

Что-то Уральские пельмени сразу вспомнились ))))

[@tertiaritus]

akherousia ИИИИИГАААААРЬ!

[@Skilow]

It's actually not, ь does not have a sound, it's a grammatic thing and relates to accenting.

[@imstranger968]

I'm lucky as Indonesian because I can say that words correctly, in addition we're all Indonesian indeed pronounce that words in same sound like u just said 😀. U make me feel like to learn Russian language dude!! Would you like to be my teacher? 😅

[@TCPUDPATM]

Great video, thank you!

[@Rid1er]

Когда он сказал Владимир Путин, я подумал что он русский, который очень хорошо знает английский О_о

[@Chamieiniibet]

Rid1er судя по произношению, так и есть =)

[@AlinaErmolaeva]

Rid1er мне тоже так кажется. Но акцента у него вообще нет. Умничка))

[@indycoon]

Нет, не русский. У него получилось Игор и Борыс.

[@gennaleon2554]

+Alina Moon австралиец

[@user-jo5mb8qm2f]

From Russia with Love ^_^

[@MushkiN98]

Ukraine with you

[@kukhop1]

MushkiN2 мир, дружба, жвачка!

[@tfdsu]

Владимир Булгаков kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKrEqHaBi816oMk :)

[@MankidPlayz]

I only watched this cause my name is Ivan. But since my parents are Spanish they pronounce my name in the Russian way

[@SelfReflective]

Surely they don't? Do they pronounce the "v" with their upper teeth touching the lower lip?

[@MankidPlayz]

SelfReflective yeah that’s how they say it

[@unxnown-3803]

That's also my nephew's name, we're Mexicans so we also pronounce it "eeh-VAHN"

[@Babymurloc]

These explanations are awesome

[@ThisIsYazb]

GayOrgy (Georgyi) & SirGay (Sergey)

[@Bultras88Plovdiv]

Dmitry Berdsk Hey my name is Georgi

[@sabotaje4174]

Sir Gay XDDDD

[@NichtNameee]

XXXXD

[@NichtNameee]

Gay orgy LOL

[@vovakeiven]

Бл ору

[@oscarm1943]

Lol, the Russian name *"Vladimir"* literally means *"World Ruler"*)) Sounds kinda interesting especially when you remember the one man called by this name :D

[@jormungandrlokison1808]

а чё он хоть там понамолол, а то я кроме расстановки ударений ничё не понял? Насчёт _"*Vladimir*" literally means "*World Ruler*"_ - это как бы "официальная версия". Старорусский вариант с "ять" можно трактовать как "владеющий *мерой*" - так сказать, "владеющий взвешенной оценкой" или "объективным взглядом". Григорий и Иван - вообще греческое и искажённый вариант еврейского соответственно. Игорь - считается др. скандинавским, но тут всё очень мутно, и как говорится, без 0,5 не разобраться) Так что из действительно русских имён тут только 2 - Владимир и Борис)

[@oscarm1943]

Он говорит, что русские имеют репутацию "коверканья" английского произношения (акцент и ударения имеет в виду), но, как выясняется, он сам, как коренной англоговорящий, делают то же самое в отношении русского языка. И это особенно видно, когда дело доходит до русских имён... бла бла бла. Говорит про ударения и правильность произношения звуков. Насчёт Владимира согласен, скорее всего так и есть. Я, разъясняя значение имени, просто пытался пошутить про Путина, в контексте значения его имени)))

[@jormungandrlokison1808]

Oscar Magidov т.е. он рассказывает про то, как русские в своих же, русских(пусть и не совсем), именах неправильно расставляют ударения DDD Сказочный олигофрен)

[@oscarm1943]

Володимѣръ ­ Нет)) Он очень смышленый парень, по-русски говорит (думаю). Он говорит, что англичане ничем не лучше в произношении русских имен - коверкают их и неправильно расставляют ударения, чем русские, когда говорят по-английски ( со знаменитым на весь мир "русским акцентом") ))

[@jormungandrlokison1808]

Oscar M А, ну тогда респект ему, не каждый день такого встретишь(на тв и пр. тытрубе), обычно у них(англоязычных "товарищей") логика проста "я прав и пох чё как" или "над залежами своей нефти американцы нашли какую-то арабскую страну")), хотя возможно это мой стереотип, но как говорится "нет дыма без огня". А видео с запросами гугла на укр. яз. чегой-то не могу найти - мир-то не без добрых людей) наверное уже поудаляли, но я ещё поищу должны же где-то быть дубликаты)

[@pharmerpnw]

Awesome! And so true!

[@alankkesa]

Oh my gosh, dude, you're so cool! I need more videos like this!

[@Slagemer1]

Как же это смешно xD

[@mila4352]

Delightful да😂

[@DeadpoolPlayz]

Ну а шо

[@MrFram]

смешнее было-бы если кто нибудь здесь сказал азазазаза... упс, прошу прощения...

[@Luka-sf3vu]

Šta je tebi,jesi pijan?

[@ClutchEveryTime]

Delightful uhhhhhh what

[@fasjohnny]

I notice that English speaking people mispronounce foreign words very confidently without even thinking if they do it right, as long as it suits to them it must suit to everybody.

[@megaotstoy]

"Ivan the Tough" sounds better for me

[@Den8660]

Great job, dude ! :)

[@Yobananos]

Well, as a Russian i can only say - you nailed it, mate, cheers. And thnx for including my name on the list, it was a particularly nice touch :)

[@shadowllght]

Pronouncing Ivan wrong? *laughs in german*

[@kurapikaisnowdrowning9184]

Shadowww I'm german too and I didn't have problems with pronouncing anything of it.

[@MinaMe_123]

same 😂 (german person here👋)

[@Jess-ei2fo]

Shadowww I'm german and I don't have problems but that's probably because my parents are russian and ukranian

[@rebeccamuller6880]

Jisoos Kris but maybe it's because we pronounce "i" and "a" the same like in the russian

[@bolshevik_1917]

When the germans pronounce my name "Ivan", then I often hear "If-fan" ) But it's okay. There are german names that are difficult for our (russian) pronunciation. It does not matter how you pronounce the name. Too many people and countries. Too many languages. You can make a mistake. Or not uttered at all)

[@TurmAwen117]

What I love the most in this video is that you used Tchajkovskij's music

[@aikavanyan6199]

I’m russian and your pronounce is wonderful! Good job!

[@viviandarkbloom100]

Peace and goodwill to our Russian brothers and sisters. From the USA. Don't let our leaders push us down the path to conflict.

[@markusblackman6486]

слава украине!

[@yarraidalg]

Спасибо. Love from Russia :3

[@MinecrafterKost]

Mostly, we're all the same. The differences are usually exaggerated. Have a nice day!

[@Derpuwolf]

Speaking Spanish actually helps in this situation.

[@noelmorelli]

Derpu Wolf yes

[@toritori2299]

Derpu Wolf or Lithuanian lol

[@lunagirlmsp9356]

Derpu Wolf true,Spanish is my 3rd language I don't know it that well,but I do know the syllables (sorry if I spelled things wrong English is my 2nd language)

[@Pao234_]

Hahah yes I thought that I was wrong with the pronunciation but i was nearly perfect because I pronounced them with spanish pronunciation

[@magadiendor]

You're really a good teacher. I am quite a dummy but I think I understood some things thanks to you. Great Job :-)

[@kat7215]

Thank you for the guide!

[@guilhermeleite845]

Здравствуйте! Меня зовут Гилерми. Мне очень нравится Русский язык. In Portuguese we can say almost perfect these Russian's names. The most os the sound in Portuguese and in Russian are similar. It helps me a lot learning Russian.

[@grizzlyssinofslothking1953]

As a German it is pretty easy to pronounce the names.

[@elimalinsky7069]

Grizzly's Sin of Sloth King But the stress in German is always on the first syllable, just like English. Russian has variable stress, which unlike Spanish, French or Italian, is unmarked in writing. It helps that German has only 8 vowels, the same as Russian, as opposed to English, which has something like 20.

[@thelovewitch6552]

+Eli Malinsky English only has 5 and sometimes 6 vowels.

[@elimalinsky7069]

girlwhogoes throughphases​ English has only 5 letters for vowels, but a lot more vowels than that, phonetically. - sit - set - sat - seat - sooth - sad - sod - cut - cought - guilt - torn I've just written down 11 words with 11 different vowel sounds. Of course, it depends on the specific dialect of English.

[@Assalaa]

For Dutch too! Already pronounced like the Russians :)

[@NichtNameee]

Germans are the worst russian speakers

[@alisonrae]

I wonder how much time you've spent working on pronunciation, cuz it's really amazing! And as a Russian native speaker I always thought that it's the most difficult language to learn since even native speakers make mistakes all the time :)

[@peterembranch5797]

If even native speakers make mistakes then perhaps they're not mistakes.

[@nambanjin9569]

"It loses all its O-ness".

[@DenisYutbr]

English people are really struggling with their horrible, non-phonetic writing system. It's much easier for Spanish or Italian where a is a, i is i, o is o, e is e,u is u all the time. Russian writing is also phonetic.

[@BobyChanMan]

+morphicID its the Germanic influence on our language

[@BobyChanMan]

+Pastaf Codier You really came prepared guy. Is this your passion?

[@BobyChanMan]

+Pastaf Codier Well I glad you're driven.

[@Sorellalunamistica]

ikr. I'm brazilian (latin speaker/portuguese) and it's kinda easy for us the pronunciation.. some words are equal. But russian write it's very difficult. Btw, I also speak italian and my name is Raissa. (Comes from russian Raisa).

[@anandadaquino3604]

+rahlovers brazilian too... actually the alphabet is kinda easy! Only scaring haha

[@gr8o2h2o]

I am learning Russian now and there are sounds that are never made in the English language that the mouth, tongue, throat, all needs to learn. Aside from that what you just explained along with how words and sentences are formed with gender and how it ends in so many different ways is torture waiting to happen if you want to be grammatically correct. The more I learn, the more I appreciate the language.

[@user-ss7db9vn5b]

There is an anecdote in Russia. Lewis Carrol once wrote in his notebook russian word "защищающихся" in english transliteration as 'zashtsheeshtshayoyshtsheekhsya' (he translated it as 'those who protect themseves'). Which on his opinion was almost impossible to pronounce to any english speaking person.

[@gr8o2h2o]

Hahaha! He has a good point! The other part of learning is not only understanding how to make the sound but remembering it with continued practice of it. If a day or two goes by without practicing it, it is like relearning it again since it isn't part of muscle memory to form those new sounds.

[@vilislacis3337]

Same thing applies to learning English - I bet that "TH" sound is hell for any foreigner studying English.

[@ladygryphoninia]

Damascus Steele English is comparatively a piece of cake compared to our Russian. We have 5 or six "ways" of changing word's last letters depending on sentense circumstances. And there are thousand's of words and different spelling dependind on circumstances and one must learn them all lol XD The English have fun with their many tenses, we have our fun. X3 Do not forget we can arrange words as we please in Russian and each time the sentence gets a new emotional meaning. I once had a teacher ask me the difference between our soft "u" ю and hard "u" у sound. He had a hard try learning the sound and listening for the difference XD! lmao

[@TheDustyForest]

There are certain languages that feature the same sound (Icelandic springs to mind, presumably some of the other Scandinavian languages as well. It may not be too difficult for Spanish speakers either because of the way the Spanish 'd' is formed (I'm talking about Castilian Spanish, not Latin American)). Besides those though, it seems to get pronounced various different ways depending on different languages phonologies, which I always find amusing. For example, Dutch people tend to pronounce th as d / t to the best of my knowledge, whereas in Japanese people pronounce th as z / s or even j at times because of how the language and syllabaries work...

[@russianwithevgeniy]

Excellent video! Thank you very much!! Your explanation and pronunciation is very good!

[@18grape]

Thanks man. As a fan of Ivan Braginski, "AI-van" irritates the hell out of me.

[@iLikeDMR]

Sometimes I can't help but wonder how the native English speakers struggle so much pronouncing foreign names

[@AyiaSophia]

It's because so many foreigners, from Germanic tribes to Normans and many others, have left their mark on English. As a result, English doesn't match up to a single one of their inputs. It's a new tongue that represents a mixture of them all. For a native speaker of English to try to go back to German or French or Hindi is a learning process in every letter and syllable. I once mentioned "karma" to an Indian friend and she didn't know what I meant. She thought I had said "calmer", because I hadn't rolled the 'r' as they do in Hindi.

[@iLikeDMR]

That makes perfect sense, thank you for clarifying!

[@FORGOTTENMINDFREAK23]

It's also a case of having to make sounds that don't exist in English and so having to train our mouths to say them. I can't roll my 'r's properly. Had I grown up with my mum's mother tongue, Croatian, I would've been able to. When I say things in Croatian, I also don't know which syllables to stress, and I tend to stumble over particular clusters of sounds because they're alien to me. But that's the same for all people that come across a language they don't speak fluently.

[@ksen333]

Duuuuuude! Where did you learn to pronounce Russian so well, this is the best pronounciation by non native speaker I have heard in my entire life!!! respect!

[@igorczelesta6333]

As an Igor, watching that is bit funny, anyway my secound name is Wolodia :D Nice work man !

[@jumajaco]

Igor Tubson Volodia not Уолодя 😂

[@alexeysaranchev6118]

If you're using "second name" as a reference to отчество, the better way to say it would be "patronym", since it's not quite the same. But if you're just a russian expat, then nevermind

[@0zzburn313]

Сука ржу! Володя.

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

A Russian last name everyone, including Alex Trebeck, gets wrong: the author of LOLITA, Vladimir Nabokov. It's "Na-BOK-uff".

[@artyom1984]

How about Artem?

[@mEDIUMGap]

How about Semen?)))

[@groovesan]

чувак, совет тебе на будущее. Без всяких приколов, никогда не пиши Semen. По английски это значит "сперма". Пиши уж тогда Semyon

[@mEDIUMGap]

groovesan Ты знаешь, что такое "сарказм"?

[@dushas9871]

Читали на баше про Anatoly = Analtoy ?=))

[@sarcasm3800]

ia Sarcasm kkkkk .... Artem is spelling like Artiom

[@2PiratKvadrat]

Dunno about you, but I pronounce these names perfectly.

[@mariaivanova8192]

Yep😔

[@SadBazooka666]

let me guess... may be because ur Russian?

[@2PiratKvadrat]

***** You're goddamn right.

[@robertomartinez-zf3nk]

OMG lol

[@arcanegianterinokripperino9945]

dont know about you but the only problems i would have would be remembering stressed O and unstressed O... xD

[@Miki-hc1ym]

Ты мне втираешь какую-то дичь

[@iloverebeccachambers]

Правильная дичь

[@user-ek6gx6gm5i]

Так надо

[@saulgoodmanKAZAKH]

АЙВАН

[@SuperSlant]

@@user-ek6gx6gm5i А где смягчение "р" в ИгорЬ?

[@xana7196]

"It looses all its o'ness" You made me laugh : )))

[@TheMCzorro]

It's easier to say those names in English the "wrong way", so I can bear with that. The thing that actually bugs me is the use of the name Vlad as the shorter form of Vladimir

[@arte0021]

whats so weird about Vlad being short for Vladimir?

[@TheMCzorro]

arte0021 In Russian, Vlad is a short variation of the name Vladislav. Vladimir is exclusively shortened as Vova, Volodya and other situational variations like Vovan

[@user-li5cr6wv5b]

And for Vyachesl'av the short is Sl'ava. Go tell...

[@zigv8325]

Isn't the short version of Aleksei "Sasha" ?

[@user-li5cr6wv5b]

Ziggy Verdière It's Lyosha. Sasha is short for Alexander.

[@HolyMoses33]

You said PRONOUNCIATION instead of PronUNciation and the irony is fucking hilarious.

[@devayany]

It's great that you pay so much attention to my native language. I'm in tears)

[@reginaphalange7055]

"It loses all its O'ness" I love it 😆

[@Fedotof]

But what about name Dmitry? When the English-speaking people are trying to say, Dmitry, I have cramps. Because of that I have to call myself a children's version of this name - Dima, and it is still too damn hard.

[@4ecTHblu]

Дмитрий. Ничего сложного.

[@YAArij]

Нафаня Твист ахах)

[@user-kd7kk4pl8f]

Dima is not a children's version of the pronunciation of the name. Dima is the pronunciation of the name with love ) in the Russian spoken language no one calls Dmitry say Dima , for example , Alexey - Alyosha, Alexander -Sasha , Vladimir - Vova (Vovka) , ( in the comic lexicon President Putin called Vovka ) but only communicate Friend

[@Fedotof]

Нафаня Твист Деметури, деметхрии, Демитреи, деметрии. Что угодно, но только не Дмитрий.

[@DMITRY_Sardi]

Mr.Absinth или Дмитрий Федотов итальянцы произносили моё имя Дими'три, пока не смирились, с тем, что Дима- может быть мужским именем ( многие парные имена у них: на -о -мужское, на -а - женское )))

[@gregtheflyingwhale6480]

I hate so much when people pronounce my name as the american one, calling me Gregory. ITS FUCKN WRONG. It is not Grigori either! It is Grigoriy

[@rinowaters7156]

А разве "y" на конце будет произноситься как наша "й"?

[@Marcel_Audubon]

thanks, Greg! great story.

[@InvictusCore]

You are Grisha at the same time)

[@jan_kisan]

Марина: после гласной кроме "e" - да.

[@weaponkit1484]

Excatly im Ivan

[@lisainatree]

This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing

[@justgeek4731]

Полезная информация!

[@lukasznowicki_mazury]

I'm native polish speaker, I speak russian pretty well but still you're point of view is very interesting - and of course is proper.

[@bluerinako]

+Łukasz Nowicki I know this is old but... "but still you're point of view" should be "but still YOUR point of view" because it's his ;)

[@lukasznowicki_mazury]

Rogue_Falyx | PS3 Yes, of course you're absolutely right, my mistake :)

[@RaffiTheQuokka]

i have no idea how i ended up here, but that was interesting!

[@vladi247]

Good job man good job 👍🏻

[@polinaznobina7752]

your Russian pronunciation is so good. I was pleasantly surprised well done

[@yfhose2484]

Omg you realy the first english person..who can correctly pronouncing russian names.. Good work

[@taisiialipman4085]

Wait, why did I watch this ?

[@mila4352]

Taisiia Lipman because u clicked on it 👍🏻 your welcome 😂

[@RABBITANGRY]

the same reason you wrote this. just cuz

[@isaiassaraviabuendia9635]

Russia excites you!

[@Pyzhara]

becouse you love Russia

[@arkadyzelman3134]

Never heard an English person get russian names spot on, well done g :) the one thing to point out (and it’s just nitpicking) is that the o only turns to an a if you come from Moscow or St. Petersburg (and some other areas like Vladivostok) because of the regional accent, and in other parts of the country the O would remain pronounced as o which gets even more accentuated as you get closer to Ukraine or Vologda

[@Hardcourage]

Thanks! great video!!

[@beelzibubbles]

My partner's been correctly pronouncing Ivan this whole bloody time.

[@majorbonkers]

Perfect Russian, thank you! Now please say PRO-NUN-SEE-ASIAN and your English will be prefect too!

[@majorbonkers]

Sorry, I meant PERFECT!

[@kruwie8583]

@@majorbonkers just edit it, idiot

[@donnamelville503]

Thank you 😀

[@ozchick1907]

And “us English speakers are....” 🙄 This guy should stick to Russian. His English is sadly lacking.

[@RichieLarpa]

@@svet-td1pb Oh, so that is a problem! People consider different dialects a mistake? Wow, I am angry now.

[@dontmindmejustwatching]

As a Russian I really appreciate that you have spend some time to research the topic and then to film this video. Thx!

[@GoodMagnetic]

When you pronounced "Vladimir Putin" - I began to think that you're a native Russian speaker - sounds exactly correct! Btw supergood video! And yeah, I'm Igor