SLAV reacts to CELEBRITIES speaking RUSSIAN [#2]

[@vladkast]

Who was your favorite celebrity in this video, and also, comment your recommendations for the next time!

[@emergencyphone5170]

Can you do bert kreischer comedy

[@vladkast]

No, copyrights

[@ludostellingwerff8829]

How about Sean Connery and Sam Neill in The Hunt for Red October? (be gentle, Sean Connery is great! RIP)

[@karcavida3250]

Kate ^^

[@kingsfamilyhomestead-windy5855]

How about Bruce Willis in Red

[@egonpax]

When Kate speaks, there are hearts shooting out of Vladimir's eyes!!

[@andreasvogler1875]

The crazy thing is DeVito didn't just dub the russian version, but also the spanish, italian and german versions.

[@modgal]

wow didn't know that, impressive! and how cool to hear his actual voice in other languages

[@fancypapercutz]

Kate is just absolute grace in all aspects, and RIP Anton Yelchin, he was an incredible actor. I’m not going to lie, Danny DeVito speaking Russian caught me off guard haha

[@vladkast]

I agree with you on everything here

[@davevanvlerah5167]

Robin was amazing at accents. Robin was amazing at everything. RIP, Robin.

[@Ray_Morris]

Vlad: "I can listen to her all day." We all can, man. ❤

[@Brainfryde]

Anton was still a bit of kid in every language, and I find it sad we live in world where he died so young.

[@furleyforever]

Vlad, don't worry. Kate has that effect on all men and women. Your reaction was great.

[@nicoleg2544]

Anton switching from Russian to angling is such a mood. I mean for real that’s peak multilingual right there. Sometimes I’ll be saying something and I’ll think of a world but that world will be in a different language и всё, всё остальное предложение будет на русском.

[@britt3077]

Another great video! And really Kate Beckinsale has a wonderful voice in both languages, so I have to pick her! 🧡

[@kimharding2246]

I agree.

[@blah11blah85]

Glad I found your channel, its very direct and instructive. I'm from Alaska and in my language Athabascan, we do have some Russian words because of the winter trades. Like window, chair, utensils, and a few others. I just didn't know it was Russian until a Russian teacher that came to Alaska to learn our language and help us build it up in educational way to teach it to our younger generation. Her pernounciation in our language is very beautiful.

[@vladkast]

Wasn’t Alaska part of Russia long time ago? Correct me if I’m wring

[@blah11blah85]

Yes it was but they only interacted with certain area of Alaska and even in Alaska we are all not of the same tribe so we all do not have the same language. There's costal Eskimo that's divided between southwest, west or Bering, and north. Aleut, Haida, Tlingit in southeast of Alaska. My tribe only had one encounter with Russians in our area in our history. But even though we are one state, we have many language and different dialects. Even in my language its spoken different from what area you are from very hard to communicate with others if you don't have the fundamentals. Athabascan language was broken during the boarding school days when the missionaries came to Alaska in 1930s. We had oral learning no written ones. So very hard to pass if you didn't grow up hearing it.

[@blah11blah85]

Also my elders never knew we were apart of Russia or aware that it got sold to the United States. Because it is far inland that there fist major encounter is 1930s. You can think of Native Athabascans as nomads because we travel to 4 locations best suited for the season. That's why all our Alaskan villages on the rivers are less than 100 years old.

[@aaronmicalowe]

I really enjoy the sound of the Russian language, and reactions like this are gold.

[@Querens]

I accidentally came to your chanel, even though I'm russian it's kind of interesting to reflect some perspectives on our culture through eyes of other people. This comment is for support purposes :) GJ keep it up

[@kimharding2246]

Where were you 10 months ago? 😂 I was just starting Russian language classes and I knew Tbl, Bbl and Mbl were different in sound... but I couldn’t put my finger on what it was. Finally! I realized that the tongue needs to move towards the back of the mouth! Eureka! Thanks for another wonderful video! And the way you feel about Kate, that’s how I feel about Ivan Vasiliev when HE speaks English. 😉

[@TaylorCoulon]

Pronouncing the letter ы is easier for English speakers when you start with the sound "oy" as in "toy" and slowly change the o to an i. I'm learning Russian and this helped me a lot.

[@eiloen]

I discovered your channel with Part 1. Happy to see part 2! Also, Vlad my guy, this right here is PERFECT fair use of other content!! Great job! This was interesting, you're pleasant and engaging and you really add value to the content. Also your filmmaker channel is great!

[@dawnbarnes8462]

I really like how diverse u are in ur videos. And I truly love learning so you make it really fun. As always mad luv

[@Deborah5000]

You should react to killing eve. Jodie Comer is a native English speaker and learned every language spoken in that show only a few months before filming.

[@hasepsut011]

Mila Jovovic has a bit harder accent as she is half Serbian, her fathers side. Her last name Jovovic is Serbian, very old and well known family. So, as she speaks more serbian and we have similar laguage to russian but harder, stronger accent you can feel it in her russian pronunciation. Russian is very soft language ( I know western people would not agree as it sounds scary to them) but to us it sounds soft and gentle, and more similar to old serbian. Nice thing is, that even thou she was raised in USA, her parents tought her both Russian and Serbian.

[@PyroX792]

I've been studying to speak Russian and as a native English speaker I can tell you the letter 'Ы' is very hard for us. I have to stop and really thinking about it before I pronounce any word with 'Ы' in it.

[@vladkast]

I understand...

[@lesbo37]

Seconded, that sound is brutal and utterly foreign for English speakers. We don't just not have it as a sound but also don't have anything remotely close to it.

[@paulacarr122]

I studied Russian at UCLA like over 40 years ago, and I remember that being probably the most dificult sound to make accurately. Some people in my class couldn't palatalize worth beans, though, and that bugged me more.

[@kimberlyrmartin8377]

I'm American, so not Russian... I just love getting aspects from many other areas of language...I love your "take"

[@peterpopov2937]

Can't blame you for wanting to listen to her all day. She could make Klingon and Uruk sound divine.

[@UTxTheArchangel]

Kate Beckinsale's is amazing. I think most of it is because of her natural voice...Not her English accent, but her natural voice. It's very soft, smooth, calming, elegant, and beautiful. She could be talking about the end of the world and everyone would be relaxed and just in a trance. Her speaking Russian amplifies what i just said times a million. I also love Mila Kunis and Mila Jo's Russian. There's is more sexy, while Kate's is everything I previously mentioned.

[@jimothytames6072]

Please react to Mila Kunis going off on that interviewer 🤣

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Agreed! We need that! The one where she defends Justin Timberlake!

[@ArtemKonstantinovich]

5:00 Danny DeVito also voiced the Lorax in German, Italian and Spanish.

[@priyankachoubey7152]

I've been trying to learn a new language.. I don't think my accent would ever come close to a native speaker. Accents can be so fun🤩. Great content btw.

[@tastytea3776]

It's fine to have an accent. If you learn the language pretty well, other people will react like "Omg he know our language so good, put so much work into our culture".

[@IceMetalPunk]

That vowel sound to English-speakers is like the L/R problem for Japanese speakers. Japanese speakers often can't tell the difference between English L and R because Japanese doesn't have either of those sounds; they approximate it with one sound that's halfway between them, so they have trouble telling them apart. In the same way, English doesn't have that other Russian vowel sound, so it's hard for us to tell the difference between that and the "i" sound that we do have to approximate it. Language is so interesting!

[@vladkast]

Russian speaking kids usually can’t say R either, they say L instead. I have troubles pronunciations R too, I have a slight speech impediment, it’s nice that in English there are no hard Rs

[@chipmartin7608]

Try Natalie Wood in "Meteor." I remember she spoke a lot of Russian in that movie. Brian Keith, too.

[@eoghannp8619]

Natalie Wood’s parents were Russian-speaking immigrants to the United States. She grew up speaking Russian (as well as English) at home. Best wishes, Eòghann

[@waleriaplotek9587]

I initially open cause you look like Russian Jamie Dornan, but stayed for video content ;)

[@MusicalMetamorphosis-]

Thank you for this. I feel so discouraged with my Russian. Maybe I should give up. I'll keep on trying I think.

[@yorpersona]

My name is Andrija, my brother's name is Miroslav. When we migrated to the US, and we were 6 and 4. They translated us as Andrew and Michael. Dad's name is Janko-obviously, John. Pavel, my grandfather, became Paul. My cousin Vladamir, was called Walt. And another cousin was Juroslav .He was Jerry...

[@jsmith1214]

ala su vas zajebali

[@zeugl1271]

Russians say "Na zdorovie" as a toast in Hollywood movies only, it's a cliche. We may say "vashe zdorovie" (to your health) or "budem zdorovy" (let's be healthy) but it sounds a little bit old-fashion. Actually "na zdorovje" is the answer to someone's "thanks" like "you're welcome".

[@TrashParty]

You make me want to learn how to speak Russian

[@yitzchaksviridyuk932]

Ayyy that like to dislike ratio. 0 dislikes man. Keep it up! 😉

[@lizzthatvegan1207]

I love you so much. You are precious. Thank you for another fun video 💞

[@abigailclark160]

Rip Anton Yelchin. He was and amazing actor.

[@domenickriggio684]

whats up Vlad! i just found you the other day. i dig your stuff !

[@obedthemagnificent7128]

😂😂😂😂😂 yo Vlad man, you are crushing on Kate so much bro. 😂😂😂😂😂.

[@jaycee330]

In the Robin Williams clip, I think he was trying to say something like "in Russia, you had to fight for a crumb of freedom, here (in America) you shit on it!"

[@LaMaestra2102]

I miss Anton Yelchin. I cried so hard when he died. What a terrible waste. He'll always be the little guy from _Hearts In Atlantis_ to me. He sounded the most Russian to me as well. Although I can see why you would like Kate Beckinsale's accent because even her English accent or voice is beautiful. It's very clear, but "throaty" which makes it sexy.

[@colliness]

I don't blame you brotha. Her voice is like a red wine.

[@XPRT10R]

Ralph Finnes speaks a lot of russian in his movie "The White Crow", about Rudolf Nureyev.

[@TheMinerInReal]

I don't know how relevant this will be, but the problem you mentioned with English speakers mispronouncing "ы" with "и" is something I've noticed them do in Turkish as well with the letters "i" (и) and "ı" (ы). The "ı" letter in Turkish pretty much has the same sort of pronunciation as the Russian equivalent I would say. (Although I have just started learning Russian). Sort of similar to the second syllable in "open". In Turkish it is less nuanced I would say compared to Russian, I may be wrong on this but there tends to be a type of "y" sound associated with some vowels in Russian whereas it is more raw in Turkish, but it has the same type of effect in English speakers which can lead to funny mistakes when it comes to words like: "sıkıldım" (pronounced sort of like "сыкылдым" (it is sounds rough but I tried my best :P )) which means "I am/got bored" being pronounced like "sikildim" (ы -> и) which means "I got fucked". Just random trivia

[@benmariusc2845]

Yours is the best accent! - Kidding. I don't speak Russian so I don't know how it should sound to be native-like.

[@s.m.iberosi8064]

I think i just watched a youtuber fall in love with an actress justby hearing her russian 🥰😄

[@CossackUSA]

Here's a 1984 interview with Robin Williams, promoting "Moscow on the Hudson", where he talks briefly about some of the Russians he worked with on the film, as well as Russians in general. I understand that he actually learned some Russian for the film, not just his lines. You can see that here, when he sprinkles in occasional Russian words to help make his point. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5ScgWh7bLuIi5I

[@smr6141]

3:20 my brain automatically went into game mode Great vid as always :D

[@LordRubino]

1:23 a little bit like yours. Soft and beautiful. Not stereotypical Russian accent. I hate that in general. Especially with Italian fake accent. Drive me mad because i'm italian :P

[@alshirley3444]

Loved Moscow on Hudson. Robin Williams was an amazing man.

[@Leo-sd3jt]

If you want to hear the difference between the 2 Russian letters just compare the "ea" in "team" with the "i" in "Tim".

[@vladkast]

not quite imo, tim is spoken more with middle of the mouth, whereas ы with back back of the throat, but yeah close enough

[@Leo-sd3jt]

@@vladkast Then a better example might by the "y" in "hymn" but I don't know if most people pronounce the word the same way or if there are regional pronunciation differences.

[@karlomarkodaniel9726]

Subscribed already love from the Philippines!

[@PiranhaSatan]

6:39 i’ve spent the past 5 minutes trying to make these two noises distinctly different :( it’s rough man

[@vallire7499]

it's mostly about the tongue position! curl it backwards for "ы", so that the middle and point parts face the roof of your mouth, but DON'T touch it. there's no equivalents of that sound exactly in English, unfortunately! for "и" the tongue curls forward, and the middle of the tongue actually touches the roof, like the first sound in Eve, Eevee, Elon

[@vallire7499]

ы is really really far back in your mouth, so keep that in mind

[@itsakindofmarzi]

As a Slav myself (a Polish speaker) I'd say that the easiest way to distinguish between this too sounds in English is the difference between "sheep" and "ship", "sleep" and "slip" etc.

[@itsakindofmarzi]

Or name Dean vs name Dylan.

[@lost99sheep]

Me too

[@archabe]

For some reason Hollywood cast Swedish actors to play Russian or eastern - European villains. As a swede Im happy they get the parts but I wonder what you make of their performance? Some examples are Peter Stormare, Michael Nyqvist and Dolph Lundgren.

[@puffeiffer]

I can not understand Russian. But even so, the hottest sound to me is a Russian man when he is angry and shouting. Something bout the inflection. Gets me going.

[@Scovoronski]

Great content, love how you educate on the language. Keep it up, hope you get more recognition on youtube.

[@Probablylani]

8:33 LMAO the crushing has begun.

[@jdm1066]

I assume that when Kate Beckinsale speaks in Russian you hear it the way that Americans hear her Posh English accent when she speaks English. Which would make it sound amazing to you as well.

[@greganthony4426]

I could tell that was Danny Devito speaking regardless of the language. His voice is that unique.

[@sadhbh4652]

Could you look at the Russian accents in the series "The Americans"?

[@lillyv9430]

Im curious too!

[@lizonyuh2290]

Do people really cringe and get angry when non native speakers don't get stuff right? I never get irritated with people who speak to me in English when it's not their native language....as far as I'm concerned, they're communicating effectively and that's what matters, not how well they do it. Accents can be hard to understand sometimes but I don't want to discourage them so I stay quiet. Language learning is hard.

[@digitalmimi]

I love these kinds of videos about accents

[@B-Meister]

Now I'm kind of curious. I had Russian neighbours once and they said that на здоровье isn't actually used, only in Hollywood. To which I replied "So what would you say for "cheers""? They laughed and said "nothing mate, we just drink" xD Now you're saying it is used, so I'm guessing that's dependent on the region / country they're from then?

[@helenaalexandra1786]

I love Kate Beckinsale’s voice and mannerism. Her Russian, like her English, sounds crisp, uber feminine, and simply beautiful.

[@BeardyBaldyBob]

There's always time for more Kate Beckinsale ❤️

[@mccorama]

I'm Scottish, and I've been told I have a Swedish accent when I speak German....you try your best!

[@2nd3rd1st]

I love how you say Kate Baking Sale's name

[@vladkast]

Oh come on 😂

[@2nd3rd1st]

@@vladkast

[@shazplant8265]

Ur right it’s about the phonics of the alphabet, Kate just educated herself, nothing is beyond any of us, no different to accents within the same language! 💙

[@EwgenijBelzmann]

As far as Anton Yelchin and Mila Kunis are concerned, I think it depends on the usage of the language in the family. I am also from Ukraine (Odessa to be precise), but when I was 11 my family moved to Germany. My German is obviously on a native speaker level, but so is my Russian. And a big reason for this is that we spoke (and still speak) Russian at home with my parents and grandparents. Also most of my friends speak Russian, as does my ex with whom I was together for 12 years. Even her son, my step-son, who was born in Russia but moved to Germany at just half a year old or so, speaks Russian pretty well (though he does have an accent), and can even read and write, quite slowly though.

[@samrodwell8669]

Vlad I agree with you about Kate Beckinsale..... she is near perfect in every way!

[@daniel-med]

Even being half Russian, it took 18 years of my life before I properly learned to pronounce "ы" correctly. It's so difficult, I still pronounce it like an и sometimes. It's not enough to just move your tongue back. Using your throat more than your mouth for making the sound is a good tip Vladimir, haven't thought about that

[@XianHaos]

How about Sophia Vergara's Russian Nanny speech that she used to evict the tenants in Modern Family? How does her Russian measure up?

[@dp1080]

Давай 3 часть, ты не среагировал на Элизабет Олсен, ну и на Арни еще можно :)

[@dimamurzin]

Ы as in ship, И as in sheep - rough approximation.

[@vladkast]

I would say its very rough approximation. In ship tongue rests, maybe barely moves forward, whereas in Ы tongue moves back as far as you can. Or it's just me idk

[@dimamurzin]

@@vladkast I got curious so I went and checked :) English i as in [bit] is a near-close near-front unrounded vowel; in Russian ы is a close central unrounded vowel. Of course, there are dialect variations, difference is that it looks like in English it's a continuum between [meet] and [bit] and in Russian it's two distinct sounds that can never replace each other.

[@jaycee330]

@@vladkast It's probably closer to the "i" in "little", just before the glottal stop.

[@Laudon1228]

Is “nostarovya”” (?) also used when someone sneezes? I think I remember my Nana saying that.

[@vladkast]

bud' zdorov (zdorova) (masculine and feminine) - used for sneezing, "be healthy"

[@joycepaney8084]

I just subscribed because I love Russian accent🥰

[@freikorpsdanmark]

Hi . Try to react to the film , Thor Hunt for red october , there Sean Connery , and Sam Neill speak russian in the beginning of the movie . Nice one 👍😃

[@Belnick6666]

did Anton move to usa with his parents or adopted? asking because if he had russian parents with him, ofc they are going to teach him the mother language(no phun) first?

[@softgripper]

It's incredible watching your subscriber count each day :) Congratulations!

[@arctic_w]

Loved this video. I am so confused why there are SO MANY crap instances of ppl speaking terrible Russian in Holliwood movies when there are so many Russians working in Holliwood. They usually can't even deliver one line. Howww. Is it up to the director, whichever take looked the most cool?

[@if5248]

Liking to make Vlad ✨happy✨

[@DeadBuddy01]

Возможно причина по которой тебе так нравится русский Кейт, потому что у нее тон голоса не меняется как в английском, так и в русском, да и сам тон довольно приятный. Но почему-то мне ее русский кажется больше словно с итальянским акцентом что-ли.. лично мое мнение)

[@kennethaxi]

I'm interested in hearing what You think about how well Sean Connery speak in the movie "The Hunt for Red October".

[@kimberlyoldschool]

Hahahaha, that will be in my top movies of all time list, because the legendary Sean just powered forward with that Scottish accent as a “Lithuanian”. It’s just perfect.

[@xHarpyx]

I taught myself a little bit of German. (PreInternet)... for Rammstien lyrics. And if it weren’t for those crazy letters I could probably take on Russian. ... for Ic3Peak

[@xHarpyx]

Could you explain to me the what or WHY is VITAS?? I don’t get it. Like what the hell is with his dancing? Is it all in the pursuit of art?

[@vladkast]

yeah, art, idk, are you talking about one specific video clip? watch his life performances, he just stands still like an opera singer

[@xHarpyx]

Haha his 7th Element video went semi viral here in the states. Also was used in memes or Vine. He has a beautiful voice, but that music video haunts me lol

[@xHarpyx]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2mcXmquqLd_iJY

[@eld2310]

Sean Connery speaking Russian in Hunt for Red October! And all the non-Russian actors in that movie doing accents and speaking Russian, I guess.

[@stephenmason2151]

Robin Williams lived in San Francisco when he was younger he may have been exposed to a lot of Russian natives speaking English, hence his good russian accent when speaking english.

[@karlomarkodaniel9726]

Going to Russia after this covid thanks for the heads up in the language 🇷🇺

[@WhiteTiger333]

I can distinguish the "e" and the "not e", but I can not really reproduce the sound. By itself, yes, but when I try to say words, it comes out mangled, imo. :D

[@5688gamble]

Thing is it's rare to hear any accent used in any media spoken in a non-exaggerated way outside the native country, I'm Scottish and I cringe at the exaggerated accents in American TV and film. It's not just Russian people who get this!

[@lilo621]

Suggestion Cast more light on yourself : the background comes off way brighter than you. I know you studied film-making, so I guess there may be a reason your setup is lit this way. I'm not trying to tell you what to do though :)

[@worryworm]

Can you recommend any good ways to learn Russian? I speak Swedish, Danish and English fluently. I know a bit about how to sing different sounds, and speaking a language is all about finding the sounds that corresponds to the meaning.

[@shadwabarghash8734]

Also Arabic is sometimes hard to translate due different grammar structure too

[@prem264]

Nobody would ever say “НA здоровье» in Russia. If drinking, you could say “ЗА здоровье, ЗА ТВОЁ здоровье». Hollywood got it all wrong and everyone believed it.

[@joeyt.]

May I suggest you do a look at the Award winning movie 'Eastern Promises' starring Viggo Mortensen (Lord of the Rings star) where he portrays a Russian Mobster. There is a lot of Russian spoken in the movie, sure you will enjoy it. There is also a detailed explanation of the Tattoos that the Russian mob wear on their bodies. thanks joe

[@damndbrath]

Great vid :) Try Eastern Promises!

[@CarlineSales-pz6mz]

I would say the letter "i" is more like "ы". And the "и" would be more like "ee" or "ie"

[@AnhedoniaCult]

K.B. had always been a celebrity crush. Never knew she spoke Russian until now, and as it you said, she makes it sound absolutely dreamy. I started to learn Russian back in High School, from a friend I made that was an exchange student from Azerbaijan. Yusef I think was his name. I want to get back into learning it. Great vids. Would love to see a review/reaction to the movie Eastern Promises with Viggo Mortensen!!

[@peabody1976]

Now for a change, and because it's uncommon, how about Chrystia Freeland (Canada's Finance Minister) speaking Ukrainian? I'm intrigued to hear your thoughts.

[@JazzyNym]

My latino friends always told me I was "cute" when speaking Spanish, and I was always kinda offended by that lol but I'm guessing it's because I try to pronounce stuff "properly" or with the same mouth movements/intonations as they do. I could easily say things "like an American" but I'd always try to sound like native speakers because it sounded better to myself... maybe that's where the "cute" comes from. Is that kinda where it's coming from for you, or do you mean they sound cute in another way?

[@vladkast]

No... it’s just very pleasant. For the most part I dislike English accent when speaking in Russian

[@jokarpinski22]

Great vids Vlad, love your channel. Stupid question, my grandparents are Polish, so I know like basic good morning, how are you, etc etc to survive (the minimum for tourists), but I'm thinking of studying Russian, bc I think it's much more useful in the modern world, how difficult is the learning curve for Russian or would it just be much easier for me to dedicate myself to just learning more Polish instead? Keep up the great work!

[@vladkast]

Honestly, I have no idea, since it’s my native language, I didn’t learn it, so I can’t tell you that

[@jokarpinski22]

@@vladkast No I understand, I just didn't know if you ever had any feedback, or like comparing grammar or anything. Maybe from living in proximity to Poland you've had conversations or exchanges with people about the subject. I know Polish grammar is really really tough, but you don't need to learn cyrillic at least. Thanks for the quick response regardless!

[@PropertyOfK]

@@jokarpinski22 as a Pole I can tell you that I don't understand russian at all, maybe some words are similar. Definitely the alphabet is different. I can also tell you that polish grammar is pretty hard in comparison to english. Pronunciation is not easy also, but it's doable when you put your heart in it. If you decide to take polish I wish you good luck and don't give up : )

[@jokarpinski22]

@@PropertyOfK Thanks for the feedback! I will be thinking about it for my New Year resolution. I suggest you watch Vlad's video on Difference between Russian and Ukranian, apparently they talk about how Ukranian and Polish have 60% similarity, but not Russian. Pretty cool!

[@HighOctaneVR]

She's perfect 😍 You get a like and subscribe for that alone my friend. Underworld is great as well.