Tips on Russian pronunciation, stressing and intonation

[@drexelmildraff7580]

Loved this video. Almost spit out my coffee when Denis mentioned linguists in dungeons trying to torture foreign language learners. What an incredible sense of humor he has! He makes learning so easy. Could listen to him all day.

[@tracyrussell4116]

Lol

[@Artistath3na]

Thank you so much, for your effort in making these videos, I have been studying Russian for 5 years, and you are helping me a lot! Much a appreciated!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks! I am glad to be of help)

[@1Swoody]

Thank you for such a clear and concise explanation of Russian pronunciation!

[@penny1799]

This is awesome. I’ve been learning Russian for a week now and my struggle has always been figuring out how to properly pronounce the Russian words that I read. I’m so glad I found this! Спасибо, денис! You deserve more subscribers! Любовь с филиппин! ❤️🇵🇭

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо!

[@oransherf1089]

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[@Martina-Kosicanka]

I love your style. I was smiling the whole time. Also it was massively helpful. In Slovak, we have always stressed the first syllable.

[@WarlamSotoFlores]

This video is amazing, my first language is spanish and i think this is kinda similar not equal, it makes a little bit more easy to learn. In spanish we said (El Café) as male not in the english way as it. That is why I am loving russian.

[@russianinpractice]

Very good theory and nice clear examples. I usually explain one thing at a time since it really looks heavy for understanding in one and only video. But yours is rather a clear lesson.

[@jeremy5602]

To an American, the way Russians pronounce "ch" sometimes sounds more like "sh" to me. The biggest example of that is when I hear them say "что," the CHto sounds more like SHto because it's spoken so quickly. When he says "скушный" quickly, it sounds like it's in between "ch" and "sh," and even with a hint of "zh" in there, so I can easily see how "скучный" became "скушный" when spoken. For two languages that have some sounds in one that are not in the other, it can be very hard for non-native speakers to even notice any difference, let alone learn to say them correctly. There are words like that in English, like "ask." The majority of people say SK because it's not that hard to say, but some people say KS especially when speaking fast. Or often times when saying "asks" or "asked," which

[@issayevm]

Hello, it is a norm of oral speech. You will often find that Russians say a different letter, consonant or vowel, than what is written in the text, this is simply a tradition of oral speech. So you are right, rather “что” sounds like “shto” in transcription, I think about 1-2 percent of Russians say this word as “chto”.But you can say chto or shto, we will understand you:)

[@YaShoom]

It's not about rapid speech, but about the norms of the language itself - the word 'что' is pronounced literarily with 'sh'. This is not an allophone of the phoneme 'ch', but rather a characteristic of Moscow pronunciation that has become established in this word. In fact, the word is 'shto', which is historically written as 'что'.

[@YaShoom]

By the way, the pronunciation "aks" is also a historical legacy, but it has not been fixed in the official language.

[@tranglomango]

You are an excelent teacher, I can't thank you enough for the information you provide. Sincerely thank you

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks for compliments. You are welcome!

[@chennakesva.markapurammark4138]

Privet Denis! VI khoroshO obyi- cnyasnyaete! I have a question regarding pronunciation. I am not a beginner. While conjugating a verb,for example chitAt'"( to read ):in 2 nd person plural I.e VI(you- plural) "chitaete" how to pronounce the last two "e" s? Like 'chitAitsi" or " chitaete" or "chitAitse" or "chitAetsi"?Please clarify ! I have referred even " The Learners Russian- English Dictionary" by B.A.Lapidus and S.V.Shevtsova" Published by " Moscow Russian Language Publishers"-1980. Sorry for not using Russian font because I could not get it. Please reply! I am a Telugu(language- about 80 million peoples' mother tongue ) speaking Indian. Spacibo !

[@chennakesva.markapurammark4138]

Hi Denis! Will you clear my doubt about the pronunciation of unstressed "e" in the penultimate position and the final "e" while conjugating the verb "chitat'" ( Vi chitaete).I think this is important for non native Learners. Spacibo!

[@НектоНеизвестный-в1р]

Я Ё использую всегда, даже на телефоне xD И вам советую.

[@fdgvdfvgfg8883]

Когда ты русский и понимаешь , сколько всего нужно понимать, что бы изучить русский. А английский я выучил всего за три недели и почти на 70% понимаю весь англоязычный ютуб.

[@FG-cq9mg]

Thank you so much for your very thorough and detailed videos! I have watched videos from people on paid venues as well as many different free videos on KZbin but I have found yours to be the most useful and easiest for me to understand as an English speaker with no previous knowledge of Russian. I feel like I am making good progress and I credit you for that. By making your videos clear and easily understood, I've continued with this project rather than becoming bored or overwhelmed by difficulty. Thank you again! When I become fluent in Russian, perhaps I'll travel there from South Carolina and we can converse, lol!!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you for showing your appreciation. It’s good to know that my videos are of help to you.

[@yelkyawko9116]

I found this videos two years after upload . but Thanks a lot sir

[@DenisFedorov]

The Russian language has not changed very much since that time :)

[@Leasjournal]

I just stumbled upon your channel and it's by far the best that I found. I'm just starting to learn Russian, and the hardest part for me is probably that it's not in the Latin script, therefore I am learning simultaneously a whole new script and language. At least the pronunciation is ok since I'm from Croatia and some words are pretty similar :) just keep uploading, there's people out there that really appreciate what you're doing :)

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks. Will try to upload more. Wish you best of luck with your Russian)

[@Leasjournal]

Thank you!

[@DenisFedorov]

My pleasure)

[@russkimalayu4125]

Hello Denis Fedorov. This is an excellent video. Thank you for your explanation.

[@DenisFedorov]

Hi, thank you.

[@annwatchman6885]

Thankyou Denis Fedorov, brilliant video, extremely helpful indeed 💖

[@AleksSander741]

As a Spanish speaker, I ve found out all those past words we've already learned had been easy to pronounce. 😊 thank u for the tips teacher, I 'll follow ur Chanel cuz i am really corious in Russian language "big hug for u From México" 😉👋

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you! Viva Mexico!

[@Anitalazt]

Many thanks I am a beginner in the study of the Russian language, my mother tongue is Spanish but I find your videos very helpful. Greetings from Spain ;)

[@anomienormie8126]

Perfectly cleared up my confusion! Thank you!

[@mihanich]

As far as I know, the pronounciation of the -чн- as -шн- is actually characteristic for traditional Moscow pronounciation. In traditional Moscow accent people used to say скушный, булошная, молошный, мелошный instead of скучный, булочная, молочный and мелочный. This changed during the 20th century as more and more people from other regions of Russia migrated to Moscow bringing their own accents and influencing the local pronounciation. So now in Moscow we almost always hear people say молочный or мелочный, but some words like скучный or булочная are still often pronounced with -шн- as in the old muscovite accent. So I believe it would be more appropriate for the linguists to consider both скучный and скушный pronounciation as correct for the standard language.

[@mikhailalexandrovichrimsky5501]

Privet! Same counts for Мужчина - жч - is difficult to speak, so natives say it like Мущина. (Masculine)

[@merumo3o]

Thank you, this really helped a lot! I just started studying Russian because I get called "Kremlin troll" a lot, so the least I can do is to learn some Russian 😀

[@DenisFedorov]

Looks like a good idea)

[@genshiyami]

Кремлный тролл. Кажется неправильно. Тролл Кремля.☺

[@int31cm]

Denis is an excellent teacher. I am very impressed.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@สําเร็จชัยกิจกรณ์]

Very good theory clear examples. I usually explain one thing at a time since it really looks heavy for understanding in one and only video. But yours is rather a clear lesson.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@nimashafernando5241]

Thank you so much. I learned lots of tips through this video. ♥️

[@edmarkpolicarpiopineda4541]

Denis you are the best!

[@natascialind3827]

Very useful lesson! Молодец 👏 ❤!

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо!

[@isikpamir]

PERFECT TEACHER !!! I LEARNT VERY IMPORTANT STUFFS TOC NIGHT..I WILL WATCH IT MORE.. SPASIBO ..!!

[@DenisFedorov]

Wow! Thanks)

[@franciscolima5694]

produtividade

[@capitaopacoca8454]

@@franciscolima5694 Olá, brasileiro.

[@lui2322]

Привет brasileiros

[@sante8944]

Thank you for the help. Your teaching style is very comprehensive.

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо за комплимент

[@sante8944]

@@DenisFedorov You are most welcome, Sir Denis. -Thomas

[@jacobperry4537]

amazing tips.

[@carollynbratcher3587]

The linguistic dungeon joke is very funny! I got a good laugh. Thank you!!!

[@DenisFedorov]

Рад стараться!

[@gimedemcookiesb3271]

Wow you’re like an instruction manual for English speakers, I’m paused at 4:13 because I just realized this is a notebook video 👍👍

[@cpec92]

Loved your video. Super clear explanations. Thanks.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks for watching!

[@Marjona-t9s]

Спасибо большое 😊

[@SergioE-ic7kr]

Послушал и почувствовал себя иностранцем. Даже сказать родные слова получилось только с акцентом)

[@Verbalaesthet]

7:16 Поезд идет! (thanks for the video)

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Hello Denis Fedorov, i constantly refer and follow your channel and lessons. Very motivating and truly inspirational. Кофе - он. Он такой вкусный. Я один из людей , который изучить русский как иностранный. Да, верно, что мне нравится ваш канал. И так вашен для меня. И спасибо Вам большое. И с наступающим 🎄🎁🎊✨

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо за добрые слова! Вас тоже с наступающим!

[@cjhgi1146]

Thanks Denis... you are a good teacher

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@Siennaflower]

Very informative and entertaining! Спасибо!

[@DenisFedorov]

Не за что!

[@adastra3591]

Very valuable lesson. Thanks a lot!

[@eduardoluisrl]

please make a video teaching : How to learn the imperfective and perfective verbs, i would appreciate!

[@DenisFedorov]

It's a big topic. But to learn those words you need to understand the theory, which means that imperfective verbs are similar to English simple and continuous tenses, and perfective -- to perfect tenses. The mechanism of transformation is pretty hard and diverse, so you should probably start remembering verbs in pairs (imp. and perf.). First, you start with most common verbs, then -- expand the list to about (ideally) 300 pairs.

[@heylookitsummer]

Very helpful video, thanks! It surprised me how similar the languages are, even the pronunciations are based on the same things, just ending in different rules

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks. Indeed, languages have many commonalities.

[@angelosenlob1557]

very good, I am learning a lot

[@gregphilipmusic]

Thanks a lot Denis.Cool!

[@DenisFedorov]

Не за что!

[@chiaraliuti3928]

Great video Dennis, thanks a bunch!!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you!

[@nicky85926]

Subscribed, great videos, thank you

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@edmarkpolicarpiopineda4541]

He is amazing, hey!

[@krizkayG48]

You are amazing! Thank you so much, i love your videos

[@DenisFedorov]

You are so welcome!

[@Elise10000]

Thank you, learning Russian and just discovered your videos. You did a good job of explaining the hard and soft signs (I may be getting it) but then you got to final seconds with Р ы щ and said “you should learn these from beginning” or something and didn’t explain. Where’d you go?! I’ll search your other videos, I’m getting closer to P as 1 week ago my tongue learned to trill/roll (hallelujah) but that ы ? Help :)

[@YaShoom]

Hi, how are things going with the language? =)

[@immortal.abhinav]

You know they take there language seriously when the word easy is pronounced as лёгкий. 🙃

[@Crimbtw]

As a complete novice that looks like the language of the God's

[@timopheyokraken7341]

Real transcription is [л'охкий]

[@Dr_Larken]

Спасибо= spicy bowl There’s a lot of words , that I honestly compress English words together to make the Russian word!

[@Ronpaulians]

Maestro!

[@motlhabikarabo]

spasibo za etu sessiyu,

[@DenisFedorov]

Не за что

[@johnkeatsin]

Great video!

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks!

[@valkonrad]

Great - very useful! Remember that we normally only say "Russian" in phrases like "in Russian", "I speak Russian", "learning Russian", etc. Only a scholar, or someone who wanted to draw attention to the totality of the language might say "the Russian language" (never forgetting "the" in this case). It's curious that even Russians who have almost perfect English (like you) forget "the" and always talk about "(the) Russian language". As you say, we forget the rules that don't correspond to our own language. A second tip - syllables, etc, are "stressed". Only learners of Russian and bridges are under stress;-) Конечно, ясно, что я говорю по-русски только ужасно.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks for the tips. I know for sure that sometimes I make mistakes in English. As for this "under stress," we--Russians--call "stressed syllables" as "syllables under stress" (the literal translation). So, somehow I missed all of this and simply took this "under stress" from Russian. Thanks for the tip. From now on, I'll start saying "stressed syllables." As for THE Russian language, now I usually never forget to use "the." But before, yes, I was not using "the" at all))

[@zigorvlc]

Lol, it's funny how Denis discuss the "coffee" topic without being angry about

[@caiosilva4021]

Excellent! Thank you so much! Portuguese is my native language and I understood your english and your russian! Nice! Keep up the good work

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks)

[@marjomarjosobrera4903]

i learn a lots spasibo

[@DenisFedorov]

You are welcome!

[@ismailshahzyarmal7211]

This a good information for me tnaks

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome)

[@francescoosto2864]

отлично ;) молодец ;)

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо!

[@jenenre1548]

amazing ....spaseba

[@DenisFedorov]

Ne za chto)

[@miriamschwarz1246]

That coffee part was too funny :))) it's like you're fed up with this topic. I feel you :)) it's the same thing as the Romanian "care" or "pe care" :))

[@cena6579]

amazing! thank you man!

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome!

[@sapitos4]

wow. that was VERY satisfying. It helped me a LOT. You could open your own school of language, man.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@Krivcsa]

liked and subscribed thanks

[@DenisFedorov]

Thank you!

[@สําเร็จชัยกิจกรณ์]

Ok Great

[@essemmetv]

Very straightforward explanation. Also, mine is the 666th thumbs up.

[@DenisFedorov]

Thanks. That's a lucky number.

[@erfho8y]

7:14 *cue in the kick, bass and snare*

[@rickyhondo699]

thank you

[@DenisFedorov]

You're welcome!

[@sifridbassoon]

unfortunately, regular printed text such as literature, magazines, newspapers, etc....do not show where the accent is. :-(

[@caninbar]

I love you!!!

[@DenisFedorov]

Figuratively, of course?

[@mi13estrellas]

is there a good dictionary that indicates where the stress is in the word

[@Mblakrak8055]

u can ask putin, maybe he give u

[@xavierbertrand5558]

Basically all good bilingual dictionaries indicate the place of the stress (Oxford, Assimil, Larousse...)

[@sapientiayu5597]

Wiki слово

[@plpkmnp4160]

0:45 but if the word has only one vowel and it is stressed why is "до" pronounced "da"?

[@НектоНеизвестный-в1р]

18:00 Н и удлиняться может.

[@mothuyen8572]

Очень полезное видео), Я очень плохо говорю по-русски и хочу правильно произносить буквы (((

[@DenisFedorov]

Спасибо!

[@rosyad8012]

how to pronounce milk and tree in russian? moloko and derevo.

[@LiborSupcik]

why [how the pronunciation changes] there is always soft sign after a hard consonant sh in the you verbs?

[@DenisFedorov]

At word-finals, a soft sign after Ж, Ш, Щ, Ч does NOT influence their pronunciation because those consonants can be hard-only (Ж, Ш) or soft-only (Щ, Ч). As for "there is always a soft sign," there are historical reasons for that which are no longer relevant. Thus, in this and other cases, nowadays the soft sign plays only a grammatical role and doesn't change the pronunciation.

[@kalanaherath3076]

"But we people of common sense will win" wow you really throw a lot of shade at show-Offs don't you? Lol

[@dfaz333]

I'm still laughing...we're intelligent people 😂

[@Blady99]

Neuter coffee sayers of the world UNITE!!! We have nothing to lose but the gender!!!

[@AA-pk6fo]

ннннннннннннниииииииииииииииикогда!!! КОФЕ - ОН!!!

[@strollingshubhamvlogs]

What is different between #какие and #что

[@strollingshubhamvlogs]

If you dont replie within 2 days... then I have your dislike and unsubscribe button ...? I can dislike your every comment...!!!

[@НектоНеизвестный-в1р]

В слове Майонез ЙО без ударения xD

[@strollingshubhamvlogs]

#strolling_shubham DN

[@shanekratzert]

Now I understand that Russian is not phonetic... damn... I've been saying it is phonetic, but as I kept learning it... it wasn't. And this just confirms it... nobody is pronouncing it phonetically if it is too hard to pronounce. "LY-OG-KIY" is "harder", so you say "lekh-kiy" instead.... rather than slowly rewriting words to match the spoken way, you just keep pronouncing it non-phonetically. That's unfortunate. I think "skuchniy" makes more sense than "skushniy" if they don't change the spelling... man, this complicates my learning.

[@LiveRussian]

Your tips are great! Насчёт произношения "скучный", каждый язык не стоит на месте и развивается, русский язык развивается в сторону произнесения всех букв без изменения их звука. Я думаю, скоро в орфоэпическом словаре правильным будет произношение "скучный" . Ещё такое произношение свойственно питерцам, они произносят "ч" в таких словах, как "булочная", "яичница" в отличие от старомосковского "булошная", "яишница"

[@DenisFedorov]

Всё верно) А так, русский язык развивается туда, куда мы его развиваем) Так что давайте все произносить "булоЧная", "яиЧница", "скуЧный", "дождь" - как пишется, а не "дощ". И приходя в кофейню, заказывать кофе, используя исключительно средний род. И это рекомендация касается не только русскоговорящих, но и тех, кто этот язык пока что учит (возможно, читая эти строки через Google Translate).

[@LiveRussian]

Denis Fedorov согласна, так иностранцам будет легче его изучать, а нам легче преподавать )

[@НектоНеизвестный-в1р]

И у кофе, в словаре, и средний род есть. И вообще, язык создаёт народ, а не словарь.

[@JohnSmith7233]

Hi, how can I get a one on one lesson? On Skype preferably

[@DenisFedorov]

Hello. At the moment, I am not giving private lessons. Maybe in several months...

[@YaShoom]

У вам ТЬ звучит похоже на Ч - это может запутать учеников.

[@tammy55743]

the end

[@Lionslycer]

I’m trying to get that tire 2 pronunciation down

[@aersla1731]

Где кофе

[@dreadcannibal3395]

this guy is great and so beautiful no homo

[@НектоНеизвестный-в1р]

8:55 Д не мягкая, а носовая.

[@xavierbertrand5558]

Totally useless since by looking at a word is not enough to know which wovel must be stressed. FIRST you have to memorize which wovel to stress THEN you can stress it.

[@tomr.4580]

Я не знаю почему вы преподаёте pусский язык на английском языке??? Мы изучаем русский язык, нам надо слушать только по- русски. А если кто-то не понимает по-русски, сделайте English-subtitle. Когда я приехал в Россию, никто не говорит по-английски, и мой учитель русского языка тоже.

[@DenisFedorov]

Этот канал смотрят в основном начинающие, которые не из России. Я делаю всё правильно, но всё равно спасибо за совет!

[@giacomorotondi7251]

let the guy do as he wants, and stop complaining, thats my advice, cheers.

[@hukanamatata7359]

😭😭😭

[@dfaz333]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Апрель-р5э]

Кофе - оно. Это для малограмотных. Это правило! Зачем вы учите, что и так можно? И говорить скуЧно, это тоже не очень грамотно. Когда я гоаорила булоЧная, я хотя бы понимала, ч о говорю именно! с ошибкой. Просто рядом все так говорили

[@DenisFedorov]

Помнится, как-то давно некий блогер Артемий Лебедев написал следующее: "Признаком псевдоинтеллигентности является замечание «кофе - он». Обычно так говорят люди, не замечающие настоящих ошибок в речи. Мужской род бедному напитку достался от устаревших форм «кофий» или «кофей». До войны слово «метро» тоже было мужского рода, потому что метрополитен - он. В ботанике кофе - оно. Мужской род не делает напиток из зерен кофейного дерева более благородным, чем, скажем, напиток из бобов какао. «Кофе - он» - такая же глупость и архаика, как январское отмечание рождества «по старому стилю». Кофе должно быть среднего рода". Что касается слов "булочная" и "скучно", то ваши замечания не соответствуют современнным орфоэпическим нормам, следовательно, вы, скорее всего, относитесь к старшему поколению носителей русского языка.

[@Апрель-р5э]

@@DenisFedorov не хочется никак что-то писать кроме того, что некий Лебедев всего лишь Блогер!