Ukrainian TV Interview / Стів Кауфман гість програми Ехо України

In this video, I talk about the situation in eastern Ukraine and language learning. I speak in both Russian and Ukraine.
Original Video: • Стів Кауфман гість про...
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[@billywade7794]

Steve. You have changed my life sir and I mean that. By using your method of listening and reading rather than getting hung up in grammar and conjugation, I have improved my French immensely. I finally got an online tutor from italki weekly and have noticed an improvement in just 4 weeks. All this by using the time I have in my car and at work to emmerse myself in listening. L'écoute et la lecture sont le plus importante pour apprentissage une langue étrangère. Tu est formidable. Merci mon ami. Passe un bon vacance à Europe.

[@Thelinguist]

Very glad to hear it. Thanks for letting me know.

[@Xisbrezatsgzormd]

I am Ukrainian, I think you are great, both as a Person from a big letter and Polyglot. Thank for your help, for your position, and all the knowledge you give to us!

[@teresagutierrezcid4018]

Congratulations! That is what I call to get out of your confort zone!

[@denzel7089]

Приємно бачити Стіва на нашому телебаченні)

[@michalgreben8228]

This is so impressive, Steve! It would be great if you made a follow up video, in which you spoke about the whole experience :)

[@WolfusMandrago]

Agreed!

[@jamescook2412]

Agreed!

[@xDanieel]

Agreed [3]

[@JulieStudies]

Yes!

[@alx9385]

Дуже круто бачити людину, яка знає стільки мов! Great job Steve!

[@aelinsardothien8926]

Так приемно! It's so flattering to see that my language is still being learned!

[@gammondog]

I haven't watched this channel in a very long time. It is such a delight to see Steve still active and in the pink. A testament to the value of mental and physical exercise.

[@andriifurtak844]

Great job, Steve! Чудова робота, Стів!

[@SPEAKLANGUAGESTRAVELTHEWORLD]

I am very impressed Steve! It takes a lot of courage to go out of your comfort zone in front of such a large audience. An inspiration for my students!!

[@mark_gorovik]

Спасибо Стив за помощь.

[@gavinhillick]

I don't understand a word but the host seemed to, so great job. Especially given how intimidating it looks sitting on a stage alone like that.

[@Blondesax]

Right? What an interesting setup. That looks super intimidating.

[@RareAvengedSevenfold]

It’s about Steve learning languages in general and then him helping Ukrainian people, specifically in eastern Ukraine, due to the conflict with Russia. So it’s a political topic and he did really well especially since he considers his Russian and Ukrainian to be worse than 10 other languages he speaks.

[@gavinhillick]

@@RareAvengedSevenfold Thanks for that. I could figure out he was talking about languages but not much else.

[@michaelwei7577]

Äußerst beeindruckend! Ich habe zwar kein einziges Wort verstanden, aber man sieht, wie du mit dem Fortgang des Gesprächs immer sicherer wurdest.

[@NetAndyCz]

Damn, my German still sucks, I understand only few words, but I guess that is the gist of your message?

[@thetakeover51]

Ich denke das auch! Ich spreche Russisch und sein Niveau des Sprache hat, in eine kurze Zeit, viele verbessern! - tut mir leid fuer Fehler!

[@SouthPark333Gaming]

Ich lerne im moment Russisch, und er ist sehr gut! er hat ein Akzent, aber das ist nicht wirklich ein problem.

[@thetakeover51]

@@SouthPark333Gaming Stimmt. Also hat er ein sehr gut Wortshcatz!!

[@chocoflan6672]

Proud of you Steve!!

[@samuraidapreguica7825]

Steve, you are AMAZING!!

[@herr_k69]

That takes no small amount of courage to do. Well done!!!

[@innademchenkof3250]

Dear Steve, thank you! Thank you for the understanding well the situation in Ukraine, the language situation and of course for your help! Дякую!

[@NephilaClavata]

Wow. I used to watch your channel back what seems like about 10 years ago. Great to see how far you've come!

[@anastasiagryn8236]

Steve, you are absolutely fantastic 😍

[@Thelinguist]

You're too kind!! I look forward to getting back to Ukraine.

[@tori8823]

you're the man, steve. how motivational this is!

[@jazzyeric21]

My goodness Steve. That was totally impressive!

[@Silvqr]

Steve on TV is amazing

[@user-gx4wp4mp6t]

Steve, you should have asked the host : " and when did YOU begin to learn Ukrainian?"

[@pianistanton1]

Да, я как украинец, явно заметил ,что ведущий реально мало использует украинский в повседневной жизни

[@annamangiullo4207]

@@pianistanton1 how can you understand it? I'm just curious, I'm not a native speaking but I know both Ukrainian and Russian

[@nexypl]

It's not only impressive you spoke two langauges, it's equally impressive you kept your composure on television. Despite speaking Russian decently I would absolutely capitulate in such a situation XD

[@Ihor_Ab]

чортовий пропагандист 😡🤬 Стів, а ви просто неймовірний, дякую вам за все !!!

[@SergiiStarodubtsev]

Respect !

[@learnpiano12]

Very impressive !!

[@LochanaE]

well done Steve. May be you wanna do another video on your second thoughts about this whole situation.

[@BaileyM1997]

I can't understand a single word others than "privet" haha but good job! :) if I were to go on tv and speak one of the languages I'm learning, idk if I could do it. But you did great! You inspire me to keep going and never give up!

[@thetakeover51]

This is inspirational as hell! Поздравляю Вас Стив. Я в восторге от Вашего смелости. Я желаю Вам удачи в Украине, и что бы все показали Вам достойнок уважение

[@marchaparnaiba6945]

Steve you are the best motivation to learn a language. I use assimil for seven languages in Brazil.

[@mcbog151]

An inspiration!

[@yodude2493]

Стииииив мы тебя любим 🥰🥰🥰ты большой души человек спасибо тебе за все, побольше показывайся на русских шоу

[@umot6277]

Wow, this is really, really impressive!

[@asimqadri2009]

Bravo Steve

[@NetAndyCz]

This will be fun to watch, I can understand like 60%-80% so it is a lot of guesswork. EDIT: Really impressive being there all alone like that. And it is not like Ukrainian is you first or second language either.

[@Re3iRtH]

Russian speaker right?

[@Re3iRtH]

I can understand 100% of the Russian, and 60% of the Ukrainian hehe. Steve makes a few case ending mistakes but the message still gets across :)

[@NetAndyCz]

@@Re3iRtH Czech speaker actually, but I know few common Russian words (about 50 maybe? But the most common 50 so they appear often). Watching this made me realize that learning Russian or Ukrainian should not be that hard for me with lots of input, if I decide to put the time in it. It is not hard to guess most of the content from familiar sounding words if the conversation is not rushed.

[@meowstickz5364]

Привіт im first 😁😁😁 привет из польши 😊😊😊

[@Matteusblog]

So impressive ! His Ukrainian is his best lang other than English. But must note that the host is speaking just a little slower

[@darraghdonnellan6125]

Поздравляем Стив! Как впечатляет! Требуется много мужества, чтобы сделать это.

[@alisafloralis]

You are an amazing person Steve! Вы удивительный человек Стив!

[@UnstopablePatrik]

Congratulations!

[@myronbalash9944]

Legend!

[@DmitryOS7]

Вот это Дааа, классно говорит ))

[@annierossi3069]

Який він крутий!

[@srovorake6626]

Gute Arbeit, Steve!

[@JohnAnderson-gi3jx]

Fearless!

[@y.gromyk]

The accent isn't the best and Ukrainian was mixed up a lot with Russian and vice versa, but I'm really impressed though! The people who have learned any slavic language are the heroes in my opinion. It is sometimes tricky even for the native speakers to talk without the mistakes. Це справді вражаюче, Стіве!

[@user-user40.]

Дивовижно!

[@user-my7lp3rl3m]

大佬太厉害了！！！！我要向您学习

[@AlemayehuFrancois19283]

Very cool Steve. I'm trying to learn french, specifically french from Quebec, and I was wondering what type of resources would you recommend for listening, and working through. I've noticed that most programs (including LingQ) teach standard Parisian French and not Quebec french.

[@phillipkelly344]

Certified legend.

[@EasyFinnish]

WOW!

[@maxwell6898]

So cool

[@chicoti3]

Congratulations, Steve, you must have practiced a lot in those weeks before the interview.

[@gusevening4910]

Impressive

[@user-eh4ow7jy4f]

Гарна українська мова ! ;)

[@danik624]

Мене дуже вразило

[@gokulnath3165]

I love ukrine Love from india

[@Diego.1812]

Great, Steve! Now the translation, please!

[@tschewm1353]

Nothing special. Sreve is in Ukraine now. He started learning Ulrainian 5 years ago. There was a TV show then, Schuster-Live. (after the name of the ancor). Half of the guests spoke Ukrainian, another half spoke Russian. Steve understood Russian and did not understood Ukrainian. He wanted to hear the both sides in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. That's why he started learning ukrainian. Steve also regulary helps to one East Ukrainian village with some money. His two she-partners from Dnipro-city buy reading glasses and such things for the elderly people in the village. Also some things are regulary bought for the children there.

[@chicoti3]

@@tschewm1353 Wow, I'm impressed that you understood it all.

[@Diego.1812]

@@tschewm1353 thank you very much indeed!!

[@tschewm1353]

@@chicoti3 , no wonder, I'm Ukrainian. But I adore Steve because of his love to languages. But, I guess, the public in the studio was not up to the mark. The indifference was seen on their faces. Only people trying to learn foreign languages by themselves can price Steve's achivements.

[@mrlds3202]

Are you able to turn on subtitles for this by any chance? Just the autogenerated ones would help a lot. Thanks Steve, big fan! COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT FTW!

[@danyfortin8992]

Молодец Стив!!!!!

[@llthle6965]

Wow..that takes serious balls..

[@justin02905]

This is why lesser known languages are worth it

[@michaelrespicio5683]

All languages are worth it, though some exotic ones may be difficult/impossible to find resources for - fair enough I guess. It's a shame that some other languages seem to be shunned by a lot of people despite existing resources. I'm learning some like Icelandic, Lithuanian, and Cambodian right now. Not everyday we hear people learning those. I asked Steve a while ago what he thought about learning those languages despite not being on Lingq, and I believe he said he may not learn them as he thinks there aren't many speakers. Very unfortunate. Thinking more about the quantity of speakers over the quality of relationships is like saying some (kind of lesser known like the ones above) languages aren't worth it. Imagine meeting somebody and thinking in the end "I wish I knew even a little bit of their language".

[@justin02905]

@@michaelrespicio5683 Personally, I like reading and technology. Good luck finding Khmer literature after Pol Pot, and don't overload yourself keeping up with Lithuanian technological advancements. Joking aside, is it even possible to learn those languages using an input-based approach?

[@user-sb1qw7xw8k]

Хорошо говорите по русски

[@Re3iRtH]

I speak Russian, I didn't know how similar Ukrainian is to Russian! Seems like I can get fluent in a couple weeks.

[@NetAndyCz]

I am surprised how similar it is to Czech when the speaker is not rushing through. I bet it is more similar to Russian, but I understood a lot.

[@ivanivanov5530]

No, you can not. I mean, I'm a native Russian speaker, but when I read Ukranian books I have to look at my dictionary at almost every sentence.

[@Re3iRtH]

@@ivanivanov5530 Well, my Russian listening and speaking are native level but I never learned to read and write because I went overseas before age seven. From this I take it the languages are remarkably similar.

[@Alina190995]

Re3iRtH they didn't even speak ukrainian that much

[@ivanivanov5530]

​@@Re3iRtH I mean, the languages ARE remarkably similar, but it doesn't mean you can get fluent in a couple of weeks. Usually, when a Russian speaker listens to Ukranian speech he or she can easily get the general meaning (somebody did something to somebody else). But all the details are lost most of the time because Ukranian vocabulary is different. But grammar really is very similar and intuitively comprehensible to a Russian person.

[@fcodino7140]

Ele é fluente em muito idiomas...

[@velast4804]

Nice video Steve! Did you gain something from this encounter after being under pressure of audience and cameras?:)

[@ivanmenezes8553]

Привет Steve entendi só a parte das línguas q vc fala do resto...

[@prosandconstips5867]

How about some subtitles please?

[@apollon6870]

nice, what do u think about belorussian?

[@Thelinguist]

Seems very similar to Ukrainian. We have Belorussian at LingQ. O have listened to a few lessons.

[@emack2130]

I wish there were closed captions

[@Pichelinou]

Can someone add subtitles ?

[@lenethh-j8516]

Oh matey, could you please add some subtitles. I'm longing to know what you're saying. Thanks

[@annemimosa]

Your Russian is soooo good (one of my parents is Russian, so I speak Russian too), btw have u ever tried to learn Finnish language? I learned Swedish quite fast but have been struggling with Finnish for years.

[@annemimosa]

Avyer Sord oh really, feel so sorry for you, he actually told a lot of interesting facts there... For me his pronunciation was really good, but maybe your ears are not trained well enough so you could understand different dialects and accents. In Swedish language we have hundreds of dialects and in Denmark people from different areas can’t understand each other sometimes.

[@Felixxxxxxxxx]

There are some very distinct accents of Swedish like , Listerländska, Jamska, Elfdalian and the Nerpes accent to mention a few but the vast majority of Swedish people speak fairly similar accents to each other.

[@annemimosa]

Felix Wow... impressive! There are Swedish speaking Finns in Finland as well :) and some of their dialects are sooo crazily different.

[@michaelrespicio5683]

I'm pretty sure Steve hasn't learned Finnish yet. I actually started learning it a few months ago and can already pick some words here and there when I listen to Finnish, though I'm still working on it, and I think I can offer some guidance. It seems people struggle with Finnish because Finns speak differently than they write/type, so people learn more of the standard language and not spoken language which may also be your struggle as well. Maybe you've noticed that but don't know where or how to learn more of the spoken language. I started out learning standard Finnish and early on I found a good channel featuring a native speaker who makes videos explaining the differences between the standard and spoken languages, and has street interviews to help with listening practice, and I re-watch them often to try listening to the way people actually talk with each other. Sorry this was kind of long but I hope this helps even a little bit. Good luck learning Finnish! Here's the channel: kzbin.info/door/uBvl8mzPolBzPU9ju4cXsA

[@annemimosa]

Michael Respicio wow! thank you! I went to 1 year Finnish course & I still can’t talk Finnish :( but know some people who learned Finnish in half a year just by watching videos and TV shows.

[@JohnnyFD]

Interesting to watch, but really annoying they didn’t have subtitles and instead had a districting signer.

[@SouthPark333Gaming]

I could actually understand most of the stuff in Ukranian (I am at an intermediate level in Russian)

[@lererewrewrebakhgi]

Because he was using many Russian words. it was a good effort though

[@thedualinglanguageteachers9020]

Wow, das war wirklich erstaunlich Steve. Wie sind Sie denn auf das Fersehen gekommen?

[@Thelinguist]

Das ist ein bisschen schwer zu erklären . ich glaube ich werde ein Video darüber machen .

[@santaanna700]

Bald dude folds his arms like a deposition interrogator.

[@jamescook2412]

Are they speaking Ukranian or Russian?

[@Alina190995]

James Cook with each other Russian, at the start he tried to speak Ukrainian

[@SalahNeuer]

at first it was ukrainian then half way through he switched

[@mrsstore2023]

Nāo tem traduçāo em Inglês kk oh shit how am I supposed to know whats going on if there's no subtitle ?? Come on. But it seems steve nailed it.

[@user-rh1uf5dl9q]

teremos que aprender ucraniano

[@fe.1]

@@user-rh1uf5dl9q Queria ver ele em algum programa brasileiro também!

[@_remblanc]

tfw Steve speaks fluent surzhyk

[@KettyShelly]

Интересное интервью. Стив, Вы большой молодец. Но я так и не поняла, что Вы думаете о двуязычии? Я, например, считаю, что русский должны поддерживать и развивать. К сожалению, многие не знают, как писать по-русски грамотно. Тем более это международный язык. Всегда лучше знать больше, чем один язык!

[@sord5]

В чем он молодец? Его русский на довольно плохом уровне. Очень тяжело было его слушать и понимать что он там пытается донести людям. Главное не количество языков, главное качество.

[@KettyShelly]

@@sord5 Я преподаю русский как иностранный и понимаю как ему сложно. Тем более выступать на телевидении. Есть над чем работать, конечно. Всегда проще критиковать. Когда говоришь на нескольких иностранных языках, начинаешь переоценивать многие вещи: самое важное - понять друг друга, это и есть цель коммуникации. А ошибки на иностранном языке неизбежны на любом уровне владения.

[@tschewm1353]

@@sord5 , у него русский - девятый по качеству. И начал он его изучать в шестьдесят с хвостиком. Я, например, полностью солидарен со Стивом, что главное - понимание языка. А русский и украинский он понимает отлично. И может выразить свою мысль на любом из них. С ошибками, но понять можно. А на высоком уровне у него французский, китайский (мандарин), японский. И ещё несколько. Но, боюсь, что у Вас качественный только русский.

[@tschewm1353]

Так русский поддерживают и развивают. Есть Россия - великая страна. Вот пусть поддерживает и развивает. А мы с удовольствием будем изучать русский. А украинский поддерживают и развивают в Украине (на Украине, как иногда говорят в России). Какой еще язык, кроме русского, поддерживают и развивают в России? И почему страны, соседние с Россией, должны поддерживать и развивать русский? А Россия поддерживает и развивает языки соседних стран: эстонский, например?

[@KettyShelly]

@@tschewm1353 есть разница - в Украине многие люди говорят по-русски с рождения. Это язык этнического населения. Поэтому его надо развивать и поддерживать. Я живу в русскоязычном регионе и уровень преподавания русского у нас на низком уровне. Его даже не во всех школах изучают. А учителей русского языка вообще чуть ли не приравняли к врагам народа. Это ненормально.

[@user-lm3jo9kn9i]

Называться другом ганапольского - это позор для порядочного человека

[@Tehui1974]

I didn't understand a word. All I know is being interviewed in your non-native language in this way, takes some doing.

[@user-jq7qi6ho6s]

20 языков ничего себе!!!

[@JameBlack]

лол, не очікував такого...

[@user-wq4yn6sx9b]

Даже сюда они впихнули пропаганду 😒🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️

[@johnnoon9999]

Howso?

[@SouthPark333Gaming]

Good vocabulary, good pronunciation but your grammar could be better

[@Thelinguist]

I know. I need to speak more. I rarely speak. If I engage with people more and I will pick up better usage from them.

[@SouthPark333Gaming]

@@Thelinguist My words exactly! My Russian grammar could probably be better as well :-)

[@chocoflan6672]

can someone please add subs PLEASE!

[@user-gs8mb8ut8d]

Здається Стів не зовсім розуміє що насправді відбувається і чий це канал, принаймні я на це сподіваюсь

[@herrwalter6673]

А чий? І що відбувається? (Це правдиве питання)

[@user-gs8mb8ut8d]

Канал "прямий" це пропогандонський канал виродка Порошенка. (Вибачте за сленг, але по іншому не скажеш) А Ганопольський мерзенна шавка цього покидька.

[@user-gs8mb8ut8d]

Взагалі людям які спостерігають за подіями в Україні зза океану важко розібратися в тому, що відбувається.

[@olefster]

@@user-gs8mb8ut8d виродок панда не зрозуміло шо тут пропагує

[@user-gs8mb8ut8d]

@VK Documentary к сожалению соглашусь

[@Bluebuthappy182]

Well I guess that's putting your money where your mouth is with regard to pushing yourself.

[@HermanoAlegre]

Your description: " I speak in both Russian and Ukraine" - it is Ukrainian, Ukraine is a country.

[@Nonames569]

Стив говорит на украинской намного лучше ведущего.

[@xamanpuig]

Стив, никто в Донецке не разговаривает по-украински, будь уверен! Steve, nobody in Donbass speaks ukrainian, be sure

[@Thelinguist]

Funny, everyone I met in Krasnohorivka was able to speak Ukrainian although mostly they spoke Russian.

[@xamanpuig]

@@Thelinguist Sure, but I've meant them to speak not to be able to speak...for example, I can speak English, but I am not using it in my everyday life, not that kind of culture here, you know ), so it is in Ukraine-many can speak in Ukrainian, but mother language for 75% of them is Russian, and it is pity they ban russian education and all other things that derive from using your mother language, and I am not against Ukraine, absolutely not, many people here, in Russia, have relateves there, me including. By the way, I love your KZbin channel, thank you and have a good day!

[@johnnoon9999]

​@@xamanpuigYoure right

[@geniusssmit2305]

His Russian is ok, but for the most part incomprehensible

[@geniusssmit2305]

LOL.. second half was in Russian..

[@lererewrewrebakhgi]

Such a disrespectful host who switches to russian on Ukrainian tv program

[@user-gs8mb8ut8d]

Глибоке розчарування. Самий законтачений канал та самий покончений ведучий 🤮🤮

[@tschewm1353]

Ви дивіться не на канал, а на гостя. Стів познайомився заочно з Ганапольським, коли останній ще працював на Ехо Москви.. Стів слухав Ехо Москви з метою вивчення російської. Ехо Москви дає аудіо і текст кожної своєї передачі. А це - основне в підході Стіва (і не лише його) до вивчення будь-якої іноземної мови. Звук і текст. Потім коли Ганапольський був у Ванкувері, Стів з власної ініціативи зустрівся з ним. Так що вони - давні знайомі. Цього літа Стів вирішив відвідати Україну. І природньо, що його запросив на телебачення його давній знайомий, Ганапольський. До речі, в українській мові немає "самий". Потрібно казати "найзаконтаченніший", "найкінченніший". Граматично буде більш вірно, хоча слова дещо дивні для українського вуха.

[@sergeyshadrin8025]

Sreve, I apriciate very much all what you are doing for language studies. But in case of ukranian you are totally wrong. It is politics and you choose wrong side

[@johnnoon9999]

What did he say poltical

[@latennaofnir1419]

Я дуже Вами розчарований! Інтерв'ю найбільшому пропагандистському смітнику країни... та ще і цій рошенівській собаці. Ви хоча б попередньо здійснюйте перевірку ЗМІ яким будете давати інтерв'ю, а то с таким підходом, незабаром будете давати інтерв'ю каналу росія 24. Шкода витраченого на Вас часу...

[@mishi8274]

Мне очень жаль ваше потраченное время на этот искусственный язык...

[@ivanivanov5530]

дурак ты...

[@olefster]

йди до біса

[@mishi8274]

Ivan Ivanov не аргументированные оскорбления? Да, пожалуйста. Я знаком со многими лингвистами, которые такого же мнения об этом языке. К сожалению, многие иностранцы ложно осведомлены о его ценности, использовании и пользе. А уж байки о том, что русские не могут его понимать- вообще смех. ИМХО

[@tschewm1353]

Опять выискивается какой-то знаток того, какой язык - искусственныя, а какой - ествественный. Украинский язык - естественный, как и все языки, кроме эсперанто и тому подобных. На украинском языке разговаривают миллионы людей. Для них он -родной. Это язык их дедов и прадедов. В восемнадцатом веке украинский язык уже был примерно таким, как сейчас. Почитайте Энеиду Котляревского. С таким же успехом можно называть английский искуственным, поскольку английский язык (в современном варианте) моложе украниского. Впрочем,, спор бесполезен. Русские (не все, конечно) без конца талдычат об "искусственности" украинского.

[@olefster]

@@tschewm1353 рускіє товкмачуть, бо вони узкаязичьниє. і ще в них щелепа не така