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[@elamoore7897]

As a person born in Russia raised in Ireland it’s unbelievable the similarities in the grammar rules between both Russian and gaeilge it has taken me by surprise

[@janedickson1004]

I'm Irish and learning Russian and I've noticed the same.

[@janicobrackenmillioniarely1617]

Yeah look at polish and Russian

[@Iambecome]

Really? Could you say more?

[@ellifahmerril6611]

What has made me realize how connected English speakers and Russians are/ why we should be friendly: is how similar the pronunciation of words are in Russian, to their English counterparts. And since Russian is the older language...

[@Eng202]

Hold my beer: I've noticed that Russian and Spanish have also a lot in common in grammar, even a lot of words can be translated directly from Cyrillic alphabet to this one. Russian is a cool language!

[@nil_at]

I totally LOVE those short and informative videos! Please keep them coming. Thank you so much.

[@borissporer]

Всегда очень полезно! Большое спасибо, Фёдор!

[@2001abassodyssey]

This is the first of your videos I've watched, and I love how dynamic and down to Earth your presentation is!

[@Check_001]

2:02 I think "кое-что" (something special) would fit much better in this explanation. This is the exact word for keeping the intrigue in such situation. "Что-то купила" would mean that she herself is not exactly sure what she actually bought for the kids

[@inessalahno4228]

Not true in real language usage. Misleading for fresh learners. Even 'something' in English is used with no need to say 'something

[@Check_001]

@@inessalahno4228 sorry but what😅

[@seykai]

I loooove your videos!! They are amazing. :)) the layout is also awesome for learning! Love the green and white coloured text. Thank you.

[@Xpurple]

что-то is really something! I'm glad to see that you are doing well!

[@beachbunny25]

This was very helpful. Thank you!

[@malokeytheallaround]

This is so so helpful!!! Thank you!

[@wrldaholic3400]

Thank you so much.. you've been really helping me learn Russian.

[@iyedbouazdia3594]

Exactly what I needed right now. Can you make a video about the passive form?

[@davidahmad6090]

Excellent sir, as usual. Thankyou.

[@Ghost_Os]

This reminds me of хоть; хоть-что, хоть-когда, хоть-где... Большое спасибо!!

[@timnike8058]

And whats that?😅

[@Ghost_Os]

@@timnike8058 Хоть has a meaning like, 'even though' or 'at least'... However, it can be paired with other words in a similar fashion to 'то'; хоть что means 'whatever' ( *not* in the flippant "whatever, talk to the hand" sort of way), хоть когда means 'whenever', хоть где means 'wherever'... There are others, Fedor has a video about it on this channel.

[@pavelyudin8832]

Не нужно через дефис писать. Например, правильно написать "хоть что-то".

[@kathrynansley343]

Those, I don't have. хоть- ! Что это такое...

[@Ghost_Os]

@@pavelyudin8832 Очень интересно. Спасибо, Павел!

[@1984tourist]

As a native speaker of Russian (I'm learning English) I can supplement the author's text. It's also worth knowing that the particle "-то" can be used with almost any words. 1. "А он-то придет?". 2. "А обед-то скоро?". 3. "Тебе спать-то не надоело?" 4. "А быстрый-то где?". In all these cases, the particle "-то" does not translate into English. But it means uncertainty or distrust. 1. The man is not sure if the other person is coming. He asks, but the question already contains the answer - that he probably won't come. 2. The person asks if lunch is coming soon, but suspects that there may not be lunch at all. 3. A person asks another person if he is tired of sleeping - that is, he wants to wake him up. But he is not sure if this is the right thing to do, maybe sleep is really worth it. 4. A person asks, where is the fast object? Meaning that he doesn't think there are any fast ones at all.

[@chadbailey7038]

Always dropping the gems 💎! Спс 🙏🏾

[@mariarosagaribotti8227]

Thanks for this class 💪💪 !

[@bennuask2611]

You are certainly the best. I am about 700 videos behind because I just joined you recently. This year, that is. I have a lot of catching up to do. You are wondeful. Keep up the wondeful work. Thank you for the inspiration.

[@SalamiSlowCooked]

You’ve been helping me with Russian for quite some time now. Keep up the good work Fedor 😊

[@GD-ke5re]

This is the perfect video, thank you. Could you make another video about "то" when it is used in sentences like "я знаю то, что..." or "o том" or "О тех " etc. ?

[@trufflefur]

That's a relative, it's like spanish "lo que" in english it would be something "I know (this) what [...]"

[@respectfulcritique3684]

I love this channel so much. And the personality of this man is sweet and confident, makes things easy all the time.

[@knittingnirvana]

Excellent explanation, большое спасибо

[@jasminealiara3257]

I love your videos. Thank you so much.

[@sambalushi9763]

This is super useful thank you!!

[@Ssandayo]

Oh this is so useful! I’ve been confused by this for a long time

[@zavulon422]

*C1/C2 word* Приспи́чить - suddenly get urgent/desperate need of something. Example: мне приспи́чило выпить кофе - suddenly I desire coffee. I don't know about grammar rule but you must use this word this particular way. Another one: мне приспичило - I want to restroom right now.

[@dariuslarian2719]

Thank you my wise teacher❤

[@larberry100]

Очень полезно видео - большая спасибо

[@alework8417]

Great job! ive also bought your book and its great man.

[@kathrynansley343]

Есть книга?!?!! Где же...

[@gronizherz3603]

I was LITERALLY about to look -TO up when this video popped up in my suggestions, perfect timing)

[@angelsapphire6088]

Thank you - I have ran across these words in Russian children's books and I could never grasp what they meant!

[@EmilioAt77]

You're the best! 🙌🏻

[@mwanatz5980]

Thank you 😊

[@Loshka543]

Or for example Это что-то! 🤩 it is implied as "это что-то крутое!" Кто-то When we don 't know who it is , who exactly Где-то you don't know where exactly Почему-то you don't know a specific reason Когда-то in the past but you don't remember when it happened

[@kamilla1960]

Thank you Fedor!

[@arisc]

Great video. Thanks.

[@checopacheco420]

Good stuff tanks for sharing 🤩🍀🙏

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[@elenaciccozzi2651]

Kak Всегда: very helpful, Grazie 😊

[@gunaiaskharova404]

Спасиибоо😊

[@gilsonmattos1511]

Excellent explanations as usual. Congrats! I just have a question: how do you say "somehow"?

[@badischeente7322]

Как-то I am pretty sure

[@user-ly2je6mw9l]

Strongly depend on context: как-то, почему-то, неким образом, каким-то образом, каким-то хуем (алярм! swear word!😀)

[@kathrynansley343]

@критон ха

[@janedickson1004]

Great video. Is there one about -нибудь?

[@lolitavine9616]

-нибудь is any Кто-нибудь (anyone, anybody) Какой-нибудь (some kind of) Что-нибудь (something, whatever). For example: Может мне помочь, кто-нибудь? Can someone help me? Посоветуй мне какую-нибудь книгу. Advise me some book (any sort of a book). Расскажи мне что-нибудь. Tell me something (anything, whatever).

[@HarigastiEisen]

Can you make a video about Russian words and phrases used in video games?

[@fryloc359]

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[@Verbalaesthet]

So what you're saying is that "to" means "some" basically :'D

[@captainyulef5845]

Спасибо! это что-то хорошее

[@sideswipe147]

Incredibly useful for me.

[@chadbailey7038]

💎 crystal clear now!

[@roxannagarcia3114]

Could u please make a video explaining the differences between "kto-to" and "kto-HNbyg". 😊😊😊

[@Kamaz0boev]

"Кто-то" it's someone unknown. "Кто-нибудь" this is an unknown, whoever he was (literally). Both forms apply to people, they are synonyms.

[@F_A_F123]

Someone, anyone

[@Triadii]

For so long I was unsure what что-то meant, could it really be so simple? Thanks

[@fryloc359]

I've seen those words in comments and wondered about them.

[@Halloween6-6]

Федя - вы сейчас где ?😅

[@joeygibbs4775]

can you teach me some posh / respectful words in russian ?

[@Y2KTOKKIE]

что-то - something нечто - something кое-что - something that we know a bit of что-нибудь - anything at all хоть что - anything вы согласны?

[@jolevangelista]

хоть что is rare. Better хоть что-то.

[@zavulon422]

Нечто - something unknown, undescribed Хоть что - like inbetween anything and everything

[@alexeyklochkov2275]

@@jolevangelista хоть что and хоть что-то have different meaning. Example 1: -- Что ты будешь есть? -- Да хоть что! [I don't care, anything] Example 2: -- Мне нечего тебе дать. -- Дай мне хоть что-то! [at least smth]

[@alexeyklochkov2275]

нечто = something [extraordinary] Это было нечто! 😲

[@jolevangelista]

@@alexeyklochkov2275 I didn't exclude such option. But this is a fairly rare use compared to хоть что-то.

[@Robofcourse]

I think the video is missing a little something - in my understanding, то by itself means "then". If X then Y ... если X то Y. Is that right? It seems that this is the original word meaning, among probably some other meanings, but it's not clear why adding this to "where" = "somewhere". Why то specifically? Historically, where does it come from?

[@user-ly2je6mw9l]

I don't think it is even correct to say 'то by itself' because 'то' and '-то' are completely different entities. Plus, 'то' also means 'that' in neutral form. Like 'that window' - "то окно".

[@Yaroslav_Rus]

There have been many changes in the Old Russian language over time. I am not an expert in linguistics, but I have seen videos on KZbin (in Russian), there were articles and other elements in our language that disappeared or changed over time. Apparently, the particle "-то" comes from the rules of the past.

[@user-ly2je6mw9l]

@@Yaroslav_Rus "Apparently, the particle "-то" comes from the rules of the past" - no. May be come, may be not - i don't know. Вот тока ща понял, что ты русский) в викисловаре про частицу ничего нету.

[@Yaroslav_Rus]

@@user-ly2je6mw9l да, практикую свой слабый английский тут, подтягиваю, со словарём пока правда) Смотрел давно одного лингвиста, старорусский изучающий, так вот, он говорил что раньше у нас тоже были артикли или их подобие. Пример "пошёл тот человек к той реке и пришёл к тому мосту. А мост тот был сломан". Естественно переведя на современный. А поскольку язык менялся или упрощался, артикли ушли, кроме случаев, где надо пояснить. А где-то в частицы превратились, как в "где-то". Возможно с ошибками передал, но смысл запомнил.

[@ngocchamnguyen3746]

Can you explain -нибудь and кое- too?

[@youcefbey]

Good video

[@ratstapler8501]

idk how or why but I just found out that these are the 5 Ws who what when where why and all of them have the -то on them. idk if that's related probably not but I've been thinking about the 5 Ws all day before I even saw this video

[@ShararamFilms]

no no no bro who-кто what-что when-когда and etc but someone - кто-то something - что-то etc

[@marine9951]

"Я что-то слушаю" is it right?

[@Belo_izoufag]

Спасибо теперь знаю русский на что процентов

[@InsRise]

Еще есть ' как-то ' , даже интересно было бы узнать аналог в английском. Типо предложение, "Как-то я вышел погулять и увидел жесткую дичь"

[@Magushko]

Однажды)

[@bshthrasher]

One day. Как-то я вышел погулять и увидел жесткую дичь. - One day I went for a walk and saw some wild stuff. Somehow. Как-то он это всё-таки сделал. - He actually did it somehow.

[@greatestytcommentator]

Isn't it literally translate as a "What-Thing"? In English we have a vague word for something not clear.. "Wotsit", as in 'What is it"?

[@greatestytcommentator]

If you are feeling confused and like you will never achieve fluency... Just remember, Fedor learned ENGLISH fluently, and that is as confusing as Russian!

[@PRESRhead]

I'm an English speaker primarily, but I have a question for a Russian speaker. Подскажите, пожалуйста, чем отличаются "Кое-что" и "Что-то"?

[@PRESRhead]

Bare in mind I've only been learning Russian for about 120 days so far. My understanding is very limited.

[@zavulon422]

Кое-что - something particular, что-то - just something. Я вижу что-то синее - I see something and it's blue Я вижу кое-что синее - I see something blue, I know what it is and you may not

[@PRESRhead]

@@zavulon422 Thank you! Спасибо большой!

[@olegpetrov2617]

There is no difference very often.

[@F_A_F123]

@@PRESRhead спасибо has neutral gender so the right version is спасибо большое

[@anonymm3152]

Good explanation! Could you also explain кое-, -либо and -нибудь?

[@user-ly2je6mw9l]

Кое-кто - someone (commonly means 'I do know who, but I will not say you right now'). Кто-либо - anyone. Кто-нибудь - anyone again but in different context. Same with Что, but not with Когда: кое-когда it's just didn't exist, когда-либо - somewhere in time, but you can't say something like "я когда-либо это слышал" instead of "я когда-то это слышал" but you can say It "ты когда-либо слышал это?". Man, I feel I just bad in explanation (

[@F_A_F123]

@@user-ly2je6mw9l кое-когда means sometimes and it does exist

[@user-ly2je6mw9l]

@@F_A_F123 Я не знаю никого, кто бы так выражался. "sometimes" is "иногда". Есть ещё "время от времени". "кое-когда" sounds really weird and "коряво"

[@user-ly2je6mw9l]

I did some research and yes - it does exist. In dictionaries. But still - it's crocodile-word. For me at least.

[@F_A_F123]

@@user-ly2je6mw9l я тоже не знаю, но это не отменяет факт существования такого слова и того, что у него такое значение

[@enjoyerregret7039]

Молодет

[@lepureur4657]

What's the difference with нибудь ?

[@olegpetrov2617]

There is no difference very often for -то and -нибудь.

[@MrDrokmor]

Dear Be Fluent in Russian. What is the difference between the То- Нибудь и Либо? I understood that Что-кое implies that i know what something is, but i don't want to tell. (like a surprise)

[@rikktavy8830]

"Что-кое" doesn't exist, it's only "Кое-что" These particles are always in the end of the word. There is no actual difference between -то, нибудь, либо. All of theese means something, someone, somewhere, etc.(кто-то, что-то, когда-то). But we don't use -либо really often. Also, there is some situations, when we don't use -либо instead of -то, нибудь. You can say "Я хочу что-нибудь поесть" (i want something to eat), but it will be kinda weird, if you say "Я хочу что-либо поесть", for me, it sounds like you're a robot. I reccomend to use -то and нибудь. The difference, that i can find between -то and -нибудь is that we use -то, when we talk about the past or something, that already happend: "Я что-то нашел" - "i found something", and we use -нибудь, when we talk about the future or something is going to happen or when we ask someone to do something: "Нам надо что-нибудь найти" - "we need to find something" Here's something examples Кто-то пришел - somebody came Я надеюсь, что кто-нибудь придет - i hope that somebody will come Позови кого-нибудь - call somebody It's not a strong rule (to be honest, i just came up with it), but it's the only way i can systemize it. Hope that this text was even a bit helpful. Good luck in learning Russian

[@bshthrasher]

что-то - literally means something Он что-то узнал. - He learned something. что-нибудь - literally means whatever it will be Купи что-нибудь поесть. - Buy something to eat (whatever it will be). что-либо - literally means at least something / anything Может ли один человек изменить что-либо? - Can a person single handedly change (at least) something?

[@Mnogojazyk]

What is the difference between -Никит? and -то ?

[@46magno]

👍👍👍

[@Himmelstrumerstudios]

Whats наконец-то

[@NotSprag]

Можно сказать ? Или просто ?

[@arvinchaser2463]

Yeah, but поесть without dash

[@jolevangelista]

@@arvinchaser2463 что-нибудь is better in this case

[@NotSprag]

@@jolevangelista Thanks, do you have a quick explanation why it is better?

[@jolevangelista]

@@NotSprag что-нибудь is more natural. Perhaps, что-то sounds a bit more like reference to something more specific. While что-нибудь is less certain and therefore it's more casual and frequently used in colloquial speech. But the difference is really minor.

[@jolevangelista]

@@c.edgerton technically yes. There won't be a mistake if you use both. However, if you would like to finetune your language you may want to remember it still.

[@mercymunamieemmanuel7019]

Good

[@1pinkmarshmallow07]

what does 'меня-то' mean, I found it in a beginner textbook, "у меня-то всё по-прежнему" I know меня means I , but why they use 'меня-то' here ?

[@olegpetrov2617]

No difference just amplifyes a little bit. The same level how to try to look for the difference between (f.ex.) I know I do know.

[@1pinkmarshmallow07]

@@olegpetrov2617 f. ex.🤔

[@olegpetrov2617]

@@1pinkmarshmallow07 for example

[@ShararamFilms]

@@olegpetrov2617 я знаю - i know я то знаю - i know it for sure or i exactly know it, can translate it like that

[@olegpetrov2617]

@@ShararamFilms вот я это и сказал, что --"то" просто усиливает значение, не меняя его. :))

[@chairman_mao_zedong]

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[@Huseyin-jm2cy]

IYou must be a Russian guru.

[@erikakat1812]

Good for bluetoothin whislt drivin

[@semina5]

А что-нибудь?

[@kathrynansley343]

Somewhere or other, someone or other, something or other, somehow or other

[@neonvalkyrja]

Two things I struggle a lot are the usage of ь and ы and why there are words which end with an "o" but are pronounced as "a" (such as, in this case, что-то or спасибо)

[@NotSprag]

"o" can be pronounced as both "oh" or "ah". Every word in Russian has 1 vowel that is stressed. If "o" is the stressed vowel, you pronounce it as "oh", otherwise you pronounce it as "ah".

[@neonvalkyrja]

@@NotSprag thanks for the insight

[@zavulon422]

About ы. Difference between и and ы is the same that between u and german ü.

[@lolitavine9616]

ь has no sound. In a word, it denotes a softening of the previous letter. For example: зять, взять, рукоять (a son-in-law, to take, a handle). When pronouncing, the letter "т" is softened because of the ь sign. You'll say zyat' not zyat (зять), you'll say vzyat' not vzyat (взять), rukoyat' not rukoyat (рукоять).

[@neonvalkyrja]

@@lolitavine9616 I've recently learned that, I guess I'll only get used to it with practice. Thanks for the reply nonetheless

[@whatwhy933]

Me: What does it mean? Russian Teacher: It's a mystery. Me: Well alright then...

[@andrewshepitko6354]

Russian кто-то, что-то, где-то Ukrainian хтось, щось, десь Belarusian нехта, нешта, дзесьці Czech někdo, něco, někde Slovak niekto, niečo, niekde Polish ktoś, coś, gdzieś

[@charlesdc1233]

Что-то

[@vitaminprotein6670]

What's difference between тебя аnd Вас

[@user-ly2je6mw9l]

'Тебя' is the form of 'ты' - 'thee' and the 'Вас' (with capital 'В') is the form of 'Вы' - respectful form of 'you'. But in russian the situation is different: 'ты' is not rude or something, but familiar. For example, referring to God one will use 'ты' instead of 'Вы'.

[@Yaroslav_Rus]

I will supplement Питона comment. Ты- is you ordinary (singular) Вы- is respectful you OR you all (plural)

[@vitaminprotein6670]

@@Yaroslav_Rus благодарю вас

[@vitaminprotein6670]

@@user-ly2je6mw9l благодарю вас

[@vitaminprotein6670]

@@Yaroslav_Rus oh, just like hindi

[@kaifps8917]

Letsss goo

[@kmonty6188]

I will join a camp. Been working on basic stuff for a few months so I will be ready soon.

[@Ghost_Os]

You will enjoy the camp. Fedor over-delivers.

[@alexlex7034]

Български език максимально по орфографии и правописанию схож с русским. Только в нём нет Э, Ы и Ё. А в остальном никаких незнакомых для русского слуха букв нет - наиболее знакомо (в отличии даже от украинского и тем более сербского), братушки славяне же.)))

[@andrewshepitko6354]

Хіба вам не цікаво звідки російська є схожою на болгарську? Адже Болгарія досить далеко від росії. Тобто усі ті схожості, вони є саме болгарськими.

[@alexlex7034]

@@andrewshepitko6354 правописание максимально схоже с русским, никаких незнакомых букв нет.

[@andrewshepitko6354]

@@alexlex7034 чую дзвін, та не знаю де він

[@alexlex7034]

@@andrewshepitko6354 я изначально именно про правописание говорил. Сравните болгарский алфавит с тем же украинским или русским.

[@alexlex7034]

@@andrewshepitko6354 а так знаю, что болгарский отличается. В нём падежей нет, к примеру.

[@GoodFencesMakeGoodNeighbors]

Maybe I'll come back when I've learned more elsewhere; you speak too fast for me.

[@jonallen7619]

Make a video on причем.

[@MIRRORIMAGEWORLD]

The only thing I want to hear from a Russian is "I Surrender" after eliminating his officer. Slava Ukraini...

[@user-pe7cs3cj7s]

Мечтай, хрюшка