When does Г sound like В???

[@grammar_note]

It was one of my questions that I couldn’t figure out. Thank you so much for the clear explanation!!!

[@BenjaminDierdorf]

I just learned сегодня a few days ago and I was confusd. This Video was released at the perfect time!

[@丝丝丝]

Учи русский чел segodna

[@AimanAlnnfan]

I always wanted to speak Russian fluently. Pray me the best! Большое спасибо, мои друзья

[@damien5601]

in this case it would be: мой друг. in english you technically said "my friends" друзья is the plural form of друг. and don't forget it's й not и. just a friendly correction to help. =) good luck in your journey of learning russian! i know you can do it.

[@RapidCycling07]

@@damien5601 Hard work buddy, luck doesn't exist. Would be awesome to learn Russian! Fedor is an excellent teacher!

[@damien5601]

@@RapidCycling07 i know it takes work, but i wished him luck on his journey. two different things my friend

[@LeonardoM.G]

How is it going?

[@chadbailey7038]

Как ты получается?

[@seattlethistle]

Oh I’ve wanted to know this forever!!! Thanks! 🙏

[@johnday2971]

The сегодня explanation made a lot of sense because in English, "today" used to be "to day" as two separate words.

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

While I was watching the explanation for сегодня, I was thinking that English's own "today" does sound like two words at once!

[@BeFluentinRussian]

To add to the video, ЕГО and НЕГО as pronouns will have THE SAME EFFECT and will be pronounced as ЕВО and НЕВО. I think is because those CAN take on a role of an adjective and that's why they will have the same effect. Honestly, I don't know if my reasoning is right, but regardless their pronunciation is changed from Г to В!

[@crispinward8424]

Спасибо I was about to ask about него

[@hazelshavenofhope2156]

Does this same effect happen to the word сире́невого too? And if so, do you know why?

[@landonrivers]

@@hazelshavenofhope2156 yes, and it's the same as his video's examples. ого end, and it's adjective, genitive, and masc/neuter.

[@braukorpshomebrew6039]

Thank you! This was something I could not figure out why or when it had that different sound. It makes sense now!

[@korvenkuningas1016]

Thanks for this, I needed it.

[@RapidCycling07]

Thank you for this awesome video, Fedor!

[@Idonious]

Very well timed video! I very recently bought a couple of dictionaries and a short stories for beginners book. This is very handy!

[@fiiredark]

This was SO helpful.

[@ewazych4841]

Thank you! That was a much needed explanation.

[@Cyclonus2377]

Very interesting Fedor! I had noticed these things early on in my Russian studies. But never knew the rules behind it until now. Ещё раз, спасибо большое! 😊😊

[@catcarstairs8179]

Большое спасибо фёдор!! I've been confused about this for a while!

[@runwildchannel550]

This is the exact video I needed. Thank you!!!

[@jkanecutlery]

Awesome explanation!

[@user-bp6dq9yw2f]

When does Г[Ge] sound like В[Ve]??? Hello friends! How are you? Привет Друзья! Как дела? Privyet druzya! Kak dela? And today you will learn when you should pronounce Г[Ge in Garden]as В [Ve in Victor]. In words like “Какого= what “[kakova] “Г “ [ge] sounds like [ve]. But it doesn’t mean that every time there is [ого] at the end of a word, [Г] sounds like В[Ve]. There is different rule to that. Г[Ge in Garden] sounds like В [Ve in Victor] only in: 1. Adjectives. For example: big, beautiful, small, rich, etc. Things that describe objects. Not objects/nouns themselves, not verbs that define actions. We are talking about adjectives only. 2. MASC/NEUTER These adjectives have to be either masculine or neuter genders, in genitive case. 3. Genitive Case. That means that any adjective ending “ого”/ “его” will sound like: [ova/yeva] “ого” ova/ava “его”  yeva. For example: Красивого = beautiful[Krasivava] Умного [umnava]=Clever Хорошего [Kharosheva]= Good It is easier to say or pronounce “yeva’ instead of “yega”, especially when you use these words many times in a sentence. Russian language has a tendency to simplify certain sounds. But in nouns or words that are not adjectives, this rule won’t apply. For example, in words like: Погода [Pagoda]= weather.[noun] Дорого [Doraga]=expensive. [an adverb not an adjective] However we have one exception: ★ Сегодня [sevodnya]= Today. It is not an adjective. So why do we say [ Sevodnya ]and not [Segodnya]? The reason is that it used to be two separate words: Сего =this[Sevo][adjective] Дня = day[dnya][noun] And “Сего [Sevo]” has this ending [его]. And that’s why we say [Sevo]. Also is means “this” which is an “adjective”. So it used to be two words: adjective and a noun. Over time we put them together to form one word: Сегодня [sevodnya]= Today. And we kept the pronunciation rule as a force of habit.{ to conclude “Ve’ in it}.

[@user-bp6dq9yw2f]

Thank you very much for this interesting lesson!

[@goppedelospantalones]

The г in the masculine and neuter genitive/accusative third person pronoun (его or него) also sounds a в. Note that in the masculine and neuter genitive/accusative demonstrative pronouns этого and того, the г again sounds like a в. Сего, which is a form of сей, is in fact also a demonstrative pronoun instead of an adjective, although сей is archaic nowadays. It only remains in certain set expressions such as сегодня or сейчас. Anyways a great video Фёдор.

[@jrjr9908]

I'm still learning Russian. But when does Г or В sound like a W. Like "Как его?" It sounds like Kak ewa.

[@goppedelospantalones]

@@jrjr9908 как его would sound like [kak yevó] with the accent indicating the stress

[@ricknoelle4507]

Thanks, Fidor for making this video. I couldn't believe it when I searched KZbin for "Why does Г sound like В" and got a match! And thank you Jop for making this further distinction as that was the exact situation I was puzzled about. For example, "Его пиво" (His beer), "Его владелец", (Its owner), the Г in Его sounds like the English V sound, not G.

[@TheEstelf]

Yeah, it is a pronoun haha

[@Saturos02]

How about мягкий -> мяхкий, is it because г otherwise would be silent before к?

[@Yamthief]

Very well explained. Thanks!

[@kingvin08]

Thanks for this. I am the one who messaged you in instagram. Spasibo fedor! :)

[@jeffh3649]

This is some next-level yet simplistic explanation.

[@waadfrelle]

YESSS this is the video I 've been waiting for!

[@a123386]

Thank you for the video! But I am sorry, I'm confused. "Expensive" is an adjective instead of an adverb, isn't it? This matters because if we pronounce some adjectives as "Ga", then I'm not really sure what are the rules. Besides, in 1:37, you even said that "expensive" was an adjective but in 3:27, you said it was an adverb? Please advise, thank you!

[@olegpetrov2617]

Just ending --ого goes to -ова for masculine and neutral genders with genetive and (sometimes) accusative cases. (Adj+noun's gender and case).

[@olegpetrov2617]

He said 1) Дорогого- adj. 2) Дорого- adv. Different words.

[@Ofek_92]

It's not just in adjectives, it's also in possessive pronouns: его and other pronouns in the genitive case - моего, твоего, нашего...

[@ernesto_20328]

How do I know if I should say ego or evo ??

[@CookieeeKiddo]

Its so funny when he say "dolla's" rather than dollars

[@markooljaca8099]

Thanks bro

[@badasscoco3809]

I was waiting for this one!!! 🙏🏼

[@Sarahsmile366]

Never knew that about сегодня. Interesting!

[@naughtyrocks2425]

Now i understand...b4 i was confuse why they pronounce it that way...i thought i have a problem in hearing.russian language is really complicated😂

[@seanbook9627]

Literally needed this video I just finished studying personal pronouns and got super confused. Also. I've been studying for about a month, I'm getting a good handle on his intro "Привет [something] как дела" what is he saying between hi and how are you?

[@SpankyHam]

друзья - friends - this word is an exception in the plural друг (singular) - друзья (plural) in the obsolete old plural form друг - други , in modern Russian друг-друзья

[@seanbook9627]

@@SpankyHam thank you for the life of me I couldn't hear the дру sound and was only picking up the зья sound.

[@ThePatriot1123]

I was using Duolingo and mango and the difference was driving me insane lol сбосибо!

[@chadbailey7038]

Just for the history lesson on Сего + Дня - you get a 👍🏾 from me!

[@cenanmehmet]

Good one bro

[@socialnak]

This video was helpful to my Russian speaking

[@carterrobinson5039]

At one time on Rosetta Stone when I’d pronounce the G like g when it was supposed to be pronounced like v, Rosetta Stone still detected as correct but why?

[@muntashirrahman2529]

I've been studying Russian for over a year and didn't know about this until now. Are there other examples of this that I should be aware of? I know 'о' sometimes sounds like 'а'.

[@Ghost_Os]

'О' will sound like 'А' if the 'О' is *not* the stressed syllable. For example, 'от*кро*ется'... The first syllable isn't stressed, so the 'o' sounds more like 'a', but the second 'o' *is* a stressed syllable, and has the sound we as learners, tend to associate with the Russian 'o'.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

For newbies just learn "ogo" sounds like "ovo" but in fact it IS a g but the throat is open at the back of throat. i'm fairly sure Ukrainians aspirate it whereas Russians close the lips which makes a sound very similar to V but pronounced from the throat and in back and not from the lips and in front.

[@YaShoom]

Ukrainians have their own pronunciation, it is called "accent". In Russian, for a ~500 years they have spoken "v" ("ova" or "ava").

[@ckpemac5268]

I know that the prefix 'по-' has a meaning of 'to begin' an action, with words like 'поверью', 'почитаю' etc. However, does it have any other meanings? I say this because I have heard it used in other contexts, whereby its meaning doesn't make sense. А Спэнки Хэм, где ты)?

[@SpankyHam]

ПО - может иметь значение "делать что-то/заниматься чем-то какое-то время, некоторое время" погулять, походить, поиграть etc Я хочу поиграть в Call of Duty - I want to play Call of Duty (for some time) Мелинда решила походить на курсы русского языка в университете. - Melinda decided {to walk on} a Russian language course at the university (for some time). ПО- = (for some time).

[@ckpemac5268]

@@SpankyHam ооо круто! Большое спасибо :)

[@Anna-wq1pc]

Никогда не задумывалась об этом всем в русском... Посмотрела видео и стало как то не по себе, жалко букву Г:(

[@YaShoom]

Почему жалко букву Г? =)

[@rafalsoltys2576]

Super Dziekuję:)

[@8Todote8]

Рафал??? Рафал Вильчур... захотелось пересмотреть "Знахаря" 🌼👍

[@damianlopez7630]

Thank You.

[@fiki_fire]

i love your video so much

[@hellsSG]

What about где?

[@bobjustus]

Очень полезна!

[@denxero]

This has been aggravating me in duolingo since the start :P

[@DialoguesinRussian]

Always interesting!

[@vannigio6234]

uah! finally i understand! but... instead of changing pronuncia it would be smart to change the writing! the same i think for englisn or french! it is crazy the way they say things and after they write random letters... "i" sound ai or oh or e or .... i m italian when we write A we say A! Stop ... uah this is really a mess! if you say spasiba then write spasiba! mamma mia! 😄😄😄😄😂🤣

[@Triadii]

you should make a video on why ся sometimes sounds like ца and why я sometimes sounds like и

[@StarryEyesShesAlive]

Instead if “neuter” could you use neutral? Lol. Neuter is what you do to an animal to stop it from having babies. Ty, for this video btw, I always wondered if it was a dialect thing or what the reason was behind g sounding like v.

[@evelynico5288]

i like it, watching from the Philippines.

[@josephmith6198]

I am a bit confused -- "expensive" is an adjective, but дорого is an adverb??

[@ОлегЦарев-р8г]

This adverb has similar forms with verb in impersonal form :)

[@elmadiana9552]

Russian language is really really hard but idk why just sooo interesting to learn tho😒.

[@videokita1235]

gampang asal kamu belajar terud terus dan terus

[@videokita1235]

срасибо :)

[@StormShip_Tara]

Ахах Твой коммент сделал мой день!

[@videokita1235]

@@StormShip_Tara серьезный?? 😃😃

[@StormShip_Tara]

​@videokita1235 yep, because it's спасибо, not срасибо, but it's even better this way. love it!

[@videokita1235]

хорошо 👍.. Большое спасибо 😅😅

[@videokita1235]

@@StormShip_Tara Кстати я из индонэзи где ты живёшь какой город??

[@vannigio6234]

mamma mia! pronuncia: mamma mia 🤣😂🤣😂😄😂🤣

[@dzzipp4077]

why is дорого an adverb if 'expensive' is an adjective?

[@SpankyHam]

дорогой/дорогая/дорогое/дорогие = adjective дорог/дорога/дорого/дороги = short form of adjective дорого = adverb, adverbs do not change in numbers genders and cases

[@SpankyHam]

Это дорогой подарок. This is an expensive gift. adjective Этот подарок мне дорого достался. I got this gift dearly. adverb

[@dzzipp4077]

@@SpankyHam ahh okay thank you, its just because in the video he says дорого means expensive so i was a bit confused, thank you :)

[@theresas5892]

wait is скорого as in до скорого an adjective? well u learn something new everyday

[@SpankyHam]

full phrase "до скорого свидания" It's just that in colloquial speech the word СВИДАНИЯ is often not spoken nominative case "скорое свидание" genetive case "скорого свидания" -ОГО ending and Г sound like В

[@nil_at]

What about «ничего» or «ч него есть» ... those are no adjectives but you pronounce the г as в, right?

[@manuelschlotterflosse1459]

Yes, seems to be right.

[@ckpemac5268]

Wait, what does 'ч' mean, though? Is it short for 'чего'?

[@manuelschlotterflosse1459]

@@ckpemac5268 Normally it is not. How did you come up with that?

[@ckpemac5268]

@@manuelschlotterflosse1459 'ч' на текст я смотрела, но не знал что это значило :/

[@manuelschlotterflosse1459]

@@ckpemac5268 должен быть неправило, обычно не используют "ч" один. Nil 18 наверху хотя написал это, но он считает "у".

[@jerrypie]

What about ничего? :0 it’s a noun

[@otavio.a.8.r]

Why this exists? How these sounds evolved to these rules? Was it the same in the past or this is a modern rule?

[@amirulfaisalhasan316]

For example these 2 words right? русского его

[@SpankyHam]

Его учитель русского языка. His teacher of Russian language.Yes, this is the same story when Г is pronounced as В

[@amirulfaisalhasan316]

@@SpankyHam thank you for the update. Even my russian speaking friends pronounce the same when i ask

[@OriginalDoll1]

I always wanted to learn Russian and took courses in University. that changed after the invasion in The Ukraine and the atrocities the Russians did there

[@levileavelle2446]

How is expensive not an adjective

[@larsgustafsson1712]

Hmm, so expensive, is that an adverb or an adjective ? Or both ?

[@SpankyHam]

both - this is already depending on the context, which part of the speech in Russian should you use

[@SpankyHam]

@Not Bugarev Она дорого одета./Она очень дорого одета./Она одета вызывающе дорого. - да всё правильно, тут короткая форма прилагательного подходит идеально. Для полной формы прилагательного примеры будут немного другой конструкции - Её одежда дорогая/На ней очень дорогая одежда/Она носит вызывающе дорогую одежду.

[@SpankyHam]

but I don't really know the "rules". - if you just "feel" how to say it correctly, but can't formulate the rules on the basis of which you do it, then this is a normal situation. With their native language, too, most speakers will not really remember a single rule 10 years after graduation.Just by "feeling" the language, you speak more fluently and react faster to the replicas in the dialogues. You have increased performance, your computer in your head begins to work faster immediately giving out the result instead of calculating the tonns of rules. You can think not about "how to say" but about "what I want to say" this is already a serious level.

[@larsgustafsson1712]

@Not Bugarev Thank you for the answer, the example made my brain start working again.

[@RichieLarpa]

Turn on automatically generated Russian subtitles, that is a lot of fun I say!

[@williehornung]

I’ve been pronouncing его with a г this entire time....😓

[@olegpetrov2617]

No problem..

[@rosegranger2872]

And what about его as a pronoun? It's also pronounced as ево but isn't an adjective... Now I'm confused xD

[@SpankyHam]

его , него , чего - г pronounced as В. Г is sound as В in the -ОГО/-ЕГО endings of adjectives, ordinal numerals, and pronouns in the genitive singular of the masculine and neuter genders Первого, второго, третьего - ordinal numerals in the genitive form = Г pronounced as В

[@rosegranger2872]

@@SpankyHam thanks for the answer. I was just confused because he said it's only the case worth adjectives.

[@rosegranger2872]

@Not Bugarev especially in Russian!

[@eijihanamura]

Сегодня pronounced as /sevodnya/? I just know it

[@YaShoom]

seevOdnya/syOdnya/syOnya

[@worldofwilson464]

This is one of the most confusing things about the Russian language

[@ongunkaragoz7103]

🙏

[@amorvolando]

But the word "this" is not an adjective lol

[@breadhead8085]

Interesting how polish doesnt have this rule

[@yeshivawebmaster5948]

ГOO !

[@bhami]

Всего хорошего!

[@mytiamos]

Чего?

[@кука-в3н]

Кто тут Русский?

[@AppleUploader]

в мой душе я русский

[@theslavicllamayt161]

ого what's this? I'm sorry...