RL101 - 4 The next five letters

[samehelbnna111]

spasopo za tebya

[AssistingHealth]

all of these comments... and not even one "in soviet russia" joke? internet... you have disappointed me...

[usenetposts]

@AssistingHealth In Soviet Russia, net inters you.

[AssistingHealth]

@usenetposts :)

[ChristianGuitarr]

Russian rap is where it's at

[baiNEKO]

I just love your brilliant vids ♥ You're very inspiring -- I think you're the ideal type of person for the position of teacher -- You'd be a cherished professor. Well, we have you here on youtube, but... I suppose I'll share your videos with my classmates next semester, in Russian 3 class :)

[usenetposts]

@baiNEKO Thank you, Whitecat Seito.

[uidsea]

Huh... I used Pushkin in a college english project. It was something about a ball

[uidsea]

Very good knowledge of mathematics and helps relate the D in russian.

[blackhatch46]

so would you be wrong if you wrote the letters out like they are typed?

[usenetposts]

@blackhatch46 .. as opposed to handwritten italic forms? You'd be understood, but you would give away that you didn't grow up in the country, even if what you wrote was word perfect. It'd give your handwriting the written equivalent of a foreign accent.

[bhatsarvesh]

This guy is amazing and very innovative...i love the way he teaches and tells about the language. I wish to learn russian as good as a native does. 

[cat0501]

I can not get over how beautiful the Russian language is. I wish I could speak Russian.

[usenetposts]

@cat0501 If you study it, you'll be able to. Please watch the rest of this series for a kick-off.

[AreaQNH870]

wow INCREDIBLE accents! I did not expect that!

[mo3brown]

This is my favorite lesson so far. :o)

[usenetposts]

@vagabond3588 You need to try harder than that if you want to look like you're joining a real discussion, not just spamming a site of your own.

[kiev1611]

Hi Victor I am an American who speaks Russian, I lived 8 years in Kiev. Anyway, you are a riot to listen to and I am picking up little nuances in every lesson. Some of your jokes are even funny in English. Most don't translate well. To get to the point, your cowboy English was almost flawless, you should try speaking with that Texas twang all the time and you might get buy as a native. ha ha ha. Good work, my dear etymological friend!

[OLudOvideos]

Thank you for making my little self discover this magnificent Pushkin's poem that helped me far beyond learning a language but Life's.

[threedaygracer]

how do you roll your r's continually? the only way i can is in saying the word drei from german

[usenetposts]

You need to look up my film "roll your 'r's now, baybee".

[threedaygracer]

i like your video. it does help immensly. however i need to know, how do you remeber all of these languages?

[usenetposts]

I use the gold list method, which you will find instruction on in youtube.

[threedaygracer]

what do you use to learn these languages? im not sure what to use for german and spanish

[usenetposts]

Use the gold list method.

[threedaygracer]

'right. but where do u learn them. as in where do u acquire the vocabulary

[usenetposts]

At the beginning you would acquire them from a self tuition book. Once you get to the point where you no longer have any self-tuition books at that level you might use a dictionary, or you might use literature with a translation.

[threedaygracer]

thanks

[AssistingHealth]

@usenetposts i like a bit of your method, especially the "you don't know you are doing it" part. i am an american and have worked in many restaurants where spanish is spoken and learned WAY more from just listening (learning by exposure, not purposfule "wrote memorization") than i ever did by listening via audiobook.

i would hear someone say it, remember it for months. i would force myself to read vocab... would forget it in a week.

[AssistingHealth]

@usenetposts also, it seems that there are always a key, oh... roughly 20 or so VERY heavily used words in ANY language then about 100 "common" ones that comprise about 90% of the content of the utility of any most languages. learn a few colloquial phrases + those and some key objects... and you'll do great! (always work on accent, of course). but accent isn't a big deal... i understand what people from new york say to me even though i'm from the edge of "the south". (oklahoma&texas)

[AssistingHealth]

@usenetposts also: i plan on moving to norway and learning some of the nordic languages... how do you suggest i learn some of the HUGE compound nordic words? (some of them are crazy... like, 12-20 letter words that, of course, to a native come out effortlessly. yet, for me i seem to need to practice for a few minutes just to SAY the word properly... ONCE! what do i do, oh master linguist?)

[usenetposts]

Go away, spammer.

[seLkies37]

your American accent is perfect lol

[lonecandel]

that was a really sweet poem

[meandtherevolution]

love the Soviet joke, x x x (read: ha ha ha)

[coachampions]

I have many Russian friends and finally decided to learn the basic. I stumbled on his videos and find them very informative and humorous. I am able to rrroll the rrrs due to my French. Thank you very much!

[makethetransition00]

Speceeba from Texas!

[BlackFlame39]

I have problems rolling my r's. Is there anyway to fix that easily?

[Xinoutorah]

I heard something about saying "ladder ladder" really fast? I have no idea if that works because my way to roll my r's was to just keep trying until I finally got it. I say the ladder thing later on after I got it, I wonder if it would have helped me though.

[usenetposts]

I have a video on this called "roll your r's baby" in which I show a similar technique, based on the rapid repetition of p and d.

[d7vid]

hehe....great joke, lesson and of course poem

[78625amginE]

You are hilarious!

[Commiton]

Thanks for helping me study and good jokes!

[PirateXzibit]

Пушкина

[Cynnx7]

Great Lesson & Joke!

[k8t1345]

This is so great! Much thanks from a Katie in Texas!

[storebror21]

I never get tired of these videos - not only are they really instructive, but I love the humour - and I'm really glad I can roll my 'r's :-)

[luisbad07]

hey man, greetings from Chihuahua, I'm learning through your lessons, they are very useful, I already speak English, French and Spanish and would like to learn Russian, so I looked in youtube and found your lessons which have been very useful to me, thanks, if you would like to speak spanish i'd gladly teach you... people think spanish is a "wetback" language but it is a very rich and difficult language. Gracias las clases, merci pour les leçons, thanks for the lessons. (need some russian here)

[intherealmofsenses]

Dude, you rock!

[stfrederik]

It's very usefull ! Thanks a lot !

[nachtfrost]

Those accents were awesome. :-)

[Roshanakostad]

thanks alot

[dmokhtar]

Thank you very much.

[bonjouramy12]

ppppppppppppppppp!

[draelith]

Your humour when going through the alphabet is awesome!

[tubosutra]

a perfect explosive mixture of filology,knowledge and capacity to trasmit infomatin.

thank form italy

[lmyyyks]

The music is great! How did you get Akon out of the song?

[dejawolf]

he probably found the original song akon used, and sped it up. or it could be he just looped the part before akon started rapping.

[usenetposts]

It's a karaoke track.

[crzyeyes3]

I love your format. Thank you so much for doing this!

[rrubeiz]

I appreciate your time for doing this.

Rudy(Lebanese)

[Datishoo]

07:30!!!

You have such good pronounciation! Why don't you speak like this all the time?

Hm. Are you Russian?

[plomben]

One reason. It sounds cool, and funny! And it's easier to think of him as a russian, which he is. This man speaks like 20 languages, so he better know english pronouncation better than what he shows:)

[ascaro3000]

Who is Huliganov? He is a real performer, with rare talent to durably entertain.

[panalitik]

Thanks for all videos you upload....

I wonted to learn russian but in my country i cant anywhere plus this keeps my money...

So thanks again for the videos ;)

[aluhc09]

Вы очень хорошый учитель!!!!!

[Philly666lol]

lol pppppppppppppppppppppppppp!!

[usenetposts]

You're tijght like a tijger, d00d!

[DrStench13]

Ik hoop dat nederlanders goed zijn in het leren van russisch. Want dan kost het me minder moeite.

[usenetposts]

They seem to be. There is out there somewhere, transcripts of these lessons in Dutch. If you search maybe you'll find them.

[isisnumber360]

Will they really laugh at you if you can't roll an R?

[usenetposts]

It depends on what else comes out instead, I suppose!

[sexiestbutler]

Very true. Whenever I try to trill an R, the joke about the American, Frenchman, and Russian comes out instead :(

[usenetposts]

That has its compensations.

[Cha0z19]

How can I write russian in the computer?

[usenetposts]

Add the cyrillic keyboard in the languages options menu.

[longlat39]

Does the Hebrew alphabet have a PH? It seems to be a Hassidic language.

[HumanGrinder]

you are a demi-god!

a russian-language demigod!

[usenetposts]

That's kind, but there is no God but God. (Mohammed's not his prophet, though, in my opinion)

[BlackOut321123]

You seem to speak many other languages. Are you going to do lessons on more languages?

[usenetposts]

I may do, but they are quite labour intensive.

[triger777]

your great at makeing these videos i plan on tskeing russian lessons

[guccilittlepiggy]

"If you don't know Greek they will be Greek to you" hahaha

you're the best!

[usenetposts]

Glad you liked it!

[dfguitarman01]

@guccilittlepiggy As soon as he said that I scrolled down to the comment box and filled it in with the quote, and right before I clicked "post" I saw that you had beaten me to it! Haha.

[Razekial]

Haha, you do a good american accent

Спасибо за видео.

[usenetposts]

many thanks!

[CharlotteVoss]

Your so freaken COOL!! XOXO

[usenetposts]

Many thanks. please keep watching!

[Deathtof7]

Allo. Spacibo vas. Ya Amerikanits no learning pa russkim yazik. Vi harosho teacher e ti est ochen harosho poems e songs. Ya znio moy russki ploha, no ya will move to Roosiya ele Ukraine ele Sweden (Ya gavidite pa svenski) Spacibo spacibo!

[usenetposts]

Bra! jag har godt forstaet det!

[AtticusStount]

Don't move to Sweden, it is the most boring country on EARTH!

[KokoKolla]

Nej det är inte! Håll käften din jävel!

[usenetposts]

He knows what he's talking about. Also if you want to hold the shaft of his javelin the way you say, better stand in line with the other girls.

[KokoKolla]

You really don't understand Swedish at all if that's what you think I said! He was bashing Sweden which is unnecessary since I know for a fact my country isn't a boring country at all and I doubt you've actually been there. Håll kräften din jävel means "Shut up you fucker!" not "Hold the shaft of your javelin" Okay? On another point good job! I really enjoy listening to your lessons they're very entertaining. Keep up the good work I look forward to seeing more.

[Zenesjatek]

I feel happy that I already know how to roll my r's...  ~_~

[dragonmoony]

lol this joke whas your best joke ever :P (i just have seen 1-2-3 and now 4:P)

[DrStench13]

lol mohsen noob

[dragonmoony]

RUSSIA MUTHA LAND !!!

[shadrak75]

What was the title of that poem? I alway thought poetry was for sissies :-), but that was beautiful! Great videos/lessons, by the way.

[karen111111111]

oh this is so funny. Thanks

[crisspie]

I am loving it .. this is great saves me money on rosetta stone.. keep it up my friend .. thanks again ..

[josepoliver2007]

Thanks for these lessons. You are funny! and this keeps the lessons interesting.

I'm spanish so the rolling R is easy for me.

However russian is difficult.

[immortalvamp]

haha PH=Acidic? lol i got the joke

[Kabal741]

thanks i have russian ancestors and im very proud to have a little russian blood in me so thanks for the lessons ive wanted to learn russian a long time

[usenetposts]

Pleasure. Enjoy!

[ph00xy]

Are you really Russian? Your Texan accent is better than monoglot Texans I've heard. Surely you must be faking the Russian one?

:)

[usenetposts]

I'll let you into an open secret - I'm faking both. In the twentieth century that was called "doing impersonations". In these days of identity fraud it's called "suspicious behaviour" ;-)

[masterchief377]

Wow, you sound more American that I do.

Thanks once again.

[usenetposts]

Maybe I should do my American impersonation more often?

[blackturtleus]

Great presentation! That last part with the poem was quite unusual... very nice!

[usenetposts]

Glad you're enjoying it. Thanks for subscribing, by the way. Your own work is very good and I can see your channel going a long way.

[zonga1979]

hii agreat man,thanks alot for it

[xray20]

Horoshuoa GREAT

Maladyets

[fatfortyyearold]

you are so funny. Thank you for the lesson!

[usenetposts]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[sixec]

thanks..i apreciate your lesson...not only you teach this lenguage even you learn the russian life form.

Chilitzi b moscba.

Cpaciba!!

[ifeeltoast]

These lessons are so entertaining! What a fun way to be introduced to Russian! Thank you!

[usenetposts]

Glad you liked, and good luck with learning!

[lordmoggy]

i cant even slap any arse let alone a girls ....hahahaha cant get close enough ;p hahaha

[lordmoggy]

thats a good lesson hugo keep them coming ;p

[gatabella]

Pushkin is the greatest Russian poet!!! I can tell it as a Russian (of course, only in original).

[konfus3d4life]

thank you so much for taking time to do this.. i cant find lessons anywhere and im trying to learn because my boyfriend is russian .. his name is viktor too

[usenetposts]

Thanks for that. I hope that new joiners to this course won't be frustrated that it isn't finished, and bear with me that I will be doing another lesson every few weeks. It's the editing that takes the time.

[stevopowell]

I am really enjoying these lessons. I have had two years of Russian, but your presentation is very entertaining. I liked the Pushkin reading.

[usenetposts]

I'm pleased to hear from you!

[Amiduffer]

Good joke. Thanks prof.

[usenetposts]

Glad you liked, Drew!

[cargomar07]

it sucks

[cargomar07]

i hate it

[usenetposts]

that's mutual, thanks.

[Darkshadow22]

thanks i have been wanting to learn russian after taking german even though they are nothing the the same

[usenetposts]

Well, some things in German will help you with it. I was amazed at how much knowing German helps in the study of Ancient Greek, for example. One language always helps the next along.

[Sam3773]

Been struggling to learn Russian for a while now and I think you've convinced me to work harder. Any tips?

[usenetposts]

See my recent videos on the Gold List Method of vocab learning. That's got my best tips in it.

[homousios]

Thank you so much for your lessons. It is good that you discussed those letters that are similar in greek. I was aso wonderimg how Yevgenimonegin sounded in Russian. It sounds elegant.One day perhaps in the not too distant future, I too can do this. Thanks again and the joke too wsa great

[ElTrole]

Spasiba Valsoy Za Takoi Curs Mochiet Bits Ya nauchus Pizats paruzki

[usenetposts]

You can certainly learn it if you want to... what you need is all here.

[Nomeucrec]

The ph and ch are so written from Greek because anciently the were a p/k sound plus a aspiration. Nowadays they are f and x phoneticly. And don't say Russian is more sophisticated than any other language. Each has its stuff.

[usenetposts]

You say that p/k plus aspiration as if it were fact, and not just someone's theory. I have a perfectly good alternative theory, and neither can be proven. BTW my joke about PH and acidity obviously went well over your head, but don't feel bad.

[Nomeucrec]

What? Look, that isn't my theory, it is the theory of filologists. That is how it is. And it is visible when looking at the ways of transcripting Greek into Latin. Also, Beta was ancently B but evolved to V nowadays. Anyway, probably if you're not that into languages, you can never understand.

[usenetposts]

I do speak about 20, my dear, and have an MA in comparative linguistics, but go ahead and patronose me anyway. The origin of our use of 'ph' is from Latin, and in my view arises from the fact that the Latins heard the bilabial 'f' of Early Greek and wanted to show it as distinct from their own labiodental 'f'. There is no reason to believe, not even from Linear B, that the sound ever was a p followed by aspiration. That would make nonsense of certain PIE cognates.

[stevey226]

Could i also have a song request, please? I have heard a Russian singer called Vitas one of his songs would also be nice. But it's up to you.

[usenetposts]

I think I shouldbe able to do that, although I cannot match his hi-pitched notes. I could probably do "blazhenny guru" if I can find the backing track. Incidentally Vitas' producer was co-producer with Sasha Valov of a couple of other groups, and Sasha is an old mate of mine.

[377crow]

very good lesson today i liked the joke, and when u turned the music on during the poem it was almost like your were rapping, good job

[akoanani]

thanks for this lessson. Because I have so many Russian friends I need even a several words to express to them. thanks

[usenetposts]

Pleasure. I plan 10 lessons in this alphabet course, and then later on another 10 lesson Russian 202 course on the basics of the language. I have so many jokes and songs to go, you see.

[Zenabi47]

you make a good impression of the american accent, good job!

[usenetposts]

Thanks, Zenabi47. Back in the day I did a spoof American called Thomas P Jameson III. There are 3 videos of mine with him in them. I stopped doing him largely because the Americans marked him down a lot and started making negative comments. I don't think most Americans like it too much when an Englishman spoofs their accent and mannerisms! Still, I might bring him back to life again. I wanna sing "Galveston" on here, and he will do ideally for that.

[bigjon888]

Dunno if lesson 5 is out yet but I can hardly wait for it! Im learning Latvian and 50% of the Latvian population are Russian so I started to learn that too! Unfortunately I havnt been as commited with the Russian as I have the Latvian, but these lessons are inspiring me to move forward with my Russian again :) thanks!

[usenetposts]

Thank you so much! I have the lesson plan for no. 5, and it is just a question of deciding on the technique for it. It will be a revision session and I want to put more text on the screen than usual. I have to plan carefully how to do it. That is what is holding it up.

I am also very fond of your country, especially the area near Daugavpils, and what would be really the coolest thing is if I could inspire you to do some Latvian lessons on here as well.

[knagenhjelm]

Can I ask for a song request? I would really like to hear your version of "Katyusha!" Oh and "Chorniy Voron!" And "Eh, Yablocka"!

[usenetposts]

I will do my best to comply with your request.

[knagenhjelm]

Can I ask for a song request? I would really like to hear your version of "Katyusha!" Oh and "Chorniy Voron!" And "Eh, Yablocka"!

[Siran]

I love your jokes, i ya tebya lublu! Spasibo Mr Huliganov!

[usenetposts]

Many thanks!

[schlappohr]

Thank you very much, Mr. Huliganov. It's very good again.

[usenetposts]

Glad you liked it.

[DJJaines]

I always enjoy watching these and they are educational. Not only comedy. But educational too. Looking forward to the next one too.

[usenetposts]

Thanks. I will try to get them out at least one a week. I've put together a playlist of this series also, to help people find the parts they might have missed.