Russian Lesson 3 - Part I - Babel Yak

[maoriboy92]

Is "Zdravstvuite" a better word? Apologies as I may have spelt that wrong but I am aware that privyet is informal...

[MegaGoinpostal]

so when its Vy, the verb has (Te) at the end, but when (Ja) its (ju) or ending with a u.

[neversaynever234]

I thought you only say privyet to only the people you know, such as friends?

[FMAfangirl88]

Elmo would be so amazed....

[95bbking]

This video is amazing, the methods used are brilliant and im now confident that i could hold a conversation in russian, aswell as offend my freinds with them knowing i have :D thank you so much please please please keep the vids coming :)

[panceik]

I have a problem with saying "u menja vse horosho" :/

any tips or videos explaining how to pronounce it?

[TheMonkeyfreak17]

@Yodjix yes but it also the polite and formal way of saying 'you speak russian'. You say ty gavarite po-ruski if you know the person.

[Yodjix]

@TheMonkeyfreak17

That's right. If you don't know the person you're talking to, you definitelly have to use "vy" instead of "ty". Just thought I should mention it, since many people might not understand the difference.

[icearcice]

@TheMonkeyfreak17 the verb has to conjugate along with pronoun, ty govorish po-ruskiy

[jids56]

Большое спасибо

[sweetbrunette93]

I thought learning Russian would be so difficult but I guess I was wrong and thanks for the videos ;)

[IzzyCanFly]

I really love these videos.

I'm remembering these phrases much much easier.

[TheImmortalWeapon]

@IzzyCanFly yeah, it's much easier to learn it with this than with anything else imo =D

[IsaacDemitryKinser]

in one of you viedoes you said you use po- russkij in a sentance why did you drop that now or if anyone else can answer this question please leave a responce thanks !?

[2Mazed]

whats the difference between if you say:

do you speak english? and

you speak english!

[Waldeckpnorte]

@2Mazed

do you speak english? (you're asking if they speak it )

you speak english! (here you're confirming that they speaks)

[2Mazed]

@Waldeckpnorte i meant whats the difference in russian? (word order etc.)

is it like this?

do you speak english?: vy goverite po-angliskij?

you speak english!: vy goverite po-angliskij!

[Waldeckpnorte]

@2Mazed Yes, it is like this.. (I'm Brazilian)

In Russian is like Like Brazilian.. Don't need auxiliary verbs !!

[Yodjix]

@Waldeckpnorte That's true. All his videos are great and all, but there's one big mistake in almost every sentence: Vy...

There's a big difference between vy and ty.

Vy means you (as in people)

Ty means you (as in one person).

If you wanna ask one person "Do you speak Russian". You say "Ty gavarite po-ruski?"

And if you wanna ask "What's your name" you say "Kak tebja zavot?" Not "Kak vas zavot".

How are u - Kak dela. Kak vashe dela (if ur speaking to several people)

[icearcice]

@Yodjix Vy means you (as in people), yes true but also it's polite when speaking to someone you don't know, is older or having authority. It's a sign of respect. And also the verb conjugates with pronoun... Ya(I) govoryu, Ty(You-informal/friends) govorish, Vy govorite(You-plural or in respect), My(we) govopim, Ani(they) govoryat.....

[samsarafloever]

@Yodjix Thank u so much I was exactly very confused ab Vy and Ty since I watched this videos. I knew there was something wrong but I wasnt really sure.

[oboegeekfreek]

@2Mazed The inflection in your voice. The words are the same. I think that was the last video... or maybe the one before it.

[Eaglezero6205]

this guy pronounces all the words with T on the end as P WHY??

[dannyoleson]

Also, bcё (visyo), or "everything" is spelled bce, as it's common to drop the dots since context usually indicates which letter is being used. However, bce, without the dots, is pronounced "visye", and means "everyone". The native speaker in the video properly says bcё, but the pronunciation guide says vse. Note that in this case, it should be pronounced "visyo".

[oneSeabean]

RUssian is so gay but guy thanx for lessons egnlish is also gay

[OXOTHUK101]

)) очень даже интересный урок =)

[AvrilWearsThePants]

No. you spelled it wromg. The first letter is wrong.

[TechnoChick17]

The formal way is pronouned like "Zdraustvetir" I believe.

[Mishgan1983]

Здравствуйте - Zdravstvuyte - zdr-A-stvuyti is formal greeting.

[sneighwena]

I prefer to say ZDRAVO as in Serbian. Why can't they make it easier in Russian??

[Mishgan1983]

In Russian we have the short greeting for friends or knowing people.... very similar with Serbian.

It sounds like "zdorOvo". Vut it's informal greeting.

p.s. we can change stress to first O ( zdOrovo) and we will have informal synonym of english word "good" )))))

[sneighwena]

Thanks. I just found out that the old greeting in Serbian was "šta delaš" some Serbs still use it.

[tony609]

hey man just let you know привет is informal