The only only only thing i had trouble with was the letter "Я". I understand the first part but i didnt understand the last two when you spoke about stressed, and non-stressed words. Can you explain that a little more to me by any chance? thats litterally the only one i had left to understand and im done! :D
@riera552 Oh, that's completely OK, I don't mind answering questions! So, when "я" is stressed (as in "яхта" ['jahta] or "ярус" ['jarus]), it is pronounced as [ja]. And when "я" is unstressed (as in "язык" [jizыk] or "январь" [jin'var]), it is pronounced as [ji]. So, the pronunciation of this letter changes depending on whether it's stressed or not.
Mr Kunin, my opinion is that you did a great job in explaining (a small part of) your language. I enjoyed it, although the 3rd lesson was really tough! Thanks, I will surely replay your videos soon. (I'm from the Netherlands, another nasty language :-))
@TheBigBangggggg I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for letting me know your opinion! Yes, the principle was "difficult things last", hence this complex final part. I hope your first steps with Russian are going well! Should you have any questions/doubts, I would be glad to answer them!
My biggest issue is figuring out where to start when learning a language on my own- languages are so complicated that I don't know what I should cover first, nouns, verbs, adjectives, conversational words, or grammar. Frankly I don't know where to go after I get the alphabet down- any tips?
@lovcanaries Hello Lily! Well, it's important that everything you study has a purpose. To give you an example, you don't study the prepositional case just for the sake of studying the prepositional case - you study it in order to be able to say where things/people are. Similarly, you don't study the declensions of adjectives just for the sake of it, but to then practise it when characterising objects (for example, act out dialogues where you and a friend are choosing presents). ...
@lovcanaries ...To answer your question, after the alphabet, it would be a good idea to take the questions "Who is that?" and "What is that?", then the personal pronouns, then the words for members of the family and then some hobbies and jobs. Then, you can learn some adjectives to characterise these hobbies and jobs (difficult, exciting, boring etc.). That's my suggestion. If there is any more advice I can give you, feel free to ask!
@Happycheeks93 I'm glad you liked it! In fact I see it as my objective to show that Russian is not that difficult after all - if learnt step by step, it becomes quite approachable. However, not all words in Russian are short and resemble English words, there is nothing I can do about it!
@antonkunin Russian is not difficult if someone tries to their best to learn it. People say to me russian is very hard but it's not for me. I know some words don't resemble to English but I have to learn what russian words mean in English. I will try my best to pronounce the words right :) I have to try and try :) I hope you can do more videos on Russian, I would love that.
@Happycheeks93 It's great that you have this courage and patience! What else would you like me to make videos on? The problem is that videos are good for something theoretic, but very few things in language are theoretic. The majority of time, the student has to participate himself/herself in order to practise and acquire the skill.
@Happycheeks93 Hi Jenny! Thanks for your suggestions. I thought about this, but I keep coming to the conclusion that words taken isolated aren't much help. For example, why would you need to know how to say "father", "mother", "husband", "wife" etc. if you don't know how to say "my", "our" etc.? It also makes sense to learn such adjectives as "cheerful", "dull", "nice" etc., so as to characterise these people, and here comes the grammar, because you'll need to transform the endings. You will...
@Happycheeks93 ...also want to know how to ask about people's personality, so you'll need to know question words and how to form questions. So, here comes my point: everything should be learnt together: the vocabulary, the declensions, the question words... Because, ultimately, our goal is to make the student speak. And how can we practise speaking if the learner doesn't talk to anyone in Russian but is just watching a video?
The only only only thing i had trouble with was the letter "Я". I understand the first part but i didnt understand the last two when you spoke about stressed, and non-stressed words. Can you explain that a little more to me by any chance? thats litterally the only one i had left to understand and im done! :D
riera552 2 weeks ago
@riera552 Oh, that's completely OK, I don't mind answering questions! So, when "я" is stressed (as in "яхта" ['jahta] or "ярус" ['jarus]), it is pronounced as [ja]. And when "я" is unstressed (as in "язык" [jizыk] or "январь" [jin'var]), it is pronounced as [ji]. So, the pronunciation of this letter changes depending on whether it's stressed or not.
Did I manage to answer your question?
antonkunin 1 week ago
Mr Kunin, my opinion is that you did a great job in explaining (a small part of) your language. I enjoyed it, although the 3rd lesson was really tough! Thanks, I will surely replay your videos soon. (I'm from the Netherlands, another nasty language :-))
TheBigBangggggg 7 months ago
@TheBigBangggggg I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for letting me know your opinion! Yes, the principle was "difficult things last", hence this complex final part. I hope your first steps with Russian are going well! Should you have any questions/doubts, I would be glad to answer them!
antonkunin 7 months ago
My biggest issue is figuring out where to start when learning a language on my own- languages are so complicated that I don't know what I should cover first, nouns, verbs, adjectives, conversational words, or grammar. Frankly I don't know where to go after I get the alphabet down- any tips?
lovcanaries 8 months ago
@lovcanaries Hello Lily! Well, it's important that everything you study has a purpose. To give you an example, you don't study the prepositional case just for the sake of studying the prepositional case - you study it in order to be able to say where things/people are. Similarly, you don't study the declensions of adjectives just for the sake of it, but to then practise it when characterising objects (for example, act out dialogues where you and a friend are choosing presents). ...
antonkunin 8 months ago
@lovcanaries ...To answer your question, after the alphabet, it would be a good idea to take the questions "Who is that?" and "What is that?", then the personal pronouns, then the words for members of the family and then some hobbies and jobs. Then, you can learn some adjectives to characterise these hobbies and jobs (difficult, exciting, boring etc.). That's my suggestion. If there is any more advice I can give you, feel free to ask!
antonkunin 8 months ago
Good video :) I found the words a little difficult to pronounce.
Happycheeks93 8 months ago
@Happycheeks93 I'm glad you liked it! In fact I see it as my objective to show that Russian is not that difficult after all - if learnt step by step, it becomes quite approachable. However, not all words in Russian are short and resemble English words, there is nothing I can do about it!
antonkunin 8 months ago
@antonkunin Russian is not difficult if someone tries to their best to learn it. People say to me russian is very hard but it's not for me. I know some words don't resemble to English but I have to learn what russian words mean in English. I will try my best to pronounce the words right :) I have to try and try :) I hope you can do more videos on Russian, I would love that.
Happycheeks93 8 months ago
@Happycheeks93 It's great that you have this courage and patience! What else would you like me to make videos on? The problem is that videos are good for something theoretic, but very few things in language are theoretic. The majority of time, the student has to participate himself/herself in order to practise and acquire the skill.
antonkunin 8 months ago
@antonkunin You could make a video of russian words about family, food, people etc.
Happycheeks93 8 months ago
@Happycheeks93 Hi Jenny! Thanks for your suggestions. I thought about this, but I keep coming to the conclusion that words taken isolated aren't much help. For example, why would you need to know how to say "father", "mother", "husband", "wife" etc. if you don't know how to say "my", "our" etc.? It also makes sense to learn such adjectives as "cheerful", "dull", "nice" etc., so as to characterise these people, and here comes the grammar, because you'll need to transform the endings. You will...
antonkunin 8 months ago
@Happycheeks93 ...also want to know how to ask about people's personality, so you'll need to know question words and how to form questions. So, here comes my point: everything should be learnt together: the vocabulary, the declensions, the question words... Because, ultimately, our goal is to make the student speak. And how can we practise speaking if the learner doesn't talk to anyone in Russian but is just watching a video?
antonkunin 8 months ago
@antonkunin I should learn all that and talk to my friends who are Russian. That might be useful.
Happycheeks93 8 months ago