Privet Victor, thanks for your reply. I understand about about the response links. Its there now??I even seached for it specifically before.....Anyway, I am very happy to see it! I will have a shot of vodka and add it to the playlist before I loose it again...Now that I am addicted to your lessons, it was causing some stress! lol.
Also a word of sincere thanks to your jokes and songs. They help me to understand the Russian psyche. Every day a new and wonderful revelation. Spaciba moi droog.
Privet Victor. Thank you so much! How I would like to meet you to thank you in person! Please tell me, I can't find lesson 4-1.. Only 4-2. Is it labelled differently? Am I not looking in the right place?
@pseudechisaustralis watch?v=BQKfQIZRFVY Also usually the next video is linked as a video response, but you have to look down among the comments for the video response box - it's not as easy to find as it used to be.
@baiNEKO In England there used to be a tradition for stand up comedians to say, after telling a joke "it's the way I tell' em". This is how Huli would say that.
@bigtimv Being a lazy bastard, I cut and paste the answer from Wikipedia...Тимоша, Тимоха, Тимоня, Тимося, Тимуня, Тюня, Тима, Тиманя, Тимаха, Тимаша, Тёма, Тимофейка.
I knew an indian girl called Misha, and some many more called, Sonia, Natasha, etc just like the west there are so many dimunative names from Russian here. Now i realise how silly they must sound to some one in Russia..
@tkambo It's a little bit like one case I knew when someone I'd had introduced to me as Jim (let's say Smith) needed to be introduced onwards more formally, so I called him Mr James Smith. He then said that his name wasn't James at all, but that Jim was the name he had on his birth certificate. There's nothing to stop someone doing that in Anglo-American culture, but others will just find it odd, and the Russians think that way when Americans sport diminuative and wrong-sex Russian names.
Thank you Dear Viktor D., Its indeed a pleasure to learn from you, the jokes are funny & songs are really melodic as well. I will continue with you for rest of the lessons... This is what i have decided today, I have already completed 2nd and 3rd lesson today on Day 1. Because i don't want to end up like the polish professor when i come to Russia :-)
Thank you Dear Viktor D., Its indeed a pleasure to learn from you, the jokes are funny & songs are really melodic as well. I will continue with you for rest of the lessons... This is what i have decided today, I have already completed 2nd and 3rd lesson today on Day 1.
It all depends on whether you are familiar and equal or whether you don't know them well or have to maintain formality in the relationship. The highest formality to someone who is not an officeholder is Vy, and then first name and patronymic. First name and vy is normal in business, and so, if you are friends with someone in business ty plus first name, and then the next level of informality is ty and first name in the abbreviated form. The abbreviated form is not normal with vy.
This man is gd cos like the last vid he didnt bog u down with too much info too early and he repeats himself and he slow when talking Russian which is very helpful. I like how at times he doesnt keep teaching Russian cos it does get difficult to take in, he does the lesson with jokes too.
In Spanish, it is acceptable to completely omit the subject of a sentence because the verb endings indicate who is doing the action. So, I ask you, is the same true in Russian where there are different endings for different subjects?
By the way, do you know that every name have many short forms, not only one? For example, my first name is Александр, and it have the following short forms:
You're great. I've started learning russian again two weeks ago from your videos. I've studied it before for five years at elementay school in the 80's. It was the compulsory language here in Hungary. We just hated it a lot.Maybe not only because it was compulsory, but because of the teacher too. But things have changed a lot since then. Learning a language is fun now. And you're a good teacher.Keep on this work please! By the way, how many languages do you speak?
first wat is emoe (with 2 dots) and wats yolki palki!!! and troucoct and nienavict and ploshed and kremil and mir..u told us it was peace and wat was the other definition of mir? and how do we say merry christmas and wat'S toja and tokja i coudnt hear well. thank you :) and again :S wats imenin and dien rajdieniya thanks & last 2 questions :) is vyacheslav yaroslav and wats nikita'S short form ?? thanks & ur a great teacher & u really have a nice voice :)
Just noticed that somebody had pointed out it to you already (about the name). Well then, don't pay attention. Your lessons are just GREAT! I don't learn Russian, но мне нравится на Вас смотреть и слушать!
There are a handful of errors in the course, but I'll make sure they're ironed out in the book when it comes out.
Thanks for keeping on watching, I am hoping to develop not only an audience of learners, but also a second audience of Russians who are simply tickled by an Englishman "doing" a Russian and teaching Russian on YouTube.
Я, конечно, извиняюсь, Виктор, но уменьшительно-ласкательное имя от Евгениий не Геня, а Женя...После каждой песни у вас такой трогательный вид, как будто вы сейчас заплачете, значит, с душой поете!
I hope you're being sarcastic, such a little mistake cannot overshadow the overall educational value these lessons provide. I for one found your lesson on "rolling r" very interesting.
There is in the english language use of was and now used beside each other in the same sentence which as a speaker of english does not make sense eg recently people say "He was now ready to start...etc" which does not make sense as past and present are in the same sentence.This form of speaking seems to have come from America within the last 5 years and is now in general use in the media and newspapers in
I appreciate your taking the time to post these videos. I am trying to learn and your lessons are an excellent review. I love hearing the verb conjugations. When can we expect to hear from you again? Thanks Ben from the new Georgia in USA.
Victor - I love this series...and your rendition of "moi put". It makes me wonder what Frank Sinatra would have sounded like if he spoke Russian or had a Slavic accent.
Please don't go to any trouble with it. I like to get russian song lyrics and relate the written word to the sound. A fav I have at the moment is Xorosho by Verka!
I simply copied the lyrics out by hand from my VHS tape of Petrosyan singing this, and it might take a while to write them out in Russian, but maybe I will give a transliterated version, as it will also be easier to read in the description section. Give me a while to sort that out.
Excellent lesson, Professor! Very interesting to learn about the diminutives. I had always thought they were just regular Russian names. I have learned something.
Wonderful, usenetnote! I am doing an evening course in Russian I which goes to III. I'm staring at Russian I. Our Teacher is a wonderful woman, Tataiana(Tanya) Romanova, I have still not asked if she may have been related to the Romanovas.
You're courses are really wonderful, Usenetposts, thanks a million.
The part about the names was very interesting indeed! Thanks for all the info! The joke was very witty and the song amazing, as always! Great vid again! \o/
Privet Victor, thanks for your reply. I understand about about the response links. Its there now??I even seached for it specifically before.....Anyway, I am very happy to see it! I will have a shot of vodka and add it to the playlist before I loose it again...Now that I am addicted to your lessons, it was causing some stress! lol.
Also a word of sincere thanks to your jokes and songs. They help me to understand the Russian psyche. Every day a new and wonderful revelation. Spaciba moi droog.
pseudechisaustralis 6 months ago in playlist Speak Russian
@pseudechisaustralis You're welcome. Hope one day you subscribe, too!
usenetposts 6 months ago
Privet Victor. Thank you so much! How I would like to meet you to thank you in person! Please tell me, I can't find lesson 4-1.. Only 4-2. Is it labelled differently? Am I not looking in the right place?
pseudechisaustralis 6 months ago
@pseudechisaustralis watch?v=BQKfQIZRFVY Also usually the next video is linked as a video response, but you have to look down among the comments for the video response box - it's not as easy to find as it used to be.
usenetposts 6 months ago
I like the fact that you also make time for stress relieve by telling jokes after hard work! I am following this from Holland, really helping me!
samuraimacisthebest 7 months ago
whats the relative name for matthews?
casablancas2000 8 months ago
@casablancas2000 Matveyevitch
usenetposts 8 months ago
>x< How come you always say, after telling the joke, "Eets ze vay I'm tellink dem.“ ?
baiNEKO 9 months ago
@baiNEKO In England there used to be a tradition for stand up comedians to say, after telling a joke "it's the way I tell' em". This is how Huli would say that.
usenetposts 9 months ago
Being my own name, I am curious as to what the diminutive for 'Тимофей' is...
bigtimv 1 year ago
@bigtimv Being a lazy bastard, I cut and paste the answer from Wikipedia...Тимоша, Тимоха, Тимоня, Тимося, Тимуня, Тюня, Тима, Тиманя, Тимаха, Тимаша, Тёма, Тимофейка.
usenetposts 1 year ago
I knew an indian girl called Misha, and some many more called, Sonia, Natasha, etc just like the west there are so many dimunative names from Russian here. Now i realise how silly they must sound to some one in Russia..
tkambo 1 year ago
@tkambo It's a little bit like one case I knew when someone I'd had introduced to me as Jim (let's say Smith) needed to be introduced onwards more formally, so I called him Mr James Smith. He then said that his name wasn't James at all, but that Jim was the name he had on his birth certificate. There's nothing to stop someone doing that in Anglo-American culture, but others will just find it odd, and the Russians think that way when Americans sport diminuative and wrong-sex Russian names.
usenetposts 1 year ago
Thank you Dear Viktor D., Its indeed a pleasure to learn from you, the jokes are funny & songs are really melodic as well. I will continue with you for rest of the lessons... This is what i have decided today, I have already completed 2nd and 3rd lesson today on Day 1. Because i don't want to end up like the polish professor when i come to Russia :-)
tkambo 1 year ago
Thank you Dear Viktor D., Its indeed a pleasure to learn from you, the jokes are funny & songs are really melodic as well. I will continue with you for rest of the lessons... This is what i have decided today, I have already completed 2nd and 3rd lesson today on Day 1.
tkambo 1 year ago
Thank you - I am really enjoying your videos. It would be nice to have the lyrics on screen so we could sing along :)
Drenov 1 year ago
Gennady is indeed Greek in origin... look up the name Gennadius Scholarius if you have a chance.
Cephas 1 year ago
So should you call someone by the first form of thier name or the second? i didn't understand that part
ryanboyd72yahoo 2 years ago
It all depends on whether you are familiar and equal or whether you don't know them well or have to maintain formality in the relationship. The highest formality to someone who is not an officeholder is Vy, and then first name and patronymic. First name and vy is normal in business, and so, if you are friends with someone in business ty plus first name, and then the next level of informality is ty and first name in the abbreviated form. The abbreviated form is not normal with vy.
usenetposts 2 years ago
@ryanboyd72yahoo
It's just like "John" and "Johnny", "Jim" and "Jimmy", "Margaret" and "Maggy".
Would you call Mrs. Thatcher "Maggy" meeting her in public? :-)
Artyom2012 2 years ago
WTF is he talking about?
MMAFIGHTER11111 2 years ago
He's explaining the reasons why the Phillips curve started not to work anymore after the rise of monetarist economics.
usenetposts 2 years ago 4
I diiiiiiiiiid it mmmmmmmmyy waaaaaaaaaaaay (8)
egogreek 2 years ago
What I like about the Huliganov series, is that we not only learn language, but culture too. Very nice.
TheBigCollapse 2 years ago 3
This man is gd cos like the last vid he didnt bog u down with too much info too early and he repeats himself and he slow when talking Russian which is very helpful. I like how at times he doesnt keep teaching Russian cos it does get difficult to take in, he does the lesson with jokes too.
W0lfster 2 years ago 2
In Spanish, it is acceptable to completely omit the subject of a sentence because the verb endings indicate who is doing the action. So, I ask you, is the same true in Russian where there are different endings for different subjects?
Thestralsxxx 2 years ago 6
Yes you can do that!
Olekander 2 years ago
@Thestralsxxx I'd guess so.
theawesomesausage 1 year ago
By the way, do you know that every name have many short forms, not only one? For example, my first name is Александр, and it have the following short forms:
Саша, Сашка, Сашок, Саня, Санька, Санёк, Шура, Шурик.
Lextor667 2 years ago
Yes, I knew that. I read Doctor Zhivago, and all the characters had at least more than two shortened names. Read the book if you haven't by the way!
Thestralsxxx 2 years ago
Yoy are a very good teacher, mr. Huliganov :) However, i found a few mistakes (i'm from Russia). Here they are:
1) short form of Евгений is Гена, not Геня.
2) name Людмила has no "ь" after "д".
3) short form of Надежда is Надя, not Надия.
4) Илия is ancient name, now we use Илья.
Lextor667 2 years ago 2
Sorry, i made a miskate:
Ofcourse, Гена is for Геннадий.
Short form of Евгений is Женя.
Lextor667 2 years ago
Евгений= Женя все таки)) Гена -Геннадий,
а Евгений = Геня только в граждан живущих в Одессе, так что Геня ближе к Жене, чем Гена))
evgeniti 2 years ago
Canta muy bien...comme d'habitude. Gracias por las lecciones.
Sirob11 2 years ago
Gracias a Vd. Por el comentario y por haber pasado su tiempo con mis peliculas modestas.
usenetposts 2 years ago
your lessons are really helpful.thanks a lot and pls let me know anyother way to download these lessons in an orderly mannner.thanks
favouritefolders 3 years ago
Follow the video responses, or find one of the playlists with them on in order. When huliganov . tv is ready, then this won't be a problem any more.
usenetposts 3 years ago
Yes I will,Thank you for your response.
favouritefolders 3 years ago
Your posts are quite instructive!
dmarenco 3 years ago
I really liked the song at the end....very nice to hear it in Russian!!!
fmjjoker2 3 years ago
Thanks and regards,
abdeenline 3 years ago
Wow you are awesome! I´m going to Russia in january so I just wanted to learn a bit before I go:) spasiba balshoi
cutie1991 3 years ago
The teaching was hard to absorb but the singing was suprisingly very good!
Anglichanen 3 years ago 2
Thank you for the name lesson. That helps a lot! Very good singing too!
steven2134 3 years ago
Viktor!
You're great. I've started learning russian again two weeks ago from your videos. I've studied it before for five years at elementay school in the 80's. It was the compulsory language here in Hungary. We just hated it a lot.Maybe not only because it was compulsory, but because of the teacher too. But things have changed a lot since then. Learning a language is fun now. And you're a good teacher.Keep on this work please! By the way, how many languages do you speak?
woolfool 3 years ago
well i haave a lot of questions ..:S
first wat is emoe (with 2 dots) and wats yolki palki!!! and troucoct and nienavict and ploshed and kremil and mir..u told us it was peace and wat was the other definition of mir? and how do we say merry christmas and wat'S toja and tokja i coudnt hear well. thank you :) and again :S wats imenin and dien rajdieniya thanks & last 2 questions :) is vyacheslav yaroslav and wats nikita'S short form ?? thanks & ur a great teacher & u really have a nice voice :)
hayouty95 4 years ago
yolki palki is what you say when ur pissed off.
alex8039 4 years ago
thxx :)
hayouty95 4 years ago
thank you sir you have like 50 times the knowlegde i have
Blendoso 4 years ago
Viktor, what is Jana's short form and long form? Is Jana not a slavic name? Ya ne znio.
Deathtof7 4 years ago
where i can learn russian in the internet?
(no to spell russian,i want to speak Russian
with translate to English)
eliran2356 4 years ago
@eliran2356
You can download a program called BYKI and that helps lots with what you vant to do... it very not expensive..
Darkenedbyshadows 2 years ago
i thought "yakov" was jacob and "dmitri" was james
evillttlimp 4 years ago
Jacob is James. James is an anglo-saxon version of Jacob, and is not related to Dmitry. Dmitry derives from worshippers of the Greek goddess Demeter.
usenetposts 4 years ago
oh okay
evillttlimp 4 years ago
i'm loving it, and i'll keep watching.
8fht9 4 years ago
Great!
usenetposts 4 years ago
i learnt russian my way!!!!! hehehe ;p
lordmoggy 4 years ago
Just noticed that somebody had pointed out it to you already (about the name). Well then, don't pay attention. Your lessons are just GREAT! I don't learn Russian, но мне нравится на Вас смотреть и слушать!
gatabella 4 years ago
There are a handful of errors in the course, but I'll make sure they're ironed out in the book when it comes out.
Thanks for keeping on watching, I am hoping to develop not only an audience of learners, but also a second audience of Russians who are simply tickled by an Englishman "doing" a Russian and teaching Russian on YouTube.
usenetposts 4 years ago
Я, конечно, извиняюсь, Виктор, но уменьшительно-ласкательное имя от Евгениий не Геня, а Женя...После каждой песни у вас такой трогательный вид, как будто вы сейчас заплачете, значит, с душой поете!
gatabella 4 years ago
Many thanks. I actually have a Celtic soul, rather than a Slavic one, but it makes a reasonable substitute.
usenetposts 4 years ago
Just wanted to point out that there is a little mistake in the names section: the short for Евгений is Женя and not Геня.
P.S.: I am a native Russian speaker.
andrey33s 4 years ago
Oh well. They'll all stop following the course now.
Still, it was good while it lasted.
usenetposts 4 years ago
I hope you're being sarcastic, such a little mistake cannot overshadow the overall educational value these lessons provide. I for one found your lesson on "rolling r" very interesting.
andrey33s 4 years ago
Thanks. Have you seen the dirty knife sketch on Monty Python? I was doing a mini one of those!
usenetposts 4 years ago
I meant the Dirty Fork sketch - to see it search on YouTube "dirty fork python" quite a few channels are showing it...
usenetposts 4 years ago
There is in the english language use of was and now used beside each other in the same sentence which as a speaker of english does not make sense eg recently people say "He was now ready to start...etc" which does not make sense as past and present are in the same sentence.This form of speaking seems to have come from America within the last 5 years and is now in general use in the media and newspapers in
Seersha 4 years ago
I appreciate your taking the time to post these videos. I am trying to learn and your lessons are an excellent review. I love hearing the verb conjugations. When can we expect to hear from you again? Thanks Ben from the new Georgia in USA.
tate1487 5 years ago
Very interesting as usual
annejuel 5 years ago
Victor - I love this series...and your rendition of "moi put". It makes me wonder what Frank Sinatra would have sounded like if he spoke Russian or had a Slavic accent.
Pasqualmie 5 years ago
You've given me an idea, there...
usenetposts 5 years ago
Thank you. Looking forward to next one!
dpay02 5 years ago
Please don't go to any trouble with it. I like to get russian song lyrics and relate the written word to the sound. A fav I have at the moment is Xorosho by Verka!
uptodat 5 years ago
Excellent! Very interesting. My ear is not good for distinguishing the words of the song. Are the lyrics available? Looking forward to next lesson.
uptodat 5 years ago
I simply copied the lyrics out by hand from my VHS tape of Petrosyan singing this, and it might take a while to write them out in Russian, but maybe I will give a transliterated version, as it will also be easier to read in the description section. Give me a while to sort that out.
usenetposts 5 years ago
Excellent lesson, Professor! Very interesting to learn about the diminutives. I had always thought they were just regular Russian names. I have learned something.
Thank you!
kenbank 5 years ago
Wonderful, usenetnote! I am doing an evening course in Russian I which goes to III. I'm staring at Russian I. Our Teacher is a wonderful woman, Tataiana(Tanya) Romanova, I have still not asked if she may have been related to the Romanovas.
You're courses are really wonderful, Usenetposts, thanks a million.
dasilva94 5 years ago
The part about the names was very interesting indeed! Thanks for all the info! The joke was very witty and the song amazing, as always! Great vid again! \o/
Bye!
mako ;]
makochan200 5 years ago