Hi, again thank you for another lesson. I had a quick question about замок. If замок can mean both 'cousin' and 'lock', then how would you know which word it is if you were for example, reading a russian book. Also, are there many words in Russian that are spelled the same but are different due to stresses?
@sUnnydUcks123 That's down to context, context is everything. For example, in Japanese the word "hana" means "nose" and "flower", but if you said "I'm going to take a bentou box and look at the hana in the park" people would realise that you probably weren't going nose-spotting in the park. It would be too Gogolian.
These stress pairs in Russian are not as common as homophones in English, but you still ned to keep a look out for them. The worst is pisAt' and pIsat', by the way.
I have one question, why do you speak english with a very strong accent although this accent disappears when you sing or tell jokes imitating an american?
@360cbh The stress in that word is on the second syllable and so the o in the unstressed first syllable turns to an 'a'. Like in 'original' in English - you'll hear people just go 'uh-riginal' but in 'origin' with the stress on the 'o' it's always a clear o.
@usenetposts Thanks for your response but I know about using the a sound for the unstressed o. I guess i was saying that it sounded more like my-ya which doesn't sound like either a or o. If you see what i mean.
@360cbh If that's what you were thinking then you do need to train yourself out of English usage. Even languages that use Latin will make the sound you think of as "my" as "mei" "may" "maj" or "mai" In Polish the word written 'my' for instance means "we" and sounds like the English word "me" but with the tongue down a little. Say ma-YAH, and you have the word more or less.
Й is becoming quite the problem for me. Especially when it gets into all the combinations. Уй, ый, and Ий seem impossible to pronounce. What sounds do these make
Thanks for the lesson, enjoyed it as usual. One question: Does the possessive pronoun change according to the object only or does it depend on the agent's gender, too?
For example if I'm feminin and refer to "my mother" would I use a different word to refer to "my father" and then again if someone is masculin would it change again?
Great lesson! I am still having trouble identifying the sound for O as (ah)....that's challenging but the song at the end made me smile...Thank you!!!
Great Lessons! Thanks a lot! One comment, people who study or do Physics are called physicists in the English language, as you would say, and physicians are medical doctors, although in French a physicist is called physician.
I'm french and even if I try very very hard i cant find what is the difference between the "a" and "o" prononciation. This is when the "o" doesn't change...
Hi, an answer from Argentina. The difference is the following: when unstressed the "o" is pronounced like a schwa in English, i.e. like the "a" in "a house" or "a book". Then the "a" has two pronunciations (as well as the "o"). When stressed it sounds clear as in Spanish "casa"; when unstressed it doesn't sound clear but it remains a front vowel (i-e-a are front vowels) not a central vowel (the schwa, the vowel in "love",
and in French you have a vowel that sounds between an "e" and an "o", which is a central vowel). The Russian bI. (which he hasn't taught yet) is a central vowel between an "i" and an "u". The central vowels are the most difficult to acquire in any language. I hope this is helpful.
If I can help a little bit.. I think меня means "me", which is a noun. мне means "my" which is a possessive adjective. I could be wrong though.. keep up learning.. Da svidania
great great great!!! i'm from brazil and have so very good friends in russia that's why i'm trying to learn this complicated laguage, and i'm kinda 'in love' with the language for it is so 'krasavitsa'beautiful and i'm learning a lot with you. spacibo very much. you're doing a wonderfull job.
If you're speaking to Americans it is worth knowing that many know some Spanish. In Spanish 'y' is a word just like 'backward n.' You could incorporate that.
OK, you just did. Thanks for that. The problem is that y becomes e in Spanish before a hi- or a i- whereas the Russian i for and always stays the same. A good example of how an "easy" language (no, Spanish isn't easy, but it's easy to speak badly) can be more complex when you get into the details than a so-called "hard" language like Russian!
I have always wondered why a cursive "z" looked like the number 3. Turns out it came from Greek/Cyrilic alphabet. The more I learn about languages other than English, the more I learn about where English comes from.
your lessons are great! I'm learning the russian alphebet really fast, but I am getting discouraged because I cannot roll my r's. no matter how hard I try I cannot go pppppppppppppppp
am I a lost cause? I don't want to give up but I am getting frustrated.. should I just go on without it and let the russians laugh at me?
My wife is from Spain and helped me a lot with the rolled r. It really helps to have a person around whose native tongue uses this sound...just a thought I wanted to put out there.
You are a very good singer too. I wonder language skill has any thing to do with musicality.I speak Cantonese and I found that the pronounciation of the soft vowels are acutually not that foreign.
one thing that is amazing about language???? when anyone speaks a foriegn language out side of english... they have an accent, but when they sing like this guy did there is absolutly no accent???
Privijet Mr Huliganov, i must say that i am impressed. i enjoy watching your movie lessons in russian. and i have learnt much from you. but i was wondering are you going to put more russian lessons on youtube? I hope so. since your russian lessons have been much help. but i have heard that you had a home site?but it didnt work tho. that was mye question. keep up the good work Mr Huliganov. hope you respond.
My responses are pretty delayed since this took off and started taking more time than I had, but basically at the moment this is the place where my stuff is based. It's also showing on howvids dot com
I do move in that very direction, as you'll se in later videos. Sometimes the lyrics are on the screen, sometimes in the side bar and sometimes in the discussion group.
Sorry to interupt you. When you mention the 'side bar', where are you referring to? Was not able to look up the lyrics. I must be missing something on You Tube. Thanks and any news on your next installment of lessons?
"if your going on a beaver hunt it's good to have a banana" indeed it is ! The use of humour really helps this all sink in... thanks for your lessons !!
This is my second time though the alphabet course and i have to say i like your style of teaching the best if my school teachers taught like that i might have got better grades, but thanks for the course. This is better than learning though books because i can hear how letters and words are suppose to sound thanks. now all i need to do is learn to roll my R's and i will be fine.
Wanted to say thanks, I've been reading websites and so on to learn some Russian just for the joy and interest of it and your videos are the best start. I want to know more about the culture of Russia so that is just great too I could watch a whole lesson on that. Thanks Professor! - Tim, Pittsburgh PA (USA)
Following your lessons with pleasure and really waiting for new ones.These are the lessons really i search for to learn russian.I m sure i cant find better.Thats your talent.Also i can say that ;you are a famous person for us.:)I hope the lessons goes for long term.
You'll be pleased to hear that the next one, number 7, is ready. I'm in the airport at Schiphol, Amsterdam, right now, on an all-day Wifi account, and if I can upload it right now, I'll give it a go.
If it's not up today, it means the account wasn't giving me the bandwidth - we'll see!
Brilliant again. Can't wait for the next lesson. Great singing, but I crave another folk duet. Where does your language and accents skill come from - academic? Traveller? Professional singer.
Thank you very much. I will do another folk duet with my wife in the near future for you. I always enjoyed learning languages. It was my hobby as a child - while others collected stamps from around the world, and kept them in their albums I collected words and kept them in my head. The basic procedure of collecting and hobbyism was no different, but whereas they got an album to put in their cupboard, I got skills to use in my life.
9:46... tut tut.
ZwolfZki 1 month ago
@ZwolfZki I know. It's so mean to keep asking for discounts!
usenetposts 1 month ago
You forgot to frown in this video LOL! I mean xa xa xa xa!
Great Elvis. I thought these songs are supposed to help us learn about Russian culture. You're ok, Huliganov. Spasiba.
Batyaboo 9 months ago
@Batyaboo The first view weren't all in Russian, as I was just getting the hang of what I was doing.
usenetposts 9 months ago
Hi, again thank you for another lesson. I had a quick question about замок. If замок can mean both 'cousin' and 'lock', then how would you know which word it is if you were for example, reading a russian book. Also, are there many words in Russian that are spelled the same but are different due to stresses?
sUnnydUcks123 9 months ago
@sUnnydUcks123 That's down to context, context is everything. For example, in Japanese the word "hana" means "nose" and "flower", but if you said "I'm going to take a bentou box and look at the hana in the park" people would realise that you probably weren't going nose-spotting in the park. It would be too Gogolian.
These stress pairs in Russian are not as common as homophones in English, but you still ned to keep a look out for them. The worst is pisAt' and pIsat', by the way.
usenetposts 9 months ago
I have one question, why do you speak english with a very strong accent although this accent disappears when you sing or tell jokes imitating an american?
Holypomps 11 months ago
@Holypomps It's my KGB training.
usenetposts 11 months ago 8
@usenetposts So that's why the USSR collapsed vis-à-vis the CIA and MI6 :-) Nice joke, by the way.
charlessmyth 6 months ago
9:45 HAHAHAHA! "Wonder what they were doing there..."
SuperFarmerThanMan 11 months ago
petit à petit, je comprends tout! Merci beaucoup! Moi aussi, je suis musicienne et j'aime votre joie de chanter! Agnès!
scordatur 1 year ago
why is Моя pronounced more like my-ya instead of more-ya or ma-ya as you might expect?
360cbh 1 year ago
@360cbh The stress in that word is on the second syllable and so the o in the unstressed first syllable turns to an 'a'. Like in 'original' in English - you'll hear people just go 'uh-riginal' but in 'origin' with the stress on the 'o' it's always a clear o.
usenetposts 1 year ago
@usenetposts Thanks for your response but I know about using the a sound for the unstressed o. I guess i was saying that it sounded more like my-ya which doesn't sound like either a or o. If you see what i mean.
360cbh 1 year ago
@360cbh If that's what you were thinking then you do need to train yourself out of English usage. Even languages that use Latin will make the sound you think of as "my" as "mei" "may" "maj" or "mai" In Polish the word written 'my' for instance means "we" and sounds like the English word "me" but with the tongue down a little. Say ma-YAH, and you have the word more or less.
usenetposts 1 year ago
@usenetposts Thanks for the advice.
360cbh 1 year ago
your lessons really delivers how people cut to the chase in convo's, down and dirty, edgy
mw227 1 year ago
Are you from the UK?
dfguitarman01 1 year ago
@dfguitarman01 I am from this planet, and that's all I'm saying.
usenetposts 1 year ago
axujena chanson
OLudOvideos 1 year ago
Have you ever heard about omniglot(.)com??
xXthemassiveguyXx 1 year ago
Й is becoming quite the problem for me. Especially when it gets into all the combinations. Уй, ый, and Ий seem impossible to pronounce. What sounds do these make
UNR3S7 2 years ago
I wonder what they were doing...ha ha ha
Lmao...
Xinoutorah 2 years ago
Me too. If you ever find out, let me know ;-)
usenetposts 2 years ago
i realy enjoy your lessons they are very helpful
ahahahahah i loved the joke!
nice job on the song
Спасибо
lonecandel 2 years ago
Thanks for the lesson, enjoyed it as usual. One question: Does the possessive pronoun change according to the object only or does it depend on the agent's gender, too?
For example if I'm feminin and refer to "my mother" would I use a different word to refer to "my father" and then again if someone is masculin would it change again?
спасиба
meandtherevolution 2 years ago
Good job singing.
Love the lessons.
electiondude 2 years ago
Great lesson! I am still having trouble identifying the sound for O as (ah)....that's challenging but the song at the end made me smile...Thank you!!!
coachampions 2 years ago
did the joke mean she had only one beer left?
GrabnaarDerWanderer 2 years ago
and брат (brat!) = brother!
traceuse13 2 years ago
hahaha! It's funny that boy/бой means struggle in Russian. That's a joke in and of itself.
traceuse13 2 years ago
Good singing. :-)
Thanks for the lesson.
jonmahoney04 2 years ago
LOL
PirateXzibit 2 years ago
Super cool! Ty for another great lesson.
k8t1345 2 years ago
Great Lessons! Thanks a lot! One comment, people who study or do Physics are called physicists in the English language, as you would say, and physicians are medical doctors, although in French a physicist is called physician.
Waiting for Rl-103, ;)
Josefblumen 2 years ago
after what i've seen,the O letter is pronounced A when it is in a word,but sometimes it's O?how goes that?
ArchangelJulian 2 years ago
GAH!!!
I'm french and even if I try very very hard i cant find what is the difference between the "a" and "o" prononciation. This is when the "o" doesn't change...
I need to try again ^^
lamonali 3 years ago
Hi, an answer from Argentina. The difference is the following: when unstressed the "o" is pronounced like a schwa in English, i.e. like the "a" in "a house" or "a book". Then the "a" has two pronunciations (as well as the "o"). When stressed it sounds clear as in Spanish "casa"; when unstressed it doesn't sound clear but it remains a front vowel (i-e-a are front vowels) not a central vowel (the schwa, the vowel in "love",
PuckAriel 3 years ago
and in French you have a vowel that sounds between an "e" and an "o", which is a central vowel). The Russian bI. (which he hasn't taught yet) is a central vowel between an "i" and an "u". The central vowels are the most difficult to acquire in any language. I hope this is helpful.
PuckAriel 3 years ago
I have taught it, but it's in a later lesson!
usenetposts 3 years ago
But iiiiiiiiiii cant help falling in love wiiiiiith you.
Spatsiba!
MUFC777FELIX 3 years ago
Leave out the "t"
Spasiba
phils137 2 years ago
Five stars.
AtticusStount 3 years ago
Great! :D
Just a question, what's the difference between свой, твой, твоя? And меня, мне?
;)
Igor2658 3 years ago
All is revealed in later lessons. this is more an alphabet course.
usenetposts 3 years ago
If I can help a little bit.. I think меня means "me", which is a noun. мне means "my" which is a possessive adjective. I could be wrong though.. keep up learning.. Da svidania
Blappymp 3 years ago
Nope. Sorry, wrong answer.
usenetposts 3 years ago
Oops... Pa Zhalusta
Blappymp 3 years ago
that mafia joke was hilarious :)
"your house is my house" haha
shanikuzai 3 years ago
i meant, 'i have very good friends'. not 'so'.
BrHaack 3 years ago
great great great!!! i'm from brazil and have so very good friends in russia that's why i'm trying to learn this complicated laguage, and i'm kinda 'in love' with the language for it is so 'krasavitsa'beautiful and i'm learning a lot with you. spacibo very much. you're doing a wonderfull job.
BrHaack 3 years ago
i love elvis
elvis633 3 years ago
who doesn't?
usenetposts 3 years ago
If you're speaking to Americans it is worth knowing that many know some Spanish. In Spanish 'y' is a word just like 'backward n.' You could incorporate that.
fjfjvmvm 3 years ago
OK, you just did. Thanks for that. The problem is that y becomes e in Spanish before a hi- or a i- whereas the Russian i for and always stays the same. A good example of how an "easy" language (no, Spanish isn't easy, but it's easy to speak badly) can be more complex when you get into the details than a so-called "hard" language like Russian!
usenetposts 3 years ago
Much easier for us hungarians to learn, we have some complicated, but more similar letters like in russian.
Lalli1987 3 years ago
I almost forgot, great Elvis lip curl at 17:38!
mulattoraver 3 years ago
спасибо
I have always wondered why a cursive "z" looked like the number 3. Turns out it came from Greek/Cyrilic alphabet. The more I learn about languages other than English, the more I learn about where English comes from.
mulattoraver 3 years ago
your lessons are great! I'm learning the russian alphebet really fast, but I am getting discouraged because I cannot roll my r's. no matter how hard I try I cannot go pppppppppppppppp
am I a lost cause? I don't want to give up but I am getting frustrated.. should I just go on without it and let the russians laugh at me?
erictwelve 3 years ago
Just keep at it, and it will click one day. Have you seen my separate video "Roll your r's now, baybee"? That might help...
usenetposts 3 years ago
My wife is from Spain and helped me a lot with the rolled r. It really helps to have a person around whose native tongue uses this sound...just a thought I wanted to put out there.
IEatTheGreenCrayons 3 years ago
You are a very good singer too. I wonder language skill has any thing to do with musicality.I speak Cantonese and I found that the pronounciation of the soft vowels are acutually not that foreign.
Kittitoes 3 years ago
I love your videos, your humor and your voice. I enjoy every one of your lessons.
I'm learning and your methods are incredible. WOW
Skoben2000 3 years ago 9
one thing that is amazing about language???? when anyone speaks a foriegn language out side of english... they have an accent, but when they sing like this guy did there is absolutly no accent???
theclax2003 3 years ago
lol now that you talk about it, ur right (i have some friends who dont speak english very well but sing without the accent haha
Philly666lol 3 years ago
spasiba. my name is ender. i m from Turkey and i m trying to learn russian language. you are a good teacher.thanks for your helps.
Ender6125 3 years ago
Hoz geldiniz!
usenetposts 3 years ago
:) thank you. Do you speak Turkish ? ooo you are a great man.
Hoş buldum. teşekkür ederim = thanks = spasiba
have a nice day.
p.s : i m watching your lessons.and trying to learn russian language. one day i will speak in russian with you.
Ender6125 3 years ago
Thank you so much for these lessons! You're an excellent teacher, and incredibly witty as well!
akumacornflakes 3 years ago 6
Many thanks!
usenetposts 3 years ago
Are you american? You're singing in a perfect accent. You must be.
Chenzo2323 3 years ago 3
Many thanks. I'm actually not American, although I do like the place and the people very much.
usenetposts 3 years ago
They have a nice beaver ? ha ha, You really know your English well ! ha ha
robbyd1986 3 years ago 3
Special K for breakfast, haha nice one :p
Balazak 4 years ago
NICE VOICE!!
CharlotteVoss 4 years ago
Privijet Mr Huliganov, i must say that i am impressed. i enjoy watching your movie lessons in russian. and i have learnt much from you. but i was wondering are you going to put more russian lessons on youtube? I hope so. since your russian lessons have been much help. but i have heard that you had a home site?but it didnt work tho. that was mye question. keep up the good work Mr Huliganov. hope you respond.
Dasvidanje
miksko 4 years ago
My responses are pretty delayed since this took off and started taking more time than I had, but basically at the moment this is the place where my stuff is based. It's also showing on howvids dot com
usenetposts 3 years ago
Now we know what happened to Elvis! I`ve been following your lessons Prof. Huliganov, cheers from Brasil!
iagobroxado 4 years ago 3
Cheers! And thanks for your subscription, my friend.
usenetposts 4 years ago
прекрасно! Большое спасибо.
tohca1 4 years ago
you're welcome.
usenetposts 4 years ago
Getting better and better. Would be better if the songs are in Russian, esp folk songs. And if you have the lyrics to accompany it - wow........
tohca1 4 years ago
I do move in that very direction, as you'll se in later videos. Sometimes the lyrics are on the screen, sometimes in the side bar and sometimes in the discussion group.
usenetposts 4 years ago
Sorry to interupt you. When you mention the 'side bar', where are you referring to? Was not able to look up the lyrics. I must be missing something on You Tube. Thanks and any news on your next installment of lessons?
tohca1 4 years ago
I'm promising 20 new lessons in the course of 2008.
usenetposts 4 years ago
your lessons are a blast. funny and very helpful. i was in russia and this is all i know я горячий мужчина! :o)
Asspada 4 years ago
Huliganov, you are the best!!! Your lessons make learning a blast, and you have an AMAZING singing voice!
Yardana28 4 years ago
Thank you very much!
usenetposts 4 years ago
"Learning" this could not even be classed as learning - it's too interesting and way too much fun!!! thank you! ... thank you again!!
laoch33 4 years ago
Many thanks
usenetposts 4 years ago
Excellent
zonga1979 4 years ago
Thanks alot im really learning with your classes, and by the way great joke I really enjoy your teaching methods.
bigshadow4 4 years ago
Many thanks!
usenetposts 4 years ago
Да уж, в университете точно такому не научат! Исполнение песни просто СУПЕР!!! Спасибо!
gatabella 4 years ago
You are very kind!
usenetposts 4 years ago
another fine lesson hugo wont be long till have russian as second language heheh ;p
lordmoggy 4 years ago
Why do you stretch the corners of your mouth down so much?? It's gonna stay that way!
godadameve 4 years ago
"if your going on a beaver hunt it's good to have a banana" indeed it is ! The use of humour really helps this all sink in... thanks for your lessons !!
ProfessorIgor 4 years ago
You are doing a great service to us the community. This lessons are good. The song was good. Elvis would be happy!
homousios 4 years ago
i love u, marry me? more vids please thanks boo
ssips720 4 years ago
Many thanks. I will be keeping going with this for some time.
usenetposts 4 years ago
Oh, this was a good one!
You have a nice bobr?!? Going on a bobr hunt?!! You naughty boy! Haha!
PragueVlogg 4 years ago 2
Hello.
This is my second time though the alphabet course and i have to say i like your style of teaching the best if my school teachers taught like that i might have got better grades, but thanks for the course. This is better than learning though books because i can hear how letters and words are suppose to sound thanks. now all i need to do is learn to roll my R's and i will be fine.
Computerpimp 5 years ago
Great to hear from more and more people that this course is helping!
usenetposts 5 years ago
Wanted to say thanks, I've been reading websites and so on to learn some Russian just for the joy and interest of it and your videos are the best start. I want to know more about the culture of Russia so that is just great too I could watch a whole lesson on that. Thanks Professor! - Tim, Pittsburgh PA (USA)
docwireless 5 years ago
Following your lessons with pleasure and really waiting for new ones.These are the lessons really i search for to learn russian.I m sure i cant find better.Thats your talent.Also i can say that ;you are a famous person for us.:)I hope the lessons goes for long term.
mbarayev 5 years ago
You'll be pleased to hear that the next one, number 7, is ready. I'm in the airport at Schiphol, Amsterdam, right now, on an all-day Wifi account, and if I can upload it right now, I'll give it a go.
If it's not up today, it means the account wasn't giving me the bandwidth - we'll see!
usenetposts 5 years ago
A kakie yazyki govorite krome russkogo i angliskogo?
IvanFyodorovichK 5 years ago
Brilliant again. Can't wait for the next lesson. Great singing, but I crave another folk duet. Where does your language and accents skill come from - academic? Traveller? Professional singer.
uptodat 5 years ago
Thank you very much. I will do another folk duet with my wife in the near future for you. I always enjoyed learning languages. It was my hobby as a child - while others collected stamps from around the world, and kept them in their albums I collected words and kept them in my head. The basic procedure of collecting and hobbyism was no different, but whereas they got an album to put in their cupboard, I got skills to use in my life.
usenetposts 5 years ago
thanks for the uploads. excellent video as always, khuligan.
ulcerprone 5 years ago
Plezha.
usenetposts 5 years ago
Great as always! Got to wonder though, is your Russian accent real? ;)
knagenhjelm 5 years ago
That depends what you mean by real. I don't normally talk like that, no.
usenetposts 5 years ago
Thank you very much for your lessons. They're really usefull.
Sehnsucht01 5 years ago
My pleasure. Thanks for the feedback. It encourages me to do it.
usenetposts 5 years ago