RL101 - 3: Six Letters that look the same but are different!

[sassoleo]

In Soviet Russia, lessons are fun

[StarFox008]

Your х sounds uvular; is this just to make it stand out?

[2dollarkevin]

I think your accent is helping me to improve my english.! hahaha thanks , greetings from Mexico

[Batyaboo]

The song made me :-)

[ZekeComa]

Also, you could use Cartman's South Park face with X => XD.

[happykillsme]

You make learning fun. Thank you so much for your videos!

[QnzJay10]

Look up "Qnzjay10" it's hilarious :'D lol

[rikvandeloenhorst]

I must admit that I really like your humor and your method to teach! So keep up the good work and thank you very much for your effort you putting in to this! Greetings Rik from Holland :P

[Statek89]

Bardzo łatwo i fajnie wyjaśnione

[Drenov]

This is fantastic - spaceeeba

[lildrea54]

I really enjoy all the historical information about Russian and other languages. Balshoye Spasiba!

[usenetposts]

@lildrea54 You're very welcome!

[Cephas]

Since I learned the Greek alphabet on my own, I noticed the striking similarities between that and Cyrillic. But not surprising since the Bulgarian alphabet was invented by two monkeys from Thessaloniki.

[gbernard23]

@Cephas '...two monkeys from Thessaloniki...' ?

[OLudOvideos]

what did the woman said to the father? ooo I missed the twist...

[usenetposts]

@OLudOvideos She said "it's 30$ father, just like on the outside".

[werus19]

Oh well, I guess speaking with Russian accent gives you pleasure (3:17-3:36 hahah). Thanks so much for such lessons - you are the greates. :-)

Regards

[Arkan1986]

Вот ведь что интерсно- это он специально говорит с таким неебическим акцентом или хохмы ради?

[usenetposts]

The one does not necessarily exclude the other, Arkan.

[TehKrush]

The first time I watched this I couldn't roll my R's, and I came back just to see how you did it and now I can perfectly. YAY!

[newstien]

Great rolling of "r" :-)

[meandtherevolution]

I can roll my r like that, yarrrrrr!

[UNR3S7]

i cant roll my rs much. only once or twice but i cannot keep it going

[usenetposts]

It calls for stamina, and technique. Keep trying!

[Xinoutorah]

Yea when I learned Spanish i could not roll my r's for anything...but I just kept trying and eventually I got it. No idea how, just persistence I guess. The same way I learned to whistle. If you can do it once or twice you are on the right track :)

[UNR3S7]

guess what? I just got it with the help of his Rs video :) it is sort of tiring and forced and I exhale really hard, but i got it! Now to add the R sound to the roll.......

[Xinoutorah]

Very nice, well done :)

[eagleofjungle]

спасибо

[PirateXzibit]

All around my schat

[SolntsaSvet]

Что за рожа хаха, узбек что ли.. Мдаа.

[usenetposts]

You are clearly not very clever. You might consider removing yourself from the internet altogether.

[SolntsaSvet]

Иди на хуй, чмо

[usenetposts]

Riding banana is your hobby, matey, not mine.

[kijanek6]

ROFL I LAUGHTED XD What did he (or she?) wrote?

[vkorehov]

non translatable to english

[k8t1345]

Super fun, thanks!

[EcclecticCheese]

Xaxaxaxa! Prekrasno, Viktor!...

[hosegood3]

Thanks for all the help with the Cyrillic alphabet.

[HerCherryness]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

you have an awesome singing voice usenetposts

[slavicfixation]

His accent is really hot.

[tubosutra]

AMAZING.. AND REALLY USEFULL...

[annejuel]

How did you come up with this concept? It's SOOOO funny (and informative)

[ascaro3000]

The best russian lessons I ever had. Greetings

[BHRocks28]

NICE

[Biscuits090]

I am working on studying in Russia, and trying to learn this language is trying at times. These videos, however, are awesome. Well informative, and funny!!

[mriorgute]

this guy is awesome!

i've been trying to learn russian by myself... but with this vids is really easier...

thanks!

[happyprincess456]

Your lessons are amazing! Спaсибa (I hope that is spelled right)

[oodava]

Thank you so much for your videos! I am slowly trying to teach myself some Russian.

I have one request, could you make a video showing the correct way to write the Russian alphabet on a piece of paper. Also, is there different writing styles in Russian? In English, there is normal English writing, and cursive English writing.

Thank you again for helping people discover the Russian culture!

[usenetposts]

You'll find that at the end, in the tenth lesson in this series, where I bring it together into the set alphabetical order and write it down also.

[oodava]

Thanks, I have to work my way up to that lesson!

[landair71003]

I love learning Russian culture and language. ya budu v Moskve... in September. Your videos are great!

Spasibo Viktor!

Spokoynay Nochi.

[VargFarkas]

hi, in serbian the letter "B" is always pronounced "B"(=V). I wondered if it was also the case in russian, because sometimes it seems to me that I hear "F" or "Ф", perticularly on name endings... For instance is it HuliganoV or HuliganoFFFF ?

[usenetposts]

Good question. In Russian, as in Polish, voiced plosive and fricative consonants lose their voiced quality at the ends of words. However, when followed by other words in a vowel or in a voiced consonant, this may often not happen. So you can hear "Govorit Huliganoff" but Huliganov govorit if the words are elided. If pronounced more separately you'll hear "Huliganoff govorit"

[VargFarkas]

wow swift response! much clearier now! thaks!

[AtticusStount]

Fem sjärnor, kamrat Viktor.

[usenetposts]

Tusind tack, tusind tack!

[Kewsekris]

do you mean tusen takk in norwegian?:)

[cutthroooat]

I too appreciate this a lot! I'm going to Russia in August and I'm trying to learn some Russian before I go. This is very useful - don't stop! :)

[usenetposts]

I haven't stopped. The lessons are simply more occasional as I am a bit busy and they are time consuming to do.

[OlechkaH]

Thank you for Russian-English lessons. We learn it together on my forum :-)

[usenetposts]

Many thanks. Please plug my videos!

[zweroga]

You're the best! :]

[usenetposts]

Many thanks.

[robbyd1986]

Im from UK, cant find lessons anwhere unless i went to University which i cant afford. Im fascinated by Russia and want to learn all that i can. Thankyou so much for making this acheivable .

[alexgoler]

Почему стер мой комментарий? ты же русский.

[usenetposts]

If I did it was probably by accident.

[karen111111111]

Thank you, great.

[usenetposts]

You're welcome. Please keep watching.

[Deathtof7]

You are the best youtube user in all of the world! I'm learning Russian right now and going through your lessons for further review, and I learn little things along the way. You are a big help and have excellent jokes, although I would like to hear them pa russki.

[usenetposts]

Many thanks for such pleasant compliments.

[Maoziissues]

hahaha man i love your humor in every sentence

[usenetposts]

Thanks! I love those who can appreciate it!

[cannibalmonkey13]

my cat was on my lap, and when you started rolling your r's he nearly had a heart attack lol!

[alexgoler]

у тя бля комета любимое слово чтоль? ))))))) ржунимагу бля

Итьизьми ))) ты вообще улыбался в жизни когда нить?

[usenetposts]

Dear Mr Golem, I smail all time, but is upside down smile, for that the woirld is topsy turvey.

[AlexanderBS99]

You make me remember how was

my dad before he started to hate

me :'(...

anyway, I like Your lessons XP

thanks for teaching Russian to us :D

[usenetposts]

I expect he doesn't hate you. He probably loves you too much, and that's painful. Glad you like the lessons and thanks for subscribing.

[godhatesyourface]

Whenever I want to make a capital letter N when I write, I always make an H. Maybe I've been writing in Cyrillic too much? Hmm.

[usenetposts]

It can happen.

[DGRosetti]

Oh, my G*@"! love your jokes.

[xorxe10]

hey, this is great! Now I have to Russian teachers! Thanks a lot professor.

[BabelColour]

What a wonderful personality! A joy to watch and a wonderful rendition of 'All Around My hat'. I take my own hat off to you :)

[usenetposts]

How kind of you. Many thanks!

[olmen375]

Greetings from Finland! I never understood why we don't learn russian in school since russia is our most important neighbor... So that's why I'm learning it now :-) Thanks for these great lessons, they really make it easier to learn. Great jokes by the way :D

[usenetposts]

Thanks for that. By the way, keep watching - I'm due to be in Helsinki on 30th November - there should be a Helsinki film up sometime in December, all being well.

[lokimj79]

like the song ,steeleye span :D

[usenetposts]

It's one of my lifetime favorites.

[dirtpipedan]

haha "you have to be able to do that. RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

[XxdieformetalxX]

You are an amazing man. Where I live, there are many Russian immigrants. (One of them I love by the way, I hope to marry her one day) But, I wish to be kind to them and learn the language. You are in my prayers. God speed.

[usenetposts]

How kind of you!

[lordmoggy]

v r n h s oo or o

[lordmoggy]

so thats v r n

[Ranger425]

Man o Man . You are great. I have learned in less than 1 hour what my wife has been trying for 3 years to teach me. You done good Bubba !!!!

[usenetposts]

Thanks for these kind words, Patrick!

[Amiduffer]

Very nice. I learned some Russian!

[usenetposts]

Great!

[masterchief377]

Wow, the joke actually had me laughing. Thanks for the further instruction. You're a very good teacher.

[usenetposts]

Many thanks!

[homousios]

very good and informative. I loved the joke as well as the song

[jesusandsoccerfreak1]

ahhh mannnn thanks for giving a way the ending to the book and the game.haha j/k i don't really care i gave up on the game any ways.keep up the good work.and try to smile more :)

[Talietzin]

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! LOL! I've got it all memorised. :D

[ketchupxsuicide]

I took notes!

[usenetposts]

That's what I like to hear. Happy studying.

[uptodat]

Watching the whole series again after lesson 5. Brilliant! Picking up on little gems that can be missed on first viewing. Would like more Russian folk duets like Katyusha. Song of the Plains maybe...or the one about the rude boatmen.

[usenetposts]

OK, I'll see what I can do on the folk side.

[IvanFyodorovichK]

bol'shoe spasibo za to, chto vy delaete' hehe, ya uzhe uznal kirrilitsa, no, eshchyo pomogaet v proisnoshenii

[usenetposts]

He he. Tonkuyu aluziyu ponyal.

[usenetposts]

Thank you very much. How sweet of you!