RL101 - 4 The next five letters

The fourth in the series of Russian Language lessons, this time giving 5 letters which are unfamiliar unless you learned some Greek.

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The leson is followed by the usual joke and today the song is replaced by a reading from Pushkin's Eugene Onegin to a recent hit by Akon

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[AssistingHealth]

all of these comments... and not even one "in soviet russia" joke? internet... you have disappointed me...

[usenetposts]

@AssistingHealth In Soviet Russia, net inters you.

[baiNEKO]

I just love your brilliant vids ♥ You're very inspiring -- I think you're the ideal type of person for the position of teacher -- You'd be a cherished professor. Well, we have you here on youtube, but... I suppose I'll share your videos with my classmates next semester, in Russian 3 class :)

[usenetposts]

@baiNEKO Thank you, Whitecat Seito.

[blackhatch46]

so would you be wrong if you wrote the letters out like they are typed?

[usenetposts]

@blackhatch46 .. as opposed to handwritten italic forms? You'd be understood, but you would give away that you didn't grow up in the country, even if what you wrote was word perfect. It'd give your handwriting the written equivalent of a foreign accent.

[intherealmofsenses]

Dude, you rock!

[AssistingHealth]

@usenetposts :)

[AssistingHealth]

@usenetposts also: i plan on moving to norway and learning some of the nordic languages... how do you suggest i learn some of the HUGE compound nordic words? (some of them are crazy... like, 12-20 letter words that, of course, to a native come out effortlessly. yet, for me i seem to need to practice for a few minutes just to SAY the word properly... ONCE! what do i do, oh master linguist?)

[AssistingHealth]

@usenetposts also, it seems that there are always a key, oh... roughly 20 or so VERY heavily used words in ANY language then about 100 "common" ones that comprise about 90% of the content of the utility of any most languages. learn a few colloquial phrases + those and some key objects... and you'll do great! (always work on accent, of course). but accent isn't a big deal... i understand what people from new york say to me even though i'm from the edge of "the south". (oklahoma&texas)

[AssistingHealth]

@usenetposts i like a bit of your method, especially the "you don't know you are doing it" part. i am an american and have worked in many restaurants where spanish is spoken and learned WAY more from just listening (learning by exposure, not purposfule "wrote memorization") than i ever did by listening via audiobook.

i would hear someone say it, remember it for months. i would force myself to read vocab... would forget it in a week.

[samehelbnna111]

spasopo za tebya

[ChristianGuitarr]

Russian rap is where it's at