Learn the Russian Language
How I learned Russian (2014 - 2020)
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Here is the full short by the way: youtube.com/shorts/JesHPJbZ89I
да - yes
дочка - daughter
заставила - made (to do something)
задуматься - to think deeply
знаете - you know
она - she
вроде - kind of, seems like
мелькая - small, tiny
вопросы - questions
у - at, by (possessive)
(н)её - her (genitive case)
пиз*ец - f*ck, f*cked up (don't say this)
как - how, like
будто - as if
дьявол - devil
с - with
тобой - you (instrumental case)
разговаривает - talks, speaks
выходишь - you exit, you leave
из - from, out of
гостей - guests (genitive case plural)
всё - that's it, everything
Саша - Sasha
собирайся - get ready
поехали - let's go (lit: we/you/they have gone)
домой - to home
зачем - why, what for
сначала - at first
даже - even
не - not
понимаешь - you understand
что - what, that
бл*дь - wh*re (don’t say this)
началось - started, began
ты - you
просто - simply, just
такой - such, so
радостный - joyful, happy
типа - like, sort of
нас - us
там - there
ждёт - waits
мама - mom
ну - well
в - in
смысле - sense, meaning
мы - we
ж - no real translation, makes the sentence more emotional
(н)ей - her (prepositional case)
живём - we live
погоди - wait
я - I
же - just like ж
на - on
женился - married (for men)
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In this video I want to talk about an overlooked aspect of Russian learning. Doing this right will make it so much more effortless to learn Russian ;)
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When it felt like my Russian couldn't improve anymore, the advice I got from a Russian teacher helped me overcome that plateau and get much better. Curious? Watch the video to find out.
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I just went for a 2 week trip to Bali and learned some interesting language lessons while there.
Most of them can be applied to Russian, so that's why I just had to make this video. Hope you find it useful :)
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In this video I want to share with you a new fun method to learn the alphabet.
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Learning Russian doesn't have to be hard.
All you need is a right strategy.
I've been learning Russian for a while now, and I'm pretty fluent by now.
And I thought about why I manage to become fluent...
... and why others struggle so much to even get to a basic conversational level.
The result is this video :)
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Russian has a reputation as a difficult language. But there are lots of aspects that actually make the language easy to learn. In this video I want to share with you 9 reasons why I found Russian not that difficult to learn.
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"Russian is so difficult"
Is a common complain about Russian.
And I won't lie:
Russian isn't the easiest language in the world to learn if you speak English.
So why is it hard?
I think there are about 5 main things that are tough.
Watch the video to learn:
- What the 5 things are that I found most difficult to learn
- How I approached them so that now I'm fluent in Russian
- What I recommend you do to master them too
Would love to hear your thoughts in the comments!
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Every year I experience the same problem. And maybe you experience the same. Watch the video to learn what to do.
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In this video you'll learn my thoughts on learning several languages.
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Whenever someone figures out I speak Russian, one of the common reactions is "but isn't the Russian alphabet super difficult to learn?"
And sure, it has unfamiliar characters and sounds, but it's easier to learn than it looks like.
After watching this video you'll know:
- Why the Russian alphabet is easier than you think
- The biggest mistake people make when learning (that makes it MORE difficult)
- What I recommend most people do to learn the alphabet quickly and without effort
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There 1 thing I started doing after about 3 years of learning Russian...
... and I wish I started doing it right from the start.
Watch the video to learn:
- What my biggest regret is regarding learning Russian
- How doing this can help you learn Russian much faster
- Why this also skyrockets your motivation levels
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In this video I want to share 3 big things I did that helped me a lot to learn Russian quickly. Watch the video to find out:
- what these are
- how they helped me
- why they make learning Russian easy
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I recently came across a post of someone asking whether it was possible to learn Russian in just 15 minutes a day. All the comments were saying it was impossible.
I have a different perspective.
In the video you'll learn:
- What happens if you spend 15 minutes a day learning Russian
- Why the science behind this works for almost everyone
- What you should be doing during those 15 minutes
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Today I want to give you a couple of easy tips to instantly upgrade your Russian conversational skills.
and get 50% off their yearly plan if you sign up through my link :)
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I love to watch Russian series: without them I would’ve never become fluent in Russian. So I got curious (and a bit skeptical) when I heard LingoPie promise “Discover a brand new way to get to language fluency with Lingopie.” So I signed up and spent a couple of days playing around with the app, and the result is this LingoPie review.
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Ocasionally native Russian speakers ask if I know "bad" Russian words. And yes, I know a lot of them. But I never use them in conversations. Why? In this video I'll share the 3 main reasons why I don't swear in Russian.
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If you're learning Russian in 2024, I highly recommend you try this technique. It helped me a lot to become fluent in Russian, and it can do the same for you.
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Cases are frustrating. Probably the most difficult part of Russian grammar. But with a good approach they're not that difficult. In this video I explain:
- why learning Russian cases is useless in the beginning
- what you should know before you start with the cases
- my methodical approach to learning the Russian cases quickly
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There's one activity that had a huge effect on my Russian skills. Watch the video to learn:
1) What is this "autopilot" learn Russian activity?
2) The 4 benefits you'll get from doing this
3) How to apply this to your life to effortlessly learn Russian
4) The 3 levels you'll go through in "passive" learning
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Recently I was speaking to a student who was comparing his own progress to the "1100 hour rule" from FSI. In this video I want to share some of the conclusions we got from that chat.
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In this video I'll show you the 4 essential skills to learning conversational Russian. You MUST include each of these in your Russian practice, otherwise you will never be able to speak Russian well :)
Curious what 4 skills I mean? Watch the video!
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So I traveled to Moscow and I wanted to share you my experience.
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The app Anki is great for learning new Russian vocabulary. The spaced repetition helps you learn and remember the words well. However, lots of people don't use Anki to the fullest. That's why in this video I want to show you 7 mistakes that you should avoid when using Anki to learn new Russian words.
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Learning Russian vocabulary can be incredibly frustrating. That's why I'm sharing with you in this video a simple hack/strategy that you can use to learn 100s of new Russian words in a short period of time.
In this video I want to talk about a common problem that many people have. If you want to improve your Russian pronunciation, you probably have done specific exercises to improve difficult letters, such as the щ, ы, and the rolling ррррр.
These exercises work well, but it's really what you do AFTERWARDS that will make the largest impact on your Russian skills...
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Recently, one of my students told me that whenever she found an interesting article online in Russian, she would always add it to her LingQ app.
She told me it greatly helped her improve her reading comprehension and she was now using it as her main spaced repetition vocabulary app.
My curiosity peaked, and I decided to sign up for LingQ…
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It's common for people to be unable to speak Russian, even after they've spent a lot of time learning grammar and vocabulary.
In this video, I want to explain the most common cause and give you 5 solutions to solve it. So you can start speaking Russian.
In today's video I want to break down the 3 stages of learning Russian, and how long each stage took. This should help you better understand where you're at, and where you need to focus.
In this video I want to show you 9 tips and strategies that you can apply to improve your Russian accent quickly.
Since the 24th of February this year many people have asked me the question: "is it still worth learning Russian now?"
And to be honest, I've asked myself the same question quite often.
In this video, you'll find my answers to the question if you should quit or continue learning Russian.
In today's video, I want to discuss how Benjamin from Bald and Bankrupt speaks Russian. And I'll give you 5 secrets that you can immediately apply to your own Russian learning, to quickly speak better.
In this video, I want to explain why and how I quit learning Russian. So you can learn from my mistakes, and make sure you will become fluent in Russian.
In this video, you learn how to pronounce the Russian alphabet.
Most people that want to learn Russian think they need to learn for hours every single day. And that's just not true. If you take a smarter approach, you can get away with just 10 minutes per day.
In today's video, we discuss a common problem that most Russian learners experience. But luckily it's easy to solve, as long as you know what to focus on.
A big problem many people have is that they struggle to learn new vocabulary. For some reason you just cannot memorize enough new words fast enough so that you can use them correctly while having a conversation.
In this video I want to show you 3 powerful strategies that you can apply TODAY to quickly improve how you learn new vocabulary.
In this video, I want to talk about something that you HAVE to do if you want to become fluent in Russian.
In this video, we discuss 11 tips that you can use to learn Russian fast. These are based on my experience of becoming fluent in Russian. And also on the experience of helping over 100 other Russian students learn to speak conversational Russian.
Many people think that Russian is a difficult language. And it's not the easiest language, that's true. But there are actually many things that make Russian easy to learn, and easy to speak.
In this video, you'll learn the 9 most important reasons why Russian is actually quite easy to speak.
In this video, we're talking about how drinking alcohol can help you learn Russian.
My 30 day program: learntherussianlanguage.com/conversational-blueprint
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Russian cases are arguably the most difficult part of the Russian grammar. So it's no shame if you struggle understanding them.
In this video you'll get 5 tips that will help you master the Russian cases - both theoretical and the application of them while you're speaking Russian.
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Not oo long ago I thought of how I've changed after learning Russian. And in this video you'll find 6 ways how learning Russian can change your life too.
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I'm together with my girlfriend already for 6 years, and we often discussed the topic of Russian women and dating. So in this video I want to share some insights with you.
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Russian cases are difficult, but with the right mental framework and method you can easily learn them.
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I've been learning Russian for over 6 years now, and it feels like I've become smarter. So I went on the internet to see if there has been some research on this. And it turns out there is:
medium.com/inspired-writer/how-learning-a-second-language-can-make-you-happier-and-smarter-3ecf75dd6
inc.com/jessica-stillman/5-ways-learning-a-foreign-language-will-make-you-smarter.html
theconversation.com/how-learning-a-new-language-improves-tolerance-68472
weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/speak-another-language-more-rational
https://n.neurology.org/content/81/22/1938)
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When Russian people hear me speak Russian for the first time, they are often surprised to hear that Russian is not my native language. In this video, we'll discuss 7 tips that you can do to sound more like a native Russian speaker.
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I started learning Russian 6 years ago. Back then it was because I just started dating a Rusian girl. Now my motivations have changed a bit.
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It's good to have a bit of an expectation what you can expect when you start learning Russian. But you also shouldn't have too high expectations, as that will demotivate you once you don't match those standards. In this video we'll discuss how far you can come in 30 days of focused Russian learning.
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Many people who start learning Russian never become fluent. So if you can avoid the most common reasons why people fail, you will have a much higher chance of speaking Russian at a high level. In this video we'll discuss the 4 common reasons why people don't become fluent in Russian.