Russian Pronunciation, Video 1: Russian Phonetics and Spelling

This is the first of a multi-part series on Russian pronunciation. The goal is to get familiar with the sounds of Russian and the IPA symbols. You'll then be able to learn them faster, either through your own studies or through my pronunciation trainers. More links below:
Flashcard Designs for Teaching Yourself Pronunciation: blog.fluent-forever.com/gallery/
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Anki Language Learning: ankilanguagelearning.com
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Reddit's Anki Language Learning Community: / ankilanguagelearning
A super detailed discussion of the IPA: • Pronunciation Tutorial...

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  • @russellcurtis6334
    @russellcurtis63344 жыл бұрын

    Here are the “problem words” in Russian, where the way it is spelt is *not* the way it is pronounced. Because I couldn’t find this list anywhere else, I decided to put it together myself. I hope it’s helpful. *Silent consonants:* здра́в̷ствуйте ~ hello чу́в̷ство ~ feeling звёзд̷ный ~ starry ланд̷ша́фт ~ landscape по́зд̷но ~ late пра́зд̷ник ~ festival се́рд̷це ~ heart со́л̷нце ~ sun гру́ст̷ный ~ sad изве́ст̷ный ~ well known ле́ст̷ный ~ flattering ме́ст̷ный ~ local окре́ст̷ность ~ vicinity ча́ст̷ный ~ private счаст̷ли́вый ~ happy *Where ч sounds like ш :* чⷲто ~ what?, that чⷲто́бы ~ in order to коне́чⷲно ~ of course наро́чⷲно ~ on purpose оче́чⷲник ~ spectacle case пра́чечⷲная ~ laundry ску́чⷲно ~ boring яи́чⷲница ~ fried eggs Ильи́ничⷲна ~ Ilinichna Са́ввичⷲна ~ Savvichna Ники́тичⷲна ~ Nikitichna ** бу́лочⷲная ~ bakery ** моло́чⷲная ~ dairy ** (The pronunciation of these words may vary depending on region.) *Where г sounds like х :* лёгⷯкий ~ light, easy ле́гⷯче ~ easier мя́гⷯкий ~ soft мя́гⷯче ~ softer бухгⷯа́лтер ~ book keeper Богⷯ ~ God (only in the nominative) *Where г sounds like в :* сегⷡо́дня ~ today егⷡо́ ~ accusative / genitive of он / оно́ Word final ~егⷡо / ~огⷡо but *NOT* with мно́го and its derivatives (немно́го, etc...) And that’s it! If there are any other irregular words where spelling and pronunciation don’t match, I haven’t seen them anywhere. If they exist, they are probably very obscure and specialized vocabulary you will never see in your life.

  • @jamesh625

    @jamesh625

    4 жыл бұрын

    Russell Curtis amazing comment

  • @howdoyouturnthison7827

    @howdoyouturnthison7827

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, it is really underrated comment

  • @fraydedel5336

    @fraydedel5336

    4 жыл бұрын

    За всю жизнь ни разу не слышала вот это: оче́чⷲник. Обычно говорят "Футляр для очков" Может будет интересно, но на Дальнем Востоке РФ из всех моих знакомых эти слова с буквой Ш не говорит вообще никто: пра́чечⷲная ~ laundry ску́чⷲно ~ boring Ильи́ничⷲна ~ Ilinichna Са́ввичⷲна ~ Savvichna Ники́тичⷲна ~ Nikitichna бу́лочⷲная ~ bakery моло́чⷲная ~ dairy Может, в Москве говорят, у нас нет)

  • @russellcurtis6334

    @russellcurtis6334

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fray dedel Yes, I doubt anyone in modern times will use the word - очечник - unless they are interested in historical cosplay. I should have added that extra information about булочная and молочная. The pronunciation can vary depending on which region you visit and who you are speaking with. Thank you.

  • @MrLevik12

    @MrLevik12

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Barsik-M в литературном языке л в солнце никогда не произносится. Иногда говорящему может казаться, что он что-то произносит, помня форму написания, но это самообман.

  • @ivans3806
    @ivans38069 жыл бұрын

    I find it strange that I was like hypnotized to view most of this video, considering I'm native Russian speaker myself :) Good video, nice sir!

  • @memorellie
    @memorellie4 жыл бұрын

    It's so easy when your language uses the Cyrillic alphabet. 😁 I wish you luck! ✨

  • @MCHelper24
    @MCHelper248 жыл бұрын

    Extremely helpful, thanks so much!

  • @Dianazingt
    @Dianazingt4 жыл бұрын

    This is such a great and clear video. Thank you so much!!

  • @david_oliveira71
    @david_oliveira715 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for making this video, though, as a matter of fact I am a native German speaker and I have learned Russian since a bit over a year now, it gave me some great and interesting facts.

  • @estelag2914
    @estelag29144 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I wanted to point out that the russian "r" is actually articulated behind the alveolar ridge (postalveolar trill). You described the alveolar trill that is found in languages like Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. You can check out the Wikipedia article "Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar trills".

  • @alexandrefrota727

    @alexandrefrota727

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, Estela I noticed it. You're correct

  • @justaperson1812
    @justaperson18122 жыл бұрын

    I've never understood retroflex articulation till this video, so thank you, all the languages will be mine!!

  • @FluentForeverApp

    @FluentForeverApp

    2 жыл бұрын

    Happy to help! 😀

  • @josemariaespinosazuniga5372
    @josemariaespinosazuniga53725 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing :)

  • @masterktosboy
    @masterktosboy7 жыл бұрын

    Good video. It's just frustrating that the images and words go too quickly, you can't even read the word at the same time as she speaks so you could get a little more sense of how are the sounds while reading. You have to read the word before and then listen to her as the next word is already appearing. Other than that, it's a really good video. Thank you.

  • @CentsTwo

    @CentsTwo

    6 жыл бұрын

    agreed, but that's where .75 or even .5 speed comes in handy

  • @laurentiubeleca7206

    @laurentiubeleca7206

    5 жыл бұрын

    KZread consumers see it this way: if the video is too long, they won't click it. Everybody wants something to be fast and accurate, but mainly fast. That's why he split the videos in 3 parts also. I just play pause if I need.

  • @aoaoa605

    @aoaoa605

    Жыл бұрын

    What are you talking about? Don’t you have a pause function?

  • @ahzoilutoih8890
    @ahzoilutoih88905 жыл бұрын

    As I heard Russian people pronounce all plosive consonant ( p t k ), they always pronounce unaspirated like word stop, spin, scar ,just only sometime when they palatalize those plosive consonant will sometime become less aspirated like when you heard French and Italian people pronounce P T K , best way to get use to with unaspirated plosive sound you have to listen Indian people talking because they're good at all plosive sound especially P T C(Palatal C) K they can pronounce Unaspirated ,Aspirated ,Voiced Unaspirated and Voiced Aspirated sound apply to 5 position Velar, Palate, Retroflex, Dental , Labial correctly and clearly Letter C in Cyrillic is Actually Greek hand writing for Sigma letter in some Greek Era Because Coptic language Also use same form of this Sigma like Cyrillic which actually is Sigma letter in handwriting form and it's write in small O letter but many time it's not become circular and the line are not join together so finally it become look like C letter in Latin but both Latin C and Cyrillic C has no connection with Each other but I just know Russian language also have a velar fricative sound too because I never heard Russian people pronounce that sound before BTW Thanks for your video :)

  • @user-hx6co1ud4z
    @user-hx6co1ud4z8 жыл бұрын

    револьвЕр, not ревОльвер.

  • @-.nisa.-

    @-.nisa.-

    7 жыл бұрын

    she probably *was* a native speaker, but then moved to another country and lived there for a significant period of time. The native speaker will never make this kind of mistake

  • @JenSen0
    @JenSen03 жыл бұрын

    thanks a lot for this material

  • @FluentForeverApp

    @FluentForeverApp

    3 жыл бұрын

    We're glad you find it useful!

  • @popkinbobkin
    @popkinbobkin2 жыл бұрын

    ревОльвер звучит конечно интересно, но на транскрипции у вас револьвЕр (Liliya messed up the pronunciation of revolver for some reason)

  • @stardust-reverie
    @stardust-reverie5 жыл бұрын

    palatals and fricatives and palatalized fricatives, oh my!

  • @Toannguyen-hi3sf
    @Toannguyen-hi3sf Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the Video sir !! 🥰

  • @FluentForeverApp

    @FluentForeverApp

    Жыл бұрын

    We're glad you liked the video!

  • @infinitafenix3153
    @infinitafenix31532 жыл бұрын

    It would be very useful if it were much slower!!

  • @schlutia
    @schlutia8 жыл бұрын

    when I practice consents and vovel, i can feel where tongue's tip is it. but i cant feel where back part of tongue(near throat) is it. How to do practice?

  • @stanjohnson5868

    @stanjohnson5868

    7 жыл бұрын

    Watch videos or movies in the target language. Or listen to the songs and sing along. If it sounds like a native says it, does it really matter where the back of your tongue is? )

  • @pacifistadegatos7190

    @pacifistadegatos7190

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stanjohnson5868 YES

  • @bigzmoak7897
    @bigzmoak789711 ай бұрын

    Are all consonants in a cluster palatalised by a following soft vowel? For example are both b sounds in biblyia soft?

  • @fabienneU218
    @fabienneU2182 жыл бұрын

    hey, pay attention to the duration of the words on screen. nonetheless, it was a great video! :)

  • @victordiazhuamuro9114
    @victordiazhuamuro9114 Жыл бұрын

    hermoso !

  • @FluentForeverApp

    @FluentForeverApp

    Жыл бұрын

    🙌

  • @mihanich
    @mihanich3 жыл бұрын

    Не "рево́львер" а "револьве́р"

  • @mireazma
    @mireazma5 жыл бұрын

    From the video I can't tell the difference between english L as in "el" and russian hard L. They sound just the same.

  • @sstory-nn8le
    @sstory-nn8le4 жыл бұрын

    Where can I find the IPA of any word?

  • @nicolauscaesar

    @nicolauscaesar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wiktionary

  • @mik_zd
    @mik_zd6 жыл бұрын

    Ошибка. на 9минуте - не щи, а ши

  • @Singlerity
    @Singlerity3 жыл бұрын

    Way too fast with the pictures and examples

  • @jedediahoakwynn-dough5769
    @jedediahoakwynn-dough57694 жыл бұрын

    I'm only here so I can sing soviet memes.

  • @adamoziris2101

    @adamoziris2101

    2 жыл бұрын

    We are on the same team

  • @elainemagson213
    @elainemagson2135 жыл бұрын

    Too much Too fast But my fault. Not yours! I need to get a bit more fluent in Russian before practising this I think.

  • @alejrandom6592
    @alejrandom65924 жыл бұрын

    4:00 out of sync

  • @barbiyess
    @barbiyess3 ай бұрын

    აბა რუსულის ტესტი ვის აქო💪💪💪

  • @nickcarlozzi5708
    @nickcarlozzi57085 жыл бұрын

    way too fast. i'm gonna have to watch this eight times.

  • @danilochik
    @danilochik7 жыл бұрын

    We dont have this sound on 11:21, this is sound from Ukrainian language and it is not Russian. Господин is pronounced like Gospodin and Бог like Boh. The woman hasnt got perfect pronounciation, she has English accent.

  • @TheGypsyBlood

    @TheGypsyBlood

    7 жыл бұрын

    I don't quite agree. This sound is valid for the words ага and ого. It also appears when you say о, Господи, especially in a quite irritated manner. This sound is a legitimate part of russian phonology as it appears in speech. Also, there is an important remark--the sound ɣ is more typical for the south of Russia.

  • @Mikitko

    @Mikitko

    7 жыл бұрын

    We've a sound [γ] in russian language too. Except the words "ага" and maybe "бог" it's a positional variant of [x]: "мох зелёный" - [moγ z'il'ony] , "их бы" - [iγ by], "сдох, гад" - [zdoγ gat]

  • @mik_zd

    @mik_zd

    6 жыл бұрын

    Compare мох и мог. Its meaning sensetive. No one could blame you for both Бо[г] и Бо[х].

  • @user-di8dr2pe2w

    @user-di8dr2pe2w

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just Southern dialects of Russian