12 Unexpected Reasons Why I Found Russian Easy to Learn 

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As a native Russian speaker, I absolutely agree that you shouldn't be afraid of practicing it and making mistakes. Most of us native speakers won't cherry pick any mistakes you might make. We'll most likely be surprised and super happy that you've taken time and effort to learn it ☺️

You speak so convincing that even I wanted to learn russian, despite the fact that I am russian native 😁

One other important thing that makes Russian easier to learn is the speed at which the language is spoken. Russian is typically spoken at the same speed as English, and it's a lot slower than, for example, Spanish and French, two of the world's fastest spoken languages.

Foreigners: make videos how to learn Russian. Russians: “this is what we actually needed”

I cannot stress enough how easy and fun it was to learn the Russian alphabet. Seriously, in about an hour, I was able to sound out words I've never seen before without referring back to the alphabet. I was really surprised with myself

As I found out recently, Russian language is second (!) most spread language of any sort of content in internet. So if you decided to learn it, you have literally an ocean of content that you can use both as the reason and the way of practice russian.

I'm Italian, I studied Latin and Ancient Greek in high school. When, later on, I started studying the Russian language for fun, I didn't have any difficulties with the alphabet, the grammar seems simple at the beginning then gets complicated but it's not inaccessible. Having never been to Russia nor having many opportunities to practice the language, what I find really difficult about Russian is choosing the right vocabulary, especially for verbs. The degree of precision offered by the commonly spoken Russian language far exceeds even the most literary Italian so even if I can construct a grammatically acceptable sentence, I can't be sure I'm really saying what I mean. It takes a lot of practice and a lot of courage but it's a really beautiful language.

I’m learning and I agree. I’ve been at it a year. I went from zero to 50 Russian friends. We share English-Russian tongue -twisters. We laugh so hard. We LOVE practicing with each other!!!

The first reason is very true. I came to Germany when I was 19, only to see that I didn't get many opportunities to learn the language - I ended up moving to a rural area where nobody spoke English, best way to learn 🤣

The Russians I met and know are remarkable linguists and some times speak three or four languages, usually French, German and Italian. I found the people, especially women to have a great sense of humour and to be very generous. I have to start from the beginning. I knew enough to negotiate my life there.

As a Greek speaking English as well, I can tell you the alphabet was a piece of cake. Now, comparing my subjective experience of learning Russian to learning English I cannot tell you for sure English was easier. What I can tell for sure though is that for Greek/Spanish speakers the Russian accent is super easy compared to English. The difficulty really depends on what languages you already speak

Hardest part of learning German is the Germans are too accommodating and switch to English straight away

I'm Ukrainian (native Russian) who learning Dutch and I find it quite difficult. Because of articles, gramma and double vowel sounds. But after english it goes much easier. And it's also great to find similar Russian and English words in Dutch it helps to increase vocabulary. Bedankt voor jouw video's en fijne dag!

i am 13 years old. i know english and greek pretty fluently. i really want to teach myself russian but idk where to start. this video was very motivating. thank you for sharing. or um… Большое спасибо 😁

Portuguese is the same as Russian in terms of knowing how to pronounce the word just by reading it, that's why I want to learn Russian

As a Russian native speaker,I can say that Russian is extremely hard to learn even for those who was born in post soviet countries.To understand you don't need a lot,but if you want to make you speech a bit more fluent,then you have to make an enormous effort

Starting to learn Russian tonight with a tutor from Preply. Exciting.

I love Russian! I’m learning to speak with my Russian family on my husbands side and so my kids can know their culture as they are part Russian. I enjoy the language very much. I look forward to a time I will be fluent and can carry a lengthy conversation. Спасибо 🙏

I have been slowly trying to learn Russian for about a year and a half. I think it is complex but I had wanted to learn Russian for quite a while. I think this has kept me encouraged and not scared me away. I am noticing that I enjoy listening Russian being spoken. I think I understand more than what I can speak loll.

Ya it's strange how you can learn the alphabet in about twenty five minutes. Then, be able to read Russian, but, have no idea what you are saying. Such a trip.

Very interesting, I find these to be convincing reasons to learn it. And I liked that you shared your personal experiences.

I’m so glad you brought up the consistency in the Russian alphabet the fact that they have characters for every sound you need unlike the silent and conjoining letter of the English alphabet by far Russia has my favourite alphabet

*Я американец, а живу в Японии. Моя проблема в том, что среди русских, которых я знаю, они хотят практиковать свой английский со мной!*

Ари, ты крут! Взломал наш великий могучий, респект тебе, мои поздравления!

я тоже каждый день слушаю русскую речь в городе. А я норвежец. Люди из Латвии, Украины, России. Ещё ещё... Всё ещё я помню первый раз когда я в магазине помогал кого-то, который не умел говорить по-норвежски или по-английски. Так круто. Я довольно плохо разговариваю, но достаточно хорош для общения

Очень хороший ролик. Я посмотрел и теперь могу говорить по русски. Всем рекомендую. Спасибо ;)

I appreciated this, this makes me feel a lot more confident about learning it. I've never known quite why, but I've always been very fascinated by the way it sounds. No matter what is being said, it just really sounds beautiful to my ears. Thank you for this!

I really needed that motivation. Thanks brother!

This is the first video that came up when I looked up learning russian, so now I'm super motivated to learn- thank you so much!!

Wow, great video, it’s always a pleasure to know that people like Russian language and trying to learn it, and I never thought of these tips motivating to learn Russian😊wish you a good luck on this hard way! And your pronounce is soooo good, you did a great job honestly❤

Hey, that was actually helpful. Thank you!

Thanks for taking the time to make this one. Very well explained. Who wouldn't want to learn Russian after all this points! :) P.S. I LOVE that Russian doesn't have articles!!!

I wanna say as a Russian person, it's true what you said about how Russian people react to foreighners speaking Russian language. Even the most distanced and socially awkward people would just melt away and you would see a genuine smile of captivation on their face if you started talking to them. I personally teach English and German in Russia but I'm also aware that most people don't know English either at all or they know it but can barely speak it and even if they do it is accompanied by many grammar and pronounciation mistakes. That's what I think is the main reason why most people here prefer speaking Russian with foreighners. And they are also open to learning something new as well. Good luck with your channel!

Great insight. Thank you!

Man, it's a really cool video. Good job! 🎉

im a bulgarian and i can speak, serbian-croatian, bulgarian, macededonian and english and now im even learning russiajn

Приятно смотреть и слушать этого симпатичного молодого человека. Он и лингвист , и психотерапевт , и редагог в одном лице !❤😊

Hello, Mr.! It was a really interesting video! I'm a russian who lears english! And I'm here due to practice my listening and It's interesting to know your opinion and also it's interesting to know your attitude to russian language. Your english is enough understandable for me.

I heard your russian speach (i'm native) and i have to say- you just lingvo genius. Nobody can learn russian as fast as you. Thats all

I'd say one of the biggest difficulties is stress. It's usually no big deal if you get it wrong, but you simply can't predict it if you are not a native. Oh and of course it can change within one word's paradigm, so depending on the case or number, for example.

the second one you mentioned makes learning the cases worth it

.....thank you! your breakdown reasoning is very motivating & inspiring for one to have a cornerstone of learning happy bear singing.........🎼🎵🎶

Thank you for your feedback about our language. That's right, the endings are swallowed, and the words are pronounced the same everywhere, there is a difference in the pronunciation of the letters "a", "o", "g" in different regions. Maybe there is something else that I just don't pay attention to. The order of words in sentences affects only the priority in the transmission of meaning, but does not change the general understanding. For example: "I want to go to the cinema" 1. "- Я хочу пойти в кино" - a simple desire to go to the cinema; 2. "- Хочу пойти в кино я" - emphasis on the desire to do something; 3. "- Пойти я хочу в кино" - the desire to go somewhere, for example to the cinema; 4. "- В кино я хочу пойти" - the desire to go specifically to the cinema.

Honestly, i really needed to see this. I love language learning, i'm working on my fourth one right now (italian). I promised myself to learn spanish after this one, but i was already slightly planning to learn russian after. People always tried to scare me off learning russian when i told them i wanted to, saying it was way to difficult, but now i found this. I'm pretty sure i will pick it up when i've reached a conversational level in spanish. Ontzettend bedankt voor deze video! Zal toch nog even mijn moedertaal er tegenaan gooien😁🇳🇱

Thankyou for sharing about ( Koine) Greek letters and some Russian letters, I noticed that, now I know why.

Dude I'm bilingual (English/French) in Montreal, Quebec. Mainly grew up English in English neighbourhoods. Whenever I want to speak French, even with co-workers, even if they are ALL FRENCH they will all switch within a few phrases into English. It really hinders my French practice, and I'm literally half French (father's side). Because of this I have missed out on a lot of cultural references, comedic beats, etc. It's really annoying. I'm learning Russian now online and I know some Russians who have promised to speak it with me luckily :)

Всё по фактам разложил. 💪

I can just imagine your GF trying to speak dutch, they switch to English and she just immediately start speaking fast in Russian to utterly dumfound them lol.

As a spa therapist in tourism industry, in Turkey I found myself in urge to learn many language❤❤

I am from Serbia. I speak both Russian and English very well. The Russian language is very easy, if you choose to follow the topics that interest you in Russian. For example, Russian-Vedic literature and ancient knowledge. That was my way. And I spoke Russian perfectly in 6 months. Be persistent and you will achieve anything. ---------------------------- Я из Сербии. Я очень хорошо говорю и по-русски, и по-английски. Русский язык очень легкий, если вы решите следить за интересующими вас темами на русском языке. Например, русско-ведическая литература и древние знания. Это был мой путь. А по-русски я говорил в совершенстве в 6 месяцев. Будьте настойчивы, и вы добьетесь всего.

One more thing that makes Russian easy -- there is no diphthong in it . Once you get alphabet you can correctly read just follow letters.

После изучает русского для два года. Я думаю это легче потом испанский и немецкий. Это очень круто!

It was interesting to hear all the reasons, thank you so much for listing them. As a Russian I can say that we do really appreciate people who learn our language. We are eager to show them around, help in everyday situations, talk about our history and culture, we are very welcoming to those who are interested in our country. And Russia is a traditional country so everyone sharing traditional values and caring about safe and healthy future of their children is very welcome! Lots of opportunities, clean and safe cities, no homeless or drug addicts on streets.

Hoi, ik ben beginnend met het alfabet. Dit is allemaal begonnen met sovjet cameras verzamelen en nu met de taal. Ik heb me altijd aangetrokken tot dit land. Ook qua cultuur. Nu herken ik al de letters. Ook nwn ik bezig met de wetenschappelijke kant van de taal wn waarom, omdat dit heel vewl dingen verklaren. Mooie video. Prachtige motivatie.

Thank you for this! I've studied Spanish, German, and Russian and I found Russian to be easiest in most aspects. Reason number 13. There are only about a dozen irregular verbs in Russian. They are fairly common so you will get learning them out of the way quickly. Of course, nouns can be irregular and frequently are but one develops an intuition about them.

My ex-wife never want me to learn Russian maybe because she spoke a lot with her son and they laugh a lot and make jokes and I ask them "what are you guys talking about?"and she never wanted to tell me, but discovered she was stabbing in my back a lot, so I learned that was one of the reasons why she didn't want me to learn Russian... I am learning Russian now ( I speak Spanish and Russian has a lot of words are the same in Spanish, I also pronounced a double rr and is very often in Russian so it's easy for me to learn and pronounce it), not because what happened to me but I always love to learn it and I am pursuing it at this point.

I have studied many languages.Russian is difficult! Yes, there are the cases but also you need to know where the stress falls on a word.

The 10th isn't quit true because some letters change by the stress but there's exeption on some consonants change depending the letters before or after

Как он быстро говорит😳 Прям как скороговорку читает!

Ja Ari idd. Dat is zeer moeilijk...maar ik hou van Russische taal...ik zal elke dag oefennen. Dank je wel Ari. Bilo interesno.😊

I want to learn Russian and I am against all that hate towards the Russians.

Спасибо большое за видео! У Вас хорошее произношение, только в конце слово немного затрудняетесь, поэтому подтормаживаете (как бы спотыкаетесь) 🥰. Я преподаю русский англоговорящим иностранцам и русским детям. Я рада, что Вы отметили эти пункты, некоторые из них я всегда использую в качестве аргумента. У меня есть несколько пунктов, которые я бы хотела добавить к Вашему исследованию. Буду рада сделать совместный эфир.

Well at the end of the month of January i plan to move to Russia to live there... Alone. So it will be no choice 😁 I've little bases, and closeness to french language help. See you next week in your course 😉

It motivates me that many Russians do not speak English well. When I was learning Greek, they would always switch to English on me (I am now fluent and it still happens). I want to learn a European language that has people who don't know English well.

All languages are hard to learn in general. As for the natives, they can spot you within a second that you are not native. Fun fact, friend of mine moved from Moscow to Ural and after few years i can say he has local accent) This sing-song intonations in the the end of a sentence)) Very notisable!

Excellent advice at 11:08 --> in Russian if you just speak fast enough, you can make mistakes and no one will know.

I speak English well over 30 years fluently and professionally and I still mess those articles 😊 My son who grew up speaking English says I put articles where they aren't any and omit where there are. 😆

Being a native russian, I absolutelly agree! :)

theres no such thing as a hard language. russians have told me english is hard and russian is so simple

Молодец парень, меня удивляют иностранцы, которые учат русский)

I'm from the UK and alot of British people are lazy to learn anything lol. I'm not like that. Just came across this video and subscribed I have been wanting to learn Russian for a long time. 😊😊

Hi, I am Russian and I’d like to adjust your second “thing” a bit. Despite we are flexible with a word order which can make you feel more confident, you don’t have to forget that we put the most important words in the beginning of the sentence. Though the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change, you can pick the gist and focus from the person you’re talking to, and understand what actually he wants to say. I hope my explanation was helpful, and anyway you did a great job, bro!

yea, stressed/unstressed is the most difficult part of pronunciation. For grammar: Case system is also something you have to recitate and boring, but there are languages with more difficult case-systems, other parts are not that difficult.

I have to go on a trip to the caspian sea from san diego. I need to learn russian fast

Твоё "Ы" - просто идеально! =) Артикли и порядок слов в английском язые доставляют очень много дискомфорта русским, изучающим английский язык. Articles and word order in English cause a lot of discomfort for Russian learners of English. Good luck!

Hey Ari, is there a way to get in touch with you?

I am all into it every single day 4~5 hours long, but still hard bargain. No giving up at it though.

Обожаю твой акцент Ари и на русском и на английском ❤

Im from England and i just took to Russian so easily. I just couldn't learn French or Spanish. I think how alien it is compared to English actually helps keep interest.

Your first point is a very huge deal. Actually, I'm familiar with hearing about the difficulty of being spoken to in the language of practice. Lots of people just keep on switching to speak only English.

Good boy❤

Great vid, but besides the changing of a and o like a dialect in Moscow on your Nr 10. I have to say take сегодня........pronounced with a w instead of g, surely less terrible than knowing when to write au or ou in Dutch but still there is a definite change in pronouncing there

I think it can't be really easy. But maybe it's not so difficult as it seems to be at first sight.

Advice - learn and practice one case at once

You can use any word order in English if you are master Yoda. If disagrees anyone, disrespect you I will.

Sorry Russian is easy compared to Mandarin. After years of living in Mainland my Chinese is still bad. Yet Russian after 3 months you can read and write and understand a lot. Chinese makes you cry. So for me it is easy by comparison.

In fact the pronunciation isn't fully as written, and one would sound strange pronouncing each letter precisely as is. But! There is no rule prohibiting doing so. :)

Увидел название, подумал что автор кукухой поехал. Но нет. Почти убедил меня. Я сейчас учу японский и могу согласиться, что русский язык не такой сложный.

Going shopping, or ordering a meal in a cafe is not the ideal situation to learn any language. People you meet are not there to make conversations and will switch to English in the hope that they can communicate quicker. By not switching to English yourself, but using your native language will give them no choice but to stay in their language. This only works if your native language is not English or you can switch to another language which they are guaranteed not to know. Or simply saying you don't speak English (which they may not believe).

Talking more russian - people in russia will think you are russian. Russian society is comfortable to russian speaking foreigners because we do have dialets that simply sound like foreign accents, have difference more in sound then vocabulary. Thus, russians may ask you: if are you foreigner to make sure where you are from. Generally, each region of Russia has some light accent or when russian-speaking ukrainians or georgians, or polish etc speaks russian, they feel "not moscow accent", something like that.

I'm learning Russian for a while now, however, I barely have anyone to practice this language outside of the books. So, if anyone is interested in helping a rookie plz do si (I'm in dire need!)

12:41, what about when the 'e' is pronounced 'i', and the 'o' is pronounced 'a'? Unstressed vowels etc. Re English, do a search for The Chaos, to see just how difficult English must be for a foreigner.

а теперь представьте, что он русский и выучил английский до уровня носители 😅

As a native Russian speaker I have a question to you. How do you feel when found out that in Russian you are free to drop nearly everything in a sentence even out of context? For example you can drop a verb in some circumstaces and in some even a subject because the verb form points the subject meant. For example you can ask a first question in a talk: "сидишь?" and everybody understands that in fact you said: "are you sitting?" Just a matter of interest. And one correction in that you have said that written language is exactly the same as it is spoken. Some sounds differ a bit depending on there position in a word. For example most vocals go to only two when not stressed. And nearly all consanents go deaf at the end of a word without a vocal or before another deaf consonant though written voiced. For example you will pronounce снег as снек in Russian. And стафка instead of ставка.

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Some Russian elderly still know and speak outdated/old Russian. That is the only “dialect” there is…

On the other hand. Russian word order becomes more important when you need express emotions. Something like: Наша Маша горько плачет (just statement) Плачет наша Маша горько!!! (emphasized phrase to express tragedy of the situation) Word endings become even more critical in the cases when something/someone is acting on other participant of the situation we're trying to describe. Пётр любит Лену (Peter loves Lena - not all the way around) Лену любит Пётр (same meaning with emotional flavor. It doesn't mean that Lena loves Peter) Лена любит Петра (Lena loves Peter) Question: what does this phrase mean: Петра любит Лена (?????????????) :o)

You forgot say that in Slavic languages there are only 3 tenseness, so it's very easy to study it , but for us Slavic people is very difficult understand onter tenseness besides past present, future simple

also if you are native in one of european languages there are a lot of borrowed words in russian (especially from french)