Should You Quit Learning Russian Language 

It is as difficult as it is rewarding

Well for me it is like an obsession. I like the melody of the russian language. I also think that it is a very mysterious language. Every time I learn a new word or a new rule about russian I feel like I am one step closer to a very big secret that will be clear for me. I just need to learn it. :))

Russian is a beautiful language❤️

The more Russian you learn the more complicated it gets. You think the first few months were rough? LOL, wait until year one or two........

It’s great the some people think that you are a native English speaker! Motivation is key and as you pointed out trying to discover why you lost motivation (got discouraged) One concept is to find how to make learning fun each day so the reward is not just at “the end”

This was moving, and solidifying. My life, and the lives of people within my sphere will benefit through the effort in ways that can't even be predicted; much like how YOUR choice, Фёдор, to master English as indeed you have has had an altering influence within the cosmos of these many thousands of people pursuing this common goal.

I started in 2018 as a hobby since discovering its beauty in music. Since then, I have had several durations of "giving up" and was intimidated o go back because all that I forgot. Well, I realized it's not always a linear process! and lately I have spent more time on Duo than anything because in the end it gives me happiness and fulfillment. With how rocky the world is lately, it helps me cope and keep my mind busy, and also not rot my brain watching TV shows relentlessly. I started writing russian this week and the only thing I regret is not starting sooner! Thank you for your videos, you helped me realized it's become more than just wanting to understand lyrics but possibly preparing for a future in Russia! :)

We never stop! Your videos are amazing! These are the best Russian learning videos on RU-vid, hands down! Thank you. I wake up and the first things I think of are what I’ve learned from these videos :) I started learning Russian because I heard a song while living in Turkey called Медина. Do you know it? I heard this song and listened to it probably a thousand times, then for that following week watched A TON of Russian learning videos. First I learned the Cyrillic alphabet then went on to your videos. Why am I learning? Honestly I’m the type of person that loves to experience other cultures. Hence why I’m here in Turkey. Russian has so many brilliant thinkers, philosophers, mathematicians and so on...Yes of course it’s worth it and despite the difficulty for me it has always been a delightful challenge and never depletes my motivation but rather adds to it. Very happy learning Russian, thank you for these videos. I love them so much. благодарю вас ❤️ RU-vid is amazing because you never know whose lives you touched. Keep going! You’re awesome 😚

Awesome advice bro! Thanks Fedor!

Your videos are making a huge difference for me - I am so grateful!

Good content as always. I'm studying Russian at University and I'm following this channel because offer more details than the books I have. At the beginning was very hard to memorise cases and in particular I'm still struggling with participles,but once you study the rules,increase your vocabulary and study the words with the respective cases it will be more easy to understand and do many exercises as you can. Thx again for your lessons :)

Wonderful video, thanks! I stopped learning Russian about 16-17 yrs ago after I travelled to Russia three times. What little I learned was still useful for me in being able to get by, like reserving rooms in hotels, buying train tickets, ordering food, etc. I started to re-learn Russian 2 months ago when I decided that travelling around Eastern Europe (incl. Russia, Belarus and Ukraine) would be my priority in this new decade (despite COVID-19), including countries where it might be understood as a second language, at least for the older people. I went to Serbia last December - relearning the Cyrillic alphabet helped.

Your videos help me so much. Duolingo is fun, but your videos help me understand what I'm learning. THANK YOU!!!

Thank you for presenting such honest questions.

Your channel has been a welcome part of my Russian language journey. Thanks for your content and insight!

I really appreciate you being honest with us in this video. I think most teachers just say “no, don’t quit!” But they never want to look at it critically. Watching this made me realize that learning Russian is one of the few things I wanted to do just for myself. And for that reason, I am going to continue learning. However, life is busy and I can’t study as hard as I was. At least for a while.

I learn russian language because I want to watch lenin's original book LOL

I’m trying to learn purely for a hobby. I find it mentally stimulating and although it’s difficult and frustrating I think you have to try and enjoy the process. The difficulty is a reason enough for me since it’s a challenge.

I feel like the reasons I continue to learn Russian and the same as when I first started 1 year ago. I got a taste of traveling in Eastern Europe, met a Kazakh friend in the US, want to be able to have a deeper enjoyment of Russian culture, and want to be able to make Russian friends. These are still the payoffs I'm working towards.

Hello Fedor! Great video. Of course, the answers are different for everyone. The benefits for me are still worth it. Although I can't devote as much time as I used to, I remind myself that there is no finish line. I have learned to be happy with giving it as much time as I can. Sometimes I get better fast, other times it has to wait. But I find that every new breakthrough ( "oh, that's how that works!") is enough to keep me going. It helps that I now have a HelloTalk friend who I just adore and can't wait to meet! Still one of the most interesting and rewarding things I've attempted to do. Keep up the good work!

Fedor this was awesome! Provocative! Smart! Personal!

That was amazing, thank you 😊💙

I’m learning Russian because I want to watch some awesome Russian movies.

Good topic. I am just about at the 4yr mark with Russian language. I have done 7 days a week for 1 year. I use Rosetta Stone, Duo lingo, and some books. My vocabulary is good, have the alphabet down, and can read/ decipher written text, but I can not form sentences. Doesn't help that there are no Russians in my area.

The Russian language is difficult, however, I desire to learn Russian. I’ve set goals wanting to travel there as a missionary to develop shelters for homeless children and make a way for those that want to come to the United States. Although there will be interpreters, one should possess the ability to speak with the people they’re reaching out to help. I want to be able to speak with the children in their language.

I needed this! I have been considering a break to learn Spanish. I think I might. I need to reconsider my goals because I have difficulty finding speakers .

YOU QUIT FRENCH ? I started to learn russian in february this year, couple hours a day, like 2/3, i already know words like жабры, колодец, тяговооруженность, известняк, сланец ... My goal was “mastering” russian за год, and i guess i got some great work done. I’m a native french speaker, I speak fluently in English, I moved to canada and now I’m learning Russian, I read and listen as much as I can, my GF actually is Russian and she learns French so... Really good motivation, good luck to everyone for learning this language (russian), i know sometimes its fun, and sometimes its less ...

Thank you so much for this Fedor.

I started Russian just because it's aesthetic asf. It's simply a hella beautiful language. Nothin' more nothin' less. Russian wouldnt make me achieve anything ^^' I only have 2 russian "friends" at my school and even there I dont need it cuz they speak german fluently. 😅 I have no rational reason for learning russian. I just love this language 😅 Didnt even choose Russian in School (I chose french) I only learn Russian in my free time. I do NOT know if its worth the effort but I will NOT stop 😅

Thank you very much for this video!

I'm just trying to learn so Call of Duty and Battlefield can feel more immersive.

you should tell us more about how you came over to the US, how was the process like, were you top notch student who received a scholarship? and did you see many Americans studying abroad there?

Russian is very difficult but I’m a big hockey fan and would love to follow KHL and understand articles and interviews. I’m enjoying the process of learning not frustrated or anything just going to take time. Hockey my only passion in life I’ll get this eventually thanks for the videos.

Меня зовут Афтаб Сарвар. Я живу в Пакистане. Я изучаю русский язык последние год. Мне кажется через год я говорю по русские свободен. Я знаю, у меня есть ошибок но я надеюсь вы понимаете мне. Я хочу начинаю новый бизнес в России потому что мне очень нравится Россия и россияне. Это моя мечта что я буду жить в России. Большое спасибо за видео. Вы очень отличный учитель на русском языке. Это правда. Фёдор скажите мне, мой русский язык хороший или плохой. Жду ваш ответ. Ещё раз спасибо. Пока пока

The answer, my friend, is an emphatic NO. Thank you for everything

It's probably not worth the time but I've gotta do SOMETHING while waiting to grow old and die. I started because I was bored with most everything else.

I love the Russian language. I deeply appreciate your videos they are so detailed and helpful.

I play a lot of computer games and watch movies with Russian in them and always wanted to be able to understand it but never had the motivation to learn. Until I met a Russian woman. She impressed me so much with her English, her intelligence and personality that I started to learn. 2 months later I found out she was married but I continue to learn because even as a freind, she is more than worth the effort. Plus, I never finish anything and I want to change that.

Я отвечаю на твои вопросы ( Я буду стараться, я не знаю, как говорить очень хорошо еще ) 1) Я всегда хотел выучить иностранный язык, в котором есть свой алфавит Я был между арабским / иврит русский язык для меня был один из последних вариантов, потому что я считал их очень трудно Поэтому, когда я начал брать уроки иврита в качестве первого языка, мне было так же трудно, и я сказал попробовать русский в течение месяца. Сейчас я учусь на русском течение 2 лет я был неправ, что я думал, что это был трудный язык, и я бы не понял с первых уроков, которые я уже начал говорить немного каждый раз, Также здесь сказать, что я заметил, что русский похож на некоторые слова на греческом языке (по-моему всегда) 2) Я понял их очень быстро и как я уже писал выше, я уже начал говорить немного в каждом уроке 3) Я обнаруживаю новые культуры, новые привычки (Стиль жизни) и изучать новые вещи 4) Конечно, результат стоит его :)

How can i ever speak to devushka if i quit learning russian do you see why its so important and worthy to learn :)

Russian is satysfying as crap bro

I'm going to post here my personal history. 1: It started back in 2014, I guess, when the Ukraine's revolution happened. I was watching western media and russian media. But a lot of information was in russian so, it was a block. Also, I work in cybersecurity and there's plenty of information in russian websites which I cannot read. This is my motivation. But when the motivation started I just tried to know the letters and pronunciation. Then, I stopped. 6 years later, here I am. Why? I work with an Ukrainian person (two actually but not as often). So far, I made a lot of progress but still, I need at least 1000 hours to be able to at least express myself without hard issues. 2: My goals are to write and read proper russian. I don't need to speak it well. I just need to have the skills to understand what people are saying on the news, on dark stuff forums and so on. Of course, I want also to look cool by speaking with my coworker in russian and my friends are like "wtf! spies! :D" joking ofc. 3: I will be able to understand more stuff and also kill fake news when people misleading translations. And look cool. 😎 4: Well, apart of point 3, it trains my brain in different way. I don't know how I learned English. To be honest I was bad at it, back in school, but when I started to play games online with team play, I made a really really high jump on knowing ok (at least reading was ok) to pretty much fluent. I speak English like in my native tongue (almost). Sometimes I think in English, sometimes in Portuguese, it really depends. I'm too much exposed to this language (I work on a company that there are a lot of people around the world, so English is critical). Another language I was studying, in school, was French. It's easy compared to Russian. And to be honest. I would "profit" more by knowing French than Russian. Anyway, I lost it because I didn't practice much and I hate it. :)

What actually is so discouraging is my own grasp of English. I’m a native English speaker and every time I chat with friends, every time I watch comedy or listen to all the slangs, idioms and word contractions in English, I keep thinking there’s no way I would have been able to learn all this if I hadn’t grown up here and made friends here and gone to school from beginning to end here. What are my chances of learning Russian and becoming proficient in the same way without the same opportunity? I have a life here, I certainly can’t move to Russia to immerse myself. I’m limited to internet resources and probably a couple of lessons with a tutor weekly. Am I wasting my time??? There’s also the added discouragement that for practical reasons, I really don’t need to learn any other languages. English, for better or worse is the lingua-franca of most of the world. Why torture myself? But I try to keep myself motivated by celebrating the little wins. By continuing on a little every day, I know just a little more than the day before. And maybe I’ll never become fluent, but at least I’m learning something new. But yeah it’s frustrating and hard.

Thank you! I am trying and trying, and at this point I sound like a Russian 5 year old with brain damage....but, it's progress.

Till me to just put momentum to it, cz most people want to just doing and by these questions u made it more difficult to answer, i do it as a hobby it doesn't have to be that complicated. hello from from Saudi Arabia

I tried Russian solely to torture myself. It's been a resounding success. My frustrations are sky high and and my basic proficiencies are rock bottom. I have no intention to stop.

Questions: 1. I work for a language school which is originally Russian -Ukranian 2. To become fluent, I have learnt other languages before, so I know how success feels like 3. I will do better at my job and it will be my 5th language, plus I will be one of the top employees 4. It will be absolutely worth it

This video has been very honest and soul searching for me. I've put 2 hours everyday for the last 6 months . I tried with a teacher and still could not find any happiness in learning Russian. I felt very little improvement for the hours of hard work. Always miserable and unmotivated so from this video I have decided to quit! Hand on my heart I tried my best and it wasn't enough...😪

Well, I didn't have any specific goals for learning Russian, and still don't have any, except that it can make me communicate with many peoples from the post USSR countries. Talking about the difficulty, actually, Russian is not extremely difficult, it is nearly at the same difficulty of French, and I can speak French fluently as a second language, where my native language is Arabic.

For me it's not to hard because , i speak Spanish also and the grammar and pronunciation it very similar on my opinion. Ademas me gusta mucho el hidioma russo y sus cultura.

I started learning Russian because all the cyka blayt cheki breki jokes at my school and i am still learning Russian because it is so cool and beautiful and the reward of being able to communicate is really nice and I am struggling since it is really hard thx.

😊 Thanks

когда придет день разочарования, я спою песню Тони "я не понимаю, как я не понимаю по-русски".

Я хочу изучать русский язык потому что мне это очень интерестно. Я буду никогда перестану изучать русский язык)) Я изучал русский язык один год.

I almost quit after learning Russian isn't as widely used in ex-Soviet countries as I thought (now only ppl older than like 40 speak Russian in those countries). I was planning on learning Russian to use it in Eastern European countries that don't use a lot of English. I ended up recognizing that my initial goals with Russian are also to read literature like Dostoevsky in native Russian, better understanding Russian perspective of international relations, and to work with Russian researchers. Now I continue working steadfastly in learning Russian)

My problem is that I love the language but it's not very useful to me, at the moment the goal of my life is to move to Japan so now I'm focusing on learning Japanese because that would be actually useful for me. I still like Russian and I want to learn it someday but I think you're right, I'll focus on the more important things for now.

That's video really for me. At the moment I doubt about it.

"Russian's not for everybody." Wow, man, what a stark contrast to the imperialist ambitions of your forefathers.

Russian is a cute and beautiful language. And Russia has a literary and poetic rich culture. And because I am Portuguese, I want my kids to learn Russian as a second language, because English is everywhere, and French, Italian and Spanish are easy for us.

I learn Russian just for fun, especially because of an upcoming vacation, and I don't take it too serious. Another benefit is that I can mess with my Ukraine coworkers :-D Growing up in East Germany, I had Russian for eight years in school, and despite being in my forties now, I still remember quite a lot, so it's not a big deal. E.g. it's nice if you already know the alphabet, or if things "sound" correct, even if I don't know the exact rules anymore.

Never never quit , I love russian and russian people , медленно, но верно

Lol, no one in this world would understand my main reason. It's to do with the occult power influence, a few people might think or understand what I am after

Thank you!

Thanks

The slow progression…and the length of words as well as the difficulty of pronunciation is hell….words simply need tons of repetition for me

short answer: No. long answer: блять НЕТ.

I stopped as soon as I got to the noun cases as I find too hard to memorise

I mostly just want to be in on the latest dank memes.

"I feel guilty for not struggling". hahhahahha

I want to learn russian because to make new friend

Anyone knows if it is worth to learn Russian language to learn competitive programming?

Once started a person must go beyond the whole 9000000 yards. Lol.

Did you quit learning French ? So sad ! You can ! Keep on ! You'll succeed ! Quand vous serez en retraite, je ne pourrais plus vous aider ! De ce monde au moins ! :)

I wanted to read literature in the original Russian.

A little disappointed because the Patreon link takes me to a 404 page. When searching, I can find a page for BeFluent, but the last activity is Jan '17. Does anyone know the secret?

Vladimir Putin made me start learning Russian! The most admired, beloved, and powerful leader on the planet today! 😎👍🎉🇷🇺

im probably considering putting the overly complicated piece of useless trash down after a few years.

I'm in russia and I can't speak russian

НЕТ. Я хочу учить по-русски

Good video. I've taken small babysteps in learning Russian. I want to learn the language because I'd love to work in Russia someday in the future.

Learning a new language is a never ending process. I've been learning english since I was 8 years old and now I'm 22 years old, and I never stop learning english. Same with Russian language, I will never quit.

Just can't stop learning Russian. It's not going to be of much practical use. Но это просто мой любимый иностроный язык. Это как музыка

This video were a good motivation for me to do this week's russian homework. I really needed it

I love a russian girl and i want to live with her and communicate with her easily

I started because of a girl jeje Then Im still learning it because of my curiosity and free time My goals are expanding my future opportunities to travel or knowing something great instead wasting my time in nothing Idk if it will be my most useful thing but I will be able to make more stuff that I even dont know someday so yeah I liked that girl by the way....

Hi Fedor! This video really resonated with me. I have been teaching myself Russian for several years on and off now (on and off because, as I have no one to converse with, I get soo get frustrated and upset when I feel I am stagnating that I lose hope and give up which results in me forgetting everything I have learned when I come back to try to pick it up at a later date!) So, I cannot seem to progress my vocab, speaking, listening or writing skills. I know that I am so nervous about my pronunciation and have no confidence in speaking Russian as I have no one to practice with and no real structure to how I am trying to learn it. I want to travel Russia for my 30th birthday in October 2020 so I really really want to try hard to improve now that I have a goal and motivation to work towards, as I will be travelling to Russia alone and need to be able to navigate the country and all that entails being a geeky tourist. Can your course help me ? In reality, I need a Russian husband so I have someone to constantly practice with ;) ! I feel I learn best in a structured learning environment but even so, when watching your videos I have a terrible memory and struggle to remember new words, which again leaves me feeling that my journey to becoming fluent in Russian is hopeless. I would like a teacher and I enjoy your style of teaching so I am considering the 129.99 option but just would like some advice on how you may be able to help me after this 30 day course finishes? Many thanks Bolshoy spasibo za tvoy pomogu !! Ionie-Lee Smallwood (I am on Facebook and the only ‘Ionie-Lee Smallwood’ on the entirety of Facebook if you would like to add me)

i will never quit. i love russia. and you're the best teacher.

Difficult, but sounds badass.

I wanted to understand figure skating comentry on russian since russia is the best att figure skating and my goal is he same now tbh ther aint much change in my life if i learn it and the effort kinda not worth it

Hi fedor , thank's for all videos you posted they're all too good and you teach the russian language as simply as it can be thank's брат And any language you learn it's not just about language it bring us their culture, country, life,history, and love... Now I can speak 6 language's and i'm not sad to the days that i suffered to learn it , I believe : in all dark day's, there is some light , it might be too far but there is!

Russian is extremely hard. I have been learning Russian for around a year and I only know the basics- A1.

We are happy that you have made that sacrifice for us! I have a dual degree in Russian Studies and English Literature. Although I can speak Russian, I dont feel fluent in it. Your tutorials are a big boost for me! Cpacebo!

Некоторые из этих слов мои, некоторые из них - из программы переводчика. На данный момент это не имеет значения. 1) Я хотел изучать русский язык, потому что мне нужно было добиться успеха на втором языке 2) Что-то о русском заставило меня полюбить этот язык. Возможно, это шаблоны, связанные с глаголами, существительными, прилагательными и местоимениями, может быть, это исключения))), может быть, это красивые люди, с которыми я сейчас общаюсь 3) Теперь я потратил много времени и много своих эмоций на изучение этого момента. Было бы трагично отбросить все мои усилия. И я почувствовал бы глубокое чувство потери. 4) Успешным (я знаю, что я не могу знать все, и это не важно) Я сделаю то, что я никогда не думал, что это возможно. Возможность говорить по-русски заставит меня почувствовать, что я взрываю от счастья. Для меня русский похож на красивую женщину, которая меня преследует и соблазняет, а затем вознаграждает меня каждым новым приключением через мой опыт обучения. Остановка - это не вариант. Я знаю, что мне понадобится много лет (я медленный ученик), чтобы достигнуть точки беглости, но это дальняя гонка, а не спринт. )))

My native language is Spanish, I came to the USA at the age of 24, now I am 60, and I have master English at a very high professional level; then I heard from experts that learning a new language helps to delay Alzheimer disease; so here I am. After two years, I now can read in Russian 60%, understand 30%, speak 15 %. All this studying on my own using Y-T videos here and there. I picked Russian for its uniqueness and interesting culture; not knowing the level of difficulty, but now, I love it! The concepts and philosophy about life, embedded into the language, are very fascinating to me. My goal is to master it as soon as possible. Thank you Fedor for the encouragement. Your lessons are great! Keep it up!

I started learning Russian 2 years ago. The purpose behind it was to communicate with a friend in Ukraine. I struggled... allot. I had a willingness to learn because I seen the circumstances of how people live in Ukraine and Russia. 2 years fast forward I can walk into a Russian grocery store and have small talk with the locals. Russians understand me, they say you can speak but mistakes. The more you study this language the less difficult it becomes. Most people are shocked because I'm a black guy and the first question they ask is "pochemu tbl hatchu govorit russuki yazik :) "

I have a humble suggestion, perhaps it is good, perhaps not, but maybe it is a good idea to try and immerse oneself in the language as much as possible, even if not living in a Russian speaking country. For example you could watch Russian TV series, movies etc, watch Russian RU-vid videos.

Russian is a hard language to learn, I was learning Russian a year or two ago and it was very hard so I gave up, but I came back to learning it now and despite the difficulty I will continue and not give up because I like the language. And I want to challenge myself.

Русский мой второй язык, Я говорю по-русски и по-английски, Я изучал за 4 месяцев, но я только А2, Я очень хорошо говорю по-русски для 13 лет. Я буду быть fluent! (I am VERY surprised I pulled off making this paragraph, with me only not knowing 1 singular word.)

I had learned a little French in High schol that I still remember or recognize today. That was a big struggle for me while learning Russian, certain words sound similar when spoken and it was hard for me at first to understand which meaning the word was for. French is beautiful and Russian is beautiful. I love learning languages. One day I will go back to French as well, and learn deeper. But I am only about 4 months into Russian :)

Hello Fedor, I want some help. I'm planning to learn Russian language by watching movies having Russian subtitles. So while I'm trying to do it what all things should I keep in my head so as to make the most out of it? And how can I prevent translating words in my head, because I'm way too beginner for monolingual dictionary?