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Ощущение, что автор почерпнул значительную часть своего спича из американских боевиков

2:54 nope, never :) I think you've confused Russian accent in English with English accent in Russian :)) English speakers find it hard to pronounce the link like "не" (like in the word "нет", so it sounds like "nyet"). Also it's good to know that we have incorporated the english word "respect" into our slang language and use it from time to time, we don't pronounce it as "respyekt". Other than that, респект автору 😀

We Russians don't say "respYEct". We palatalize the "p" sound instead, so this word is pronounced like this [riˈspʲekt]. Though you Americans do this mistake when learning Russian. You pronounce "пять" (five) and "себя" (self) like [pjatʲ] and [seb'ja] instead of [pʲætʲ] and [sʲɪˈbʲa]. [kh] is not a literally two sounds, it's a [χ] sound. So the "how" is pronounced like [χaʊ]. We also use "kh" when translate a Russian "Х" letter into latin symbol, but you americans think it's [k] and [h] sounds together... What is reflected in the pronunciation of some toponyms. [vw]... I really hear this the first time. We just pronounce [v]

То чувство, когда я смотрю иностранное видео для того, чтобы понять в чём проявляется мой акцент😅

Have a chemistry exam tomorrow . What am i doig

Finding myself here as a Russian just may be the funniest thing, I don’t naturally have an accent, but I love playing around with them and surprisingly still can do it when I want to. I would really love a video on the Transatlantic accent, it’s such a deep need in my heart, and I would love to learn it better!

I'm not Russian - actually Australian, but I'm heavily invested in learning the Russian language and accent. I think if you want to learn any accent, then you must learn the language (at least the basics and the sounds of the script/alphabet). But from what I know and gathered from the comments, the Russian accent is quite relaxed/soft with not much tongue or lip movement/posturing. English-speakers tend to think of the Russian accent as harsh or aggressive, like German, but most sounds in Russian are relaxed and/or muted compared to English language and pronunciation.

as russian i can say, we don't speak "A/E" sond like ie, respect prononce is no respiect or resp'ect, in this case we use more specific. Yes, E sounds more thinly, but at the same time, more consistent, without sound dropout, without tone floating, with no EE sound after P. this difference is very clearly felt between native speakers and actors imitating russian speech in american movies, especially if you are russian :) in russian this sounds like респЬект or респИект, when it should sound like респект without any additional admixtures in the E sound. This is very strongly felt by the russian ear)

I am Russian and this was very accurate

Американский акцент русского акцента английского языка. Потрясающе!

Очень похоже на мои потуги в английский, когда он делает акцент. Весьма наглядно :)

I’m Nigerian and I must confess I love the Russian language more than any other signature of air vibraiting arooound my year (👂)

I am Russian and I confirm it's authentic. Almost. The only thing you got wrong was YE sound. You pronounce that as a combination of two sounds but it's actually ONE sound. And that's how we detect american spies here in Russia🤣 Other then that, the pronounciation is perfect! 😄

Well, it is a Hollywood Russian accent, not the real one. In reality, Russian accent is quite soft, lips and tongue are mostly relaxed, pharynx is not so constricted as it is in English. That's why the first thing you need to actually learn to do is to relax your tongue, lips, pharynx and rely on vowels more than on consonants while speaking. Consonants should sound very soft most of the time. Russian articulation is quite similar to the Portugese one . and, btw, /r/ sound is much softer, we don't speak with a trill, /r/ sound in Russian is soft and muffled in most cases. what you did by adding 'y' sound in every other place is also completely unnecessary. We do have 'y' sound but we use it only at the end of some Russian words and almost never when we speak English simply because there's no need to put additional sounds where there are none. for /h/ sound you do not need to add /k/. just remove excessive airstream and make it sound softer. All in all, it was a good attempt anyway, thanks for your great work:)

Ну как всегда клюква - как сделать "русский" акцент для голливудского кино. Кто-нибудь хоть раз слышал фразу "Мньйе ньядо за клебом"

in Russian language we don't use any “KH” combined sound. It’s the same thing as English [H], but with another position of tongue. You can use “K” sound to set right position of your tongue, then make a tiny gap between tongue and palate and make exhale. That's it, no need to make very strange “K+H”. To sound more realistic with “E” the “Y+E” should be heard as one sound. To make more flat and realistic Russian “E” sound you have to make a wide smile while pronounce

I'm Russian and I study how to make a Russian accent lol. Thanks for the lesson

As someone who writes and creates character's with diverse backgrounds, this series has been awfully helpful.

Про буквой "Е" неверно сказано. В русском языке звук YE будет произноситься только в начале слова, после гласных звуков и мягкого (Ь) или твёрдого знаков (Ъ). После согласного будет произноситься без Y. Когда носители английского пытаются делать русский акцент или говорить по-русски, то постоянно произношение этого звука неправильное. Ещё аналогичные примеры - это буквы "Я" (YA), "Ю" (YU или YOO), "Ё"(YO). Например буква "Ю" в русском после гласного звучит, как U в слове Universal, а после согласного, как в слове Blue. "Ё" произносится примерно, как сочетание букв YO в слове York, после согласного звука будет похоже произноситься, как U в слове Burn. С буквой "Я" могу в качестве примера указать сочетание буква YA например в названии компании Yamaha. Но аналога звучания после согласного звука в английском не могу подобрать. Звучит она как более мягкое произношение буквы А.

I am russian and I'm not sure about the vw sound. We either mix v and w ("viggle" instead of "wiggle", "wital" instead of "vital) or pronounce w as "ou". If you go for a light russian accent, keep the v-w mixup and add some artificial british accent (it was taught in school) with a rich american "r"

OMG, this video perfectly explains why the Russian accent in Hollywood movies bears no resemblance to reality.

I'll be playing a D&D character that I want to give a light Russian accent, and this was very helpful, thank you!

It's simple: speak clearly and don't chew your words.

Thank you for this masterclass, it was interesting! I am surprised somebody wants to learn it)) I would like to contribule a little. In Russian language we usually make the last consonant sound unvoiced, it is very important. We also do this while speaking English. For example, the word 'dead' should be pronounced as [det], 'bread' is [bret]. It can make you sound much more Russian. Also, sound [w] is often just [v], it's much easier) And the [kh] sound is not so literal [kh]. It's more like [h] but pronounced much stronger. Like, you need to raise the middle of your tongue up, strain it and blow the air out of your mouth with some force. I don't mean to be a party pooper, just want to help a little)

I'm a native Russian speaker. My foreign boyfriend used to ask me to speak like the guy in the video. Somehow my natural Russian accent wasn't enough "Russian" for him, lol.

I thought it would be extremely difficult for me, but surprisingly it's very similar to my natural accent (Hungarian)

All these pronunciations really sound like a Russian accent, except for this one 3:04 . As a native speaker, I immediately hear that this is definitely not a Russian speaker. "Respyect" or "hyeck" doesn't sound like Russian at all.

It all depends on how well a native Russian speaker was studying English. Those whose English is limited by their high school English will speak with strong east European accent like the author is presenting here with strong British like pronunciation. Those who have lived many years in North America and actually tried to improve their accent will quickly learn how to properly pronounce th, w, h and oo. But even those who can speak absolutely fluently and even think in English will still struggle once in a while with American spelling of words that have o or u in them. Such as hot and hut. There's a slight difference but most Russian natives will just say "хат". Another big problem for all Russian language speakers is when to use articles "a" and "the" or no article. Even advanced speakers sometimes confuse their use as there are no articles in Russian language at all.

I'm russian and never heard that we pronounce How like "khow". All the other part is true 👍🏻👍🏻

Hi, I'm russian. I don't struggle with w and th sounds at all. They're the easiest to learn. I find it more difficult with the vowels. I do pronounce them longer than necessary even after years of learning english. I botch my r's sometimes but I can get them right when I concentrate. Soft russian vowels are overkill. We don't do that to this extent and we don't soften them in all the occasions. It sounds more like movie russian.

Just remember that this is not about really the Russian accent, but about the fake Russian accent from US action films. And really why Russian should pronounce "Kh" instead of "H" when "H" is a sound often used in Russian.

2:50 у нас так изображают американцев, говорящих на русском -- "привйет" вместо "привет", например. Забавно,что русские в английском ошибаются точно также, но, видимо, в других сочетаниях со звуком "э"

I’m Latino born in the city of Guatemala raised in the US for the past 9 years but I’ve always been attracted to Russian language and their culture and obviously the beautiful Russian girls are every Latino dream 🤣 I really want to learn the language I also enjoy their music a lot and recently I’ve been learning about the Orthodox Church and I’ve been considering for a while joining a Russian Orthodox Church not just bc it’s Russian obviously but because their beliefs align a lot with mine

Here for DND.

About the letter R - that's right. As a rule, it is clearly pronounced. The author makes it sound very similar to a Russian accent. Everything else is very doubtful. But I looked at it with great interest. I'm from Russia :)

This video has been incredibly helpful!!! thank you so. much!

You definitely have a good ear for accents and the video is great and has some good advices. However as a native Russian speaker i have never heard such accent from a Russian person, i only have heard it in movies. So i definitely wouldn't call this accent "authentic", instead i would call it stereotypical, or even a "hollywood" Russian accent. Of course its not your fault, i bet its kind of the point of the video haha, because its for actors and i guess people already have a strong connection that this "Russian" accent is how real russians speak but i wish there was a change in the movie industry about it. P.S. I'm totally okay with the accent to be harsh and strong, but it just doesn't sound Russian to me (probably because of the ye sound the most, just doesn't sound right)

russian is my 1st language. your russian accent sounds more russian than mine lol

I'm from Czech-American family with a very good Ukrainian friend. This tutorial is superb. This accent is easy for me hearing it almost my whole life. Well done!! 👏

This is so accurate :) (from a native Russian speaker :) ) P.S. Except maybe for the E - YE sound. But so spot on with the "backing down" and slowing down and all the rest. Great one:)

Playing Mischa from rtc with my friends and i needed to learn this, thank you so much for this!!

I think YE sound is not really common for Russian people speaking English, I think it is how people imitate the Russian accent, but I don't know why :) I don't know anybody speaking like that. There is no so much "Y" in those "Russian" versions of words like "respect".

Pretty funny, thanks. I have to agree with most (since I'm a Russian, so I have the kind of accent too). The only one I don't agree with is the "YE" in "RespYEct". Doesn't sound like Russian, I'm afraid. To do it more Russian try to imagine there's no "Y" there (which used to make you separate the "E" from the "p"). You should pronounce the "p" softer instead. "Resp'Ect" - soft "p" + "e" like in the word "yes" (but without "y" - remember?). I believe you know there are two Russian letters for "e": "Э" (sounds like "e" in "empty", "enter" etc) and "Е" (can sound like "YE" in "yes" - often at the beginning of a word - or like ['e] (didn't find another English word for that) "yEs", "ViEtnam" (BUT WITHOUT "Y") - inside a word). Sometimes in Russian you need to put the "YE" inside a word, so you need to separate the previous consonant from the "YE". Russians use the "separating soft sign" to write that: "Вьетнам" (Vietnam - sounds pretty much like in English - with Y: "VYETNAM"). But without this soft sign (Ь) Russians are not going to pronounce an "E" after a consonant like "YE".

I need this for an npc in a dnd campaign and im so glad i could find this to help since i have some but very little experience

This is an excellent video! Admittedly I only watched two videos, but this was the better one. People were IN AWE of my Russian accent.

Sank you. You toght me khow to do ze porfect Rassian accent. Spasibo!

Speed Reference: R - roll it, like once W - add the vw, "VWHAT?" TH - relace with a z or s sounds, whatever is most appropriate I - replace with an "EE" sound E - add the YE, "VWAHT ZE HYEK" U/OO - make it longer "foooood" HOW - say khow, this is a special case(i think) SLOW DOWN - you Russian english isn't your first language Placement - form your words from the back of the mouth practice sentence(s): How is that possible? You knew that the big red is out. What the heck. With Accent: "khow ees zeat posseeble. Yooo knew zeat ze beeg red ees out? Vwhat ze hyek." remember that russians are cool and you love communism or something.

Let's admit, the accent taught in the video is more similar to how we perceive the English accent in Russian speech

Yeah for a Russian it sure sounds like middle African or Polish guy stuttering. We don’t use Y between consonants and vowels, instead we just soften the previous consonant being something more of a Spanish n/ñ situation. So it would be rather irresp̃ectable than irresp-Y-ectable which really sounds like stuttering. Additionally we don’t use a K instead of the H we just have the same H with actually the same tongue posture but the only difference is that you actually pronounce the letter and your tongue actually touches the soft palate rather than just “breathing” instead like in English. Again, similar to Spanish, namely to “J”. Also it would be nice if you had mentioned the difference between our T sounds, the difference is caused by actually different tongue posture, in English T is pronounced with a tongue being on the incisive papilla making it sometimes TS instead, whereas in Russian it’s pronounced after the incisive papilla being much closer to the roots of teeth which makes it just a basic solid T never sounding like TS. D is pronounced in the same position, so that’s why Russian D never transforms into a flap T (or just a Russian R based on the way flap T actually sounds)

I’m Canadian but for some reason I want to learn this because there’s a character in my game I want him to have a Russian accent

Русские: пытаются исправить свой акцент Американцы:

The TH-sound in 'Think' could also be changed to F-sound along with the S-sound. So both 'Sink' or 'Fink' are perfectly acceptable 😂.

Very good Russian accent, I am learning Spanish very slowly. Like you said, it is important to start speaking slowly when practicing a new language. I have a couple of questions to ask you, if you do not mind. These questions are just for education and inspiration. 1.) Are you an Actor who has been on videos? 2.) What do you mean by forward, backward, and etc. on our voices when we change our languages?

2:45 this is the single most wrong thing about the Russian accent - or language. as kids we used to make fun of how Americans tried to do a Russian accent - and that is exactly the thing we copied. no. don't bloody do that xD what your can do instead - merge the y sound with the preceding consonant. this is what we do in Russian, and in a strong Russian accent (also in Ukrainian and Polish - although Inn Polish it would sound _slightly_ closer to your description). you gotta say the preceding consonant and the y at the same time, not one after another. it's kinda difficult for those who don't have such sounds in their language, but that would sound authentic. these are the so called 'soft' consonants (palatalized).

Recently got cast as Anton Chekhov in a play, so this is very useful thank you!!

I specifically looked at this video because I’ve been told I do a Russian accent whenever I’m genuinely PISSED, I was curious about it because I’d never actually noticed it before and now that I’m watching this I’m realizing it’s… entirely true, I’m Russian but I never grew up in a place where people had an accent even remotely similar so I have no idea where I got that from. 😂

I wanted to do this for fun because it suddenly became an hyperfixation but oh my I didn't expect it to be that much??? lmaoo I need to listen to this a little more often to remember because I literally almost forgot everything 😂

I am Russian and your video helps me to realize all my pronunciations mistakes :-). So I can try to do all your examples exactly opposite zat :-) sounds more natural.

Trying to learn “it’s Natalia. And I am not lonely preschool teacher, I am Russian spy.” As a reference to regular show.

BEST VIDEO EVER

Even my schoolmates had never spoken like you in this video.

okay I'm russian and now I know how to make a russian accent)) Nice work! Didn't think about all this stuff

I am Chinese and many Chinese speak English in the way described in the video！

can you do a tutorial on how to do a NewZealand/kiwi accent next?

“Khow is it going” made me laugh so much. Because the man said “cow” but the “kh” sound is actually something in between K and H.

This is 200% accurate!

I am the seventh comment; I am going to count that as a win. 😂 I love learning different accents; thank you.

I've watched this video for understanding how to speak without my russian accent And one thing is very important for russian accent - not open your mouth wide 😅

Thank you. This was very helpful. ✨

Thank You! Now I can create my character in the future! ❤

This video is soooo well made. Thank you!

It sounds not as real Russian accent, but fake “Russians” in Hollywood movies

THANK TOY SO MUCH IM VOICING A CHRACTWR AND I DIDNT KNOW SHE HAD A RUSSIAN ACCENT THIS IS A LIFE SAVER

Thank you so much this was really helpful

This is pretty useful, I'm doing VA for my friend and the character has a Russian accent, so thank you!

Basically right, except of one point of YE, which is completely wrong.

Last year on halloween me and my friend spoke in a russian accent the whole time, it was hilarious

I feel your accent more Russian, than my Russian English accent. While I teaching in school teacher always teach us more English accent than “typical”Russian

С такой инструкцией можно вполне уверенно ходить по небезопасным районам )

I learned my Russian accent after watching Child 22 with Tom Hardy but when I was little I picked up the line “I must break you” which is my favorite thing to say (from Rocky when he fights the Russian dude) this video was really helpful as a visual to see the words spelled out with the changed pronunciation. This was quite accurate I’d say and very helpful!! Honestly just practicing a lot with it is the best you can do and like he said, watch and listen to Russians talking in interviews and movies. Very nice!!

I confirm. You are right.

Thank you!

I'm Russian and have something to say. You explained YE sound a bit wrong, in you variant it sound strange even for Russians... But i don't know how to explain it by text. It must be heard to understand. About KHOW, also wrong. It's the same H, but sounds a bit more rough. It doesn't sound like there's K. Though, we're writing this K before H, to ephasize this roughness. So city of Khabarovsk doesn't sound like Kabarovsk, but sound like Habarovsk with rough H.

Как я здесь оказался - не знаю, но мне было интересно, спасибо 🙂

this is very accurate ngll

very helpful, thank you!!

Привет Бро Какой же ты крутой😁😎 Произношение букв Р, В по настоящему 1000% я говорю так же Теперь я хочу говорить по английски как ты😇👍

Russian accent just sounds badass.

Probably the most common mistake when people read romanized Russian is understanding KH as two sounds. In fact, “K” is just a sign that shows how in this case you need to pronounce the sound "Н" (as hard Н). The sound K in this combination is not pronounced at all.

This actually works

Please german accent next

I was born and raised in the usa but i have lots of russian friends and i am ethnically russian and just hanging out with my friends changes my accent into a russian one. Whenever i go home it turns to a german/American accent since im also german.

Made my dnd campaign super fun ! Thanks !

Bravo! Very well done! I am not russian, but my native language is Russian and I can speak fluent English. I use to make exactly these mistakes in my english pronunsiation

Блиин, он просто раскусил нас. Он изучил нас, теперь его не вычислить, тк он стал одним из нас. Хочешь победить противника, стань им, думай, как он. ))

wow, this is pretty damn accurate. also im not sure about other russians but i pronounce ‘that, there’ as ‘dat, dere’ instead of ‘zat, zere’ XD

There was a comedian that pointed out that the Russian accent was very scary. So he learned to do it when in bad neighborhoods.

As a russian person, I agree with everything except for the letter kh - we don't say that. There's no this k-sound in it but h should be strong.

as the russian native "Ye" is not accurate.