How To Pronounce the Names of Russian Classical Authors?

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In this video I will "teach" how to pronounce the names of Russian classical writers correctly.
Writers mentioned-
1. Leo Tolstoy
2. Fyodor Dostoevsky
3. Alexander Pushkin
4. Anton Chekhov
5. Ivan Turgenev
6. Mikhail Bulgakov
7. Nikolai Gogol
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Пікірлер: 76

@bellmacdonald598 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. I'd really love if you did more Russian literature based videos!

@marcio7021 6 жыл бұрын

Your video helped me a lot. Almost nobody knows how to pronounce Russian names in Brazil.

@mchobbit2951 6 жыл бұрын

I don't know if this is true but I heard several times that Lev Tolstoy agreed to the translation of Leo in English speaking and European country because it would get the meaning of "Lion" across to people. So it's not so much about Lev being hard to understand, but people in other countries not getting that it means lion.

@swvincent 8 жыл бұрын

Another helpful video - Dostoevsky always trips me up. Thanks!

@RiaLamoreaux 8 жыл бұрын

Haha) I am glad this video helped!

@AlexMagma 3 жыл бұрын

loved the energy, thanks for the info

@youngyining 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video, thank you so much! Warm greetings from Portugal!

@carbonetti 7 жыл бұрын

This was useful! thank you!

@bookhunterrr3973 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! I just recently got into Russian Lit and would love to pronounce the names properly. Subbing

@LiteraryGladiators 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I must admit that I got some of these incorrectly as well on the first go around. I enjoy the work of Chekhov and plan to read work by Bulgakov, so it is nice to know how their names are truly pronounced. It is going to take me time and the ability to explain the truth to most people that the "k" is silent in Chekhov's name. -Josh

@RiaLamoreaux 9 жыл бұрын

Haha) I'm glad that my video was helpful! I'm sure you will like works of Bulgakov!

@craigsellar767 6 жыл бұрын

Thought I'd butt-in here rather late on as a note for other non-Russian speakers. I'm not Russian but I've been teaching myself the language and what I've found is the 'kh' in English transliterations is the standard method to attempt an approximation (albeit poor) to the Russian letter X, which is pronounced more like 'ha' but with a sort of roughness. I'm Scottish, so I can produce the sound quite easily since it's very similar to the sound we make pronouncing 'loch'. So whenever you see 'kh' in a transliterated Russian name or something, just remember to say it more like 'ha', but almost like you're yawning at the same time. Unfortunately, I can't roll an r to save myself. :(

@anaghagarudangiri3025 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! It actually helped me win an argument. Haha. Big love from India!

@RiaLamoreaux 8 жыл бұрын

I am super happy this video helped!!

@dimaslusarchuk6824 9 жыл бұрын

Beautiful English :) I've lived in Canada for 6 years and your English is better than mine :P

@RiaLamoreaux 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! That means a lot to me:)

@HeatherNoone 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!! I needed to hear a real person pronouncing the name. I just wish you would slow it down just a bit because it actually is hard to pronounce these names without having heard these names enough.

@RiaLamoreaux 6 жыл бұрын

thank you! i am sorry for saying it so fast!

@AriaSuperBass 3 жыл бұрын

Great! Thank you!

@kingcarterswisdom4103 4 жыл бұрын

😍😍 thank you ..beautiful and very helpful

@PULCINHO 4 жыл бұрын

Good job! Could you please explain how to pronounce Solzenicyn and where the accent falls in Goncarov and Oblomov? Thanks!!

@AndreiBerezin 4 жыл бұрын

sol-je-NEET-syn J like in leisure, pleasure. Y is a sound between U and I, smth like ui. gon-cha-ROF ob-LOM-of In 'ob' the o is reduced, it sounds more like AblOmof

@kiko2695 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@mikejohnson2173 6 жыл бұрын

Loved the video. I'm actually trying to learn some Russian so it helped. You can please 'slow down' or repeat the russian names a 2nd time, as it helps english speakers hear correctly. Otherwise great!

@abraham2217 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Dont like it when people start modifing original pronunciations

@hzg4013 4 жыл бұрын

fantastic!

@miguelmateus5258 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@karlapahchan02 9 жыл бұрын

My favorite Russian author is Lermantov

@RiaLamoreaux 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I really like him too,don't know why I forgot to mention him though:(

@lauterunvollkommenheit4344 2 жыл бұрын

Not many languages have the Russian "x" sound. So they approximate Chekhov either as Chehov or Chekov. Just like Russian approximates the English soft "h" sound either as "x" (хоррор) or "г" (гамбургер).

@thomasklugh4345 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just beginning "Fathers And Sons" by Ivan Turgenev, and "Taras Bulba" by Nikolai Gogol. Can you tell me, please, why I sometimes see "Bulba" with an apostrophy in it? Kinda like "Bul'ba", I think. Thanks. .

@kevinbergin9971 4 жыл бұрын

I came to this sight for Turgenev. If you are closed captioning it and speeding through this video they don't even come close to spelling it right. So he starts at (2:45).

@oceaga 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Greetings from 🇧🇷

@QuinlanLJ 9 жыл бұрын

I never got why Russians say the "-ov" part as "-off". It was always weird to me. Or is it just how it sounds like when they try to pronounce o and v together? Because in Slovenian we say the last part as -ou.

@RiaLamoreaux 9 жыл бұрын

Normally we don't pronounce the 'v' sound at the end of a word as 'v'. it's just the way we speak:)

@Nicky.Slunsky 4 жыл бұрын

Close enough... But I'm a Slav so that makes it a lot easier. :)

@sportsaddict5435 8 жыл бұрын

Could you do a Russian nickname video like for the names you've listed?

@RiaLamoreaux 8 жыл бұрын

You mean shorter ways the names are pronounced? Or what? I don't think I understand you correctly:(

@sportsaddict5435 8 жыл бұрын

Do any of the names listed in this video have nicknames? like for instance I know the nickname for Ivan is Vanya, so do the other's have nicknames too? Sorry if I'm confusing you I'm starting to confuse myself now

@RiaLamoreaux 8 жыл бұрын

I get it now! Haha) I'll definitely try to do that:) thanks for the suggestion!

@toagne85 8 жыл бұрын

great video! I was told by a friend of mine from Ukraine that Gogol could also be read in the ukrainian way, sounding much like "HOHOL".

@RiaLamoreaux 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you:) I didn't know that! That is really cool!

@IvanZanolla 4 жыл бұрын

I surfed all the Internet to find the correct way to say my name!

@ROGERWDARCY 8 жыл бұрын

How do you pronounce Roger Dobs

@RiaLamoreaux 8 жыл бұрын

Ro-j( the first sound like in a word "Jack") - er D-o-b-s

@24sahib 7 жыл бұрын

That was really helpful but it would be more helpful if you could put the spellings of these names on the screen :-)

@RiaLamoreaux 7 жыл бұрын

There is a list in the description bar and now I do put the names on the screen. You can watch my other videos like this to see:)

@vishnuvardhan7113 7 жыл бұрын

Vladimir Nabokov? Where is the stress put in the second name?

@RexyCraxy 6 жыл бұрын

Vishnu Vardhan nabOkov

@santiagoaguirre3862 3 жыл бұрын

How do you pronounce "Yevgeny Zamyatin"? (I hope I spelled his name right)

@RiaLamoreaux 3 жыл бұрын

Its yev-GE-niy za-MYA-teen :)

@neestovekin8251 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! If more non-russian people got pronunciations of common names correct, it would be such a relief. instead of spreading 'misinformation' (well, mispronunciations) further..

@RiaLamoreaux 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@nathanbulgacov 8 жыл бұрын

nice video

@RiaLamoreaux 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@nathanbulgacov 8 жыл бұрын

+Dasha Mayon have seen my surname?

@RiaLamoreaux 8 жыл бұрын

Yup:) you like Bulgakov?)

@nathanbulgacov 8 жыл бұрын

+Dasha Mayon Yes, Mikhail Bulgakov was my great grandfather's cousin

@ivangu842 7 жыл бұрын

A Serb here with the name Ivan and Americans can never seem pronounce it right.

@mahmcorrea 6 жыл бұрын

how about nikolaevich?

@leeleecassidy7175 3 жыл бұрын

Nee-ko-laa-ye-vich

@anthonyrotsa2869 8 жыл бұрын

hi, how do you pronounce the name DZHOKHAR please???

@RiaLamoreaux 8 жыл бұрын

It would be something like Jo- har, I suppose:)

@anthonyrotsa2869 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@strangersy93 9 жыл бұрын

I would like to see you speaking English with Russian Accent :) Can you do that ? :)

@RiaLamoreaux 9 жыл бұрын

Isn't my English already with a Russian accent?:))

@strangersy93 9 жыл бұрын

Yes maybe but if search for Fpsrussia you will know what i'm looking for :p thick broken accent ^^

@RiaLamoreaux 9 жыл бұрын

Oh, I understand now:) maybe I'll try to do that in some video:D

@strangersy93 9 жыл бұрын

Hahah ok thanks :D

@Mama-gs2bh 8 жыл бұрын

IS THAT FUCKING SHIZUO?!

@RiaLamoreaux 8 жыл бұрын

YUP!

@Mama-gs2bh 8 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!!

@dimaslusarchuk6824 9 жыл бұрын

you should teach them Ukrainian :P if not I could help haha

@RiaLamoreaux 9 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I don't know Ukrainian:(

@kingcarterswisdom4103 4 жыл бұрын

😍😍 thank you ..beautiful and very helpful

@RiaLamoreaux 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!