Get the Balance Right!

And also, one helps learn and above all remember the other.

What kind of vocabulary did you focus on?

Did you learn conjugation?

@@user-ne9rx8xi9y finding the balance isn't hard at all. But vocabulary is very important to start with. You can learn all the grammar and if you don't know enough vocabulary, you won't be able to express yourself. But then, if you know a lot of vocabulary to begin with, you will be able to express yourself to some extent, and then, the satisfaction that comes with that ability will motivate you to learn the grammar, so that you can fine tune your communication skills. Summarily... If you over-focus on grammar in the begining... you'll get frustrated. But there's no such thing as over-focusing on vocabulary (early in language learning).

I agree.

So true. You have to be a dedicated SOLDIER, and hungry to connect to the culture!

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nice!! if you want more practice in russian hmu :D

Really cool!

where do you talk with nattives

he doesn't speak Polish at all(apart from basic greetings). Watch his video when he entered Poland from Ukraine

@@danieln9226 does he not? was he being sarcastic? i thought he said he did.

It's even weirder for an Anglo-Saxon to try to speak Russian without enough time learning grammar. At least for us ( I am Greek as well) who have similar grammar as the Russians vocabulary spending makes more sense.

Unrelated, but isn't it annoying having to cycle between 3 differeret keyboards depending on the language you wanna speak lol.

@@ThomasNoname yes, it is. Especially when you press Shift and Alt and the keyboard didn't switch to the alphabet you desired to use. I have written small texts in English with Cyrillic alphabet. You can wonder how it looked like

все так

@@ThomasNoname As also someone who is Greek and learning Russian, let me tell you what's the most annoying: you write your password and press login but oh no error! you try again but slower to make sure you hit the right keys. but oh no! error...! you start going into panic mode. did I have a different password for this site? did I get hacked? and then you realize... You had the Greek keyboard activated x)

How did you cope with ending lettters?

I wouldn't trust a Westener who learned Russian in my company. Russian know English and Russian as well as the cultural references. But hey, everybody needs a hobby so I don't judge товарищ.

@@captainchaoscow Luckily I doubt we'll meet so it shouldn't be a problem.

@@trevorchase3804 Hey Travor, I like your chil. Are you by chance a passport bro? Can you speak your mind about the murderous war? I know you have "friends" in Moscow and so on - but every self respecting Russian knows Westeners like you - and know what kind of a person you are. And all those Westeners end up in the end back in the West. We will never meet but there is a ton like you in my West European big city home town. And we will ask questions - where have they been and what have they done. Like all the white girls helping poor Africans children for 3 months some years ago. Such a fun experience. 🙂

@@captainchaoscow Could you ask a more narrow question, perhaps?

​@@captainchaoscowWhat are you saying here? I'm genuinely curious.

I remember the time when I was learning English. I focused on grammar only and after a year of studying I realized that i couldn't chat in English at all!

Yeah and at the same time, I don't think it's his goal to fully learn Russian. That's why I doubt that even if he was presented with full time free Russian classes, he would accept it because he for sure would prefer to spend his time living other experiences than master a language (not just Russian, I don't think he is interested in mastering any other language) his only goal is to live experiences that's all and the level he gets with such experience is enough for him to live them.

I think Bald is an amazing communicator, but you’re right - the B2 level exams are for much more advanced students.

Who cares about exams as long as you can communicate. Speaking perfectly is an abolute waste of time if you don't need it. Better learn other languages too instead of wasting time polishing your skills.

I love this comment. You're right and so is B&B. Here's another thing I don't understand. Almost every single native Russian speaker who's learning English tells me that they want to speak like a native. I ask them WhY?? A part of the beauty of speaking a second language is that you DON"T speak it perfectly. It is a huge positive that makes people want to engage with you and ask you where your from and how long you've been studying the language, so on and so on. I encourage my Russian speaking friends NOT to try to talk exactly like an American or Englishmen (which they never can get the english accent). It makes them special and more attractive to others. At least that's my opinion anyway.

Оцени уровень русского языка у иностранцев на канале: "Шекспир плачет".

Согласен! одна маленькая ошибка - "толЬко" пишется с мягким знаком.

great comment

I feel like the case of Bald is still different though. There is still a difference between speaking a language not 100% grammatically clean and correct as a native or near native speaker and as someone learning it later in life as a non-native. Often how correct or clean your speak a certain language relates to your economic and social position and the environment you grow up in. Standardized languages are artifical constructs. If you're more used to speaking dialect X rather than the neat, "correct" official language, there is still a more systematic logic to the way you speak because it is likely just as common in a particular region geographically or socially. If you have been speaking English for 42 years and still make grammar mistakes, I am fairly sure that comparatively your English will be better than Bald's Russian and that you are likely overestimating how bad your English really is. I went to university, have had high education and generally speak my native language pretty cleanly, whereas people with a lower education make more grammar mistakes. But they are still native speakers. The mistakes they make in grammar are mostly different from the mistakes Bald or a foreign learner would make. Once your knowledge of Russian grammar really improves it really becomes quite obvious that Bald's Russian sounds more impressive than it really is and it's easier to poke through. It's all perfectly fine to get by if you are travelling. But if I were to move to a country long term or work in a professional environment, people might not be too happy with a near-principal refusal to study and improve grammar deliberately. It's a strict necessity if you have to write a lot even (not that my written Russian is that good).

I have a question for you. When you find Russian speakers, does it require that he knows English well so that he can explain? For example, I do not understand and speak English well, I thought I would try to find a Russian language learner and talk to him 50-50 in Russian and English. But it confuses my level and that it will be difficult. Plus I couldn't explain Russian grammar to a foreigner

No, for a conversation partner, they don't need to speak English well. It's helpful for me to just have a conversation in Russian, even with mistakes. And there's always Yandex/Google Translate if we run into a wall. One of my best conversation partners was such a beginner that she could only speak English for 10 minutes before getting mentally exhausted. But I was the same in Russian, so it worked out.

@@jaytheexplorer9016 Thank you very much! Mentally exhausted is a good definition for me when I was trying to chat with a friend in English. He knows English better than me. But when we talked in English for about an hour, almost without switching to Russian, my brain was very tired all day.