One of the cons is solved Duolingo now teaches the alphabet

Another tip for learners is to set your mobile language to Russian. You might not understand some words and it’s a bit difficult at first, but you eventually get used to it. I feel like it boosted my reading skills a bit, and taught me so many new words. Edit: also listen to Russian music! Russian rock is amazing. One of the reading exercises that I do is read the lyrics while the music is playing.

I am fluent in Russian and I think your advices are really helpful to anyone trying to learn it. I want to give all the luck to people who are learning it because it is a difficult language. Unlike english the words change differently. For example, in English you can say Jump. Or jump over, jump under, you are not changing the word, you are adding another one to it. In russian however, you add before the word like this прыгнуть, перепрыгнуть, подпрыгнуть, запрыгнуть... plus russian has the 7 падежей (I dont know the english version of this word) and lastly Russian has a gender FOR EVERYTHING. Any "It" words still have genders. Honestly, good luck to all trying to learn it

I recently completed the Russian Duolingo tree. It took me 280 days. I tried to get the most out of it by reading the grammar discussion forums on the desktop version, as well as spending a lot of time hand writing the sentences in a notebook to help with retention. I filled an entire notebook during those 280 days. I think it provided me with a solid beginner foundation towards literacy and listening comprehension. Now I am using Lingq to improve my literacy and watching KZfaq teachers for listening practice. :) I hope to be able to do output soon, but it's still all input for now.

Your English is super good. Super helpful and organized video.

Hey Dasha =] I am at my 4th day of Duolingo and I am already really happy with my progress. My focus is to be able to write and read stuff in russian, but I am always trying to speak as well.

Maybe you know this - but the app has a Cyrillic alphabet section now that lets your learn and practice the alphabeth and the pronounciation of the letters depending on stress and soft and hard modifiers. I just started russian on duolingo. I spent the first 14 days just mastering the alphabet. I spent maybe 10mintues a day and now I am very comfortable with reading and to some degree writing in cyrrilic. I agree that it is a foundation that must be taught before trying to learn the language, but Duolingo made it fairly easy and quite fun.

Great video! Молодец, Даша! Спасибо!

Thank you for the video Dasha! Very informative.

Thank you so much for this, I was sceptical about using the app but your guidance is much appreciated 😊

Thank you Dasha, this is so helpful, especially your reference to Digital Dialects, I didn't know that existed! 🙂

This was really helpful thank you so much!!

There's been a LOT of updates to the Russian Duolingo course since you made this video. I'm enjoying it. Russian is a tier 3 language for me. I'm more focused on German, Spanish, French and Irish, at least for the moment.

I've been using Duolingo for Russian plus a few other languages. Thanks for this video👍🏻 And your Russian accent is awesome😉❤

Thank you for making this video, your English is great and this video is very helpful!

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Awesome video thanks ..

I didn’t even realize there’s such a huge difference between desktop and mobile version. I use mobile exclusively, but writing down any questions I have and then doing research on it.

Thank you very much! A very good and helpful approach! Паиехали! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

I am learning Russian the people on KZfaq and other videos are very helpful thank you for the tips 😁

Awesome! Your videos are fantastic.

thanks for this dasha, i am using books with duolingo )

Thank you for your important tips and information, which really helpful, Благодарю вас и всех вам благ

Very useful video

I agree on typing the answers, I just started learning Russian and I'm using the option where you need to type the answer, good thing it's available in both PC and mobile versions

I noticed that Sömik was in the video when it started, and had to quickly jump off the bed to operate the camera to film the video). It was a good video, I finished the Duolingo Russian course a few months ago, and agreed with everything you said about the course - the audio on Duolingo is definitely a weak point of the system.

Thank you very much💋♥️

Very good English! Keep it up

Я уже учусь по-русский 226 дней для ДуоЛинго и мне очень нравится этот Аппарат, но лучше смотреть все твой видио, Даша! Now I need you to correct my horrible grammar, and you can tell those 226 days on DuoLingo haven’t helped me learn to think or speak or order my sentences very well, but I can read and understand most everything! Спасибо большое!

Since this video came out, Duoling has changed some of its Russian courses, adding a section on the alphabet and having it be interactive and repetitive. However, some parts are a little more confusing to understand as it doesn't exactly explain why certain letter groupings would change based on circumstance at first, so when they teach it later on it's similar to relearning and re-training old habits. But it's a lot better than it was, slightly. The guidebook was a good addition, however, it is just conversations/examples, not explanations. I did take some of Duolingo's French courses to supplement the French course I am taking, and I have to say, the French courses' guidebook is a lot more in-depth and has good feedback to those who are just beginning French, or looking to practice. I think Duolingo is defiantly neglecting Russian a little bit in that aspect as well as some explanations on Russian grammar. All around I recommend speaking with someone who speaks Russian fluently and immersing yourself in the language a little through Russian literature and film while using Duolingo. It will definitely help understand how the Russian language is actually used in day-to-day life and literature/media.

I love the cat that passed by ! Melt my heart ❤️

You are awesome. ❤

Im learning Russian by using duolingo lol. Im on my 18th day. Спасибо Даша 💖

What I normally do on the app is making one gold, and then starting with the next and practicing my purple and gold skills every day twice. Im planning to expand and expand on resources to learn it. I also follow a lot of russian news to make sure that I become more proficient in the language.

“I hope you don’t mind my Russian accent.“ i’m sorry, I was too busy listening to what is the most beautiful accent on earth, sister.

I’m actually learning polish but these were some good tips. I have polish heritage and have polish acquaintances. God willing that I become fluent in polish it might make learning Russian a little easier. Thanks!

On Duo, the discussion sections were pure gold, such great knowledge offered by generous people, links to new resources, consensus on Duo mistakes, and native speakers explaining their language nuances. HOWEVER, Duo has inexplicably shut this down!, all discussions are marked as "discussion closed". It's ridiculous, it must cost them virtually nothing since the support is already developed, the old discussions are there but you can't add new questions or respond to existing ones. I was a dedicated user, 800 day streak, in the diamond league for months, completed the entire spanish course. I'm done with it, besides the numerous Duo mistakes, subjective translations (like the question writer assuming some context that you're not aware of and expecting your answer to match their thoughts), unintelligible audio (you can select a speed for a 2 yar told, or a fluent speaker, nothing in between, no way to ramp up towards fluency), but the discussion shutdown is the nail in the coffin! I'm looking elsewhere, maybe I'll pay for Rosetta. Duo was wonderful for the beginnings of spanish, but was far too frustrating after a while (and that is Dasha's conclusion about Russian). I'm just OCD about finishing things so I suffered through the rest of the Spanish course. Just my 2cents on it.

I had a 450 day streak of Duolingo Russian. I am a farmer, so stopped this summer, since I am so busy. I did it every morning for 450 days, and wrote down all the lessons in notebooks. Still, I had trouble talking to the beekeepers on my farm who speak Russian. I really liked the repetition of Duolingo. I think writing everything down helped me. But, I started feeling like I was just going through the motions, and did not understand the grammar. I look forward to studying Russian again in the winter, when my work load is lessened.

Thank you

Guys there is a game calles Pubg mobile you can play with people from all around the world including Russian and many other you just have to change the server so you can join them playing and talking with people

One thing that helped me writing russian is using an extra plug in for russian keyboard that uses the german layout so similar letters are on the same keys e.g. i=и, ü=ю, f=ф So when I type priwet with russian keyboard (german layout) it is привет instead of "зкшце" on a regular russian keyboard

I am obsessed with Belarus and the main language is Russian so this really helped me

I just want to learn Russian bcos I love the accent and want to sing their national anthem

Very informative. Do you teach Russian language?

i''ve just started the russian course and in my opinion the pronunciation is pretty easy for polish speaker also your video about it is pretty good thats why you dont have a single dislike lol

Thank you it is a pleasure to see and hear your 🌹. On the p.c we have in the end the new words that i can write down and rehearsal . In the Ipad or mobile phone it does not excised. Do you have any idea how to keep the new words ., so i can rehears them? Thank you so much

just started using the app yesterday, i live in brazil, i know portuguese and english, it looks pretty hard but i'll try

Someone tell me a app to install in mobile for Russian/English translation with voice support?

uah! your english is so good... brava! ciao ciao, paka paka, dall'Italia 🌹🇮🇹

I'm new to Russian on Duolingo. I REALLY benefit from complementing it with Memrise, and I'm planning on doing a vocab sheet and looking for KZfaq channels. Knowing the alphabet doesn't mean I can recall the meaning of what I'm reading, apparently. I can't connect what hear with what I see nor the meaning. My brain needs more help associating in ways Roman alphabet languages don't (or even Japanese, because I've listened to Japanese in context enough to have built associations).

Hi I want to ask, on IPhone, I want to change my keyboard to Russian. And there’s two choices, Russian and Russian (Phonetic) which one should I use? Or which keyboard do russians usually use

Can anyone tell me Which language keyboard to download for the Russian courses I have a Samsung galaxie. And having trouble finding the correct keyboard to download. Please help !.

I used it for a while but quit, I'll try it again.

I'm a bit confused, There is the option on learning the alpabeth in Dualingo for Russian

Can you suggest few good russian language books which are available online ?

Yea, duolingo updated the mobile version- so It has tips now… I think. So, I wanted to learn Russian, because a friend of mine left Ukraine right before the war, her dad got a job😅 well, she speaks russian better than anything else. Soooo- that’s why I wanted to do it :)

so finally you came here.

2:57 this is not true i learned the russian alphabet through duolingo and it took me just 4 days (80 mins in total)

they made the forum inactive recently which really ruins it for me

How many languages do you speak, Dasha?

As a Serb I really want to learn oue brothering nation language. I have no problems with the alphabet becase serbian and russian have the similar one.

The keypad on my phone is in the English alphabet, I am unable to answer a question using the Russian alphabet, the apt keeps telling me its the wrong answer, how do I get around this.

idk dude im at 14th day and i love that app

How do you say “attack the Ukrainian school” in Russian?

Hello :)

wait if russians speaking english with russian acent do i speak english with serbian acent?

I know Russian well, from the standpoint of a Russian learner in California. I might consider Duolingo for Ukrainian, which I have not yet studied.

How long do you think it will take me to speak at least basic ?

In Russian accent I know it because /ɹ/ become in Russian accent to /r/

(Translate to read this) хорошая работа, но я изучаю испанский в дуолинго, но спасибо, что занимаюсь русским языком, я живу в России

Hey man i just want to speak some of it doesn't have to be perfect

My opinion is that it is impossible to be fluent in Russian without living there (in Russia) for a while. The above, being valid for any language, is even more so in the case of Russian.

How can I get the desktop version?

2:57 wrong, idk how it was 2 years ago but on this version you do get to learn the alphabet

as someone between B1 & B2, I'll just say, duolingo is atrocious if it's your only tool for learning. If you use it with a bunch of other stuff, like a textbook, anki, youtube, and others, it's just barely okay. The Russian course is really lackluster compared to the spanish course. as far as I know, it's created by volunteers, duo put zero money into it, like with other languages. One of the best parts of duo, as others have said, was the discussion area on each question, where you could learn a lot of peculiarities of the language. Duo has shut this down for pretty much no reason and it's way worse now. If you want an alternative to duo, I'd recommend Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone. Both cost money, but they don't have to, if you catch my drift

Я учу Французский на Duoligno

i hope you dont mind my russian accent cat: i'm out of it...... 0:08

for my opinion is on suck, learn something throught internet, there is so many thinks that you do not know since were start the first. you need some guite. for example I started learned language throught books. My favorite book is klacc by klent it is verry useful books. than I also found some short movies like super easy russia and then yours short videa thanks to this it is good. but for me it is not god start learning language throught internet. how I said before there is so many thinks that you do not know were started first and than you gioing to do same mystake as a before. and you´ll not moving next. for me. books- and and some short movie with whoom helped to you with pronounciation or more russia word.

Than you can be slav

I think Duolingo is the worst for Learning grammar, Ive had a better time learning grammar from KZfaq, and websites. As for vocabulary its really decent. Each lesson add new words, even if its teaching a grammatical concept

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You are so cute

Mostly good advice, but in two years, Duolingo has changed their interface.

I was supposed to come to Russia this month! thanks a lot putin 😒

lmao u look like my girlfriend but in older

I recommend you guys use Busuu, Deerlingo & Duolingo they are really helpful especially Busuu. Busuu help you to construct a word and they teach word that you might use in real situation!