Him: move your tongue backwards Me: Starts making demonic noises

What he said: if it's almost imposible, don't stress about it, just say "и" instead of "ы" What I got: if it's almost imposible, don't stress about it, just say "i" instead of "i"

То чувство, когда просто стало интересно, как иностранцы изучают русский язык)

This is something we can never learn from the textbooks and your teaching skill is awesome! Russian language is completely different from my mother tongue, but as you said, I will practice, practice and practice! Your viewers appreciate much more than you think! 😘😘😘 Thank you so much. ❤❤❤

Oh, so that's the difference between the "ы" sound and the "и" sound... I could notice they were kinda different, but had no clue how xD

When you already have ы sound in your language and you watch English people struggling

Thanks for this! I just started learning Russian and your demonstration of how to do Ы was really so helpful. Nobody has explained it that well! Thanks again!

after watching alot of video and stress myself regarding this letter finally i watched ur video that helped me to understand its ok if i just say и, tnx so much for ur video that made this really easy for me , i love ur videos pls keep continue...

I've been trying to learn Russian for about a week now and i just found your videos, Ы was really confusing because i couldn't find a good description on the sound anywhere, i ended up pronouncing it like "ooee" this really helped me. I find you're videos really entertaining and informative, thank you for making them.

This series has been great! Thanks again Fedor!

I've been told by a Russian that my Ы pronunciation is perfect in the pronouns Мы and Вы, but I still need to work on pronouncing Ты.

to me it looks like ы is kind of like saying "ew" while the lips are at "ee" position.

Thank you so much in explaining these two sounds! And you demonstrate it so well! Definitely a gold-mine when learning the pronunciations!😃👍

I truly appreciate when you add in not to super stress if pronunciation is a bit off because we can still be understood. Makes me less anxious lol

Omg! What a wonderful way to explain it!!.....I had been trying to say it 4 so long n had given up.....Thanks a ton Fedor!! 👏👏👏👏👏.....I must say u r the best teacher on the you tube.

I just started diving into the Russian language and I just want to say Большое спасибо!!!!!!! I really appreciate the way you have broken down some of the hardest things for me to pick up. I think the alphabet is primary to learn rather than just diving into different words and translations.

Very simple explanation! Thank you!

Thanks, great video. Love how simple you made it. And said it is okay to use both.

Thank you so much! I was tying ro find a channel like yours... this lesson was what I've been looking for all these months now ы wont be a problem. 👍🙌

Dude! I love your energy and explanation; спасибо!

いろんな先生の説明を見てきたけど、過去最高にわかりやすい！！

Больше спасибо тебе за помощь! One of the most helpful video for my learning Russian :) l love your videos. Keep going!

Отличное объяснение. Спасибо!

You are a fantastic teacher. Best language teacher on YT.

Спасибо Fedor... your videos are awesome!

2:13 You said English, but I think you meant Russian '~'

Very clear explanation and I like the pace so I'll try more of your videos. I'm a beginner and from Ireland, BTW.

This is easily the best explanation of the difference between these two letters that I've come across yet and also the easiest explanation about how to actually physically make the two sounds and what is different. Thanks! -an american who has found it nearly impossible to say ы

thanks!! im learning russian with michel thomas course and this really helps because the manual for the letters is a bit boring. i wish i had someone to practise with

I love the way you explain it, I got it now!

Best explanation on KZfaq. Thank you so much, now I can make that sound.

Thank you so much for this video in particular!!!

I started my exploration of Russian by learning the alphabet and trying to learn how to pronounce them all. Now it's been more than a year and I'm making another attempt at и and ы. Some days I'm just resigned to always having a spectacularly bad accent in Russian. Some days, like today, I think maybe I'll get there. I always enjoy your videos, Fedor. Your kind and friendly manner make learning the language seem more approachable. Thank you.

Спасибо! 😃 Helped me a lot! 👍

After many videos, it's the first time I get it. Thanks!

Bless you - I believe I got somewhat closer to the right pronounciation. Simple and to the point. Thank you! (:

wow, your explanation how to pronounce ы is the best ever! спасибо большое из Японии ))

Very helpful, thanks! :)

thanks for your videos! my parents come from russia but I was born and raised in Germany. I'm 22 years old and only now starting to learn Russian properly. your videos help me immensely :)

That was actually pretty helpful, thanks! Спасибо из Бразилии

Finnaly i can speak that haha you explain very well. The one that are hard to me say, 'cause the rest are very similiar with my native language (Brazilian Portuguese)

I don't even know how many videos I've watched to try to learn how to pronounce "ы" and this one was BY FAR the clearest, most simplest method of doing it. And probably the shortest lesson too. Really enjoying this channel, thank you.

You are an excellent instructor! How simple! Just moving the tongue back to create the correct sound for ы.

I am a brazilian who is learning russian and your video helped me a lot! Спасибо!

Very helpful!

Omg, thank you so much for the tongue tip, I can say ы properly now!!! :D

hey fidor this is super helpful. the hardest one for me is still to make this from after "T" sound like in ты but I will keep practice!

Omg, TYSM!!!! you are my hero! :D

Muchas Gracias , me has ayudado con esto 👌

Muy buen tip, большое спасибо

Thank you. Спасибо

My Russian professor would stick a pencil in my mouth (horizontally so it acted like a horses bit) and make me bite down when trying to say Ы if I mispronounced the sound and it truly helped. I can say both sounds correctly. It makes keeping your tongue in the back of your mouth VERY easy

This is a godsend thank you

спасибо большой !

Бопьшое спасибо!

I'm studying Russian and I found the letter Ы very easy to pronounce, as I'm Brazilian, this sound already exists in Portuguese, as in the word "tia", pronounced in Russian as "тыя".

My Russian tutor said that Ы is like И if you've just been punched in the stomach and left badly winded. That sort of helped, weirdly! This video also helped a lot, thanks! :-)

Sounds И and Ы are like, it's true. However, there are words that can cause confusion. For example, мишка (name or little bear) and мышка (little mouse).

Most non Slavics don’t know that ъi is comprised of ъ i. ъ=u like in uncle/sun and i=и like E in he. It’s more of a diphthong than a actual letter. So, start by saying u like in ummmm and transition to i (E) like he. Practice until you have it fast enough to, and there you go, ъi=ы

Спасибо !

Спасибо , I'm so proud I wrote in manually this time thank you

I know I'm some four and a half years late to seeing and commenting on this video. And you did a great job of explaining and demonstrating how to pronounce the "bl" sound. I'm just a beginner, mind you, but it seems to me that, in differentiating between the two sounds, the bl is very much like the "i" in the English word "is". Isn't it? Did I not just produce the sound in those three consecutive words? I'm not saying it's exactly right, but am I really close to what it sounds like?

I just realized that russian from the speech is super similar to Polish

Thank you, I have been trying to do this sound for 4 yrs.

Had to go back to the basics! Thanks for being such a great teacher! The examples you gave really helped ! xx

I like💕 the prononciation of the sound / Ы / in Russian words even though it wasn't easy for me to spell them like a native, but I'm trying to 👈

Прекрасный совет! Столкнулась с тем, что будущего родственника надо учить русскому языку. И собираю информацию, как это сделать эффективнее.

Being fluent in French really helps with this one

For ы, what should the vertical position of the front and middle of tongue be as it’s pulled back?

as a swede this is much easier as we don't say the letter "y" as "why", we say it as Ы

Why does ы sound like 2 vowels in some words? For example, in мы, it always sounds like mui to me, but when ы is in the middle (or end) of longer words, its like the sound you make when you just pronounce the letter itself.

I have download 97 videos :) thanks a bunch

It's like saying 'yee' without the 'y'. E and ee.

Perché hai messo dei sottotitoli in italiano?

I have had problems saying that letter for YEARS.

are there consequentes if you write an A instead of an O? are there many words that if i write them like i say that there wil stand something els? ty

I usually say it really fast as sounding like the mix of the letter (no russian keyboard) oo (y) and the letter i (backwards N). *ooee* does that work?

Привет Фёдор! Thanks for your great videos. They are helpful. May be и is related to "i" and ы is related to ъ"i". и ы у seemed related, tongue-wise. For example, ти ты ту, ти ту ты ... It will be helpful if you could produce a video on "How to figure out unstressed o and stressed o in Russian Language" as they are distinctive different, sound-wise. I have yet to see a video on this. May be it is too challenging a task. May be there is hardly a logic to it. My initial findings are: 1. majority of adverbs with "o" as last letter is pronounced as unstressed o such as важно. Exception are смешнO, хорошO ... 2. many "o" after "п" appeared unstressed such as поэт, по-русски, пойди, поезжай Exception are пOсле, пOчта, пOмните, ... 3. many "o" after "р" appeared stressed such as хорOшая книга, в некоторOм царстве, ... Exception are гOрод, ... 4. some "o" after "д" appeared stressed such as дOброе утро, дOбрый день, ... Exception are добрO пожаловать, домOй ... 5. some "o" after "к" appeared stressed such as молокO, шкOла Exception are комOд, ... 6. some "o" after "ск" appeared stressed such as скOлько ... 7. some "o" after "кр" appeared stressed such as открOйте ... ... I may be wrong, your expertise is required ! Thanks

You are so cute ! Falling in love 🥰

you have a beautiful hair color ❤

I will say this was a bit weird, but man it was helpful.

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И sound is like the sound ee in Feet Ы sound is like the sound i in Sir this is just my opinion... correct me if i'm wrong

I would say, you don't need to practice letter Ы by itself, it's better to concentrate on combinations of letters like пы, ты, сы ры etc. Just because we don't have any words starting with ы.

So Can we say that и is the same as the letter I in english?? Please I want to know

The thing I stuggle with is when and why.

А почему некоторые говорят, что у них типа вообще нет этого звука. Хотя частично же они произносят, допустим sit, bit. Да не так твердо и жестко, но звук же есть.

For some reason, I find it relatively easy to pronounce Мы, вы, and ды, but ты and цы are more difficult to pronounce.

Иногда употребляя строго букву И можно совсем поменять значение слова. За место Мыло сказать Мило. Где Мило? Это Мило?

does anybody know a good resource for Russian from German?

i heared what this sound "ы" have historcial origin from long "u","oo" :>

wow it works :)

i dont get it, when i say ты, i say it with an e, like tea, but with вы, it pronounces same as you say int his video? what about ты?

Ы: Tounge: "U" Lips: "i"

It's pretty simple for me

Gracias infinitas... I will practice, a lot :'v

проще всего объяснить, что в английском слове WE тот же звук Ы. То есть проще сказать букву Ы после буквы У

It sounds closest to schwa sound to me, why is it compared to i and the vowel in “is” and written as y?

It’s like yellow and fluo yellow

I wana know with an amarican acsent souns like to russian people when speaking Russian.