I think it can be simplified: consider же as an emphasizer. The core meaning of the sentence does not change when же is removed. However when же is added you add emphasis. This video was useful in showing different ways that emphasis can be added with же. Thanks for posting

Hi Fedor, I like your explanations very much. They're always helpful. I guess it's just because: ты же Федя. 😉

I'm a native Russian speaker, so it's cool to see all these explanations, as I never would've thought about it myself. Thanks

После просмотра этого видео я убедился насколько наш язык не прост :)

I feel like the word "whereas" works better than "while"

‘However’ makes more sense for me than ‘while’ for же in the contrast. I play tennis, my dad however plays hockey. She likes cats, I however like dogs. She wants ice cream, I however want cake. Fits the word order better for me. Thanks for EVERYTHING you do!!!

“The very same" "This very place" Like that

When people make memes about how wholesome people are, why don't they include Fedor?

Thank you! You are truly an incredible teacher. You really do have a gift for explaining the Russian language to the English speaker. I am very new to Russian, and when I discovered the 6 grammatical cases, I thought I would cry...UNTIL I found your videos. Your explanation of combining the preposition with the noun to make a new word with a different ending made so much sense to me. Perhaps I read that in a book, but I didn't get it until I heard you explain it. What I love the most about your channel is the cultural perspective you provide. That is something you could never get from a book. Thank you again. I think that your family must be very proud of you. Меня зовут KoralMae. Я немного Говорю по-русски.

I cannot thank you enough for your videos. You have a gift. Your teaching is so great and you truly take time in explaining all of this. Love this channel and will recommend to anyone trying to learn Russian.

It was crystal clear to me, dude. You express yourself perfectly. You make it easy to understand. Thank you very much.

6 years later, you are still helpful большое спасибо!

As this is the first Be Fluent video I've watched, I can hardly believe how easily it sunk in. Thanks so much for these lessons; I'll see how it goes with some more of your work.

Another way to translate же in sentences of confirmation is to substitute the phrase "after all". "You got 100 points?" "Yes, after all, I'm Fedya." "She forgot the bread, again?" "After all, she didn't know where it was."

это не могло быть объяснено лучше, чем ты сделал ! я иностранец и изучаю русский язык и сам знаю как использовать « ж» ну ты отлично объяснил , спасибо большое!

I didn't need this yet, but I think I understand your explanations. Good job!

Fdyor, you did a very good job explaining it. I recommend substituting "exactly" with "specifically."

Учу английский по твоим роликам. Спасибо!

Regarding the use in confirmation, I think what was hanging you up was throwing in the word "because". If you had just said it has the meaning of "of course", it would have been far easier for you, and would make complete sense. We do this in English too, when we are boasting about our own abilities, usually in a joking manner. Someone might ask me "Did you win the game last night?", and I might reply "Of course, what else did you expect?". I think this was the meaning you were trying to get across. I enjoy your videos, thank you for the help in learning your language :). PS my favourite hockey team is Sibir :)

Привет, Федор! Я очень рад встретиться с вами сегодня твои видео! Я живу во Франции и я изучаю русский в течение 2 лет. Большинство других видео на KZfaq с женщинами. Я тоже люблю их, но это не позволяет мне "записывать" голос русского мужчинам))) Еще кое-что: все учителя русского языка (и других языков), что я знаю, работают в "слуховой" (их мозг улавливает звук). Мы видим это благодаря движениям их глаз. И я работает в "визуальный" (мой мозг использует изображения)... как ты, Федор! Поэтому, когда я слышу твой отличный английский акцент, это дает мне надежду на то, чтобы иметь меня тоже день отличный русский акцент (и тоже английский!). Наконец, большое спасибо за урок. Я давно искал значение этого маленького слова "же"! До скорого!

Your teaching method is very effective. By the way, in the contrast section of this video, the word "wheras" instead of "while" would be more correct . "While" works in some examples, but in others. "Whereas" works in all and is more common. Thanks for all of your hard work.

Мороженое (an ice cream) пишется с одной буквой "н". Если написать мороженное с двумя "н", то это слово станет причастием и будет означать frozen

Much better than any explanation I've ever found in a book. Thanks, Fedor.

Thank you Fedor! Been learning for about a year and WOW am I glad to have found your channel!!!

I think 'while' in your sentence is also served in English by 'however' 'nevertheless' or 'nonetheless' (I play tennis. My daddy, however, is playing hockey.)

I've always been fascinated with the Russian language, I discovered your channel this week, I'm loving it! Keep up the good work mate!

Around 5:30, translation would be more like "After all, I am Fyedor." The sense is something like, "What do you expect? I'm Fyedor, after all." Sorry to arrive so late to the language party. You're a great teacher. I taught languages for years.

You rock Fedor! Love from Tennessee

In the first example, "meanwhile" would work while keeping the word order. "I play tennis. My dad, meanwhile, plays hockey." In another translation of the original sentence, it would be "I play tennis while my dad plays hockey." As a native english speaker it can be difficult to compose sentences in Russian without applying english grammar rules, but it can be done if you think of it like my first example.

Oh thank you, thank you so much, dude. I have been searching for a thorough explanation of this particle for weeks. Not even my friend in St. Petersburg knew how to explain this to me!!! I used this particle on an Instagram post and was afraid the usage was incorrect. This is by far the best thing I has seen in weeks!!! Once again, thank you so much!!!

I really like your videos man, keep it up!

Amazing explanation, thank you!

I found this channel and I fell in love with it immediately . Thanks for the lesson!

Love your videos! You make stuff so intuitive with all the examples !

It's easy. You're doing a good job. Спасибо!

Been looking for something like this for a long time, thanks

Yes it was hard to explain but you did a good job and now I can understand the different types of situations where you would want to use "zhe". Thanks!

Thanks for this again, your videos are quite useful ! I guess we also need a lot of practice in order to handle it !

Thank you for this video and all the rest also! They are so helpful! I am taking notes and writing your sentences as you go.

Thank you! I'm so happy I came across your videos, they are very helpful and I like the way you teach!

Fedor you are amazing.

Finally, someone who can explain the nuances of this particle. Thank you, Fedya!

Thanks so much! Very helpful!

Your a great instructor! Thank you very much!

Thank you for helping us, you made it so clear ♥️

Yes, I really enjoyed your explanation. Thank you.

Thank you! Great channel.

You are amazing I unerstanded it just from you Now i know how to use it Thank you very much❤️

Omg original Fedor! Who’s here in November 2021? I like how he’s slower speaking for learning and writing on camera, I’m still struggling to learn 4 years later lol

Очень полезный канал! Я только что нашёл его. Я обязательно посмотрю ваши другие клипы! Спасибо Фёдор!

Спасибо большое Федя! Ты помогал мне много, очень полезное видео 😁

you are good! I am gonna share your channel to as many (preparatory) students as I can.

Very good job!! Thank you.

Most helpful video about "же" for me. Thank you so much!!

Awesome video. Much needed. I understand же a lot more now! I think a good explanation of же is - its an enforcer of the sentence. It enforces nouns and verbs!

Thanks a lot Fedor! I'm from Spain and I started to learn Russian a month ago. Your videos do not only help me a lot, but also keep my motivation up! Thanks for your time and effort into making these videos. спасибо за всe!

THANK YOU I’ve been confused by this for so long

Good explaining even for me who have started to learn Russian literally two days ago. You gave very logical explanation

This was a great video, Feodor! I think a great way to internalize this would be a 'quiz' where you provide several examples and the viewer has to determine which usage of 'zhe' is intended.

This is so helpful! Thank yoi!

You taught me things which no techer in Language school ever did...Hope your channel cross Million of subscribers. 😌✌🏻💪🏻

Great video as usual. For the 'happens quickly' we would translate it as 'very' - so 'on the very first night' or 'at that very moment'

Very well brought out and explained. This video helped a lot with understanding this unique Russian word. Огромное спасибо!

every time you say "while" in this in the first part -- I am thinking "but" would be more appropriate, just from the context of the examples. :) thanks for all the lovely videos. I'm going through them as part of my efforts to learn at least some basic Russian.

Big thanks from Sweden! Спасибо

i like your explainations... keep it up!!!

Fantastic explanation! Thank you!

thank you, I find your explanations so inspiring! I have a long way to go, find the language super difficult, but I will keep on working. I'm from the Netherlands and fell in love with Siberia, have been several times in your city. Great place, and better with every word in Russian I can understand/speak.

That was really well explained, thank you!

Excellent. Well explained. It’s now remembering it! Thank you

Классное объяснение, спасибо!

Здорово мастер Федор! во-первых, спасибо большое не только за это видео, а также за все другие потрясающие видео ты снял! Между прочим я бы был тебе очень благодарным, если ты снимешь видео про частицу " ведь". Спасибо заранее, я посоветую твой канал всем своим однокурсникам !!

Всё понятно (как всегда)! Мне очень нравится, когда же тебе нужно немного думать, до этого, как отъясняешь что-то дальше. Значит, ты отличный преподаватель. Большое спасибо ещё раз за великолепный урок!

very easy to understand, thank you

Поражаюсь тому, как ты все это объясняешь на английском!) Красаучег 👍

You narrate and teach clearly , thanks thanks thanksss !

Makes perfect sense to me. Спасибо.

One can tell you love teaching, putting so much emphasis and soul trying to explain such a little and tricky word...

I’m very happy with your effort…… now it makes more sense to me

EXCELLENT EXPLANATIONS !!!!!

From serbian point of view it's perfectly clear :)

Важная тема и позитивное видео. Молодец!

I like them too. You are very expressive. I just saw the last entry and I need to go back and see the video on cases. I'm struggling... but I'm determined. Thanks again.

great explanation. Like you, I have never thought about this particle, but it is really difficult to explain what is it to others))))

thanks so much for that explanation you are the best russian teatcher i have ever seen

It might also translate to "very" as in "at that very moment..."

Thank You Fedor Shirin. I Read Very Little Russian. Thanks To Your Dedication to Teaching Russian...my reading is better.

You are phenomenal! I like your lessens. Greatings from Austria!

Excellent video. For these things u need time and lots of reading and listening. By time it all clears up.

I understand, thank you!!! Now I can understand the texts that I have been reading lately )

Well done! I have tried many different videos and from you I learn best, because you make it clear and logical.I am an American who married a Russian, and have lived in Sevastopol for nine years, but I have to go away to work for five or six months at a time, and forget what I learned. I have trouble understanding what I hear, and it takes a long time for my mind to put together the context and recognize words I know. Your videos help much. You have a talent for teaching.

you are the best thank you

You are a great teacher for beginners!

Thank you mate. Your vids are super helpful and sort of help me build the confidence to move to Moscow to continue my education.

I am learning a lot with this videos on my first time watching. You are very humble and down earth to be so young, I was going to hire a privet teacher, for Russian but I think I found it!!! Very nice Job!!! paka paka

Great explanation!

New subscriber here. Thanks for your video, it's helping much!!

Thank you fyodor, your videos were very helpful for me! Greetings from Turkey ;)

Your English has gotten very good. You are a smart man.

Perfect lesson !!!!! Spasiba!