Russian Minimal Pairs - Hard and Soft Consonants (Russian Soft Sign)

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This video is all about Russian minimal pairs. We´ll be learning to distinguish hard and soft consonants by ear. And by soft in this case, I mean consonants with the soft sign after them. Russian soft sign doesn’t have a sound of its own but it changes how the preceding consonant sounds. And this change may completely change the meaning of the word. It´s crucial that you learn to hear the difference between the Russian hard and soft consonants (formed by adding a soft sign after it) in order to understand Russian speakers.
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@BoostYourRussian 5 жыл бұрын

HOW DID IT GO? HOW MANY WORDS DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY? :)

@maccaj6565 5 жыл бұрын

Right now I can only reliably hear the difference between т -ть and л-ль, but I guess that's better than none! Minimal pairs in Irish give me similar trouble, but it is much harder to find minimal pairs recordings in Irish than in Russian so I'm determined to do better in Russian. Спасибо!

@BoostYourRussian 5 жыл бұрын

You can find audio exercises on minimal pairs for almost all difficult Russian sounds on my website (the link is in the description). Good luck!

@SusanaCarbajales 3 жыл бұрын

1 I wanna cry

@maraj8215 3 жыл бұрын

These exercises are great to improve your listening skills, but personally I think it'd be even better if you included after the practice a record of the pronunciation of both words of each pair just to differentiate better the sound. I guessed more than half correctly! but I coudn't help looking up the meaning of most words in a dictionary. I know it's not the purpose of the exercise but I can't just learn to pronunciate a word without knowing its meaning. Just a personal opinion Thank you for this video!!

@BoostYourRussian 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your feedback, Mara!

@diordna7 10 ай бұрын

I was going to make this comment, but better to upvote this one. This is a good lesson, but would be really excellent if we could hear the other word after the reveal. Even better, if for the *first* few exercises, we could hear both, then have to guess which order they were in. Thanks for this video!

@Macvriendin 4 жыл бұрын

Yeeey! Exept one, all of them! You tought me how to distinguish them from each other! 👍

@BoostYourRussian 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, excellent result, Monique!

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@jeffrachelburkhalter3783 Жыл бұрын

I listened to this a while back and I was useless but today I got the majority correct. I'm so happy. Praise the Lord!

@BoostYourRussian Жыл бұрын

Yay! Happy for your progress!

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@jeffrachelburkhalter3783 Жыл бұрын

@@BoostYourRussian Thank you. 🙂

@357QueenBee 4 жыл бұрын

It would be great to have both words pronounced to be able to tell the difference. I did quite good though.

@robertjenkins6132 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's like she skipped the Lesson and went straight to the Test :(

@alexflores5832 3 ай бұрын

She did though? Lmaoooo

@GeorgiosMichalopoulos Жыл бұрын

fantastic, thank you!

@lichewitz8905 4 жыл бұрын

This video was extremely useful, thanks

@BoostYourRussian 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Happy to help :)

@3SeveredHeads 3 жыл бұрын

Harder than expected as I’ve normally a good ear!! Lol need to do lots of listening to this video 😋

@BoostYourRussian 3 жыл бұрын

It takes time to learn to recognize hard vs. soft sounds!

@3SeveredHeads 3 жыл бұрын

@@BoostYourRussian really appreciate all your videos & hard work you must do. Would you consider doing the alphabet on repeat...just the sounds...said about 5 times in a row with no explanation or anything else?? Understand if u cant 😬🤟🏼

@pauli3d9472 Жыл бұрын

I only got a few correct. Some I could hear the hardness others not so much. side by side reading them after going through them all would be cool Thanks for all your work.

@clintonwatkins1070 3 жыл бұрын

Several others have said this, but I believe that this would have been more informative had you pronounced them both. Do you have a video in which you do that? This particular video was a bit disappointing, but overall, I learn well from your channel.

@BoostYourRussian 3 жыл бұрын

No, I don´t have another video on this minimal pair

@ortgiesen 5 жыл бұрын

100% correct!

@BoostYourRussian 5 жыл бұрын

Good for you!

@billybetts936 3 жыл бұрын

could not make any difference out. Please say it slowly particularly where it sounds different. Thank you.

@zulkiflijamil4033 5 жыл бұрын

I have many mistakes. This i admit is still my weakness. But i must not give up. Perhaps i need more listening practice and more pronunciation practice.

@BoostYourRussian 5 жыл бұрын

I´m sure you´ll get better at this over time!

@genshiyami 4 жыл бұрын

I can tell the difference between н, нь and т, ть and surprisingly could hear рь. Но мне сложно слышать Л/ЛЬ.

@russellcurtis6334 4 жыл бұрын

Here are the “problem words” in Russian, where the way it is spelt is *not* the way it is pronounced. Because I couldn’t find this list anywhere else, I decided to put it together myself. I hope it’s helpful. *Silent consonants:* здра́в̷ствуйте ~ hello чу́в̷ство ~ feeling звёзд̷ный ~ starry ланд̷ша́фт ~ landscape по́зд̷но ~ late пра́зд̷ник ~ festival се́рд̷це ~ heart со́л̷нце ~ sun гру́ст̷ный ~ sad изве́ст̷ный ~ well known ле́ст̷ный ~ flattering ме́ст̷ный ~ local окре́ст̷ность ~ vicinity ча́ст̷ный ~ private счаст̷ли́вый ~ happy *Where ч sounds like ш :* чⷲто ~ what?, that чⷲто́бы ~ in order to коне́чⷲно ~ of course наро́чⷲно ~ on purpose оче́чⷲник ~ spectacle case пра́чечⷲная ~ laundry ску́чⷲно ~ boring яи́чⷲница ~ fried eggs Ильи́ничⷲна ~ Ilinichna Са́ввичⷲна ~ Savvichna Ники́тичⷲна ~ Nikitichna бу́лочⷲная ~ bakery моло́чⷲная ~ dairy *Where г sounds like х :* лёгⷯкий ~ light, easy ле́гⷯче ~ easier мя́гⷯкий ~ soft мя́гⷯче ~ softer бухгⷯа́лтер ~ book keeper Богⷯ ~ God (only in the nominative) *Where г sounds like в :* сегⷡо́дня ~ today егⷡо́ ~ accusative / genitive of он / оно́ Word final ~егⷡо / ~огⷡо but *NOT* with мно́го and its derivatives (немно́го, etc...)

@BoostYourRussian 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this list!

@russellcurtis6334 4 жыл бұрын

Boost Your Russian My pleasure :-) I’m not a native speaker, so I’m not sure if this is a complete list. This is just what I’ve found in my studies and searching through various grammars and articles on the web. If there is anything missing, I would be forever grateful if you could please let me know? It’s a pet peeve of mine that students of Russian can learn the wonderfully phonetic Cyrillic alphabet and the rules of pronunciation, only to find they have to learn the exceptions to the rules sporadically. There aren’t that many exceptions. I feel they should be presented together with the rules, so we can rest assured knowing there won’t be any embarrassing surprises in the future. But maybe I’m the only person who feels this way?! lol

@ronald2411 4 жыл бұрын

@@russellcurtis6334 I am a real beginner, and I found your list very helpful as a reference tool. Many thanks for your fine initiative!!

@Dregs_21 9 ай бұрын

This is very helpful, thankyouverymuch sir, one downside is that i cant copy it to my notes, ss will do for now

@dmitrychoobise 29 күн бұрын

@@russellcurtis6334 Vy jeste prězměrno kategoričny. Zvuk Č čęsto izgovarjaje sę kako Š, ale mnogo nativ izgovarjaje sę kako Č. Takova situacija s inakymi priměrami.

@clmontney2310 3 ай бұрын

I got maybe 3 correct. I wish you'd given at least a few comparisons to start between the similar words to demonstrate the difference better. I still don't really know what the difference is. I'll be over here saying this is my take instead of this is my brother. 🤣

@BoostYourRussian 3 ай бұрын

No worries, you will be understood from the context

@angelomariasabatini3184 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your help. To me, -л and -ль are difficult to catch...

@bengermanb Жыл бұрын

I still don't quite get it, but I was trying to listen to the "eh" at the end of the word. I heard saying "eh" instead of "uh" indicates the soft sign

@vagnjensen2011 5 жыл бұрын

I contend that in quite a few instances there IS no difference to be heard!

@BoostYourRussian 5 жыл бұрын

Keep practicing! I know it´s not easy to distinguish hard and soft consonants but you´ll get much better at this over time

@marygeisenhoff9151 4 жыл бұрын

Очень полезный урок! Русский язык сложный! I listened well and only missed 5 words.

@BoostYourRussian 4 жыл бұрын

Отличный результат

@shikharkapoor8165 3 жыл бұрын

This is really difficult. I give up. 😔

@BoostYourRussian 3 жыл бұрын

Keep trying! It´ll get easier

@tiitusl5061 2 жыл бұрын

It is so hard to differ the L sounds

@BoostYourRussian 2 жыл бұрын

It´ss get better over time!

@tiitusl5061 11 ай бұрын

@@BoostYourRussian after one year it is still hard xd. Maybe next year

@gerald5310 5 жыл бұрын

I made 6 mistakes! 🙏🙌

@BoostYourRussian 5 жыл бұрын

34/40 correct on your first try. Pretty good! I´m sure that if you do the exercises a couple of times, you´ll get 40/40!

@gerald5310 5 жыл бұрын

@@BoostYourRussian I have also already completed your clear Russian course a few months ago... But I will do it again from the beginning over the Summer 👌🏻

@BoostYourRussian 5 жыл бұрын

Great idea! 😍