I just learned сегодня a few days ago and I was confusd. This Video was released at the perfect time!

I always wanted to speak Russian fluently. Pray me the best! Большое спасибо, мои друзья

It was one of my questions that I couldn’t figure out. Thank you so much for the clear explanation!!!

The сегодня explanation made a lot of sense because in English, "today" used to be "to day" as two separate words.

Oh I’ve wanted to know this forever!!! Thanks! 🙏

To add to the video, ЕГО and НЕГО as pronouns will have THE SAME EFFECT and will be pronounced as ЕВО and НЕВО. I think is because those CAN take on a role of an adjective and that's why they will have the same effect. Honestly, I don't know if my reasoning is right, but regardless their pronunciation is changed from Г to В!

The г in the masculine and neuter genitive/accusative third person pronoun (его or него) also sounds a в. Note that in the masculine and neuter genitive/accusative demonstrative pronouns этого and того, the г again sounds like a в. Сего, which is a form of сей, is in fact also a demonstrative pronoun instead of an adjective, although сей is archaic nowadays. It only remains in certain set expressions such as сегодня or сейчас. Anyways a great video Фёдор.

Thanks for this, I needed it.

Thank you! This was something I could not figure out why or when it had that different sound. It makes sense now!

Very well timed video! I very recently bought a couple of dictionaries and a short stories for beginners book. This is very handy!

Thank you for this awesome video, Fedor!

This is the exact video I needed. Thank you!!!

This was SO helpful.

Very interesting Fedor! I had noticed these things early on in my Russian studies. But never knew the rules behind it until now. Ещё раз, спасибо большое! 😊😊

Thank you! That was a much needed explanation.

Большое спасибо фёдор!! I've been confused about this for a while!

Thank you very much for this interesting lesson!

Very well explained. Thanks!

It's not just in adjectives, it's also in possessive pronouns: его and other pronouns in the genitive case - моего, твоего, нашего...

I was waiting for this one!!! 🙏🏼

When does Г[Ge] sound like В[Ve]??? Hello friends! How are you? Привет Друзья! Как дела? Privyet druzya! Kak dela? And today you will learn when you should pronounce Г[Ge in Garden]as В [Ve in Victor]. In words like “Какого= what “[kakova] “Г “ [ge] sounds like [ve]. But it doesn’t mean that every time there is [ого] at the end of a word, [Г] sounds like В[Ve]. There is different rule to that. Г[Ge in Garden] sounds like В [Ve in Victor] only in: 1. Adjectives. For example: big, beautiful, small, rich, etc. Things that describe objects. Not objects/nouns themselves, not verbs that define actions. We are talking about adjectives only. 2. MASC/NEUTER These adjectives have to be either masculine or neuter genders, in genitive case. 3. Genitive Case. That means that any adjective ending “ого”/ “его” will sound like: [ova/yeva] “ого” ova/ava “его”  yeva. For example: Красивого = beautiful[Krasivava] Умного [umnava]=Clever Хорошего [Kharosheva]= Good It is easier to say or pronounce “yeva’ instead of “yega”, especially when you use these words many times in a sentence. Russian language has a tendency to simplify certain sounds. But in nouns or words that are not adjectives, this rule won’t apply. For example, in words like: Погода [Pagoda]= weather.[noun] Дорого [Doraga]=expensive. [an adverb not an adjective] However we have one exception: ★ Сегодня [sevodnya]= Today. It is not an adjective. So why do we say [ Sevodnya ]and not [Segodnya]? The reason is that it used to be two separate words: Сего =this[Sevo][adjective] Дня = day[dnya][noun] And “Сего [Sevo]” has this ending [его]. And that’s why we say [Sevo]. Also is means “this” which is an “adjective”. So it used to be two words: adjective and a noun. Over time we put them together to form one word: Сегодня [sevodnya]= Today. And we kept the pronunciation rule as a force of habit.{ to conclude “Ve’ in it}.

Awesome explanation!

This is some next-level yet simplistic explanation.

Thanks for this. I am the one who messaged you in instagram. Spasibo fedor! :)

Literally needed this video I just finished studying personal pronouns and got super confused. Also. I've been studying for about a month, I'm getting a good handle on his intro "Привет [something] как дела" what is he saying between hi and how are you?

YESSS this is the video I 've been waiting for!

Its so funny when he say "dolla's" rather than dollars

How about мягкий -> мяхкий, is it because г otherwise would be silent before к?

Always interesting!

Now i understand...b4 i was confuse why they pronounce it that way...i thought i have a problem in hearing.russian language is really complicated😂

Thanks bro

I was using Duolingo and mango and the difference was driving me insane lol сбосибо!

Good one bro

Never knew that about сегодня. Interesting!

Thank you for the video! But I am sorry, I'm confused. "Expensive" is an adjective instead of an adverb, isn't it? This matters because if we pronounce some adjectives as "Ga", then I'm not really sure what are the rules. Besides, in 1:37, you even said that "expensive" was an adjective but in 3:27, you said it was an adverb? Please advise, thank you!

Thank You.

i like it, watching from the Philippines.

i love your video so much

This video was helpful to my Russian speaking

This has been aggravating me in duolingo since the start :P

I've been studying Russian for over a year and didn't know about this until now. Are there other examples of this that I should be aware of? I know 'о' sometimes sounds like 'а'.

Никогда не задумывалась об этом всем в русском... Посмотрела видео и стало как то не по себе, жалко букву Г:(

Just for the history lesson on Сего + Дня - you get a 👍🏾 from me!

For newbies just learn "ogo" sounds like "ovo" but in fact it IS a g but the throat is open at the back of throat. i'm fairly sure Ukrainians aspirate it whereas Russians close the lips which makes a sound very similar to V but pronounced from the throat and in back and not from the lips and in front.

yes i have been waiting nice

I know that the prefix 'по-' has a meaning of 'to begin' an action, with words like 'поверью', 'почитаю' etc. However, does it have any other meanings? I say this because I have heard it used in other contexts, whereby its meaning doesn't make sense. А Спэнки Хэм, где ты)?

Super Dziekuję:)

Instead if “neuter” could you use neutral? Lol. Neuter is what you do to an animal to stop it from having babies. Ty, for this video btw, I always wondered if it was a dialect thing or what the reason was behind g sounding like v.

you should make a video on why ся sometimes sounds like ца and why я sometimes sounds like и

Очень полезна!

wait is скорого as in до скорого an adjective? well u learn something new everyday

What about ничего? :0 it’s a noun

Russian language is really really hard but idk why just sooo interesting to learn tho😒.

I am a bit confused -- "expensive" is an adjective, but дорого is an adverb??

I always wanted to learn Russian and took courses in University. that changed after the invasion in The Ukraine and the atrocities the Russians did there

How is expensive not an adjective

Why this exists? How these sounds evolved to these rules? Was it the same in the past or this is a modern rule?

What about где?

why is дорого an adverb if 'expensive' is an adjective?

Interesting how polish doesnt have this rule

uah! finally i understand! but... instead of changing pronuncia it would be smart to change the writing! the same i think for englisn or french! it is crazy the way they say things and after they write random letters... "i" sound ai or oh or e or .... i m italian when we write A we say A! Stop ... uah this is really a mess! if you say spasiba then write spasiba! mamma mia! 😄😄😄😄😂🤣

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This is one of the most confusing things about the Russian language

Hmm, so expensive, is that an adverb or an adjective ? Or both ?

I’ve been pronouncing его with a г this entire time....😓

But the word "this" is not an adjective lol

Turn on automatically generated Russian subtitles, that is a lot of fun I say!

срасибо :)

mamma mia! pronuncia: mamma mia 🤣😂🤣😂😄😂🤣

What about «ничего» or «ч него есть» ... those are no adjectives but you pronounce the г as в, right?

For example these 2 words right? русского его

Всего хорошего!

ГOO !

And what about его as a pronoun? It's also pronounced as ево but isn't an adjective... Now I'm confused xD

Сегодня pronounced as /sevodnya/? I just know it

Кто тут Русский?

Чего?

ого what's this? I'm sorry...