How to Do a Russian Accent | Accent Training

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Here are some tips for your general Russian accent. So the oral posture for a general Russian accent is to pull your tongue all the way back in your throat. So you're pulling your tongue all the way back here. And a lot of the sounds take care of themselves when you pull your tongue all the way back where it needs to be. Let's take a look at some Russian sound changes.

The first thing I want to look at is that r sound. It's a really hard r when your tongue is pulled all way back in the back of your throat. Rachel runs errands for her mother and father on Saturdays. Rachel runs errands for her mother and father on Saturdays. Let's look at the ah to the eh. So in American English, I'd say I had a bad day. But in your Russian accent I had a bad day. I had a bad day. And listen to the friction in that h. Had. I had a bad day. Bad day.

Again, that th sound changes for your Russian accent. So thin, thick, this, and that becomes thin, thick, or this, that. Thin, thick, this, that. So again that th sound changes for your Russian accent. In American English it would be thin, thick, this, that. In Russian it would be thin, thick, this, that. Or it becomes completely dentalized, meaning your tongue is all the way up on your teeth. For thin, thick, this, that. That ih to e transition. So in American English it would be I loved my big trip. Ih, ih. In your Russian accent it would be I loved my big trip. I loved my big trip. E, e.

And listen to that l sound when I say the word loved. Loved. Instead of loved, loved, where I'm using just the tip of my tongue. Loved, loved. I'm using my whole tongue, and bringing the back of my tongue almost to close off my throat. I loved my big trip. La, la, la. Give that a shot. And then also notice that vowel sound. Instead of loved, uh, that shwa sound that's very American. The American oral posture sound uh. It opens up and it becomes forward a little bit. For loved, loved.

So try this sentence. I got up and saw my files were corrupt. I got up and saw my files were corrupt. In American English it would be I got up and saw my files were corrupt. Uh, uh. But in your Russian accent it's got files corrupt.

So what do you hear in the musicality of the Russian accent? It's a little bit slower. It's a little bit heavier than your American accent. There's less pitch variety in your Russian accent. But don't take my word for it. Listen to native Russian speakers, and see what you hear for yourself. Crawl into the accent that way.

[Masterchief]

I love how all of the feeling in her eyes just shits out of existence when she does the Russian accent xD

[karafosso]

I love how all the light just leaves her eyes when she does the accent.

[ЖеняРоменская]

It is very fun for me. In Russia, we try to speak without Russian accent...

[stellazovak]

This is wonderful. I love how she describes everything in terms of mouth placement and where the tongue is in the mouth and how it is used - this is what actually helps me.

[PivotBoom]

Why does she look like she has no feelings and hates all life when she makes the accent?
help ;-;

[VigelanteVictim]

I'm russian and I can't do that accent =_=

[tankspeed]

It just sounds like I'm choking on something

[Wowzerfish]

When i pull my tongue back i get my indian accent....

[xxlovelittlestpetshopxx]

You sound like gru from despicable me

[oJrae]

i sounded like Gollum when i tried this.

[nashville]

Your R is not russian, you gotta roll it to make it sound like russian. Th in russian becomes either Z or S.

[maxkveron]

Why is this woman makes so dull face when she's trying to speak with Russian accent? It's really funny, but we don't speak like that) And her pronunciation of the sound "r" completely wrong. Trust me, I'm native Russian speaker

[xenosiah]

i think speaking russian or having a russian accent is really cool. i've picked up on using the russian accent and it feels really cool. im actually wanting to speak russian so i am taking a class on how to speak russian. i've been wanting to know russian since i was little.

[pastaaaaaaaaoo]

When I pull my tongue back: A WATOOFJSJIWWA AKSPMOSKJLKAMNP...oh dear I'm

[YesYes-gypx]

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!
I'm from Spain and I wanted to do prank calls so people would not know it was me!!! And my grandparents are Russian so now I understand them !

[slonmamont]

I am Russian and I think speaking russian I do most of my sounds in front of the mouth rather than in the back as video suggests)) This is when I speak English I move my tongue back a little to pronounce letters like R, S, N, T, D I still speak with an accent but it comes from vowels like A and O. Also Americans open mouth bigger when they talk, stretching the vowels. Women tend to speak with sort of childish voices while Russian women talk with deeper resonating voices.

[SunnyFriendStuff]

Мне становится обидно, когда она делает покерфейсное лицо, произнося слова с русским акцентом. Такое ощущение, что мы (русские) всегда говорим с таким лицом. 

I am offended.

[SadiaAliWillMosh]

Personally, I think she's great and really talented .

[hdulodx]

Wtf I am Russian and the accent is extremely bad

[randoseworld]

The only Howcast video that taught me how to do something.