12 Unexpected Reasons Why I Found Russian Easy to Learn

Whenever I tell someone I know Russian, they often say "Wow, isn't that super difficult to learn?"

So the common opinion is that Russian is a difficult language. But actually if you look into it, there are quite some things that make Russian not that hard to learn.

Hope the video inspires you to learn Russian :)

[olgarudn]

Foreigners: make videos how to learn Russian.
Russians: “this is what we actually needed”

[Anya_Aprelskaya]

As a native Russian speaker, I absolutely agree that you shouldn't be afraid of practicing it and making mistakes. Most of us native speakers won't cherry pick any mistakes you might make. We'll most likely be surprised and super happy that you've taken time and effort to learn it ☺️

[GoLongAmerica]

One other important thing that makes Russian easier to learn is the speed at which the language is spoken. Russian is typically spoken at the same speed as English, and it's a lot slower than, for example, Spanish and French, two of the world's fastest spoken languages.

[okiedokie]

You speak so convincing that even I wanted to learn russian, despite the fact that I am russian native 😁

[aiellamori]

I cannot stress enough how easy and fun it was to learn the Russian alphabet. Seriously, in about an hour, I was able to sound out words I've never seen before without referring back to the alphabet. I was really surprised with myself

[redeemer]

As I found out recently, Russian language is second (!) most spread language of any sort of content in internet. So if you decided to learn it, you have literally an ocean of content that you can use both as the reason and the way of practice russian.

[lauradivittorio]

I'm Italian, I studied Latin and Ancient Greek in high school. When, later on, I started studying the Russian language for fun, I didn't have any difficulties with the alphabet, the grammar seems simple at the beginning then gets complicated but it's not inaccessible. Having never been to Russia nor having many opportunities to practice the language, what I find really difficult about Russian is choosing the right vocabulary, especially for verbs. The degree of precision offered by the commonly spoken Russian language far exceeds even the most literary Italian so even if I can construct a grammatically acceptable sentence, I can't be sure I'm really saying what I mean. It takes a lot of practice and a lot of courage but it's a really beautiful language.

[ryanmilton]

I’m learning and I agree. I’ve been at it a year. I went from zero to 50 Russian friends. We share English-Russian tongue -twisters. We laugh so hard. We LOVE practicing with each other!!!

[barbadolid]

The first reason is very true. I came to Germany when I was 19, only to see that I didn't get many opportunities to learn the language - I ended up moving to a rural area where nobody spoke English, best way to learn 🤣

[benedictcowell]

The Russians I met and know are remarkable linguists and some times speak three or four languages, usually French, German and Italian. I found the people, especially women to have a great sense of humour and to be very generous. I have to start from the beginning. I knew enough to negotiate my life there.

[Louvenoire]

I love Russian! I’m learning to speak with my Russian family on my husbands side and so my kids can know their culture as they are part Russian. I enjoy the language very much. I look forward to a time I will be fluent and can carry a lengthy conversation. Спасибо 🙏

[gigisjourney]

i am 13 years old. i know english and greek pretty fluently. i really want to teach myself russian but idk where to start. this video was very motivating. thank you for sharing. or um… Большое спасибо 😁

[Lana]

I'm Ukrainian (native Russian) who learning Dutch and I find it quite difficult. Because of articles, gramma and double vowel sounds. But after english it goes much easier. And it's also great to find similar Russian and English words in Dutch it helps to increase vocabulary.
Bedankt voor jouw video's en fijne dag!

[petrosstefanidis]

As a Greek speaking English as well, I can tell you the alphabet was a piece of cake. Now, comparing my subjective experience of learning Russian to learning English I cannot tell you for sure English was easier. What I can tell for sure though is that for Greek/Spanish speakers the Russian accent is super easy compared to English. The difficulty really depends on what languages you already speak

[monosbeats]

я тоже каждый день слушаю русскую речь в городе. А я норвежец. Люди из Латвии, Украины, России. Ещё ещё...

Всё ещё я помню первый раз когда я в магазине помогал кого-то, который не умел говорить по-норвежски или по-английски. Так круто.

Я довольно плохо разговариваю, но достаточно хорош для общения

[loca-cola]

I have been slowly trying to learn Russian for about a year and a half. I think it is complex but I had wanted to learn Russian for quite a while. I think this has kept me encouraged and not scared me away. I am noticing that I enjoy listening Russian being spoken. I think I understand more than what I can speak loll.

[karinapaiva]

Portuguese is the same as Russian in terms of knowing how to pronounce the word just by reading it, that's why I want to learn Russian

[verminspencer]

Very interesting, I find these to be convincing reasons to learn it. And I liked that you shared your personal experiences.

[lmmcdfz]

Приятно смотреть и слушать этого симпатичного молодого человека. Он и лингвист, и психотерапевт, и редагог в одном лице !❤😊

[TingBie]

Starting to learn Russian tonight with a tutor from Preply. Exciting.