HOW TO LEARN RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN AT THE SAME TIME? IS IT BETTER TO LEARN RUSSIAN OR UKRAINIAN?

Привіт-привіт! In this video, I would like to explain you how to learn Ukrainian and Russian languages at the same time.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Take care,
Inna Samoilova
Founder of "Speak Ukrainian"

#ukrainianlanguage#russianlanguage#polyglot

[leroideslangues]

Practicality says to learn Russian, but learning a language is not always about practicality (or else I’d learn Spanish in the US). I can’t ignore the current situation in Ukraine, thus in solidarity with the underdog I am undertaking the task of learning Ukrainian. “If you talk to a man in a language he understand, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language that goes to his heart.”

[voyagersquaremuzika]

For me as a speaker of the Croatian language, both languages are interesting and both have similarities with Croatian. Sometimes it seems to me that Ukrainian is more like Croatian and sometimes Russian. I'm learning Russian now, but I like to watch videos in Ukrainian, such as your channel! Cheers! :)

[tatumlily]

I never knew any Slavic languages. Last September I chose to start with Ukrainian. I’m starting to get more confident in it.

[hebreophone]

I'm Israeli of Russian-speaking descent. While my Russian is far from perfect or even advanced - I understand the language pretty well.
At this point the thing I appreciate the most about this fact is that it makes learning Ukrainian (and Ukrainian vocabulary in particular) much easier :)
Слава Україні!

[jessicahynes]

Thank you so much for this. I hope you are safe, where we you are. ❤️

[Charl_Ed]

Thank you so much :) This was just the video I was looking for :) btw I WANT your eye brows like they are perfect

[daniel.aleksey]

I'm around B1 in russian and A1 in bulgarian (neither is my first language). They are different enough to not get mixed up in my mind, but knowing russian beforehand helped me a lot with bulgarian vocabulary (например: бг: чета = ру: читать/читаю.)
I really want to learn ukrainian to get closer to my family still in Ukraine, but I don't know if I should wait until I get confident enough in what I'm already studying.
Anyways, дуже дякую за videos, I really like your explanations!

[EvanLittle]

This is so helpful, thank you! I have studied Russian past 1.5 years and want to learn Ukrainian too. I was just not sure how to start. I am going to check out your website and definitely subscribe to your channel :)

[ukaszjurczyk]

Дуже цікаве відео!
Я розмовляю трохи російською і нещодавно я почав вивчати українську. Я дуже люблю Україну і мені подобається вивчати її мову.
Лукаш з Польщі

[toddy]

I am part of the camp who started learning Russian but now trying to focus on Ukrainian

[andymafs]

Privit-priviet! Personally I started learning them almost simultaneously and really feels like a lot of fun...I hope I don't end up confused...

[nikitayun]

Привіт Инна, дякую вам за викладання української мови на англійську, це дуже гарна мова, у мені рідна російська, але я 100 відсотків розумію українську, коли намагаюся розмовляти, то більше виходе суржик, але ваші відео мені допомогають вчити англійську, тому що цю мову я тільки розумію, але мовити не можу, успіхів вам у вашім канале

[chaibudesh]

As a native English speaker I do feel like Ukrainian pronunciation is "easier" and more "relaxed" than Russian (which I learned through under & grad school) which I'm guessing means it's just closer to my native phonetics. Thanks for this video, I've subbed! <3

[albmartinez]

I have been learning Russian for the past 8 years. After talking with my teacher, it seems like I am between B1 and B2, with my goal of trying to reach B2 level by the end of the year. I spoke to a co-worker of mine (she is Ukranian) who helps me with Russian and Ukranian. Because of my job, Russian has been very helpful. She did mention I'm better off learning Russian, that I would be very limited if I focus only on Ukranian. That being said, we did agree that if I want learn Ukranian, start slowly and with only a few bits of grammar, words, and phrases. I do feel confident as far as pronunciation and comprehension to differentiate between both languages. So far, I'm still learning Ukranian by myself. I will eventually need to find a teacher like you mentioned. Thank you for the video.

[mduda_nog]

I'm really glad I found your channel, it's not that easy to find Ukrainian learning content as it is to the Russian language.
I've been thinking about learning one of them: Ukrainian or Russian for a while and I still haven't got to a conclusion. I have no main goal as traveling, family, friends or lover, I just think they're both intriguing languages provenient from interesting cultures. I am from Brazil and curiously I guess I'd have a challenging but considerably easier time learning one of these, specially because of the R sound which I dominate. Do you still think Russian would be more useful?

[rsalc]

Over many years, I studied various Slavic languages. I understand Russian well, and I am A2 in Bulgarian and Czech. I started learning Ukrainian 2 months ago. I find that many Ukrainian words are similar to Czech words.

[BFDT-]

It can actually be better to learn both Russian and Ukrainian together, because in the real world, these two languages often exist in the same language environment. For example, I have relatives who speak both Russian and Ukrainian, and they often code-switch. It would be nice to know which they are using at any given time. They are from Odesa, btw.

[pianistshowtoplaycompimpro]

I understood more Ukranian than some native Russian speaking people in Odessa the first time i visited. Sometimes I dont perceive the difference when reading texts in both languages. Generally i understand 60-70% of written and spoken Ukranian thanks to Russian, and 40-50% Polish and some other slavonic languages... However, many words are different, whereas the grammar is very similar. Backwards, if you compare German and Swedish: similar words but different grammar...
I knew Russian before coming to Odessa which helped a lot. Now I'm studying Ukranian, though, since the legislation in the Ukraine has gotten tougher and more and more people in the Ukraine don't dare to speak in Russian - i don't like linguistical isolation - I like to be part of the crowd, especially when in western Ukraine - будь ласко! :)

[stefanreichenberger]

Well, I'm not sure I'll ever get to B2 in Russian. So waiting is not really an option.
I started Ukrainian when I was at about A2 in Russian and A1 in Czech. I get more mixed up with Czech than with Russian in conversation, in fact.

[sophiedaoust]

I must say, it must be very difficult to start from zero to learn both at the same time. I learned Russian in university and as an exchange student 11-12 years ago. And it is true that phonetics in Russia is hard XD !! I was a low level and then I lost it over the years. A couple of months ago I started learning Ukrainian and my previous knowledge of Russian was helpful (alphabet, grammatical structure, cases, etc) but also an difficulty because I mix up words all the time, and when I’m trying to speak with a friend (she speaks Ukrainian and Russian and a bit of English, and I speak French and English, and started to learn Ukrainian). so I try to communicate with her in Ukrainian, but I end up talking in my very own surzhik-English dialect, it is disastrous 😂😂😂
So yeah, I would NOT try learning both at the same time!