MEMORIZE the CYRILLIC alphabet (in 10 minutes)

Ever wondered how to read the script used to write Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, etc. (aka the CYRILLIC alphabet)? It looks weird, but it's actually easy to learn with mnemonics.

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[NelsonDellis]

What other symbol/character sets should I make a video about learning?

[kazirafi]

Yeah, i memorized all of them.
...But, after the video ended, i couldn’t remember a single letter.

[emre]

I think a video for memorizing Anatomy, or pharmacology(medical subjects) would be amazing! Great video as always

[Binhchai..]

This is by far the most comprehensive and fun to look at each letters. I'm astounding by the many references you can find and put it into practice, this video should be recommended to many russian learners beginners. Much love 😊

[reidos]

Fun fact. From what I have learnt so far, there is no letter J in Cyrillic but when you think about it, what sounds are required to even make a J sound? In English, it's like... djuh sort of.. well, anyway, in Russian you use the D sound and the soft J sound (which is the S in pleaSure).. add them together Д+Ж = J

John = Джон

There are other really cool things about Cyrillic that I just love! If you know the sound that every letter makes, you can basically read Russian! And vice versa, if you can read Russian, you can likely pronounce the words out loud! So cool!

[alvarddiamond]

When you already know russian, but still are watching this❤

[noizekiller]

Ь and Ъ letters are soft and hard signs. They make consonants sound softer or harder.

[chuppl]

man, this was awesome.
I was hoping to learn Cyrillic for geoguessr purposes. when I saw it on your screen during the montage, I knew it was the right video.
subbed. thanks for making this. excited to see more from you.

[spyrunner]

You should write a short book with all different alphabets, Moris code, Nato phonetic code, and sign language alphabet.

[PxlMagic]

Just a little tip - memorise Russian alphabet (it's not that hard, way easier than to learn 2k hieoglyrps of Mandarin +entirely new concept of 4 tones) and boom - you are ready to undererstand, like, 70% of current Russian language.

Like, 'Студенты и Профессоры Санкт-Петербургского Университета' means 'Students and Profeasors of the Saint Petesburg University'...

[thoranisornmongkun]

which books you recommend to read to learn and improve memories techniques?
My goal is to improve learning concept and information in my master degree's courses

[kenedi]

thank you for the video! i was planning on learning russian and this is a great starting point to memorize the characters. my memory isn't typically the best but this video really helped my nail my memorization! to anyone else trying to do the same, it helped to have cyrillic words on the side and try to read them yourself off memory while going through the video.

[crdon]

Always looking forward for your contents

[Matzu-Music]

@NelsonDellis
I could help but notice that you listed 4 languages, but your alphabet list is very russo-centric. For instance, you completely missed:

Ukrainian:
Є (Like in 'yes'. Е is used in ukrainian and most every other slavic language for the vowel in pane)
І (Like in the word 'seen'. И in Ukrainian takes on the french 'u').
Ї (As heard in 'Yeet'.)
Ґ (As heard in 'goblin'. Г takes on a sound in Ukrainian with no good equivalent in english, sounding like a heavier 'h')

Bulgarian:
Щ (as in 'shtick'. the softer 'sch' used in russian is exclusive to that language.)

Serbian:
Ј (as seen 'boys' and 'youth'.)
Љ (as seen in the spanish 'ella')
Њ (as seen in 'union' and 'onion')
Ћ (as seen in 'witch' and 'pitch')
Ђ (as seen in 'edge' and 'legitimate')
Џ (as seen in 'Jury' and 'Judge)

[gabo]

Excellent. I really enjoyed the video.

[michaeldubery]

Hi, wondering if you'll address the situation on Everest this year?

[mattia]

Hello Nelson, would it be possible to buy the hardcover Russian version of your book for kids in Europe?

[ajarnray]

Cool video now I know at least how to pronounce the letters. Thanks for the upload.

[zidane]

I have just got your book, could you please tell me where to start on your youtube channel?

[DeadnWoon]

Sir, your pronunciation is very correct as for a non-Russian-speaking person! I must add though that the Russian letters for ee and oo came from one Greek letter ypsilon aka upsilon. Russian letters for b and v also came from one Greek letter beta aka vita... Russian letter l obviously came from Greek lambda.

As for the letter ы, I personally wonder why English speakers studying Russian always make a tragedy out of its pronunciation. Yes, you were ABSOLUTELY right - that is practically the same sound as in the one-syllable English words where i is put between the consonants or is placed before the consonants. Well, perhaps, in Russian it is rougher, more brutal sounding. But basically, approximately, yes - that's the sound ih, more or less the one in the English words like ill, rib, this. For my native Russian speaking ear, for example, that's quite the vowel sound from the English word "this". Some English speakers also pronounce that sound in the beginning of the word "enough". French speakers sometimes describe it as "i posterieur" - "backside i", or so. It's i when the tongue is moved to the back of the throat.

And, to be totally correct, the letter щ does not sound QUITE like sh+ch in Russian, that's an approximation. In Russian it sounds quite like soft long version of ш - it is [sh:']. Since the concept of softness is alien to Germanic languages including English, yes, probably it is a good approximation. In any case, щ is the only definitely long sound of Russian language, it tends to sound like long, like a double one that may help to identify it in speech.