5 Minutes of Russian a Day — Lesson 2 (Most Beginners Never Learn This)

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]Lesson number two, let's go.

[00:00:03]So, uh not a vowel neither a vowel nor a consonant is the soft sign.

[00:00:13]Soft sign and the hard sign. Soft sign "myagkiy znak" in Russian.

[00:00:20]"Myagkiy znak" and the hard sign is "tvyordyy znak". It means soft and hard.

[00:00:27]Okay.

[00:00:28]Uh now let's try and read some syllables. Let's connect letters.

[00:00:35]iv Let's start with iv i and v together iv iv ka k k and a is ka ka od o and d together od od p and a together pa pa av a v av av b and ye bye bye v and u Practice with me out loud. Try to imitate my pronunciation. vu vu g and a ga ga d and a da Da is actually a word too and it means yes in Russian. Da da n and a na na [clears throat] m and ya mya [clears throat] mya r and a ra ra r and ya is rya. So, here we have mya rya mya rya Say it out loud.

[00:02:36]zh and o zh o zho zho z and ye zye zye k [clears throat] and i ki ki l and o lo lo m and a ma ma n and i together ni ni p and u together pu pu r and ye together rye rye s and a together sa sa t and ye tye tye F and O together foo.

[00:04:01]Foo.

[00:04:03]Very good.

[00:04:04]H and E together he.

[00:04:09]He.

[00:04:12]Let's connect it with A.

[00:04:14]Ha.

[00:04:16]Ha.

[00:04:18]Let's connect it with ya.

[00:04:20]Ya.

[00:04:23]Ya.

[00:04:26]Ya. [snorts] Now let's connect ta with O. Too.

[00:04:33]Too.

[00:04:35]Ta with E ti.

[00:04:40]Ti.

[00:04:42]Ta with O to.

[00:04:46]And the last one is ta with uh three which actually means you.

[00:04:53]Ti.

[00:04:54]That's all for today. Don't forget to like and subscribe. See you tomorrow.

[00:04:58]Tseluyu vas. Chmoki chmoki. Muah.