9 Unexpected Reasons why Russian is Easy to Learn

When I started learning Russian, I always thought that Russian would be a very difficult language for me. But then, when I was already in the process of learning it, I realized that there are some things that greatly simplify the process of learning Russian. And in this video, I want to share with you 9 things that greatly help you speak Russian better. Let's start. The first and the most beautiful thing is that there are no articles. What is an article? It is, for example, in English or in Dutch, the A. You can often see a Russian person, or listen to a Russian person who is mistaken in English, because he says, for example, I put chicken in oven. And in this example, he should have said I put the chicken in the oven. But for Russian people it is very difficult to understand that there are articles in English. But for us, because we study Russian, for us it is so beautiful that there are none. Because it means that we, firstly, cannot be mistaken in them, because there are none. How can you make a mistake in the one that does not exist? And secondly, it just frees up a lot of thought space that we can use to come up with what words we want to say, or what grammar to use. And it's just very good to speak better. The second thing that is in the Russian language that helps you speak better in Russian is that there is a very flexible order of words in Russian. What does it mean? It means that you can start speaking any phrase with almost any word. And it also frees up space in your head. Because, here, I'll give you an example. For example, in English, if you would like to say I'm going to the supermarket. You should start this phrase with the words I'm going and then to the supermarket. But in Russian, you can, for example, say I'm going to the supermarket. But you can also say I'm going to the supermarket. Or I'm going to the supermarket. Or I'm going to the supermarket. You can just start with the word that you already know exactly what you want to say. And it's great. Because in other languages, where there is a very strict order of words, you have to think very carefully before you start speaking. And in Russian, you just start speaking and then you figure out what words will be next. The third thing that helps us speak better in Russian is that in Russia or in other Russian-speaking countries we, as foreigners, we have to speak Russian. This is because in Russian-speaking countries the level of English is quite low, so to speak. Therefore, if we are there, we have a strong need to practice, speak, learn Russian. And this need is not always for all other languages. Because I live, for example, in Holland. I speak Dutch. But almost all Dutch also speak English well. And this means that here, for example, in Amsterdam, there are a lot of foreigners. They are not going to learn Dutch at all. And this means that for us, because there is such a need to learn Russian, because there is no other way to communicate with Russians in Russian-speaking countries. The fourth thing that helps us speak better in Russian is that Russian people are usually very happy that we, foreigners, want to learn Russian. And this is great, because if we get compliments because we speak Russian, when we speak Russian with Russian people, we think it's great, people are happy about it. Therefore, we want to study more. And if we study more later, it means that we will speak better. And when we speak better, we get more compliments. And then this circle just continues. The fifth thing that makes Russian easier to learn is that there are practically no accents and dialects. This means that if you understand how people, for example, speak in Moscow, then you also understand how people speak in Kamchatka, or how people speak in the south of Russia. And this is very good, because if we compare it, for example, with English, in English we have the way people, for example, speak in London. And this is completely different from the way they speak in New York, or the way they speak in Sydney. And even just in England, the way people speak in the north, for example, in Manchester, is already completely different from the way they speak in Brighton, in the south. And in Russia, such a huge country, and many former Soviet republics, where you can also speak Russian, there, simply, Russian is not very different from other Russian. And, of course, there is a difference in how people, for example, speak in Moscow, or how in the south of Russia. But in general, it's just that some letters are different, and that's all. And this helps us a lot, because we only need to learn this ordinary Russian language, and then we understand all the Russian-speaking people in the world. The sixth thing that I am very glad about is that there is a huge amount of material to learn Russian. And by this I mean that, for example, it is very good for me to learn Russian with the help of audio books, audio lessons, and just to listen to Russian. If there are good courses that I can listen to, it helps me a lot. But there are other people who teach much better, for example, with the help of ordinary books, or when they watch TV series. And therefore, due to the fact that, well, how many people speak Russian, in my opinion, somewhere around 300 million people in the world speak Russian. Therefore, due to the fact that Russian is such a big, popular language, there are a lot of different materials. And because of this, because there is such a huge amount, we can choose exactly those resources that suit us best. And there are also a huge number of TV series, movies, video games that we can play, we can play them in Russian. There is music that we can listen to. There are just a lot of books. For example, there are also books in two languages. That is, here is English, and here is Russian. And this means that, in this way, we can also learn Russian. And for many languages, there is a very small amount of materials. And for the Russian language, we are lucky, there are a lot of them. The seventh thing I want to talk about is that the Russian alphabet, in fact, is quite simple. And it is quite easy to learn it. Of course, it looks scary, but in fact it is quite simple. Because both the English, well, the Latin alphabet and the Russian alphabet, they are both from the Greek alphabet. Therefore, they are quite similar to each other. This is much easier than, for example, learning the Chinese, Korean or Japanese alphabets. And Russian, if you, for example, spend, for example, an hour or maybe two hours to understand the Russian alphabet, you understand everything. Therefore, do not be afraid of it. The eighth plus of the Russian language is that the letters are pronounced as they are written almost always. Now let's take an example from the English language. In English, we take the letter E. If we take the word pet, pet, it's E. And if we take the word rear, it's already somehow I. And if we take the word maid, there is no E at all. It is not heard. If we take the Russian language now, for example, the letter, we take the letter A. A is almost always A. Sometimes A, sometimes A. But in general, it's just the same. And this is what is practical with all the letters in Russian. Of course, there are some exceptions, such as the letter O. If the stress is not on the letter O, it is pronounced as the letter A. But this is quite logical, and there is just some kind of system behind it, and therefore it is quite easy to understand this. And the ninth thing is that in the world, in any city, in any country, you can find Russian-speaking people. And this means that you can practice speaking Russian with them. Because if you, for example, at work, or if you do some kind of sport, or just in your circle of friends, there is already a chance that if you live in a big city, then there are already Russian-speaking people there. If you liked this video, then follow the link in the description, where I share my most effective strategies and tips, which you can also use to speak Russian freely.