How Hard is Russian to Learn? | An Honest Guide for English Speakers

🇷🇺 Are you an English speaker learning Russian? Wondering how difficult the journey ahead will be? Here's a honest breakdown of the good, the bad, and the beautiful!

Special thanks to my friend Anastasia from @RussianwithAnastasia for helping with Russian pronunciation in this video.

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Apples and Oranges
0:16 - Russian: Hard Even for Russians
1:50 - Russian? Rather Speak French
4:20 - A Very Mysterious Alphabet
6:48 - Pronunciation
8:23 - Stranger Things…
9:05 - The Easy Bits
11:01 - Hard? More Like Genius
12:18 - Vocabulary
13:30 - Okay, THIS is Hard
16:46 - Should I Learn Russian?

📜 SOURCES & ATTRIBUTIONS

“Boris Nemtsov 2014.jpg” by Dhārmikatva is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boris_Nemtsov_2014.jpg

BBC: UK struggles with language of Russian diplomacy
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31856880

How to Properly Say Ы in Russian
https://youtu.be/AAQXIm_3eew

Видео How Hard is Russian to Learn? | An Honest Guide for English Speakers канала Olly Richards