#3 How To Learn Russian - Turning an unintelligible monologue into individual words.
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0.000 HBD#3 How To Learn Russian - Turning an unintelligible monologue into individual words.
<html> <p>Dear Steemians. This is the third in a series I'm posting to support Golos. I'm a Russophile and I'm tremendously excited about the changes Russia is experiencing. I hope you enjoy it:</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here's a short tip on learning to listen to Russian.It's easy to do and doesn't take long. </p> <p>You won't find it in any books and you can begin before you start any serious study of the language.</p> <p>Here it is:</p> <p>Listen to Putin</p> <p>Let me repeat that.</p> <p>Listen to Vladimir Putin speak.</p> <p><img src="http://i.imgsafe.org/954572eceb.jpeg" width="620" height="372"/></p> <p><br></p> <p>"How on earth is that a useful tip for a beginner?" I hear you ask.</p> <p>Let me explain.</p> <p>There is a state that is little recognised in language learning... I call it 'Post Total Beginner'.</p> <p>When you first hear a language you don't know it's tricky to differentiate even the different words. Yet after a period of study, even if you understand nothing of what is said in a sentence, you can pick out the separation of individual words. </p> <p>This is the state of being a 'Post Total Beginner' and any student who reaches this has taken a significant step on a long path of training the mind to pick out the different sounds of spoken Russian.</p> <p>The best way to accelerate the advance to this step is listening to a native speaker. The longer you spend doing this, the clearer Russian diction will become to you.</p> <p>I choose Putin as an example for a few reasons:</p> <p>He speaks relatively clearly<br> His grammar is certain to be correct<br> He has a pithy, charismatic delivery<br> He has a broad range of emotion in his speech. The variation makes things more interesting.<br> There are more Youtube clips of him than any other Russian in history.</p> <p>Watch this short clip:</p> <p>https://youtu.be/3E1aZlADRQU?t=35s</p> <p>Now place your attention exactly at the one minute mark. He says something that the subtitles translate as 'This is not true'.</p> <p>Listen to the four words he uses again and again until you can make out the sounds. Eventually you should be able to hear this (transliteration)</p> <h3>'noa eta ni tak'</h3> <p>In Russian it is written </p> <h3>Но это не так</h3> <p>A literal translation would be </p> <h3>But it (is) not so </h3> <p><br></p> <p>Your task now is to listen to that piece, again and again, until you can hear those individual words. </p> <p>Got it? </p> <h1>Congratulations! </h1> <p>You have just taken a step towards training your brain to recognise the sounds of Russian speech.</p> <p>In my opinion this should form a daily part of any Russian learning practice.</p> <p>And in case you hadn't noticed you'll also learn far more about Russia in one short Putin soundbite than in a solid week of western 'news'.<br> </p> <p><img src="http://i.imgsafe.org/980c7871eb.jpg" width="460" height="300"/></p> </html>
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