Russian Minimal Pairs - Hard and Soft Consonants (Russian Soft Sign)

HOW DID IT GO? HOW MANY WORDS DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY? :)

Thanks for your help. To me, -л and -ль are difficult to catch...

fantastic, thank you!

I still don't quite get it, but I was trying to listen to the "eh" at the end of the word. I heard saying "eh" instead of "uh" indicates the soft sign

I listened to this a while back and I was useless but today I got the majority correct. I'm so happy. Praise the Lord!

I only got a few correct. Some I could hear the hardness others not so much. side by side reading them after going through them all would be cool Thanks for all your work.

It is so hard to differ the L sounds

This is really difficult. I give up. 😔

Harder than expected as I’ve normally a good ear!! Lol need to do lots of listening to this video 😋

could not make any difference out. Please say it slowly particularly where it sounds different. Thank you.

Several others have said this, but I believe that this would have been more informative had you pronounced them both. Do you have a video in which you do that? This particular video was a bit disappointing, but overall, I learn well from your channel.

These exercises are great to improve your listening skills, but personally I think it'd be even better if you included after the practice a record of the pronunciation of both words of each pair just to differentiate better the sound.
I guessed more than half correctly! but I coudn't help looking up the meaning of most words in a dictionary. I know it's not the purpose of the exercise but I can't just learn to pronunciate a word without knowing its meaning. Just a personal opinion
Thank you for this video!!

Очень полезный урок! Русский язык сложный! I listened well and only missed 5 words.

Yeeey! Exept one, all of them! You tought me how to distinguish them from each other! 👍

Here are the “problem words” in Russian, where the way it is spelt is not the way it is pronounced. Because I couldn’t find this list anywhere else, I decided to put it together myself. I hope it’s helpful.

Silent consonants:

здра́в̷ствуйте ~ hello
чу́в̷ство ~ feeling
звёзд̷ный ~ starry
ланд̷ша́фт ~ landscape
по́зд̷но ~ late
пра́зд̷ник ~ festival
се́рд̷це ~ heart
со́л̷нце ~ sun
гру́ст̷ный ~ sad
изве́ст̷ный ~ well known
ле́ст̷ный ~ flattering
ме́ст̷ный ~ local
окре́ст̷ность ~ vicinity
ча́ст̷ный ~ private
счаст̷ли́вый ~ happy

Where ч sounds like ш :

чⷲто ~ what?, that
чⷲто́бы ~ in order to
коне́чⷲно ~ of course
наро́чⷲно ~ on purpose
оче́чⷲник ~ spectacle case
пра́чечⷲная ~ laundry
ску́чⷲно ~ boring
яи́чⷲница ~ fried eggs
Ильи́ничⷲна ~ Ilinichna
Са́ввичⷲна ~ Savvichna
Ники́тичⷲна ~ Nikitichna
бу́лочⷲная ~ bakery
моло́чⷲная ~ dairy

Where г sounds like х :

лёгⷯкий ~ light, easy
ле́гⷯче ~ easier
мя́гⷯкий ~ soft
мя́гⷯче ~ softer
бухгⷯа́лтер ~ book keeper
Богⷯ ~ God (only in the nominative)

Where г sounds like в :

сегⷡо́дня ~ today
егⷡо́ ~ accusative / genitive of он / оно́
Word final ~егⷡо / ~огⷡо
but NOT with мно́го and its derivatives
(немно́го, etc...)

It would be great to have both words pronounced to be able to tell the difference.
I did quite good though.

I can tell the difference between н, нь and т, ть and surprisingly could hear рь. Но мне сложно слышать Л/ЛЬ.

This video was extremely useful, thanks

I contend that in quite a few instances there IS no difference to be heard!

100% correct!

I made 6 mistakes! 🙏🙌

I have many mistakes. This i admit is still my weakness. But i must not give up. Perhaps i need more listening practice and more pronunciation practice.