Этот детский алфавит выглядит так мило в настолько серьезном видео

Ну, по крайней мере, человек пытается нас понять и изучить, что само по себе приятно.

As russian, i can say he has a real good pronunciation of russian words.

В центре Москвы стоит Владимир, сидит Владимир и лежит Владимир.

Vladimir The Red Sun is a wrong translation from Владимир Красное Солнце, because back in that day the word красное meant not the color, but the beauty/greatness, so the more correct translation would be Vladimir The Bright Sun or Vladimir The Great Sun or even Vladimir The Graceful Sun. Basically in that context that word would mean something abstractly good and loved.

Had Professor Walker as my professor and, I'd like to say friend, for four short years at the University of Montana. His passion never ceased to amaze me, and it still amazes me. This talk was like sitting in one of his lectures again. Every language has its own meaning and way of conveying their cultural history and values. I am currently learning my 5th language, Mandarin Chinese, but there is something that always brings me back to Russian, not to German, or Spanish. Nothing captivates me with depth of meaning in every word spoken, as Russian does. Слава тебе, русский язык!

Сейчас иностранец своей лекцией заставил меня полюбить родной язык сильней, чем учителя в школе.

Клинт был учителем английского у нас в школе, когда приезжал к нам, будучи студентом. Отличный был учитель, а для подростков девяностых - еще и замечательный пример лучших качеств американцев: уважительности, прямоты, трудолюбия. Клинт, если прочитаешь это, привет тебе от экс-гимназиста и спасибо за уроки анлийского, они очень пригодились!

Тот самый момент, когда можно подумать что Владимир правит в России с 988 года) извините)

The author forgot to explain what the "scary" word Soviet means. This word comes from the verb "советоваться" what does it mean to consult. When a group of people gathers and consults with each other, these are the Soviet.

Неожиданно, что западный человек с таким трепетом отзывается о нашем языке)

Многое, конечно, перепутано, но в целом было интересно посмотреть на свою культуру со стороны.

Я смотрю видео привлекло больше русскоязычных зрителей.

Я чувствую благодарность этому искреннему человеку за любовь к нашей культуре и языку. Настоящую любовь и понимание, которые и в России не каждый способен ощутить.. Хотелось бы , чтобы на Западе было больше людей,не зараженных ленью ума и ксенофобией и обладающих достаточной открытостью, чтобы шагнуть навстречу русской культуре, а среди русских- людей,понимающих значимость этого движения навстречу. Россия - это гораздо больше, чем образ угрозы и силы, навязываемый десятилетиями западными пропагандистами, и уж точно не военной мощью силен русский народ, хоть она и имеется. Нас изолирует от остального мира сложность нашего языка, но она же и формирует нашу уникальность, непохожесть. Уж не знаю, насколько исключительна и ценна "загадочная русская душа" по сравнению с душами других народов, например, китайского или японского,но вот загадочной она точно стала в силу многовекового отчуждения. Зарубежная литература успешно переводится и переводилась не один век на русский язык нашими энтузиастами и лингвистами, наша же литература представлена в переводах на западных полках столь ничтожно, что плакать хочется. А ведь переводы делают с иностранного языка на родной, что же это получается: Россия смотрит на Запад, а Запад смотрит только сам на себя? Никому нет дела до русской мысли и чувства, до идей и опыта, поэзии и даже кино. ТАМ не идут нам навстречу, даже в этот век обмена, расширения информационных полей и глобализации. И в нашей стране растет народ с низкой самооценкой, не уверенный в значимости своей культуры, стесняющийся её, не интересующийся ей, предпочитающий ей западную, порой низкопробную популярную культуру. И мы смотрим на себя сами, и не знаем, за что себя можно как нацию любить. И пихаем свои танки везде, где только можно. Кусаемся и царапаемся как Маугли, который еще не понял, что он человек .

I speak Russian. I appreciate this person's passion for the language, but he's inventing a lot of his language connections. "Xop" (pronounced Khor) which means singing in a group is not connected to the Russian word for "good" (khorosho) it's just a Slavic way of saying choir.

you don't need to fake Russian accent to tell a Russian joke

There is another alternative way to say "spasibo" (Thank you). It is "Blagodaru" (where "u" sounds like "you"). Which literally means "give you a good".

Интересно, сколько этот человек изучает нашу культуру. Когда он сказал, что слово "хорошо" связано со словом "хор", а значит пение хором воспринимается нами как нечто хорошее я сначала засмеялся, а потом вспомнил, что ведь реально у нас люди очень любят петь хором, и им от этого хорошо. Так что может оно и так. PS: Досмотрел до конца - пробрало до мурашек. Мужик за 16 минут заставил полюбить свою родину и свой язык больше, чем родители, учителя, тренеры и прочие русские люди, которые меня окружали всю мою жизнь.

I’m on that part of You Tube once more. This video makes me think of my first love. What I would give to see and hold Mikhail once more. If what people say is true about our loved ones coming for us when we pass away, I hope to see his outstretched arms, because I would follow without question. What a beautiful language, and a sweet memory it reminds me of. It is true to give of your soul like is mentioned in the video. Peace.

I came here because I love Russian culture, especially their dancing. I also loved the history tidbits about Prince Vladimir and the origins of Cyrillic being tied to Christianity. Very powerful history !

Peregruzka - Перегрузка = Technic allyusually just means overload. I think they wanted to write "Perezagruzka" Перезагрузка - which means reset or reboot

Да мы сами себя понять не можем.

In Russian language name "Vladimir" means "The man who owns the world" (ВЛАДеющий МИРом). But also it means "The man who brings peace to the world". Just in case...

As a Russian man it is a pleasure for me to hear professor. He understands our culture and language very good 🙏

Хах, после сравнения слов хор и хорошо бомбануло немножко. Милый дядя, но немножко Задорнит)

Wooow man. I am also amazed by Russian. For the past 4 years in Greece, speaking Greek and maybe English from time to time I keep coming back to Russian, because the Greek language somehow helped me to unlock the 2nd level of the Russian language. P. S. Greek is my 6th

Несмотря на неточности, я умилилась. I think that video is great in portraying russian culture. So much enthusiasm!

Is he some kind of Zadornov or somthing?

im russian, хор - It comes from ancient Greek. χορός "group dance" (goes back to the pre-Indo-term. * ghoro-).

Я как будто Задорнова смотрю)

набрали воздуха?))00 готовы??))))))0

Во дни сомнений, во дни тягостных раздумий о судьбах моей родины, - ты один мне поддержка и опора, о великий, могучий, правдивый и свободный русский язык! Не будь тебя - как не впасть в отчаяние при виде всего, что совершается дома? Но нельзя верить, чтобы такой язык не был дан великому народу! И.С.Тургенев

Александр Васильевич Суворов: «Мы - русские, какой восторг!»

I appreciate the speaker's envigorating enthusiasm to learning Russian and share curiosity. I also love the ethymology of the words of different languages. But to understand the etymology of russian words it is necessary to study old slavic language, unless you want to meet translator's false friends.

Я Вам больше скажу. Я встречал Швейцарца который учил русский язык только что бы иметь возможность читать Достоевского в оригинале)

It gets funnier and funnier. As kids in Yekaterinburg we used to joke that "лестница" (staircase) comes from "лесть" (flatter). But that was a kids joke and this guy makes a whole Ted speech using this technique seriously!

Немного переврал и затянул анекдот, но в целом- очень умный дядька!

This was hella interesting, specially the relation with greek,nand the origin of each word. Plus i really liked the joke about adam & eve 😆 Spasibo from morocco 🇲🇦

Good video, much needed in this times...

Так, блэд. Наконец то немного самолюбования)

Потрясающе!!! СпасиБо!!!! Thank you very much! Peace to the World!!!

"We share the same biology regardless of ideology!" Sting I think it's said of both (all) nations!! It's worth to think about!!!

Thanks Clint, for the detailed information

Oh gush... I’m native Russian speaker and I study the modern and ancient languages: the linguistic “theories” of this guy aren’t worthy to be shared under TED brand, he speaks more about his linguistic fantasies, then about the academic studies of the object.

Анекдоты какие-то странные. Я припоминаю совсем другие советские анекдоты.

Great! I am Russian, and such simple elements are indeed for us daily. We all know the origin of these words, and glad that you know them too. Спасибо.

Whow, that is unexpected sentiment and deep knowledge of roots. Thank you

Thank you, great talk Clint

Funny thing -- I keep recollecting the olden days now and smile to myself: when we lived in the USSR we didn't "see red" hearing "The United States of America". When we happened to be abroad, we didn't jump out of our pants trying to show off "the rightness of our way of life" , as the Western tourists were SO inclined to do while on a tour in the Soviet Union. I'm not talking about the politicians -- fuck them all -- but the attitude of common folk towards foreigners was way less aggressive and bossy in the Union than it was -- and still is -- in the States. Yet it was us who copped the "Evil Empire" stigma that lingers on decades after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. Funny thing, I told you, eh ?

The point about the connection between the word good(хорошо) and chorus (хор) is like amateur linguistics, not proven by science. In fact the etymology of the word хорошо is different and it’s not connected with chorus.

Огромное спасибо за перевод!

Very touching ending. Спасибо)

Он говорит об однокоренных словах, как об семействе.. В принципе тоже самое говорил Михаил Задорнов (Надеюсь читающий это не Американец)

Respect for those, who tries to understand another culture and makes this with love.

Thank you) It was interesting to watch)

I'm Russian and I don't think it's hard to understand any other (like Russians) if you really want this. People everywhere want the same things - peace, food and faith in a better future. This man has a passion with our language, but he provides the idea of conversation between nations. So, I pressed "Like" for this video and I respect to this man.

THis guy maby knows some russian language but if he knew also greek then he would understand how many mistakes he makes giving this speach

Sorry, guys, I have to insert my fifty cents of Russian directness and criticism: unfortunately this professor not only misinterprets some Russian etymology, but also his understanding of his native language is far from good. "Thank you" has exactly the same original meaning in both languages: "God bless you". "Christ" and "cross" are related same way in English as they are in Russian, because those words came to those languages from the same source language where they are related. I totally appreciate his keen interest in my native language, but a more thorough research before jumping to conclusions is clearly needed.

Thank you very much for this video! Спасибо!

A great presentation.

I have never thought about my native language from this point of view. Any language is a soul of nation and when alian understand it, it means, that togetherness is the worst. And it is very pleasant, that some people are delighted with our language, with our culture and try to understand such a difficult Russian soul

As a Slavic Canadian I a very pleased to listen to this show. Thank you.

An interesting video, and worth the watch. Food for thought here. From the opening question, and what that makes you think about, to the description of the Russian language working in a sort of picture-package. Much as the Hawaiian language does. We say it is raining. The Hawaiians would have a word to describe the exact type of rain, and the situation.

Touched. Very much. You have surfaced some facts about my language that I was not aware of. Thanks Clint 🙏

And here I am a Russian listening to an American explaining my own language

While I appreciate the overall sentiment that Russian is a fascinating language that holds key to understanding the history and culture of the people who speak it (so does English, mind you, or any other language for that matter), a lot of the examples he provides are complete bollocks. For instance, there’s no connection between ‘хорошо’ and ‘хор’ or between ‘крест’ and ‘воскресать’. They are what is known as folk etymology, ie misconceptions based exclusively on phonetic similarity of words and unsupported by any etymological evidence. So this guy is either seriously misinformed or just plain lazy and couldn’t be arsed to do any actual research. Our governments might not be on the friendliest of terms, but it doesn’t mean we can’t find joy in exploring and discovering each other’s language and culture. It’s just really odd that someone would try and prove this point by spreading such obviously erroneous information.

Спасибо! Это классная лекция!💖💖💖

So nice, thank you 😇❣️

Невероятно! Спасибо большое, мне очень понравилось!!!

Strange and mixed. Not up to quality standard. Could be much much more deep

надо поднять это видео в просмотры! сейчас актуально

Very interesting.

Kissing is not stemed from "making whole", but from "forehead"("чело") meaning something like "foreheading", touching each other with foreheads. "Спасибо"("thank you") doesn't mean "may god save you" but rather just "be saved", no god involved. "Воскресать"("to resurrect") is not of common stem with "cross" but with "create". "Peasants"("крестьяне") means "christians" not because they are thought as holy suffereres but just because "christians" was generic name for all people of christian nation that gradually became the name of specifically the simple pleb peasant men as they are the main mass of all the nation. Any case, I like his attitude. Language indeed has special place in russian culture. Some people in history called themselves plainly "humans" in their language as ethnonym, but slavic, or let's say slovic or slovian, called themselves "word people" or "speakers", because language is what they emphasized in their minds as determining a human or nation. May be there is something to that fact.

A rule of thumb: if you want to learn about Russia, try to avoid Western "experts". With their long and rich history, Russians don't need "to discover who they are". And most of them certainly don't want to be part of the West(ern Cartel) which nowadays simply means dancing to the tune of Washington.

Спасибо за лекцию👏

смотрел на одном дыхании)) потрясающе!!)

chor isnt connected to "khorosho". Khoroshiy comes from "khorobry" meaning "brave".

Как будто английская версия Задорнова

It's amazing, thank you from all Slavic people :)

thank you

12:13 Мне одной на секундочку показалось, что это Летов и Дягилева?

As positive as the message is trying to be, he is really making a fetish out of the language. Putting a language and culture in a box with a label "Spiritual" isn't going to do anyone any good. You want to know what "Russian Soul" means? Put your Dostoyevski down and go read Pushkin, Lermontov, Ahmatova, etc. Russian is a language of effortless poetry yet rarely do you find translations because it's not what the Westerners want. Or better yet, go watch some older films - Kin Dza Dza, To Kill a Dragon (Ubit' Drakona), Eldest Son (Starshii Sin)... Seriously, I love my language and country and all, but people need to stop obsessing over the wrong things.

Very interesting!!! Thank you

Great speech !

Imagine a Russian giving a presentation saying that English words "good" and "god" are of the same root (which they aren't), and that's why Americans are so religious. While the love for the Russian language is apparent in this talk, I believe that overall it is quite harmful. It takes some linguistic facts (some of them correct, some wrong) and makes essentialist and colonialist conclusions about what "Russian people" are like (while pushing the presenter's own agenda), similar to a 19th century anthropologist talking about "blessed savages" who live on their paradise island and "know no social strife." No, Russian people are not like that, we don't think about "becoming whole" when we kiss. There are different Russians, with different views of the world, ideas and goals.

I understand that the intention of this speaker were good, but it is unfortunate that most people get their understanding of the world from these types of pseudo-intellectual "talks". The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Спасибо Вам!

Я вот сколько не смотрю, прекрасные американские фильмы, в оригинале, не перестаю удивляться, как же скупо и бездушно звучат они на родном языке, но когда слушаю на русском, в ваших фильмах, появляется душа, они становятся живыми, им веришь, это не передать.

This is beautiful - spasiba!

Интересная теория, но это называется задорновщина

Very interesting, thank you

Спасибо, очень интересная интерпретация

They should really talk more about how the saints Cyril and Methodius are from what was at that time Bulgarian land, and where sent by the Romans too make the ancient Cyrillic alphabet for the first Bulgarian Empire. Not trying too deny the point this talk is making, but just kind of upset of the negligence cultures just because of their modern day strength.

ХОРОШИЙ = ДОБРИЙ ДОБРОТО-ЛЮБИЕ Добро-любов, Добро-нравов, добро-творец. ☺Wonderful slavic language.

this man discovered more than I can in 20 years

Было приятно смотреть, спасибо!

Аа, Задорнов на ТЕД

Хороший (good) and хор (chorus) have nothing in common, хороший has Slavic roots, and chorus - Greek

Very informative.

И Вам спасибо! (And thank you!)