Belsat TV, state-run satellite television channel in Minsk, asked people in Brest, Belarus questions in Belarusian. Virtually all of the people did not know Belarusian or had difficulty understanding the Belarusian language, preferring Russian.
- What, what? I did not understand. When what happened? What are you talking about? Speak Russian
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0:11 I do not understand
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0:14 I don't speak Belarusian
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0:30 You're speaking Ukrainian? You are speaking Belarusian?
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0:37 I don't understand, excuse me
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0:39 You're not speaking Russian. You're some kind of terrorist
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0:45 Speak Russian, I understand
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0:50 What? I do not understand. Speak Russian
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0:57 I do not understand Belarusian (language) poorly.
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1:01 What? In Russian please
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1:04 I understand Belarusian okay, but do not speak it.
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1:14 Belarusian is not a pleasant language, excuse me. Until the eigth grade the language was only Belarusian (physics, mathematics). Afterward in the state schools for the ninth, tenth grades it was Russian language
"А вы чота не по-русски разговариваете" - як білоруси реагують на білоруську мову.
Кореспондент телеканалу "Белсат" спробував звернутися до жителів Бреста на білоруській мові, а у відповідь почув: "По-нашому говорите, по-русски!"
Belarusian language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian_language
Video courtesy of Європейська Україна
https://www.facebook.com/evroukraine/videos/496861170486815/