Hello,
I've been learning Azerbaijani for a while and whilst I can hold decent conversations with my teacher I find that when I watch news clips, TV shows or movies I can't follow along at all.
I understand that part of this is because there is a big difference between formal Azerbaijani and the way people actually speak. There will be lots of slang or phrases that I wouldn't understand because they are very native expressions. Similarly I believe there are lots of Russian loan words. There is also the fact that many people have very different accents and so words that I know don't sound recognisable if someone has a particular accent or doesn't speak very clearly.
I really struggle to find any good listening resources for Azerbaijani which is very frustrating. When I am able to watch, listen and read subtitles at the same time I can understand everything and see the sound patterns. However I don't know where to find a lot of these types of videos. On Youtube it seems very rare that videos in Azerbaijani are subtitled or have subtitles available.
Does anyone have any suggestions? It's my biggest weakness and it feels frustrating that there isn't really a way for me to develop my ability to listen to native speakers talk and understand them.
