Any Russian speakers out there? Ever took a class in college? I'm interested in taking the language for beneficial purposes, and wanting to learn another language. The alphabet looks pretty hard, but if the language could be written in english then I don't really see a problem. Any clues guys?
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Is Russian a hard language to learn?
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I speak Russian. Not fluently, but I'd say "very good". I never took any classes or even put a conscious attempt at learning it... My oldest sister has been living in Moscow for the past 25 years or so, and I used to visit her frequently (once or twice a year), and that's how I picked it up... Also my brother was married to a woman from Ukraine, and I was good friends with her (we lived in the same building, different floors), so that helped me to keep practicing the language when I'm not in Moscow. The woman is gone now (divorced), and I don't go to Moscow as often anymore, so I worry about my Russian skills weakening with time.
I can read Russian, but VERY slowly... It gets the job done though, I love using the underground metro in Moscow to move around, and you need to be able to read the signs and directions for that, which I can do. I can't write in Russian though.
I don't think it's a difficult language to learn, but I think I have a natural talent for learning languages (I currently speak four).
Good luck!
I can read Russian, but VERY slowly... It gets the job done though, I love using the underground metro in Moscow to move around, and you need to be able to read the signs and directions for that, which I can do. I can't write in Russian though.
I don't think it's a difficult language to learn, but I think I have a natural talent for learning languages (I currently speak four).
Good luck!
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It's pretty hard IMO. It's not latin based. I have a few Bosnian ladies at work at and they're trying to teach me... So far all I've picked up is the basics like hello, how are you, yes, no, thank you etc. I speak english and spanish but i can also read/understand portugese, italian and a little french
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Personally, I gave up on Russian because I couldn't wrap my head around the alphabet like I could other languages. I took it for a semester and then moved on to Japanese, which I didn''t have a problem with at all. I only got to take 2 semesters before I left school, so any Japanese I still know is useless. I'd like to pick it up again.
The only language that befuddled me as much as Russian was Greek. I attribute my problems with that to personal difficulties of the time.
Sdrawstwutje, chachacha. It IS a hard language...maybe I can't tell because I had really fucked up Russian teachers. But there's a lot of vocabulars you just can't know and it is rare you find some of them similar to a known language of yours (English+German and a bit Francais in my case). The grammar thing is also a huge thing to learn, but you can do it. Well I think you can beat this language, but you really have to be serious with it. The alphabet is NO problem at all, it took me two weeks to learn it. In Russian there's also the problem : You want to do it in your mother tongue, because SOME things seem similar - but they aren't. So maybe it's better to learn a completely new language like Chinese or Japanese or Korean or a easier one like Francais or Spanish.
All Slavic (or Slavonic) languages are pretty hard.
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I didn't find it that hard to learn, but then I tended to be quite good at languages. The alphabet is something that you get over quite quickly, in my experience. It's largely a logical language (more so than English, generally), but there are some areas where it becomes obscenely complex - I'm sure the mere mention of verbs of motion will start students of the Russian language grimacing.
It's a great language, though - one of my favourite.
It's a great language, though - one of my favourite.
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As someone who lived his first 14 years in Russia,i say YES,its fucking hell,the grammer is a BITCH,and there are veeeeeeery many words to learn,there are many different terms for one word,and they are all still being used.
I dont want to scare you away but as you asked,in my opinion its haaaaaaard.
On the other hand the Russian is a very poetic language with words rhyming easily(compared to others).
I dont want to scare you away but as you asked,in my opinion its haaaaaaard.
On the other hand the Russian is a very poetic language with words rhyming easily(compared to others).
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