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Cyrillic is the easiest part of it, I agree. Pronunciation is very hard. Grammar is the hardest. Even verbs have a gender (only in past tense, though). Russian is beautiful but hard to pronounce. Much harder than, say, Croatian (another beautiful language). All languages are beautiful for those who can appreciate them. There are, however, harder languages to learn and Russian is one of them. Oh, and spelling is a nightmare. If you've been in, say, Moscow ... See more Cyrillic is the easiest part of it, I agree. Pronunciation is very hard. Grammar is the hardest. Even verbs have a gender (only in past tense, though). Russian is beautiful but hard to pronounce. Much harder than, say, Croatian (another beautiful language). All languages are beautiful for those who can appreciate them. There are, however, harder languages to learn and Russian is one of them. Oh, and spelling is a nightmare. If you've been in, say, Moscow area, they pronounce most of the "o" as "a". Therefore, you really have to know the stem of the word before you can write it correctly. This is not about Cyrillic; rather this is about correct spelling. Croatian, Serbian and other languages of the same subgroup (which I don't speak but which I very much would like to learn at some point in my life) are spelled as they are spoken. Not the Russian language. Even natives make some mistakes. ▲ Collapse | | | Language learning | Apr 26, 2016 |
My favorite language learning story is about Heinrich Schliemann (a visionary archeologist and a talented linguist), narrated in C.W. Cream's story of archeology published in English as Gods, Graves and Scholars. It is worth reading it, as it also describes Schliemann's amusing method to learn foreign languages (Russian and many others). | | | Post removed: This post was hidden by a moderator or staff member because it was not in line with site rule | Pages in topic: < [1 2] | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » Translator Mary Hobson decided to learn Russian at the age of 56, earned PhD at 74 Trados Studio 2022 Freelance | The leading translation software used by over 270,000 translators.
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