Which language should i learn, Italian or Russian?

Answer 1

Depends on what you want to do with the language once you master it. If you want to make money with it, Russian may be a better bet. It is also more difficult than Italian.

Answer 2

I think Italian's easier to learn because it already uses all the letters of the alphabet and you sound out every part of a word (unlike French where you don't pronounce the "x" on some words). I'm not sure about Russian pronounciation, but there are some new Russian characters that you'll have to know, so, if I were you, I'd go with Italian.

Answer 3

in my opinion, it depends largely on what you want to do. if i may ask, what are you plans for the future in regads to learning another language? For me, the reason why i study italian in teh first place is becuase my mom said to my vice principle, that i will study italian..i was shocked and didn't had the right to object or question, since it is not practised in my culture... but now after learning it since july 2004, i have improved so much and i can now understand the gist of what someone is saying, hereby i've come to teh believe taht learning italian instead of indonesian will improved my ENTER score and my job prospects.
basically, i think before you decide which language you think you should od, first ask are u willing to work hard and persistently and tehn enjoy the benefits?

I have never studied or heard any spoken russian. but im under the impression that russian is harder to learn than italian, so naturallmente i would suggest that you learn italian becuase , aprat form being easier to learn, it is based on the Romancee (however it is pronouced and spelled) and hence by learning italian, it will give you a platform to study another similar latin language and hereby benefiting form being bilingual to trelinguagal and thus benefiting financial (possible increase your job prospects, i.e you might be promoted to a higher position thus generally speaking a higher position equals to a higher pay which would then simply translate to a higher quality and standard of life, i would presume) and socially (you would understand other ppl cultures and maybe you never know you kight make a new friend, you see what i mean)

PErsonally, i think that italian is just as important as russian however im under the impression that they are probarbly more ppl with italian background as compared to ppl with a russian background hence increasing teh chances of practising the language. there is no point in doing another language where you have no one to practise or converse it with becuase all that knowlege about the new language and maybe a bit abt thier culture is just isn't used actively instead it is just stored into the brain ready to be forgoten.
As i said i think that doing italian is probrably more beneficial for you on the basis on the the perception that italian is a more worldy language and hence understood by more ppl.
i wish you luck in studying another language...believe me it is a very long process being able to speak, write and read fluently but teh rewards are great

Answer 4

If you are willing to learn to speak a language with 33 letters, a different alphabet, and six different cases, Russian is the language for you. But I must say that you need to ask yourself why Italian, or Russian?

Answer 5

Learn Italian because, for one thing, it's easier, because a lot of words in our own language are Latin-based. Also, you'll have a lot more use for it, because, in America, you'll see a lot more things in Italian (like menus and movies and musical terms) than you will in Russian, so you'll get more payoff from it. Also, since it's a Romance language, learning Italian will make it easier to branch off & learn the other Latin-based languages later, if you ever want to -Spanish, French, Portuguese- and to understand Latin-based legal and medical terminology, and to learn to understand & communicate with the Mexicans, Cubanos & South Americans & other Latinos who are a lot closer to home & with whom it's more likely that you may ever deal with. There are a lot more Italian-Americans than there are Russo-Americans, and learning Italian can help you understand American history and culture, especially in certain cities & neighborhoods. So it can help you learn to get along better in America, as well as Europe, than learning Russian would. So learn Italian first, & then you can get into Russian later, if you want to ... unless of course you have some particular reason to want to learn Russian, like if your grandparents are Russian or you have relatives over there or your family does business there, or some such thing. Otherwise, make it Italian.

Answer 6

it would depend upon why you would want to learn either of them.

Russian is more difficult than Italian. La lingua l'italiano e' una lingua bellisimo.

I speak, read and write Italian (as a second language) because I had a desire to read some books in their original text.

My employer's wife is native Russian and I listen to her when she speaks on the telephone. I cannot even recognize cognates. Italian is approximately 1/3 cognates (words that look like and have the same meaning as words in the English language) which does make it easier to comprehend. Verbs are just another story. You just have to learn them. Remember, there are very few literal translations.

It Italian la domanda: Come stai? How do you stay? refers to your constitution. How are your bodily functions.

la respondare: Molto bene / io sto bene. It goes well. refers to the fact that you have no bowel problems hence, it goes well / I stay well.

If you asked an Italian: Come sei? How are you? they would look at you dumbfounded and not understand.

Answer 7

Italian!

Answer 8

Try Italian. then Russian. Learn as much as you can.

Answer 9

To learn Russian first you must learn cyrillic alphabet (and, in my oppinion, its written form is complitely different from print, so it also will give you hard times), than you must cope with their distinctive accent and if your language has no palatized sounds you will have to learn those as well. That is harder than it sounds and in Italian you won't find anything like that, so unless you have social and/or economic reasons to learn Russian I recomend Itallian.

Answer 10

Russian, it's becoming a more worldly language while Italian, like French is dying,