when pple take russian in colledge do they have to learn the russian alphabet?

Answer 1

Here i will help you how to memorize how it sounds and how it looks :
http://www.languagehelpers.com/Russian/TheRussianAlphabet.html

Enjoy!!!

Здесь я помогу вам как запомнить как он звучает и как он смотрит:
http://www.languagehelpers.com/Russian/TheRussianAlphabet.html

Насладитесь!

Answer 2

I tried learning the russian language on my own for a little while (not recommended, watch out for that ы sound if you can't hear anyone say it).
I've read in several places, and I know from experience, the cyrillic alphabet makes things a lot more efficient writing-wise. Transliteration into english is usually ugly.
щи, or shchi?

But if you're asking about what I think you are, I still don't know the exact order of the letters in the alphabet, but I know each letter.
But I'm not in college yet. So that doesn't answer your question in the least bit.

Answer 3

Well in a way. It's impossible to actually know the entire language if you don't know the Cyrillic alphabet but you can still know how to speak Russian without knowing the Cyrillic alphabet. But trust me, the Cyrillic alphabet is EXTREMELY easy. I already know it and I've never officially studied it or practiced it. I just glanced at it and read a little about it while I was learning the basics about Russian to see if I should learn it (I've decided to learn it by the way :)) and I know it forwards, backwards, and sideways already! That's how easy it is. It might look a little foreign but once you get past looks and actually "research" it in way, so to speak, you'll see how it's not even close to being complicated in any way, shape, or form. For your pen-pals sake I would learn it to make it easier on his behalf and plus he might not even know the Latin alphabet so if I were you I would learn it. I mean would you like it if he wrote to you in the Cyrillic alphabet? I bet not. Just learn it - it's a lot easier than many people might think. Good Luck! :D EDIT Well it's nice that you both know the Latin alphabet but I think (s)he might really appreciate the effort! I know if I was him/her I most definitely would :D It's nice having someone try to communicate with you in your native tongue - it's a very nice gesture :D Anyways I was also intimidated by it at first but that all passes once you get to know it, trust me. Think of it like Ronnie from Jersey Shore - it looks scary but that all passes once you get to know it a little :D I wish you the best! And you'll be so proud of yourself when you can finally say "I know the Cyrillic alphabet!" - I was and I still am :)

Answer 4

The Cyrillic alphabet is not hard to learn. I taught it to my self. Learning to use it is as easy as using the English alphabet. I obtained Russian newspapers on the net and actually bought some Russian children school books at a used book store. Don't be intimidated, its pretty straight forward. ENJOY!!

Answer 5

Yes.

Learning the Cyrillic Alphabet is needed for reading Russian textbooks and literature.

It's not difficult, don't worry too much about it.

Here's a funny video to show you just how easy it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnq0LrVauTQ

Answer 6

If you can read and write a language without knowing its alphabet, you'll definitely be listed in the Guinness Book of oddities.

Answer 7

OMG ya u like tottly havta lurn the alphabet if ya wanna read good!!!!

seriously though, especially in a language where there is a different alphabet, i would assume this would be one of the basic necessities.

Answer 8

I would certainly hope so!!!

It would be a pretty lousy college if they DIDN'T. Otherwise the students would be illiterate in the target language!

Answer 9

Unlikely. It is far more difficult to learn that than to learn to speak the language. They really are separate things to learn.

Answer 10

Yes.