I speak english and french, and i wanted to take a foreign language class (i'm in college)
2007-02-22 04:16:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Russian is quite difficult but not impossible to learn. It is a Slavic language like Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian. The biggest problem in these languages is the conjugation and declension. They have 5 cases: Nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental and prepositional or locative. There are three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. BUT you can try out the site: http://www.pimsleur.com High quality audio CDs. Visit the site: http://www.russianlessons.net
Good luck and remember that there are much more difficult languages. Don't worry. Yuo're gonna make it!
2007-02-22 07:14:22 · answer #1 · answered by turbo speak engine ver. 12 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I tried to learn Russian using "Teach Yourself Russian" book and CDs, and I gave up after the second chapter! It was just so hard with the new alphabet, verb conjugations, and noun declensions! Of course, at the time, I was still trying to master German and Spanish, so maybe I just didn't have "room" for a third foreign language. I really don't want to discourage you - if you have the willingness and confidence, you could probably learn Russian just fine!
2007-02-22 13:02:09 · answer #2 · answered by DavidausZueri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not from what I've heard. I speak English, Spanish, French, Italian and German. If you are looking for a foreign language which will help you develop an accent, go with German.
I reccomend that to everyone who wants to learn a language like Russian, Arabic, ect.
2007-02-22 12:20:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not that hard. I think it's easier than German, and way much easier than Latin (which is supposedly closer to english and french). It's roughly the same difficulty level of French, IMO.
The alphabet may be different from the Western, but don't worry -- it's not like learning arabic, chinese or japanese script. I managed to memorize it in a couple of days (and I don't consider myself very bright, LOL)
the pronunciation is somewhat like Greek (but vaguely).
the only tough part is that everything has a gender -- even inanimate objects!!
2007-02-22 13:55:34 · answer #4 · answered by karkondrite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite hard yes but not really hard. My sister in law speaks English and Russian very easily.
2007-02-22 12:20:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope its easy (Udachi - Good Luck in russian ) hehe
2007-02-22 12:21:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a comparison chart on the differences and challenges of Russian compared with other languages.
2007-02-22 12:20:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
it depends on your background. if you are used to eastern european languages it's easy .other wise not.
2007-02-22 12:28:29 · answer #8 · answered by Shark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
youd have to learn a new alphabet
2007-02-22 12:42:37 · answer #9 · answered by JulyBeetle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋