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Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages and is one of three (or, according to some authorities, four) living members of the East Slavic languages, the others being Belarusian and Ukrainian (and possibly Rusyn, often considered a dialect of Ukrainian).
21 reviews
Russian reviews:
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Apr 9, 2009
Yes, Russian rocks. Intellectually stimulating and challenging, and fun to use once you start to get it down.
The grammar and word formation can be complicated and difficult for English speakers to understand. Have to be willing to flat-out memorize lots of stuff. Word length tends to be quite long.
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Apr 20, 2009
More challenging than some other languages, a lot of fun involved. Beautiful sounds.
Grammar can be a pain, as well as the 'learning a new alphabet' part
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Jun 15, 2009
A lot of great things are written in russian.....especially novels. And from what i've heard, its way better when its not in translation.
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Jun 11, 2009
You can understand Russian culture and read Russian history
Can be difficult to speak if you know another different language like Spanish or French because of accents
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Jun 16, 2009
Knowing the Cyrillic helps when traveling in Greece - a more common tour destination.
Great Hunch though - I already know Russian!6 cases applicable to verbs, nouns, and adjectives is killer to keep straight!
Some 'soft' sounds are difficult to pronounce for some - pegging one as a tourist for the mugging -
Jun 22, 2009
Interesting and unique
Hard, tons of grammar rules and cases
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Jun 16, 2009
It's useful this part of Europe where I live and also you learn Russians culture better knowing their language
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Mar 30, 2009
Easy to learn.
here is a quick tutorial - http://www.gadling.com/2009/03/30/gadling-teaches-you-to-read-the-cyrillic-alphabet-in-5-minutes/When am I ever going to travel to Russia?
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Apr 8, 2009
Finally you would be able to watch Dom-2 without translation.
Being native speaker I'd say it is one of the most complicated language. Yes, it is easy to start but after few months it would be really painful.
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Jun 30, 2009
Very interesting, so much great literature
You won't get as much use out of this language as others, unles you're plannign on spendinga lot of time in Russia and/or soem of the former soviet bloc countries
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Apr 1, 2009
Thanks, I already had to learn russian. Comes with getting involved in political conspiracies. :-)
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Nov 24, 2009
I kinda like how it sounds and how the alphabet looks.
Entirely new alphabet for English speakers.
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Aug 31, 2009
Unique.
The sound of it is not melodious to my ear. But that's just me.
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Oct 12, 2009
interesting. i would like to learn it. i would like to learn every language in the world if I could.
I am learning Spanish and that is 2 hard. This would be harder. If I could speak it, its not like I could talk to anyone in Russian. I also don't plan on going to Russia. it would be a waste of time.
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Nov 19, 2009
One of the major European languages and is somewhat in demand today. Great history, literature, and culture.
Cases and plural can be difficult, verbs are more so (esp motion verbs)
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Jul 3, 2009
oooh, Russian language is so cool)))
it's my native language, so i guess i will have to choose another one )))
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Jun 25, 2009
sounds cool.
i dont know when i can go to Russia. but i do love russian ice cream.
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Sep 15, 2009
I prefer Polish over Russian..it's just easier for me...
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Jan 27, 2010
Sexy, mysterious and powerful.
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Jul 28, 2009
nah not my fav...
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Jun 16, 2009
Da!
I'll neeeever get around to it....
