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I started to learn Russian but I'm not sure what to do exactly. I can't decide whether memorize vocabulary, learn grammatical rules or practice daily speaking. Could you give me some advice?
How to learn russian
I learned a bit of Russian in school - had it as a subject for 5 years (9th to 13th grade). We very much concentrated on grammar, and a bit on reading easy texts, but hardly practiced speaking it at all. We didn't even translate much into it, mostly single words. Result: I remember next to nothing of it.
So, while it's dependent on your personal learning style and your previous knowledge of languages, I'd say that you should practice a mixture of practical and theoretical, active and passive application, with an emphasis on the active practice (i.e. daily speaking, or translation into the language) since that is normally the most difficult part to master.
Me too, I had Russian at school, for three years. Our teacher tought us simple songs and we had to recite them by heart. That was quite a good practice for pronounciation and I still can impress Russian people by singing some songs ;).
I'd wish to be able to communicate more though, but as I never travelled in a Russian-speaking country I never got to practice that.
We learned a lot of grammar, too, but I've forgotten all.
Oh, in the beginning we learned the kyrillic alphabet of course, I can still read that.
The best way to get better at any language, in general, is to use it as much as possible. What helps me the most is listening to songs in that language and participating in communities (forums) online. Give yourself some tasks, like homework in school, but don't skip it, ha.
I started to learn Russian but I'm not sure what to do exactly. I can't decide whether memorize vocabulary, learn grammatical rules or practice daily speaking. Could you give me some advice?
People are different. But for me personally nothing is better than permanent speaking :)
My advice to you is to do a little bit of everything - reading, pronunciation (remember to keep your throat totally relaxed when speaking Russian), find yourself friends among Russian natives (there are lots of them in Turkey) and practise small talk. Russian may be learned only through practice. Don't concentrate on anything in particular and don't be too strict to yourself. :)
Thank you all for the advices. I'll keep them in my mind:)
Go on conversationexchange.com and get yourself some partners! I was an absolute beginner in Russian and through a very kind friend (well, a few) I am able to say lots of phrases. Learn phrases instead of single words in the beginning, is my approach. Having partners keeps you motivated too.
You should probably tell us, what do you need russian for? Then you'll get more concrete and efficient advices, what to do for better result :)
The fastest and the most amazing way is visiting the country. You'll get the knowledge and you'll get an unforgettable life experience. I learned Russian at this Russian language course Moscow http://russian-language-school.com/en/kursy/intensive-group-course. And these are the brightest memories of my life. Wish you luck in your studies.
I think it depends entirely on you. There are many methods of learning a language, but not all of them are suitable for everyone.
I've been studying Russian for a year at the university and, while my teacher was extremely good, I didn't learn much. That particular course was for beginners, but because I wasn't entirely a beginner, it was a bit boring for me.
What works for me is focusing firstly on grammar, then on listening and reading. Grammar makes me understand how to build sentences (it's useless to learn a lot of vocabulary if you can't even use it) and the rest is just practice and improving. I must also say that, personally, I need a teacher until I reach fluency, otherwise the learning process is going to take years. Once I reach fluency, I can quickly and efficiently improve on my own.
But this is me. Everyone is different and has different needs. What I advise you is try to figure out what method works best for you and go all in with it.
Russian might seem like a difficult language, but I've never seen it that way: I think that's because people think that different languages are basically their language with a different word order and maybe a different writing system as well. Follow Socrates's example: you only know that you don't know. Don't fear weird and quirky grammar rules, they all make sense once you figure out how the language works, it just takes some time to do that, but you need to understand this is a whole different language with a whole different system. If you're a beginner, absolutely AVOID asking "why does this work like that?". It will all make sense eventually, but if you only focus on the difficult stuff, it's going to take you centuries to master it.
i may suggest https://www.duolingo.com/
nice place for first steps. there are comment section for every exercise, so you may ask questions if something bothers you on it or read tips from other users.
(i try it for Danish and Japanese, and it looks really helpful for understanding the basic of languages)
Greetings,
That's wonderful, but have you been in Russia after all these years? I might wanna visit it too and I'm even thinking of doing business there, I've been studying Russian for some time now. But there's the problem about the Russian bureaucracy. Are these [url=https://ma-spb.ru/blog/zapret-na-vieezd-vydvorenie-i-deportatsiia/prichi... grounds for the ban on entry to Russia[/url]? I'm afraid there can be any reason for the cancellation and I want to know if you had any problems with that.
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I haven't been to Russia yet so can't help you with that. And your link doesn't seem to work, so I'm not even fully sure what you're referring to.
The best way to learn a laguage is to keep practicing everyday through tears and pain. The best way to keep practicing and maybe even avoid pain is to be motivated. Why do you want to learn Russian? To live here? To make friends with someone from here? As for me, I got my motivational boost when I visited Russia for the first time. Due to it being the first time, I messed up a lot and almost had no money to get back home xD now it's a funny thing to remember, but back then it was a disaster. Anyway, find your motivation, visit Russia if you can, find a nice hotel (please take it seriously), there are a lot of articles on the internet, this for example https://www.tripoto.com/trip/how-to-choose-tour-to-saint-petersburg-your..., and good luck :)
Also your comment was unpublished automatically due to containing a link.
Hm, for many people your recommendations might work. When I learn a language it's mainly out of linguistic curiosity, though, and to understand literature written in it.
When I learn a language it's mainly out of linguistic curiosity, though, and to understand literature written in it.
In the specific case of Russian, this is exactly why I decided to learn it. I wanted to learn a new language, but didn't know which one and since I've been passively exposed to Russian for years because of a friend of mine who listens to a lot to Russian music, that was the most logical choice for me.
That's why I can't understand the "practicing through tears and pain" part. If you're not truly interested in a language, it's normal that it will be a difficult and painful process and more so if you convince yourself that the language you're learning is very hard.
Mea culpa,
It wasn't published automatically, because I uploaded my Hebrew translation under Polish language and polish title and in a moment of confusion (read PANIC) I submitted it. Than I made the changes and published the comment
Hey. My name is Konstantin, I'm from Russia. I want to say: "English is studied as difficult as Russian." In English, phonetics is more complicated than in Russian.
If you can, then I will give a link to my video (my YouTube channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdXoHYJa0QqU9F_URa8hcNQ
If you have questions about the Russian language then you can ask me them. Thanks guys!
No shame, no gain.
Just keep doing everything. Appreciate the natives that help you and ignore those who complain about mistakes. No shame, no gain.
Exactly!
When I moved to Georgia and start learning georgian language, I already knew, that it's important to speak even bad, even with bad pronunciation, even with heaps of mistakes. And that was good way to improve language skill.
Russian language is so difficult to learn. I understand that it's a long trip to go.
Let's improve our Russian together! We can chat here in Russian, share our thought about educational process and put in the comment different platform that help to learn languages!
Russian language is so difficult to learn. I understand that it's a long trip to go.
Долгое, но приятно путешествие, на то он и Великий и Могучий - русский язык.
Так себе, а твой как?
Лучше всех! (И никто не завидует!)
Ну что, начать надо наверное с буковок.
А - читается как "а" в слове "МАМА"
Б - как b в слове "bag"
B - как v в "victory"
Г - как g в "game"
Д - как d в "dog"
E - как ye в "yes"
Продолжай, Хактан ;)
Согласен!
Ё - как YO в 'YOur'
Ж - как ZH/J в 'PleaSure'
З - как Z в 'Zoo'
И - как I в 'Interior'
Й - как Y в 'Yoghurt'
К - как K в 'Karen'
Л - как L в 'Love'
М - как M в 'Management'
Н - как N в 'Nicotine | Никотин/Nikotin [Russian/Turkish]' ;)
О - как O в 'Origami'
П - как P в 'Power'
Р - как R в "rose"
C- как S "sex"
Т - как Т "tone"
У - как "оо" в "good"
Ф - как F "fun"
Х - как H в "hard"
Ц - как "ts" в "nuts"
Ч - как "ch" в "beach"
Ш - как "sh" в "shut"
Щ - как "sh" в "sheet"
Ь - to make consonants sound softer
Ы - как I в слове "thick"
Ъ - заменяет апостроф '
Э - как "е" в "ех"
Ю - как "you" or "u"
Я - как "ya" в "yard"
Самое простое слово в русском - "Я" (the same as "I" in English).
Запомнить его очень легко: вспоминаем как звучит "І" по-английски (ai) и произносим это задом-наперёд: (ia) "Я" ;)
hello everyone !!)) in fact, Russian in all its diversity is quite difficult to learn, especially if you study it yourself. But with the help of the right people, including experienced mentors, this can still be done quite quickly, although how quickly ... In a couple of months of intensive training, you can learn the correct pronunciation, some dialogues, replenish your vocabulary .. I was personally helped by the online school https : //golearnrussian.com/ in this question. We were taught Russian by those who have been living there for quite a long time, and they speak not only Russian, but also English at a fairly high level, which made it easier, for me personally, to learn the language
