I really want to learn Russian but I’m not really sure how to start. Should I start by learning to read Cyrillic alphabet? or something else?

(Bonus points if you have some free resources since I’m a broke student lol)

  • @[email protected]
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    93 years ago

    Easiest way is to get a Russian girlfriend, but for a broke student this won’t be the cheapest solution.

  • @[email protected]
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    73 years ago

    Someone created a community for learning Russian at [email protected].
    It looks like it has no content and the sole mod isn’t active in a while, but I’d be happy to help revive it, cause I also want to improve my Russian.

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    63 years ago

    Definitely learn Cyrillic, its pretty similar to Latin and will only take a week or so. Beyond that, I dont really know.

    • @[email protected]
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      3 years ago

      +1. casual evenings on duolingo taught me to read cirilic or at least enough of it to keep me motivated to come back and keep at it. More serious approaches would put me off for being too hard. So yea I’d say its a good start there!

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      53 years ago

      I thought about it but last time I used it, it made me more think of a live dictionnary where you learn some sentences/words but not really learn how to speak the language.
      I might be wrong and just need to practice more with it to see the real benefits tho.

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        3 years ago

        With Duolingo I did improve my understanding of Spanish and Italian a little bit but of course YMMV. Many years ago (in the pre Internet era ?) I tried to learn some Russian but learning Cyrillic made me get stuck. If you are into chess, there are several chess players streaming in Russian on Lichess, for example GM Sergei Zhigalko that could teach you some Daaaaaaaa! - Maybe @[email protected] has the best tips for you though! :)

        • @[email protected]OP
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          23 years ago

          I’ll try anyway, I have nothing to lose after all. :) Great idea for chess, I love watching livestreams of it so perfect haha.

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        33 years ago

        Duolingo does have grammar notes (depending on the course, though). If that plus practice can’t teach you how to speak, I don’t know what can.