I want to learn Russia language. How do you recommend I do this?

I know some various Slavic talk, but I want to read and write Russian. What is the best way to do that?

I followed a course in Uni, the Russian alphabet threw me off big time, not my cup of tea.

I'd recommend everyone do--if at least for no reason other than to grasp how absolutely complicated a language can be.

I haven't made a ton of headway, but I have a good grasp at the alphabet at this point. Once you get that, the rest will be easier--don't bother trying to romanize it, it doesn't translate well that way.

Check out this playlist, I just found it a couple weeks ago and she's uploading a new video every week. The rest of her channel is good, too, but this is where you want to start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYRZupz6rdw&list=PLx1Hrg5Bg3xrnm30dNPZ5q2R9J6Zz2vUq

I have a ton of PDFs and other ebooks for Russian language as well--though I don't learn really well that way.

I also found this playlist a while back, though it's considerably drier--maybe it will work better for you. She focuses a lot more on the alphabet and handwriting: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF2F566484C119BF4

[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

don't bother trying to romanize it, it doesn't translate well that way.

That is fantastic advice

[–] CDanger 1 points (+1|-0)

Wrong! The alphabet is by far the easiest part. Really, might take 2 weeks before you can read the alphabet. The grammar is absolutely insane. You better really love conjugation, adjective declinations, and memorizing gender and the forms these take in many different cases because that is where you will be spending your time.

[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Are you saying that from someone that knows Russian, or someone that has learned Russian?

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[–] DKeere 2 points (+2|-0)

I'm fluent enough in it to understand it and have a barely passable conversation. Much like my Spanish, French, and Latin.

Rosetta stone, podcasts, watching foreign language videos, and setting captions in foreign languages.

I actually had to learn it conversationaly for work, and just went with it.

[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

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Much like my Spanish

That literally got me out of a jail sentence in Mexico. I was illegally in their country for not filing immigration paperwork, bribed the guy to get fake documents to leave

[–] DKeere 2 points (+2|-0)

Good to know a bit.

My wife, blond haired, green eyed Icelandic girl is fluent in Spanish. We had some roofers do some work over a couple of days and they all spoke in Spanish. Bitching, arguing, talking to each other about private shit. When they were done my wife took them a pack of beer and in flawless Spanish told them they did a good job, but they needed to pick up the nails in the yard. They were rather embarrassed.

[–] CDanger 1 points (+1|-0)

Learn the alphabet. This part is easy. If you get stuck here, you won't even know what horrors await you. Next get a list of the 1000 most frequent words and start memorizing those. This will help you get off the ground at least. Spend some time learning basic grammar so you can put these together in sentence and hope to decipher what others are saying but not too much because Russian grammar is completely brutal and you're far better off working on vocabulary at the beginning anyway. You'll want to start working on pronunciation and comprehension too, because without this you don't stand a chance at all. Ideally live emersed in Russia to do this, but if you can't listen to music with lyrics and translations can help. Pronunciation is diffult, and I don't really have much advice for that. After maybe 1000 hours at this, you'll be able to travel around without major difficulties but don't expect much more. To take it to the next level you'll need to keep on building your vocabulary and working on grammar. No advice on that because if you make it through the first part you'll know what you're in for and can probably guide yourself. Good luck!

[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Thanks for the copy pasta

[–] Sarcastaway 1 points (+1|-0)

I'm barely fluent in my native tongue (let alone any others), but I've picked up a lot from making friends who learned English as a second language. Probably best to have a decent understanding of basic words and parts of speech before asking them for help, but a native speaker is amazing for getting clarification on the little things that make you sound like a tourist.

[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Where my Russians at?

[–] Sarcastaway 1 points (+1|-0)

Not sure about in your area, but used car auctions are usually a pretty solid bet.

[–] jobes [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

That's a good bet. In SoCal and native Russians are hard to find

[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+0|-0)

I learned cykа blyat by playing counter strike.

[–] DKeere 2 points (+2|-0)

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I learned it by watching Russian dashcam videos.

Honestly, I think that and eta maia vodka is really all you need to know.

[–] GumpyBastard 0 points (+0|-0)

There is the Duolingo app, you can see how far that will take you. I know someone that used it to learn esperanto.

[–] BiggerNavy 0 points (+0|-0)

Cuck!

[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+1|-1)

Location, age, income, and education are important for recommendations for non-Americans.

American: Look it up! You have a computer telephone, oodles of money, and plenty of free time to learn a language.
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If you're unable to fully research about learning a language you'll have difficulty with the responsibility of spending time to learn a language.

[–] BiggerNavy -1 points (+0|-1)

How do you say nigger in russia?

I want to learn Russia language. How do you recommend I do this?

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