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I'm thinking of taking Russian lessons. Does anyone speak russian? Is it difficult to learn
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The car is red.
In Russian apparently it becomes:
Car red.
Im not 100% on this, I was looking into a course, but didn't do one as I can't locally. Apparently it is easier than alot of other languages. I done an online learning sample, hehe.
Once you get your head round the alphabet being completely different, it's no easier or harder than learning any other language.
That said, as soon as I got to AS level, the grammar did my head in and I gave up. I don't take to the language thing enough to cope with page after page of grammar tables and alternate endings depending on the word class and all that. I imagine it's similar for most languages at that level though, and it depends what standard you want to learn it to.
Like I said though, the hardest bit to start with is getting used to the new alphabet, but once you've learnt it you don't forget it.
the alphabet is pretty difficult at first... but you soon get used to it with a little practice. i found to learn russian, that the grammar is about as hard as german grammar to get your head around - which is pretty bad; but again, practice makes perfect. if you've learned any slavonic languages before... that will make it easier too.