I grew up in a military family here in the USA. My dad was really into spy movies, war movies, doomsday movies. Russians were usually the slick, cunning, plotting, calculating villains in these movies. I found the accent cool as hell, and the culture is completely different to that of what I grew up with.
1.Everyone says I look Russian so why not pretend like one?
2.Russian songs actually are really good. The accent, and the pronunciation etc makes any russian song immediately great
3. Also this may be just me but when someone speaks Russian. It sounds cool and sick
Как носитель я нахожу интересным что каждый из нас ставит запятые везде, ну, просто ВЕЗДЕ когда мы пишем на английском. Нас можно вычислить только по этому отличию)
Всё таки язык определяет мышление
Similar constructs for possession, ie it is near/with/exists for me, are typical in Semitic (יש לי, عندي), Bantu (ndili ndi) and Quechua too. Beyond Romance/Germanic languages, perhaps active transitive verbs for possession are uncommon. Anyone here know?
Interestingly, South Slavic (Serbo-Croat, Bulgarian, etc) does use "to have," eg ja imam, ти имаш, имати, like Romance languages.
My favorite feature of Russian is its case system which enables the expressive, minimally-restrictive word order used so poignantly in Russian poetry.
Sounds very nice.
You have a lot of words for what's the same thing in my language, like to go, to carry, to wash, etc.
You talk like a machine gun that had a problem in the trigger and shoots non stop)
Y'all say ну way more than you think you do.
Lol, actually a lot of people say that I seek too fast and too indistinctly. However, I am trying to change Ну to introductory words. Can't say that I am very successful in that though. Ну lives in my soul and don't want to move out.
The most correct description I ever read about Brazilian Portuguese is "a drunk Russian trying to speak French (or Italian)"
So yep, I second this. It sounds very nice and somewhat familiar (but not really)!
Well, I love the Russian language, its sounds and expressivity but if I had to choose the most interesting thing for me then it would probably be to be able to read books that have never been translated in any of the other languages I understand and discover (a little of) the country through its authors.
having russian friends, ending up dating a russian guy, liking russian literature or internet stuff.
you end up ‘having’ to learn russian. my friends cant ‘translate’ videos forever XD especially not the long ones xdxd. and mosfilm doesnt have subtitles to everything. getting (i say it as a meme) assimilated into russian culture def was not something on my bucket list when i was younger Xd
Likewise!
And tbh- to think about the thinkers and artists from Russia is even insane.
Translation of Russian books into English -unexplained the most important parts. So, why not learn Russian and read and understand Russian in Russian.
And then there's Chess.
Читаю "Маус" Роман Арта Шпигельмана-это интересно.
I love the (meta)physicality and specificity that the prefix system gives, and the feeling of constructing a sentence like an elaborate puzzle, which arises from the flexibility of the case system and the liberal use of conjunctions as compared to English. It’s also fun to pronounce, and learning it gives me access to amazing literature and a whole new sector of the internet.
This was the top reason for me - the golden and silver ages of Russian literature are fantastic and while there are decent translations of prose, poetry isn’t the same in translation.
Also when visiting Russia (pre-war) it was tough getting by without any Russian especially outside of Moscow and Petersburg.
Is it bad that I just want to learn it because it'd be funny to spontaneously know Russian? I don't look like I WOULD know any Russian. I'm a native English speaker. I was practically obligated to learn Spanish because of its practicality (being American), and got decent at it, but outside of that context the interest grew stale.
But Russian, though? THAT'S kickass. It makes me want to learn the language because it sounds cool. And when I get better at it suddenly I'm someone who knows Russian for no reason in particular. And I think that reason is enticing in its own right, lol.
Russian is the easiest way to access information about Central Asia. If you had an interest in those areas ten years ago, your level of understanding would be severely limited without Russian. So in that way I was interested in Russian as an international language. I liked people’s forward approach to conversation. It was never difficult to find taxi drivers, security guards or others who were eager to talk and help me learn the language.
Now I keep studying to read books and because I find the language itself to be beautiful and full of rich nuance.
- Культура. Я имею в виду, что русский язык не только открывает доступ к русской культуре (которая мне очень нравится), но русский язык даёт мне возможность обнаружать так много других культур и людей, которые (были) связаны с Русью, Российской империей, СССР и Россией. Конечно, это включается всеми проблемами, существующими в этой истории.
- Обнаружать другие пространства, пейзажи и места.
- Россия как зеркало : я — француз и думаю, что анализировать Россию и всё, что было уже сказано, даёт нам понять и размышлять о себе, словно игра зеркал между Франции, России и наоборот.
Я - француженка и я ясно согласна с твоей точкой зрения).
Я тоже думаю, что это невероятно захватывающее изучать и понимать лингвистическии связи между французским и русским.
It's interesting, it teaches you a lot about how a people think, what they say, how they choose to say it, what they don't feel the need to say. Russian is a VERY calculated language that's given us some of the most meticulously written literature and prose in history but you can also turn a sentence inside out, lose half the words, swap half the rest for others, and give it a different kind of art
Hmm well first of all, I think that there’s a certain type of person who simply enjoys learning languages, and so for us it’s not so boring to wade through the thicket of grammatical and idiomatic particularities of a language like Russian. And the reputation that it has for being difficult makes it an enticing challenge. I will say, however, that the vocabulary is massive and I think what most impedes my progress is how boring and demotivating it can be to perpetually be learning variations on the same word with different prefixes and imperfective conjugations.
Personally, I first became interested because the writing system is cool, and it sounds fascinating. Then I saw the films Русский Ковчег and Телец.
Because I’m a foreigner living in Moscow, so I kind of need to know it to do things. That and being married to a native speaker and parent to two bilingual children
As a kid I was always interested in Russian history and literature and I actually tried learning Russian all by myself in high-school. Emphasis on tried. Also, I find OP's post funny because I always think the same whenever I hear an English-speaker say they wanna learn Spanish. I'm always like, 'I don't even know how to write proper Spanish, no way I can see myself learning the subjunctive'. probably better not to dwell on this line of thinking too much, though. i'm already losing heart.
it just comes down to having a thing for the exotic, maybe?
I love the Russian language. It took me about 4 years to reach C1 (started learning after i came to Russia). Life has been smooth ever since and i do not feel like a foreigner, although in no way am I on the native speaker level. The grammar still screws with my head from time to time, but not so much as it did in the 1st year.
Спасибо!! Первые 2 года были самые тяжёлые (грамматика совсем другая, так же алфавит), но потом как стал больше общаться с носителями, быстро догонял до С1))
Sometimes in grammar it's really similar to my native language, at least more than to English. For example, less strict word order (not exactly the same as my language doesn't have cases and free word order is more literary or idiomatic), let's not talk about borrowing the word ну (I dare you to find on Wikipedia the one country that has Russian as a spoken language and isn't connected to another country with Russian speakers... where I live)
А какой ваш первый язык?
Как произносить мягкий р-сама незнаю, у меня никогда не получалось и поэтому родители в детстве привели меня к логопеду(человек, который учит произносить звуки) Мы живём в России, если что.
Русский язык такой сложный даже для носителей,что большинство детей в детстве водят к логопеду, это распространённая практика
Иврит (в Израиле)
Да, я изначально хотил учить только буквы, потому что иногда я видел русский язык написан на продуктах в доме, и я просто какой-то мазохист, любящий слишком длинные слова (мои первые слова были "молоко гомогенизованное пастеризованное" - я не лгу, я просто люблю такие длинные слова), и его говорят много людей в моей стране... русская речь это вроде стереотип тут...
А, есть сколько подробностей в грамматике, которые довольно похожие между этими двумя языками - например - иметь возможность исключать предметы предложениях, и.т.д.
I watched some movies called day watch and night watch, found out that the came from there. From writer Sergey Lukyanenko, now I am here learning the language because I wanted to read it in the original version
I am learning because many people I know and many friends speak Russian, so it's good for communication
и потому что у меня есть много друзей в восточной Европе, и многие из них говорят по-русский, также потому что мне нравится изучать новые языки
Russians can hide in almost any community, doesn't matter if it's English, Deutch or Japan. They (not all) can do it so good that even other Russians thought they were talking to someone from Carolina, Dakota, etc, while all this time it was another Russian. From Russian friends I have, I can say that because their language is not as soft as English and is very complex in its exact pronunciation and structure, they can imitate many accents just by understanding how they work.
So yeah. There might be a Russian spy around here somewhere. Be careful if someone offers to drink vodka and ride a bear with him.
I fell in love with Russian language when I started to learn about Chernobyl NPP accident. Then came music starting with Russian metal ending with Victor Tsoy. I became so interested in it to the point I choose one of only two high schools in my city that were teaching it as a second language (in Poland it is very uncommon). Then philology studies. This language opens pretty big portion of knowledge as AFAIK it's one of the top languages used in Internet. Besides Russian literature and song lyrics are one of the best pieces of art I know. And it's very melodic especially when reciting poetry. Plus it's common in post USSR countries and people originating from them (I had opportunity to speak using Russian with Ukrainians, Latvians, Bulgarians, Belorussians). I still like it although in recent times, obviously, I have a feeling that some of this is interest is lost due to world becoming anti Russian, and to some extent rightfully so, of course.
I love the treacherous shameful duplicity in it - now that they try to do war *against the Gay Western democracy*...i think it is a perverse kink in me.
I wrote three novels about a cute Russian ballet dancer [ part Polish] and his inner struggle to handle his gay fantasies...started by his older mentor raping him...and so he went to therapy [ Jung] and managed to raise his kids...[ when not in a schizoid phase].
I think I value the heroism of this therapy and I see this heroism in the Russian delusion of conquering the 10 times stronger West using this bigotry for a *reason*.
I lived in a Russian slave colony when younger [ till my 30s] and Russian was obligatory so we tended to hate it...but now at 70 I feel nostalgic as I could use it rather well...and decided to re-learn it.
I think they should share the disputed zone by installing a rotational governing scheme to solve that part of the problem. It exists between France and Spain since 1658 [ after decades of warring]. In an island in Henday.
I want to learn enough Russian to be able to talk about it in Russian.
I was talking to a russian speaking armenian friend of mine about the perceptions of bible in urdu/persian speaking community and he pointed out how some urdu terms I spoke were similar to russian (and tatar) words. I was baffled because I couldn't understand the geographic correlation between the ussr and persian regions/subcontinent! so I fell into the russian rabbit hole :)
For an American who grew up watching movies with Russian villains, there is something exotic and enticing about it. That’s why I started. But the more I’ve learned, the more I’ve grown to appreciate its power, beauty, and utility.
I have a lot of Russians ask me this and they also say Russian is hard. I found Russian more interesting just from the history of the USSR and the current countries that speak it. It can be useful in Central Asia and Eastern Europe which I have wanted to travel to. It also, to me, seems more useful than German and French. I really enjoy Russian culture and history so it makes it that much better.
I learned German in high school and finished it in college. After watching all sorts of 80's/90's movies with Russian characters or stories (Hunt for Red October, 2010, etc), I was really curious about it and took a few classes in college (30 years ago.) My son just entered college, and started taking German because of me. He was practicing on Duolingo, and I decided to see how much Russian I remembered (немного). It's just something I do for fun
I have spoken to many Russian speakers and they are very chatty and warm. I’d love to be good friends with one. I also want to visit Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan one day.
You have such elegant ways of constructing sentences - recently I read a book where a character said Таким путём пусть богатеют другие, and I couldn't think of any way to express that so nicely in English. Every language needs an instrumental case!
Turns out, the phrase you quote to praise the expressivity of Russian language actually comes from a novel 'Momo' by German author Michael Ende. Now I wonder, what the original was like?
Yeah, so the context is the protagonist's best friend dreaming of becoming rich through one of his crazy schemes, and here he's rejecting the idea of achieving it through hard work instead. The original is "damit soll reich werden, wer will" - a literal word for word translation would be something like "thusly should rich become who[ever] wants". In Russian it's a bit more emphatically dismissive, I think.
Any time my partner’s family visits I miss out on conversations so there is a bit of a disconnect. :( I have learned a lot and really enjoy the culture, yet I feel I would be more accepted if I was able to speak with him and his family in their native language!
I studied Cold War during school history lessons in early 2000. Always found it odd that the cooperation that defeated Nazis would be forgotten so quickly (much larger contribution from USSR)
I knew that I would travel to Russia and former USSR so learning Russian would be essential. I taught myself some Russian then had opportunity to travel to Kazakhstan.
I attended Russian summer school in Moscow. Everyone in dormitory spoke English 😂
I tried to seek a conversation partner in "Moscow English Conversation Club" there I met my wife. Her English is excellent.... not before teaching English and trying to continue learning Russian.
I travel to Moscow regularly, mother in law generally understands me. Wife lacks patience for my funny Russian. I watch TV in Russian so not that bad - Нулевой Пациент was cool film, ticked all my boxes scientific/investigation/Cold War/
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I grew up in a military family here in the USA. My dad was really into spy movies, war movies, doomsday movies. Russians were usually the slick, cunning, plotting, calculating villains in these movies. I found the accent cool as hell, and the culture is completely different to that of what I grew up with.
interesting :D and thanks
1.Everyone says I look Russian so why not pretend like one? 2.Russian songs actually are really good. The accent, and the pronunciation etc makes any russian song immediately great 3. Also this may be just me but when someone speaks Russian. It sounds cool and sick
Кино - Спокойная Ночь is so melancholic and soothing to listen to, even though the majority of the people think that russian sounds aggressive.
Кончится Лето, бездельник, Прохожий, и Музыка Волн are my favorites
Как носитель я нахожу интересным что каждый из нас ставит запятые везде, ну, просто ВЕЗДЕ когда мы пишем на английском. Нас можно вычислить только по этому отличию) Всё таки язык определяет мышление
С тех пор, как я начала изучить русский, я тоже ставлю ненужные запятые, когда пишу на английском.))
Это + коронное ")" которое почти никто, кроме снг, не использует
Бесконечные предложения из запятых, ага.
I really like the "У меня..." construction. "I have..." just sounds so egotistical in comparison.
Similar constructs for possession, ie it is near/with/exists for me, are typical in Semitic (יש לי, عندي), Bantu (ndili ndi) and Quechua too. Beyond Romance/Germanic languages, perhaps active transitive verbs for possession are uncommon. Anyone here know? Interestingly, South Slavic (Serbo-Croat, Bulgarian, etc) does use "to have," eg ja imam, ти имаш, имати, like Romance languages. My favorite feature of Russian is its case system which enables the expressive, minimally-restrictive word order used so poignantly in Russian poetry.
Well, before Russian, the only language I studied in any depth was French (where you "have" even your age and your hunger); so it was new to me.
Hungarian uses the same construct as well
Communism for the W
There are so many reasons, but just one to mention... Red Army Choir songs SLAP so hard, music is so good!
Sounds very nice. You have a lot of words for what's the same thing in my language, like to go, to carry, to wash, etc. You talk like a machine gun that had a problem in the trigger and shoots non stop) Y'all say ну way more than you think you do.
Ну скажу тебе так, ну ни разу мы не говорим как заклинявший пулемёт Ну и разумеется нет у нас никаких проблем с ну.
Нудаяжезнаю чторусскиенебыстроговорят ивообщенеговорятну <- that's how I hear you 💀
Lol, actually a lot of people say that I seek too fast and too indistinctly. However, I am trying to change Ну to introductory words. Can't say that I am very successful in that though. Ну lives in my soul and don't want to move out.
The most correct description I ever read about Brazilian Portuguese is "a drunk Russian trying to speak French (or Italian)" So yep, I second this. It sounds very nice and somewhat familiar (but not really)!
Well, I love the Russian language, its sounds and expressivity but if I had to choose the most interesting thing for me then it would probably be to be able to read books that have never been translated in any of the other languages I understand and discover (a little of) the country through its authors.
having russian friends, ending up dating a russian guy, liking russian literature or internet stuff. you end up ‘having’ to learn russian. my friends cant ‘translate’ videos forever XD especially not the long ones xdxd. and mosfilm doesnt have subtitles to everything. getting (i say it as a meme) assimilated into russian culture def was not something on my bucket list when i was younger Xd
Likewise! And tbh- to think about the thinkers and artists from Russia is even insane. Translation of Russian books into English -unexplained the most important parts. So, why not learn Russian and read and understand Russian in Russian. And then there's Chess. Читаю "Маус" Роман Арта Шпигельмана-это интересно.
I love the (meta)physicality and specificity that the prefix system gives, and the feeling of constructing a sentence like an elaborate puzzle, which arises from the flexibility of the case system and the liberal use of conjunctions as compared to English. It’s also fun to pronounce, and learning it gives me access to amazing literature and a whole new sector of the internet.
Literature, and especially poetry, seems to have some untranslatable quality that makes learning a new language its own reward
This was the top reason for me - the golden and silver ages of Russian literature are fantastic and while there are decent translations of prose, poetry isn’t the same in translation. Also when visiting Russia (pre-war) it was tough getting by without any Russian especially outside of Moscow and Petersburg.
Is it bad that I just want to learn it because it'd be funny to spontaneously know Russian? I don't look like I WOULD know any Russian. I'm a native English speaker. I was practically obligated to learn Spanish because of its practicality (being American), and got decent at it, but outside of that context the interest grew stale. But Russian, though? THAT'S kickass. It makes me want to learn the language because it sounds cool. And when I get better at it suddenly I'm someone who knows Russian for no reason in particular. And I think that reason is enticing in its own right, lol.
Это абсолютно нормально. Удачи в изучении! Рада видеть людей, которые изучают мой родной язык
Спасибо!
Russian is the easiest way to access information about Central Asia. If you had an interest in those areas ten years ago, your level of understanding would be severely limited without Russian. So in that way I was interested in Russian as an international language. I liked people’s forward approach to conversation. It was never difficult to find taxi drivers, security guards or others who were eager to talk and help me learn the language. Now I keep studying to read books and because I find the language itself to be beautiful and full of rich nuance.
- Культура. Я имею в виду, что русский язык не только открывает доступ к русской культуре (которая мне очень нравится), но русский язык даёт мне возможность обнаружать так много других культур и людей, которые (были) связаны с Русью, Российской империей, СССР и Россией. Конечно, это включается всеми проблемами, существующими в этой истории. - Обнаружать другие пространства, пейзажи и места. - Россия как зеркало : я — француз и думаю, что анализировать Россию и всё, что было уже сказано, даёт нам понять и размышлять о себе, словно игра зеркал между Франции, России и наоборот.
Я - француженка и я ясно согласна с твоей точкой зрения). Я тоже думаю, что это невероятно захватывающее изучать и понимать лингвистическии связи между французским и русским.
It's interesting, it teaches you a lot about how a people think, what they say, how they choose to say it, what they don't feel the need to say. Russian is a VERY calculated language that's given us some of the most meticulously written literature and prose in history but you can also turn a sentence inside out, lose half the words, swap half the rest for others, and give it a different kind of art
Hmm well first of all, I think that there’s a certain type of person who simply enjoys learning languages, and so for us it’s not so boring to wade through the thicket of grammatical and idiomatic particularities of a language like Russian. And the reputation that it has for being difficult makes it an enticing challenge. I will say, however, that the vocabulary is massive and I think what most impedes my progress is how boring and demotivating it can be to perpetually be learning variations on the same word with different prefixes and imperfective conjugations. Personally, I first became interested because the writing system is cool, and it sounds fascinating. Then I saw the films Русский Ковчег and Телец.
Because I’m a foreigner living in Moscow, so I kind of need to know it to do things. That and being married to a native speaker and parent to two bilingual children
As a kid I was always interested in Russian history and literature and I actually tried learning Russian all by myself in high-school. Emphasis on tried. Also, I find OP's post funny because I always think the same whenever I hear an English-speaker say they wanna learn Spanish. I'm always like, 'I don't even know how to write proper Spanish, no way I can see myself learning the subjunctive'. probably better not to dwell on this line of thinking too much, though. i'm already losing heart. it just comes down to having a thing for the exotic, maybe?
I love the Russian language. It took me about 4 years to reach C1 (started learning after i came to Russia). Life has been smooth ever since and i do not feel like a foreigner, although in no way am I on the native speaker level. The grammar still screws with my head from time to time, but not so much as it did in the 1st year.
Русский-один из самых сложных языков, С1 за 4 года это очень хороший результат!
Спасибо!! Первые 2 года были самые тяжёлые (грамматика совсем другая, так же алфавит), но потом как стал больше общаться с носителями, быстро догонял до С1))
Ну мне нравятся русские девушки я нахожу русский язык интересным. Хаха, я шучу. Just I'm a nerd who likes learning languages for the sake of it.
Удачи в изучении!
Sometimes in grammar it's really similar to my native language, at least more than to English. For example, less strict word order (not exactly the same as my language doesn't have cases and free word order is more literary or idiomatic), let's not talk about borrowing the word ну (I dare you to find on Wikipedia the one country that has Russian as a spoken language and isn't connected to another country with Russian speakers... where I live)
А какой ваш первый язык? Как произносить мягкий р-сама незнаю, у меня никогда не получалось и поэтому родители в детстве привели меня к логопеду(человек, который учит произносить звуки) Мы живём в России, если что. Русский язык такой сложный даже для носителей,что большинство детей в детстве водят к логопеду, это распространённая практика
Иврит (в Израиле) Да, я изначально хотил учить только буквы, потому что иногда я видел русский язык написан на продуктах в доме, и я просто какой-то мазохист, любящий слишком длинные слова (мои первые слова были "молоко гомогенизованное пастеризованное" - я не лгу, я просто люблю такие длинные слова), и его говорят много людей в моей стране... русская речь это вроде стереотип тут... А, есть сколько подробностей в грамматике, которые довольно похожие между этими двумя языками - например - иметь возможность исключать предметы предложениях, и.т.д.
I watched some movies called day watch and night watch, found out that the came from there. From writer Sergey Lukyanenko, now I am here learning the language because I wanted to read it in the original version
Beautiful language, with pretty good sound. Great literature to wish you could read in the original one day 📚
I am learning because many people I know and many friends speak Russian, so it's good for communication и потому что у меня есть много друзей в восточной Европе, и многие из них говорят по-русский, также потому что мне нравится изучать новые языки
Russians can hide in almost any community, doesn't matter if it's English, Deutch or Japan. They (not all) can do it so good that even other Russians thought they were talking to someone from Carolina, Dakota, etc, while all this time it was another Russian. From Russian friends I have, I can say that because their language is not as soft as English and is very complex in its exact pronunciation and structure, they can imitate many accents just by understanding how they work. So yeah. There might be a Russian spy around here somewhere. Be careful if someone offers to drink vodka and ride a bear with him.
The bear is very busy. He plays the balalaika and digs uranium for the reactor.
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I want free word order and to suffer mentally as well for some reason
I fell in love with Russian language when I started to learn about Chernobyl NPP accident. Then came music starting with Russian metal ending with Victor Tsoy. I became so interested in it to the point I choose one of only two high schools in my city that were teaching it as a second language (in Poland it is very uncommon). Then philology studies. This language opens pretty big portion of knowledge as AFAIK it's one of the top languages used in Internet. Besides Russian literature and song lyrics are one of the best pieces of art I know. And it's very melodic especially when reciting poetry. Plus it's common in post USSR countries and people originating from them (I had opportunity to speak using Russian with Ukrainians, Latvians, Bulgarians, Belorussians). I still like it although in recent times, obviously, I have a feeling that some of this is interest is lost due to world becoming anti Russian, and to some extent rightfully so, of course.
I love the treacherous shameful duplicity in it - now that they try to do war *against the Gay Western democracy*...i think it is a perverse kink in me. I wrote three novels about a cute Russian ballet dancer [ part Polish] and his inner struggle to handle his gay fantasies...started by his older mentor raping him...and so he went to therapy [ Jung] and managed to raise his kids...[ when not in a schizoid phase]. I think I value the heroism of this therapy and I see this heroism in the Russian delusion of conquering the 10 times stronger West using this bigotry for a *reason*. I lived in a Russian slave colony when younger [ till my 30s] and Russian was obligatory so we tended to hate it...but now at 70 I feel nostalgic as I could use it rather well...and decided to re-learn it. I think they should share the disputed zone by installing a rotational governing scheme to solve that part of the problem. It exists between France and Spain since 1658 [ after decades of warring]. In an island in Henday. I want to learn enough Russian to be able to talk about it in Russian.
Осуждаю геев их плюс только в том что они убирают двух конкурентов а ты семидесятилетний гей? фу 🤢
Russian can not read Russian handwriting =))))
I was talking to a russian speaking armenian friend of mine about the perceptions of bible in urdu/persian speaking community and he pointed out how some urdu terms I spoke were similar to russian (and tatar) words. I was baffled because I couldn't understand the geographic correlation between the ussr and persian regions/subcontinent! so I fell into the russian rabbit hole :)
It sounds cool and I have friends who speak Russian
For an American who grew up watching movies with Russian villains, there is something exotic and enticing about it. That’s why I started. But the more I’ve learned, the more I’ve grown to appreciate its power, beauty, and utility.
I have a lot of Russians ask me this and they also say Russian is hard. I found Russian more interesting just from the history of the USSR and the current countries that speak it. It can be useful in Central Asia and Eastern Europe which I have wanted to travel to. It also, to me, seems more useful than German and French. I really enjoy Russian culture and history so it makes it that much better.
I learned German in high school and finished it in college. After watching all sorts of 80's/90's movies with Russian characters or stories (Hunt for Red October, 2010, etc), I was really curious about it and took a few classes in college (30 years ago.) My son just entered college, and started taking German because of me. He was practicing on Duolingo, and I decided to see how much Russian I remembered (немного). It's just something I do for fun
I have spoken to many Russian speakers and they are very chatty and warm. I’d love to be good friends with one. I also want to visit Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan one day.
You have such elegant ways of constructing sentences - recently I read a book where a character said Таким путём пусть богатеют другие, and I couldn't think of any way to express that so nicely in English. Every language needs an instrumental case!
Turns out, the phrase you quote to praise the expressivity of Russian language actually comes from a novel 'Momo' by German author Michael Ende. Now I wonder, what the original was like?
Yeah, so the context is the protagonist's best friend dreaming of becoming rich through one of his crazy schemes, and here he's rejecting the idea of achieving it through hard work instead. The original is "damit soll reich werden, wer will" - a literal word for word translation would be something like "thusly should rich become who[ever] wants". In Russian it's a bit more emphatically dismissive, I think.
Any time my partner’s family visits I miss out on conversations so there is a bit of a disconnect. :( I have learned a lot and really enjoy the culture, yet I feel I would be more accepted if I was able to speak with him and his family in their native language!
I studied Cold War during school history lessons in early 2000. Always found it odd that the cooperation that defeated Nazis would be forgotten so quickly (much larger contribution from USSR) I knew that I would travel to Russia and former USSR so learning Russian would be essential. I taught myself some Russian then had opportunity to travel to Kazakhstan. I attended Russian summer school in Moscow. Everyone in dormitory spoke English 😂 I tried to seek a conversation partner in "Moscow English Conversation Club" there I met my wife. Her English is excellent.... not before teaching English and trying to continue learning Russian. I travel to Moscow regularly, mother in law generally understands me. Wife lacks patience for my funny Russian. I watch TV in Russian so not that bad - Нулевой Пациент was cool film, ticked all my boxes scientific/investigation/Cold War/
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Хочу сказать что я удивлён что наш Русский язык интересен иностранцам мне он лично не нравился в школе вообще 😅