10 tips for learning russian
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10TIP
S FOR
LEARNIN
G
RUSSIAN
By Steve Kaufmann www.lingq.com
1 Take an interest.
Discover thefascination ofthe Russianworld, itshistory, itsculture, its
achievementsand itspeople.
2 Recognize.
Recognize that Russian is the lingua franca ofthe countries of a former Empire, stretching
from Eastern Europe to the Pacific.
3 Learn the Russianalphabet.
Learn theRussian
alphabet rightaway. It is
almost parallelto the Latinalphabet, withjust a few extra
letters.
4 Read as much asyou can.
5 Listen a lot.
Russian is a beautifullanguage. Don’t let thepronunciation intimidateyou. Gradually you will hearthe language better, andbe able to pronounce
more clearly.
6 The threegrammar issues.
theissuesthree
cases aspectof verbs
verbs ofmotion
The difficulties of Russian grammar
revolve around three issues,
The rest is a breeze.
Get acquainted with these three
but don’t expect to understand
nor remember much at first.
Don’t spend too much time
trying to memorize rules and tables.
Your grasp will grow gradually.
7 Tenses.
8 Personal pronouns.
Personalpronounsare not
always usedand wordorder isflexible.
9 Questions.
QUESTIONSare often a matter of
intonation.
10 Recognize.
Recognize that the journey is alonger one than for Romanceor Germanic languages (unlessyou already know a Slavic
language), but it is definitely,definitely, worth it.
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