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How do you talk in Russian?

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Russian is one of the more difficult languages for native English speakers to master, mainly because of the changing of the endings of almost all words. On the bright side, there is a pattern to the complex endings and Russian is, in general, said how it is written. To master the language, you MUST study the grammar.

Some have learned to speak Russian with little accent by learning to read Russian well. If you learn how to pronounce the syllables, you can more likely accomplish this. Points to remember when reading Russian:

* Vowels are similar to Spanish vowels: a, e, i, o, u; only Russian has double the number of vowels (with y): ya, ye, i (like our y), yo, yu and another sound similar to i (ы). * Learn syllables first: bo, ba, bi, sto, sta, sti, pro, pra, pri, etc. * DON'T learn to read Russian with English letters, learn the Russian letters from the start (I learned the alphabet in a month). * Break words down by syllables and they will be a lot easier to read. * Listen to CDs or MP3s, or better yet, practice with a native Russian speaker * Don't give up. Russian is intimidating at first but unlike English, it's easy to pronounce (a spelling bee in Russian would not work because it is written as it is said!)

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17y ago

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