As a Russian, I agree. Like okay, man, you have challenged yourself to the level when you easily construct sentences in accusative case, but why? To read Bakunin or understand Letov's metaphors?

Foreigners who learn Russian out of curiosity are true madlads.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I took Russian in 6th-8th grade and switched to Spanish the second I could. It's a cool language but it's so hard. The only thing I remember are a couple common words and a weird poem about killing a fly with a gun. I don't even know if it was a real poem or if my teacher was a lunatic.

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

Definitely a lunatic 😂

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

i kind of want to, i had no idea it was that hard?

[–] Allero 5 points 7 months ago

Basic Russian ain't hard, and it's easy to get yourself understood. Some are scared by Cyrillic letters, but that's essentially a fusion of Latin and Greek, and there's nothing special about it - it's not hieroglyphics or something. Many, if not most, letters are same as in Latin scripture. Some are a catch though, and designate entirely different sounds - like "c" letter actually meaning "s", "B" actually meaning "V" etc.

Advanced Russian is a bloody meat grinder. Grammar is such a pain in the ass locals struggle with it, and there's a LOT of synonymic words to learn if you expect to be fluent or understand what we're talking about.

On a positive side, despite the huge size of the country, most Russians speak roughly the same standard Russian. There are some regional words, but nothing I would call a dialect is popular anywhere but deep rural areas. You don't have to learn all that to be fluent.

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

I'm native Russian speaker and I often reflect on what I'm saying and how I say things. This is very counter-intuitive.

Do you know the joke that 'flammable' and 'inflammable' mean almost the same things? Guess what, in Russian I can give you a dozen of such pairs, some of them are essential in a casual conversation.

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Я учусь русскии язык.

Уже могу сказать "путин иди на хуй"

Ещё только 50 лет больше и я могу понимать родителный падеж. Навернае.

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Your Russian is decent but why tf you are spending your life on that

[–] ikka@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not the same guy you're responding to.

Russian language sounds awesome
Many talented Counter Strike players from Russia that I need to communicate with in games
Russian language lands in the top 10 of most spoken languages

Point #3 is not the strongest but it is the reason why I have an interest in learning Mandarin (although I have NEVER started the process)

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Russian language lands in the top 10 of most spoken languages

It doesn't necessarily mean that Russian/Mandarin will be in the top 10 among people you meet

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago

There's a figurative billion of Ukrainian war refugees in Europe now, and almost all of them speak Russian as a first or second language

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago

Спасибо! Мне нравится учить разные языки. Я знаю языки из группа немецкий и латинский, но не славянский. Поэтому я начинал учить русскии.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I just think сука блять иди нахуи дурак мне похуй дебил козёл ёобаный урод блин ёб твою мать and пиздеч are fun to say чувак.

[–] noli@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

You lost me at cyka