So, on a whim, I picked a book on the Russian language off of the shelf in my library.
At first I was baffled by the cryllic alphabet, but once you learn that, the language is amazingly easy!
There is no word for 'is' or 'to be', which greatly simplifies simple sentences.
There is no word for 'the' either, again making things simple.
And, the only difference between a question and a statement is the question mark; no rearranging the words!
And above all that, it's great fun to be learning a language that is so foreign being able to write in a different alphabet, and say distinctly Russian words is great fun! I love seeing people's faces when I show them what I'm reading, and they can't even pronounce the words, because of the unfamiliar letters, much less know what they mean!
At first I was baffled by the cryllic alphabet, but once you learn that, the language is amazingly easy!
There is no word for 'is' or 'to be', which greatly simplifies simple sentences.
There is no word for 'the' either, again making things simple.
And, the only difference between a question and a statement is the question mark; no rearranging the words!
And above all that, it's great fun to be learning a language that is so foreign being able to write in a different alphabet, and say distinctly Russian words is great fun! I love seeing people's faces when I show them what I'm reading, and they can't even pronounce the words, because of the unfamiliar letters, much less know what they mean!
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