[Brian Griffin]

I’m trying to learn Russian.

Learning to read a language in a different alphabet is difficult.

[hanamizu]

I’m trying to learn Russian.

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Take it from one who has ‘tried’ to learn Russian. The alphabet is the least of your problems! I took Russian in college a long lifetime ago and that’s the only part I still feel confident about. It’s great for writing a Christmas list my wife can’t read!

Once you learn the alphabet, Russian is reasonably phonetic. But the grammar is a killer. And every Russian name has three or four ‘nicknames’ which might or might not bear any resemblance to the actual name. That’s what makes Russian novels so difficult, even in translation.

Good luck.