Comment on Is it a bad idea to learn Russian because of everything?
Allero@lemmy.today 3 days ago
As a Russian myself, it depends.
Do you want to explore classic Russian literature without translation losses? Explore the cultural ties of Russians and how language and culture affects history and politics? Figure out what Russian politicians are saying? Hang out with Russians somewhere? Finally figure out how to wrote the word “лишишься” in cursive?
If at least one answer is “yes”, go ahead! It’s not easy, but quite rewarding. If you just want to dip your toes a little, however, and feel like you grasp something, there are better options.
rikudou@lemmings.world 3 days ago
Writing in cursive is easy, just write a bunch of “u” next to each other and you’re bound to write one of the characters that look like bunch of “u”.
Allero@lemmy.today 3 days ago
True lol
But figuring out just how much “u” you need to write, or how many are there, is a bit tedious without the language experience.
rikudou@lemmings.world 2 days ago
True, but there’s a high chance you’ll accidentally write something that’s correct than in latin script. When I was learning Russian in high school I spent more time than I should trying to come up with a word that has the most “u” shapes. Sadly I don’t remember what I settled on, but it was quite a bit long.
Allero@lemmy.today 2 days ago
The classic ones are “шиншилла” and “лишишься”, although the latter could be extended to “лишившийся”. 11 u’s for the latter, if my calcultations are correct.