Tips on learning russian

>>17462414
bump, also interested

>>17462414
Well, you'll need to learn the alphabet. The way I got good at it (besides writing actual russian later on), was to try and transliterate every word I saw into cyrillic. Literally anything written in front of me I'd try to rewrite in cyrillic underneath.

The language itself is kind of confusing because it uses cases, whereas english doesn't do that all that much (besides things like who and whom technically) because our language has strict word order and different grammatical structures. Knowing how these cases work and what they look like in sound and writing is an important fundamental. Same goes for grammatical gender. There is also some weird shit with the verbs they use for going/driving/walking etc. that is hard for english speakers to grasp, but you don't need to worry about that too much as a beginner.

I would suggest torrenting the pimsleur course on russian for some phrases to memorize (they're usually pretty touristy) to get some vocabulary and speaking practice, and then looking on the internet for lessons on russian grammar so you can try and figure out what's going on in the phrases you've learned.

Eventually, with enough vocabulary and a grasp of the grammar, you can basically absorb the language organically from then on.

There is also a russian duolingo now, I believe, and that's pretty helpful too.

>>17462474
Wow! Thank you very much for taking the time to time all of that out. Really appreciate it!