I'm an italian 9th grader in a linguistic high school, and I've been trying to learn russian for a month or so. I already know the alphabet, but I don't know how to continue. I really like studying different languages, but I've never studied a language similar to russian before, so any kind of advice is appreciated!

I think this just gives me more questions on how it works. Like at the end of any conjugation of «остановить» they put «сь» and that comes even after the normal ending. Also in «брать» they use «бер» instead of «бра». This way of learning conjugation is both more fun and less fun, because it doesn’t make sense. There is also the looming threat of how there are also like 50 other conjugations of every word.

I need your help. What medicine is it?

Genuine question. Been learning Russian for a hot minute now, say a few months to just under a year by reading song lyrics n stuff. But I always noticed a V (or В in cyrillic) in between words. What's up with that?

For example:

на юге = "in the west"

But why isn't it:

в юге

?

In English speaking countries, while a black widow refers to a spider, it could also be used to describe a woman who marries wealthy men, and then kills them for money.

Anyway, I’m talking to my friends about a psychic we all went to visit. This psychic told me that I would get married three times. So I’m talking to my friends about my three marriages, and I joke that I’m going to be “a black widow”.

My Russian friend goes “aww”, like he’s sad for me.

Would you consider her learn Russian in 365 days a good series?

I'm very new to learning Russian but I've downloaded an app called Memrise from the Play Store and I have already started learning with it. It has a good rating on Play Store (4.5/5), but I was wondering what other people thought about it.

The app has videos of Russian people speaking and subtitles are sometimes added for certain exercises. The TTS is not that bad (I think) but it might be a bit too slow (it is compared to the Russians speaking). When you do a spelling mistake it shows you the correct answer but also shows your incorrect spelling for comparison and as long as you haven't spelled the word or short sentence correctly, it makes you do it again. It also teaches the Cyrillic alphabet but the letters aren't in order (and the only way to learn them all at once is to pay for premium but I unfortunately can't).

By the way, if you could give me any tips of what I should focus on more (or if you have tips in general) to learn Russian in a better way, it would be nice. :)

Hi! Working on my Russian, but can’t figure out the first word and neither can google.. What does it say?

So I'm pretty much a begginer and this may be a stupid question but whatever. Beforehand please dont laugh if this will sound dumb or something, anyway I tried writing my favorite characters last names in Russian as a exercise, I thought that "akiyama" was spelled "акиыама" but it's spelled as "акияма" (at least that's what Google told me idk) so my question is; why did "ыа" turned into "я"? I know that "я" is pronounced as "ya" but I'm just confused, can "ыа" can just turn into "я" or smth

Could you please help me translate '' I would have wanted'' in Russian, it seems a bit tricky.

Thank you so much!

hi all. I'm interested to know your reasons for studying Russian. I myself am Russian, and I am learning English, because it is the most popular language in the world, it can even be called international. But why did you choose Russian? (if someone can write an answer in Russian, I want to laugh))

Hey, I’ve been studying Russian for two years now and when it comes to grammatical rules, I’m doing really well, but where I feel that I am lacking is vocabulary. Does anyone have any suggestions of how to learn more vocab?

Is it cases? I’m very new to Russian, sorry if this is an idiotic question

So, the only way that I could think about the difference is comparing to Portuguese: Doutor vs Médico.

Doutor means someone that has a PhD (doutorado), but can be used as doctor in a sense of you did medicine and etc.

And médico is just the health professional.

So, is it somewhat similar to Russian or am I just tripping?

Hi, there! I am writing an essay and I really don't know how to translate this sentence into Russian:

''I have an idea for a photo shooting'', I know it is an extremely easy sentence, so I could look it up myself, but I am not sure how to say ''photo shooting''.

Thanks everyone!

I've been learning the language since 2023 but I can't seem to improve at all. I can only read and say some basic phrases, but that's it... Can someone recommend me some good resources to learn russian?

Мне нечего делать и поэтому я готов выступить помощником для практики русского языка. Я знаю, что это комьюнити для тех кто изучает русский, так что думаю будет полезно. Если ты изучаешь русский и нужна практика, то можешь мне написать.

I have nothing to do and therefore I am ready to act as an assistant for practicing Russian. I know that this is a community for those who study Russian, so I think it will be useful. If you study Russian and need practice, then you can write to me

Какая особенность озера Байкала делает его таким известным?

Can you please help me understand why instrumental case is used here?

I'm not even A1 and I have just been watching some YT videos that teach you words and phrases, plus reading children's stories and trying to translate, read and understand those, but I still think I need something else to study and memorize words, so any suggestions please?

Also spanish is my native language but english apps should be fine too.

Thanks!

Good day my friends! Two days ago I made the decision to learn Russian. So far, I’ve begun learning the alphabet and plan on immersing myself into the language as much as possible.

Im Indian by ancestry. As an Indian, we love Russia and Russians. We learned at a young age that 🇷🇺 saved our brown asses in 1971 when the colonisers tried to strong-arm us in the war. That & the decades of mutually beneficial cooperation between our nations perfectly has counterbalanced the west. I have immense love for the diverse & beautiful cultures of your massive country.

As I embark upon this journey, I have 2 requests.

1. If you know of any resources that you know are the best to learn Russian, for someone with native proficiency in English

2. If you or anyone you know is willing to get on calls with me perhaps twice a month or more to help me learn conversational Russian. I’m happy to pay for your time if you would prefer of course!

I just want to learn and I want to do it right. Not via duolingo. I want to do justice, I want to learn the accent. I want to immerse myself in the culture and intricacies that make up this stunning land and people ❤️ Bless you all!

a long time ago I listened to a Russian song, probably about the Japanese-Russian war or something like that, I remember there was a reference to a fight with samurais. Does anyone know it?

I seriously want to learn Russian, and it's not easy. I started to study Russian August 2024, but only I can do is basic things..since I haven't studied hard. And that is because I don't know how to. I really seriously have no idea about where to start. I know how to read russian but can't understand what it means. Should I study words? But every time I try studying words I encounter the Grammer problem and start to learn Grammer first, but I encounter the word problem again.And I even don't know how and where to learn Russian words. I can't afford buying a book so whenever I search Russian word site I found that actually not helps. So I want you to suggest how to learn and study Russian and good Russian learning sites.

I already know what it means, but in literal terms, what is it? “He didn’t shit himself into his dick”????

i get that the form of “here is” is probably more formal or something, but since “here’s” and “here is” in english are meaning basically LITERALLY THE SAME THING, then i cant believe how it’s by duolingo wrong- maybe some bug or something?

Как ты чувствуешь себя сегодня? Как ты поживаешь в последнее время? Что у тебя новенького? Как настроение сегодня? Есть важные новости? Что-нибудь доставило сегодня радость? Как прошёл день? Что сегодня было хорошего? Хорошая была неделя? Ты занят (занята) чем-нибудь важным сейчас? Какие сегодня были важные события? Что поделываешь? Надеюсь, сегодня не было никаких неприятностей? Удалось исполнить задуманное? Получилось воплотить планы? Какие достижения были сегодня? Удалось достичь задуманного? Тебе сейчас нужна поддержка? Если тебе что-нибудь понадобится, я всегда рядом — ты помнишь об этом? Хочешь поговорить о том, как прошёл день? Надеюсь, что сегодня всё прошло как по маслу? Может, пройдёмся и поболтаем? Выбор вопроса зависит от личных предпочтений и целей общения.

Like in any language, what are the best ways you can learn how to speak a language is by watching TV shows in that language.

A lot of TV shows in general tend to really showcase the life of the upper class. Gossip Girl. Elite. Blood and Water. Al Rawabi School for Girls.

These are all very good shows. I like them a lot. But these shows are mostly elaborate, fantasies and not at all representative of a lot of people in that country live in.

My point is, I want to watch a show in Russian that depicts the Russian middle class or lower class.