How difficult would it be to learn Russian as opposed to Italian?
Friday, November 13th, 2009 at
6:04 am
I am Italian of heritage with a passport and hence a whole EU passport. Considering that Russia is not a part of it and i live in Australia is their any point learning it when i have family in Italy and full rights as a citizen in the EU? And how could i practice it when Italian is only a step away and considered easier?
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Learn ITALIANO! I’m half-Italian myself and I taught myself the language out of heritage pride, and in part to impress my Nonna (born in Italy).
If you know anything about French or Spanish, you will pick up Italian reaaally fast. I took Spanish for 8 years and within 6 months of picking up Italian I was reading newspapers, conversing with native speakers and watching Italian movies with a decent understanding of what was going on.
Obviously it takes work, but it’s worth it and Italian is a language that you can ABSOLUTELY master. Ironically, Italian is so logical that it will make you realize how irrational English is.
I can’t speak on Russian, although I’d like to learn someday. The different alphabet intimidates me a little. Both languages will require you to roll your Rs, if that’s an issue.
Just my $0.02 though! Goodluck.
Well, you can learn either if you put your mind to it.
I know Italian fairly well. It is a much easier language. I have tried Russian, and am okay with what I know orally, but reading it requires a teacher.
Well, Russian is a superbly difficult language to learn. It has close to million words, and just as many variations to them. To be able to decently communicate with someone in that language you need to know how to adjust unknown to you words by gender, time, and activity every time you use them. The good thing about Russian language is that it is phonetic and quite beautiful for a huge number of descriptive adjectives and synonyms it contains. Now, it sounds like Italian language is easily attainable in your family in Australia and Italy, which means that you actually have good humored and loving company to polish your skills with. Besides, by learning Italian you will automatically earn a few points on your way to learning Spanish (sister Latin language) some day. So, if I were you, I would start with Italian.
I would say stick with Italian. Italian is without any doubt one of the most beautiful languages, a language that seems to capture the extraordinary essence and spirit of Italy.
Russian is definitely more difficult than Italian in pronouciation, grammar and vocabulary. But the funny thing is that they have a lot of things in common: some word endings, proverbs, etc. I studied Italian once and since I’m Russian I was very surprised how much they are simmilar in some way.
Anyway, if you decide to learn Russian, check out this article – they give some tips on how to learn Russian online with the help of free tools, some of which can also work with Italian:
http://www.aerotranslate.com/articles/learn_russian_online.html