How imperative is it to learn to write in Russian… in cursive?
Monday, June 14th, 2010 at
3:44 pm
I absolutely canNOT make out their cursive! It makes absolutely no sense to me; the letters don't even remotely match what they look like when printed! Do many Russians *use* cursive? I sure hope not... haha Is it imperative to know? And is it something I could learn quickly if I decided to actually travel to the country?
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Russians use cursive as often as any other people – Americans, French or German -
when a person writes say a letter to his Mom _on paper_ – in any language – he does use cursive – always!
No one writes – on paper! – a letter to his Mom/Dad/friend, etc., using BLOCK letters – people would think he is brain-challenged
And yes, Cursive _is_ hard and letters _are_ very different from Computer letters – again, it’s true for each language – for example, I have the same situation with English as you have with Russian -
having English as a 2nd language, I can write just fine on computer BUT I can not – at all – write English cursive on paper
I know some Russians, and it’s definitely something used a lot, from what I understand. If you do a little practicing, you’ll be able to pick it up pretty quickly. If you don’t want to learn it, everybody can read regular print, but I would imagine it would really mark you as a foreigner.
Russian handwriting is always cursive. Print letters are used only:
- by children when they learn to read and write;
- for filling in some documents in order to make the text absolutely clear.