Should i learn to speak German or Russian?
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 at
10:51 pm
on a scale of 1 to 10 how hard is it to learn Russian with learning the Cyrillic? 1 to 10 of how hard with learning the Cyrillic. and then on a scale of 1 to 10 how hard is german? and last what would you recommend and why?
also i am 14 and can speak some spanish.
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I would say learning Russian is harder than learning German.
However, a lot of people are put off by the Cyrillic alphabet used in Russian, when they really do not need to be! Once you’ve got to grips with it, which could take as little as a day or two, there’s nothing stopping you!
I will not recommend a certain language because no one language is better than the other.
You need to think to yourself this, "which will be more useful to learn?" in other words, which will you use more once having learnt it.
I would think about my family and my career to decide.
learn russian. when it’s written it looks cool.
and you should learn something because it interests you, not because it is easier than the alternative.
I don’t know about Russian but at school those of us who didn’t get on with French were put to learning German as it was easier. German is probably more used around the world the Russian as well.
All in all it depends on where you intend to holiday, europe go for German, go for Russian if you’re going to Russa
I’ve done a course in beginners German and it was really easy. The words and grammar are easy to comprehend and everything is pronounced how it’s spelled.
I’ve never learned Russian but my dad had to learn it in school (in Poland). He says it one of the hardest languages to learn.
However, you should see which language is still spoken most around the world out of the two. I’ve heard that many German people know English anyway, in the main cities. I’m not sure about Russians.
I’m not going to give you a scale number because that really isn’t much help is it? How about I just tell you a few things and you decide.
German would be easier for an English speaker than Russian would, though it still wouldn’t be easy. German and English are more closely related than Russian and English, they’re both part of the Germanic family of languages. With German, you’ll have to learn case endings, genders, weird ways to pronounce letters and a few letters that we don’t have in English, but at least some of the words will sound familiar to you. With Russian, you’ll have to learn all of those, but none of the words will be familiar, and there are things in the Russian language that just don’t really make sense if you aren’t born speaking it. I’ve known people who’ve learned to speak passable German in a year, and people who’ve been learning Russian for several years and still aren’t very good. The Cyrillic alphabet will just make it that much harder. In short, if you want the easier language to learn, go with German, but be warned, it’s still a hard language to learn.
German is probably more useful, and easier. But Russian is cooler. I would pick Russian, but I have a thing for Russia anyway.
I had a Russian friend teach me the alphabet, I learned it pretty quick, if you’re dedicated you can do it.