I have been learning German for the past 4 years and am currently working on a college degree in German. I really would like to learn a different language and Russian just seemed to stick out. My question is this. Is it hard to pick up on Russian if you already know German? I used to have a girlfriend that was Russian and the two languages sounded somewhat similar. Is that true?

I didn't see it last night but on last week's episode, where they all went out for Daniel's b-day and got called into a secret interrogation room, he claimed he speaks 5 languages and some lady asked him in Russian "do you speak Russian?" and he was stumbling and making excuses. What the hell? How does he have an accent if he doesn't speak Russian? Do you think the show is fake and he is a paid actor?
If his parents are from Russia, then they would speak Russian at home and he would learn it, too!

I am a native English speaker with a very basic background in Japanese and Spanish. I plan to take courses with a private tutor that is a native speaker of which ever language I decide to start with first and possibly a few hours of classroom time every week.
* My intent is to learn to speak and comprehend the new languages only, not read nor write them. Thanks!

Also, if anyone speaks turkish or italian, i would also like some assistance in learning those two. I'm a beginner at italian & russian. I've had some experience with the turkish language. I just want to become more familiarized with the languages so that I'm able have basic conversations if I visit them. Thank You!

hi.. i hope learning russian language and improve my english language ..in fact i was know some russian language but now i feel i forget it ..so if there any one who know russian language like from russia or ukrania and speak english language ..i hope know these languages..any one can help me?? thanks

I am writing a short story and am looking for the Russian translation of "Are you scared?" rendered in the Latin Alphabet. Using an online translator I came up with: “Novaya ya?”

In this instance it is a brother asking a sister if she is scared. I know some languages have familiar forms of you, not sure if Russian does.

Not sure if this would make a difference but this conversation would be happening circa 1916.

I plan on taking Russian and Ukrainian through correspondence this upcoming term and I was wondering how difficult this language is to learn. I seem to pick up languages fairly easily, and know some of the Cyrillic alphabet. So on a scale of 1-10, how difficult is it?

I am really interested in learning Russian, but I've heard that it is one of the most difficult languages to learn. Anyone here have any experience with this? Please share any information or tips. Thanks!

I'm looking to learn Russian, and several languages. Not really fluently, just enough. I need to know some programs that would work well, traditional classes don't cut it for me, and they simply take too much time.

I know the languages are different but still...I wondered.
Russian is kinda my mother tangue. My mum speaks Russian and she taught me it but I grew up in London.
Privet Ann. Spasibo za informatseu. wow 4 ezika....malodets.

Both languages intrigue me, and I would like to learn one, but Im not sure which would be easier. Im kind of an impatient person, so the easier the better!

And maybe in other languages too?! It would be a great help. Thankssss

if so, what other languages can i speak? i want to learn bulgarian and all but if russian can cover it, itll do! its also hard to find bulgarian classes and its also not on rosetta stone

Ive been thinking about learning Russian or German and was wander if Rosetta stone was an effective way to learn one of those languages and is it worth the price? i also found a website for learning Russian but i'm not sure if i should try that either because i'm not 100% sure if its a legit site. is http://www.russian-accelerator.com/ a legit site for learning Russian or would i be better of going some where else.

I have decided to learn Russian, and was wondering exactly what I'm in for here... can anyone share their experiences?

Specifically, how different is Russian grammar compared to English and to Latin based languages (I've studied French and Spanish)? ...I was teaching myself Japanese a while ago, and was doing pretty well with it. How difficult is Russian compared to Japanese?

Any help is appreciated!

A few classmates and I are planning on tricking out our student teacher in Science by speaking various languages. I took Russian, but I also accept Swedish. The class is Earth Science, if that helps you pick out some phrases. We are working on Chemistry. Thanks!

I'm fourteen years old and my school only offers Spanish and French as second languages, but I'd really love to learn Russian. Is there any possible way that I could learn a new language by myself using only resources I can provide for myself? Where do I start?
Also, I'm already taking Spanish as a second language because it's required to take at least one foreign language. Will this make learning Russian more difficult because I'm learning two languages at once?

I'm an English-speaking college student, and I want to know which language would be easier for me to learn? I know Russian is spoken with the throat, rather than the tongue and lips, and that Japanese verbs and parts of speech can be VERY confusing, and despite these, I've pursued some basics in both languages. I'm on the fence between the two of them, and just want to know which one I might have an easier time with.

i want to become a linguist in russian but im unsure if alot of people speak the language and if it would be a popular language to work with in the U.S. i know russia is a big country but so is china (population-wise) which has many languages so again would this be a good language to work with?

i am very interested in becoming fluent in many languages.
i am only in high school , and have taken 5 levels of spanish, and 2 of french, however i have met some natives of russia and their culture and language really interests me, so i would like to learn russian, and later in college, german.
is there a particular program, book, anything that would be good to learn russian?
of course i could ask my russian co workers how to say certain phrases,or if i have specific questions, but i want to learn the language! how should i start?

I know some other languages but not much and I don't remember most of the stuff I learned back in hs. i took spanish in hs. should I try to learn french fluently instead?
stfu this is yahoo answers it's not a paper dumba**

I want to learn it, but I have no idea where to start. I tried learning the alphabet, and WOW. Seems really hard.
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I speak english and korean. german was a piece of cake for me, and I'm still learning french in school. So.....is russian similar to ANY of these languages?

If you learned russian, how did you do it? Share your secret!

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I can already speak 4 languages and i want to learn one more. I really want to learn either russian or portuguese. Portuguese is a really beautiful language and brazil and portugal are two very beautiful countries with lively cultures. I also know that portuguese would be a lot easier than russian. Russia is not as beautiful a country, but the russian culture is still fascinating as well as russian history and literature. Can you help me decide which language I should choose.

Hi, my name is Karolina and i'm polish.
My relatives friends are russian and whenever they speak russian, some of the words sound polish.
are these languages alike?

I've recently become interested in learning the russian language. The only problem is that I've no idea which organisations/schools offer russian as a foreign language, so right now I'm trying to teach myself using internet and audio clips. I really want a tutor to teach me the language properly in person so that I'll be able to learn it faster instead of trying to figure out how the language and various variations to pronounciations/sentence structures work on my own. The 3rd language centres over here don't offer russian as a foreign language, and it's really hard to find russians in singapore. I'm currently in the music conservatory at NUS, and I only know 2 russian teachers of mine. But it's kind of hard to ask them for proper russian lessons in the conservatory when my timetable is getting fuller by the semesters. Plus they aren't trained in teaching languages.

Does anyone know where I can go for proper russian lessons, not counting internet, books or going to russia?

I know the languages are different but still...I wondered.

i think it would be better to learn portuguese because it will help ALOT with brazillian portuguese but the russian language looks sooooo hard to learn! if im going to learn two languages with a language in writing im not familiar that will be hard wont it!?
i already speak french and english but is it possible in a lifetime i can learn both languages?

I was surprised to read on some forum dedicated to Russian as foreign language talks about how ppl want to learn it, how beautiful it is. I think it's a challenge cause Russian is or thought to be one of the hardest languages.

I would like to find places where I could learn both of these languages.

I am making T-shirts and I needed the translations. Also, if you know any other languages with the translation then that would be appreciated also.

My friend's birthday is coming up and he studies English, Russian and German so I figured I'd write Happy Birthday in those 3 languages on his card.

Obviously, the English isn't a problem but how do you write "Happy Birthday" in German and Russian? Please don't give me any insults in hope that I'll include them in the card! Thanks!

I love languages. I learnt english and spanish by myself and now I would love to learn russian

I was wondering what other languages are similar to russian or could be easily picked up due to fact that you could speak russian (e.g. german-dutch, croatian-serbian). Thanks!

I've been wondering this for years, Polish is easy, but Russian takes tongue and throat work. Chinese is tonal, writing system is difficult, the pronunciation though is somewhat easy, but thats my opinion. Do you agree that Russian is the hardest language. I'm asking those who have experiences with languages or regular people who think they can answer this question.