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Keep it simple (lemmy.ca)
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[-] o0joshua0o@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Russian doesn't have articles at all, but it sure isn't simple.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The grammar can be complicated, but with Russian I find the pronunciation can be particularly difficult. There's a lot of vowel I, e, and y sounds that are subtly different. И, й, э, ы, е all sound kinda similar, with ы not having a direct equivalent in English (it's like an "eeyeh" pronounced with the frontal palette which is weird because English doesn't have a lot of frontal letters).

The consonant clusters are also tough because there's so many of them and connecting vowels are absent. A classic example of this is Здравствуйте (Zdrasvuitse) with the Zdr pronounced with a rolling r as well.

I'm sure if I'm trying to say things I've got a heavy gringo accent.

[-] margaritox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

But it’s also simpler in many ways. For example, it doesn’t use the verb “to be”. So, for example, instead of saying “I’m a boy”, you would say “I boy”.

[-] o0joshua0o@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, that one aspect of the language is simpler, but the six grammatical cases, three genders, two aspects, and unpredictable stress make up for it.

[-] BluesF@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Three genders!? Sign me up!

[-] margaritox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My boyfriend is very good at picking up languages, so he’s been pretty good at picking up Russian too. But yea, he mentioned the unpredictable stress thing being a bitch and that’s something I never noticed.

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