r/LearnRussian

I want to learn to speak Russian but I don’t even know where to start. No one where I live (Louisiana) speaks Russian and there would be close to no point in me learning it but I think it’d be cool! Any tips or anyone wanting to be friends? (I’m 27)😔

I want to preface this by saying I know how this sounds. I live in India. I am learning Russian. The number of people I can practice with in my city is basically zero.

It started after a trip I took a while back when I first got interested in Russian culture and the language itself. Something about it stuck with me. The sound of it, the writing system, the way it felt completely different from anything I had ever studied before. I came back home and kept thinking about it until I finally decided to just start.

The first problem was finding resources. Russian is not exactly easy when you are learning it alone, and there is no simple path forward. I pieced things together slowly. Anki with a Russian frequency deck every morning. Grammar explanations from random corners of the internet. Russian YouTube channels and beginner listening content playing while I was doing other things. Occasional lessons on italki when I could make the time.

But speaking was the part I kept avoiding because there was literally no outlet for it. I was building vocabulary and grammar in a complete vacuum with no way to actually use any of it. I started using Issen mostly out of desperation because I genuinely had nobody to talk to. My sentences were slow and broken and probably painful to listen to, but something about actually producing Russian out loud every day instead of just staring at flashcards started changing the way the language felt in my head. It stopped being something I was just studying and started feeling like something I could actually use.

A few months in, I had a short text conversation with a Russian speaker online and understood most of it. That felt huge from where I started.

Russian is genuinely hard, and learning it with no community around you is lonelier than I expected. But that weird pull I felt from the beginning is still there, and honestly that is enough to keep going.

Hi everyone!

​I'm a French native currently teaching myself Russian. I've been using Assimil, and while I’m starting to pick up some vocabulary and can form basic sentences, I’m finding it a bit tough to go it alone 🫤

​I’m looking for someone who would be interested in doing video calls or voice chats to help me practice and maybe give me some informal lessons. My English is quite good (though not perfect!), so we can communicate easily

​I'm looking for someone around my age group to keep things casual. If you have some free time and would be open to helping me out for free, I’d really appreciate it!

​Also, I should probably mention: I’m looking for a tutor because I’m ‘in-tents’... get it? Like camping? Okay, bad joke, but I’m serious about learning!

​Let me know if you’re interested or have any tips.

Thanks!

Can y'all recommend apps/website that is effective in learning Russian? No, i don't have money for a language tutor 😭. I tried Duolingo but it's like a game, i can't learn properly 🫩

Не нужны мне сейчас ответы ИИ, дерьмо с инета, мне сейчас крайне интересно услышать ваши мысли.
Ответьте на мои вопросы опираясь чисто на свои мозги.

1. Как мы отличаем осознанный сон от обычного?
2. При эротическом сне как мы ощущаем какие то прикосновения в половом органе, если сон это не физическое действие, наш мозг должен быть отключен, а не быть в действии.
3. Почему мы вообще видим сны если наш мозг «отключен» ?
4. Представим ситуацию, человек умирает во сне, и этот сон страшный, наш мозг был отключен, и остался в том же состоянии, что человек который умер будет чувствовать когда находиться в мире страха, он же не проснется в принципе??

Всем привет. Я носитель русского языка и не так давно я начал изучение польского языка. По этой причине я ищу человека который является носителем польского языка и при этом изучает русский язык. Для чего? Для помощи друг друга в изучение языков,ну и простого общения )

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like how do you do it? when i hear people in their russian language there is something that really identifies them, no and im not talking about their way of speaking but rather in their mother tongue. like, what is the trick if it? be cause i believe that learning the tine and the trick will help me pronounce the alphabets better. thank you!

Looking for feedback before I start

I’m from Canada and I’ve recently become really interested in learning Russian. My goal isn’t just basic phrases I’d love to eventually be able to speak, read, and write comfortably, and hopefully visit Russia one day and actually explore and communicate with people there

The problem is I have zero exposure right now. No Russian friends, no environment, nothing so I’m starting completely from scratch

I wanted to ask, what’s the best structured way to go about this?

Should I start with something like Duolingo (I know Duolingo is sometimes bs “the crocodile goes to the theatre”), or is that too surface level? Are there any good textbooks or courses that are actually well structured and can take someone from beginner to conversational?

I’ve also heard people say to watch cartoons or TV shows like kids do when learning a language, does that actually work for adults, or is that more of a supplement?

Basically, if you were starting from zero again, how would you do it as efficiently as possible?

Any advice, resources, or personal experiences would mean a lot. Thanks!

In English, we all are taught and use a sentence learned since primary/elementary school, which uses all 26 letters of our alphabet. It's used, for example, to see what all letters in any font/typeface specifically look like, or to test fountain pens for handwriting performance.

The sentence is something like : the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

It uses every letter of the English alphabet.

What is an equivalent Russian sentence, which uses every letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet?

I’m decently new and I want to learn to talk to my friend. Would someone tell me ways to help me memorize the sounds as well?