Let's Learn Another Language!
By Artgirl
@owstalaga (4707)
Philippines
September 9, 2015 3:46pm CST
Hey, anybody here want to learn Russian too? Funny I just felt like studying it a bit because of a humorous and trending YouTube music video. It is just a curious language for me because I don't understand anything Russian at all! 
Aside from having English as a second language, I learned the basic Japanese alphabet and words as influenced by anime. I'm also familiar with a word or two of Chinese (spoken not written), studied basic Korean words and letters because of Korean dramas and know a smattering of Spanish because of our "inherited" words.
Now I should learn a bit of Russian don't you think? Would you like to learn Russian too or any other language?
Aside from having English as a second language, I learned the basic Japanese alphabet and words as influenced by anime. I'm also familiar with a word or two of Chinese (spoken not written), studied basic Korean words and letters because of Korean dramas and know a smattering of Spanish because of our "inherited" words.
Now I should learn a bit of Russian don't you think? Would you like to learn Russian too or any other language?5 people like this
4 responses
@topffer (42156)
• France
9 Sep 15
Russian was available in my high school, but I preferred to continue with Latin. The only language that I started to learn at college written in another alphabet was Arabic. I follow the courses during 3 months when I was in master II, and then I had other courses more important for me (it was an extra
). I would also be interested by Russian for the same reason that I was with Arabic : they have a lot of interesting authors that I would enjoy to read in their own language.
). I would also be interested by Russian for the same reason that I was with Arabic : they have a lot of interesting authors that I would enjoy to read in their own language.3 people like this
@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
9 Sep 15
Oh that's good that you had language electives in school like Latin and Arabic. I only had English in high school and nothing else. Other college universities have other language electives, too bad mine didn't have any that I was aware of.
So you should understand Muslims, right? Because they write in Arabic? Or is that a different thing altogether? And you can still understand Latin up to now?
I wanna understand Russian so I can watch their movies and music videos without a problem. 
Other college universities have other language electives, too bad mine didn't have any that I was aware of.
So you should understand Muslims, right? Because they write in Arabic? Or is that a different thing altogether? And you can still understand Latin up to now?
I wanna understand Russian so I can watch their movies and music videos without a problem. 2 people like this
@topffer (42156)
• France
9 Sep 15
@owstalaga I learned Spanish, English and Latin in high school. Russian, Italian and German were also taught in my high school.
I have learned literary Arabic in college, but only during a few months (I had to stop : it was a hobby not counting for my studies) and most of the Muslims in my country don't speak it, they speak dialects. I can understand little things like "give me a fork" in a restaurant though, but I am unable to read a literary text.
I would be more interested by reading authors like Tolstoy or Dostoevsky than by movies, but I like also movies and it would be a plus.
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
9 Sep 15
@topffer Now I'd like to siphon off all those languages you learned so I don't need to study them. Seems like France is a nice place to go study languages during high school!
Maybe I'll check on Dostoevsky once I learn Russian. 
Seems like France is a nice place to go study languages during high school!
Maybe I'll check on Dostoevsky once I learn Russian. 2 people like this
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
9 Sep 15
A couple of years ago I decided to learn Russian. I borrowed some books at the library and I downloaded a language course from the internet. Unfortunately I never really had enough time to study a new language, and I am still a beginner I have tried to learn the Russian alphabet, and I am able to recognize some of the letters, but I don't remember all of them. I have also memorized some the common nouns and the common expressions.
I have tried to learn the Russian alphabet, and I am able to recognize some of the letters, but I don't remember all of them. I have also memorized some the common nouns and the common expressions.2 people like this
@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
10 Sep 15
Oh cool. I just started so now maybe I also know what you know except the nouns and expressions.
@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
10 Sep 15
I don't know what Cyrillic means... I shall research on it later. Arabic looks really hard to study because it looks like a script of some sort. Don't think I'd like to learn that ever.
Arabic looks really hard to study because it looks like a script of some sort. Don't think I'd like to learn that ever.1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (457249)
• Switzerland
10 Sep 15
@owstalaga It's hard to learn Russian if you do not even know what Cyrillic means. You should search.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
10 Sep 15
Wow, I heard Russian is hard to learn but I guess the fun is in the challenge. 
Given the choice I would love to learn Japanese, Spanish and Arabic.
Given the choice I would love to learn Japanese, Spanish and Arabic.1 person likes this
@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
10 Sep 15
Yeah I did see the difficulty level on a website somewhere, it says Russian is difficult... Not sure if it is yet because I just started with the alphabet. Who knows, maybe I'll find it easy? Or not. 
I tried Japanese and Spanish for a bit too but now I'm jumping over to Russian for awhile.
I tried Japanese and Spanish for a bit too but now I'm jumping over to Russian for awhile. 1 person likes this
