I speak English, and only a tiny bit of Japanese. I want to live in Russia when I have finished school, but before I go I think it would be a good idea to learn as much Russian as I can. I know the grammar is hard, but I just need to know the basics to be able to communicate and understand others. Also, I am going to be studying Russian History, so I will know a bit about the country, but I just want to know, if I am going to be bringing a sibling, is it a friendly, nice place to live?
Russia - 9 Answers
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Yes, Russian language is difficult. But it is easier Japanese. :) Living in Russia you can, if you have a job. Social assistance to the unemployed is very low. To live on this money is impossible.
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Yes, it sure is.
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I don't think Russian is that difficult. Obviously you have to study a bit of grammar but once you live there for a while you will most certainly pick it up. I dont know why people always say russian is so hard. But I think you will pick it up especially if you have a little prior knowledge. Iv'e never lived there so I dont know. But i do know that any country you live in you will pick up there language if you try a little.
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Russian language is EXTREMELY hard to learn, and NO, Russia is NOT a nice place to live. It's completely corrupt. If you like slavic countries, i suggest Czech Republic, much nicer place. Language is still hard to learn, but the country itself is a million times better.
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Yes, Russia is one of the most difficult languages to learn. New alphabet, strange word sounds and consonant mixes, different grammar and sentence structure, all make it a challenge for most English speakers. Russian people are wary at first of other people; it takes them a while to warm up to a person. Once you made a friend of a Russian, you have a friend for life. No - Russia is NOT a nice place to live. The recession has hit them harder than most other countries, jobs are difficult to get for a foreigner, the weather is simply awful, the corruption is approaching 30% of the GDP, and the government is very harsh on any critics. The rules and laws are often perplexing - which is why many people ignore them. The cities are wicked expensive, the villages are like stepping back in time, and there is nothing in between.
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Hey, russian here! What can I say, it is very nice that u are interested in history and in living in Russia. This is a nice place, but be prepared that this will be completely different to what are u used to. But isnt this good? My country is former member of the Soviet, and 50% of us are russian and we are proud of it. The language will be a bit difficult, but so was english for me ;) If you want to study in Russia it is extremly friendly place, people will love you there, there is many International Universities which i reccomend for you, because there will be a lot of people from different countries. Cant write anything in russian alphabet here ,coz dont have it on my notebook.. but i ll just say Tak derzhatj, Udachi! ;) Which means Good like to u girl
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Russian is a hard language grammatically. Not only the vocabulary has little in common with English but also simple future tense of every verb differs from each other and in order to speak properly u need to memorize them all. Also the place of stress on a syllable differs the pronunciation greatly. Moscow, if we exclude the racist groups, is a world class city. But the question is, will u be able to afford it? It has been transformed into a, very expensive to live in, city in the past 5 years. I normally live in Istanbul and the price of a can of coke was 1/3rd of Istanbul in 2003 (if i was not mistaken around 7rubles). Right now a can of coke costs 2,5 times of that probably. At that time a single pass in metro was 7 rubles, now as of 2010 it's 26. And no the effect of inflation is not as much as 4 times. So do the math and see if u'll be able to handle Moscow cuz even living in Cali is cheaper as it seems.
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The Russian language is difficult, but not impossible. A native teacher would be a big positive with common pronunciation problems. Russia is a fascinating country and well worth spending time as a visitor. Nice to live? You need a seriously healthy bank balance to achieve a comfortable lifestyle.
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You are unlikely to get anything but a tourist visa without a job. You need to check on the registration requirements, as I think you are expected to register to live somewhere and there may be limits with a tourist visa. And they do check visas on the way out. You will be caught if you overstay your visa. What will happen, I don't know. What makes Russian difficult is that grammar controls a lot of the meaning of a sentence. You can't just learn words and expect to understand. For example, in the phrase, 'I eat soup with a spoon,' in Russian, the 'with a' can be conveyed with a grammatical change to the word, 'spoon.' If you don't get that, you won't know be able to tell the difference between, 'I eat soup with a spoon' and 'I eat soup spoons.' Word order is unimportant. 'Me loves he,' is a perfectly grammatical sentence in Russian. The form of I (me), the form of Love (loves) and the form of He (not him) tells you the meaning is 'He loves me,' not 'I love him.' If you don't understand the grammar, you won't know who is doing what to whom. Because words convey meaning that in English needs helper words, Russians will leave out the helper words. For example, as typical for English verbs, Speak could mean I speak, you speak, we speak, they speak or Speak! (now or forever hold your peace). In Russian, these are all separate grammatical forms, meaning a Russian might just say, Speak and let the verb conjugation tell the listener which Speak he means. In short, you need to get a grip on the grammar to be able to communicate and understand. You need a good book on Russian grammar and to study it. Once you have the rudiments of a very complex grammar (meaning there are a lot of rudiments to learn), the language is easy. It's very phonetic and the long words are made of easily understood prefixes and suffixes. Pere (prefix meaning re) Stroi (build) Ka (ending making it a noun) = Perestoika, rebuilding. (But you do have to realize it is always rebuilding in the sense of 'The rebuilding of society is nice.', never 'We are rebuilding the society nicely'. Russians are very friendly people once you know them, but not quick to befriend nor open to strangers. Moscow is very expensive. It's a great place to live, but you really need money. A lot of it.
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