What is the fastest/easiest way to learn to read fluently the Cyrillic alphabet (language doesn't really matter, but assume Russian if it helps).
It would feel badass to be able to at least read the titles of books in the Russian section of the library.
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Anonymous2009-07-14 6:29
>language doesn't really matter
well actually it does.
anyway the fasted way to learn its print out table of the letters and use the look, say, cover, write, check technique you should have picked up in 3rd grade.
I don't have much to say about my process of learning the script. It's fairly easy compared to any other script (if you're familiar with the latin script, which you obviously are since you wrote your post in it :/ )
What you'll have to adapt to is the fact that Cyrillic contains graphemes for the phonemes "sch", "ch", "zh", etc. That's something you might not feel comfortable with at first, if you're not a speaker of at least one Slavic language. Being a speakers of two Slavic languages (none of them use the Cyrillic script), I had no problems with it, because our Latin alphabets already have counterparts for those phonemes.
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Anonymous2009-07-14 6:44
Open up two browser windows, one with the Cyrillic to Latin script transliterations, another with a Russian (or some other East Slavic language). Read a word out loud, check the other window if you don't recognise a sign. Rinse and repeat.
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Anonymous2009-07-14 7:35
ahem, ima russian myself and i cannot understand... i learned latin alphabet at school without any problems and as i remember we had only few lessons for it. moreover i've never seen any russian who complained he couldn't read latin letters. i wonder why do foreigners have problems with so close script, i guess they could learn it after after couple of hours
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>i wonder why do foreigners have problems with so close script
I don't think anyone serious about learning a Slavic language has much of a problem with it.
>i guess they could learn it after after couple of hours
we can, I did.
>>1
to become able to read it fluently, you'll need to read a couple of Russian words everyday over the course of a few months.
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Anonymous2009-07-14 8:04
>>5
You cannot understand that someone can't read an alphabet he had never learned to read? Wow.
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Anonymous2009-07-14 8:42
>>8
nope, i couldn't understand what problems with learining do they have. i guess i've written it clear enough
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Anonymous2009-07-14 8:48
But they don't. When have you ever heard of someone "having problems" while learning the Cyrillic alphabet?
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Anonymous2009-07-14 10:43
>>10
i've heard. and then, even this thread, it is so simple whats use to create a special thread for asking of 'fastest/easiest way'?
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>whats use to create a special thread for asking of 'fastest/easiest way'?
there is no use. It's trivial to do, especially if you already know the Latin alphabet, and OP could've been finished by now if he had started when he made the thread, no matter in which order he learns them and whether or not he uses any kind of mnemonic devices.
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Anonymous2009-07-14 19:48
You have to learn to write it first. Just go to Wikipedia and find the Russian Alphabet, and learn to recognize it. There's no real way to learn them, just write words with it. Find Russian words and sound them out.
The Cyrillic alphabet is a joke. What the hell is your problem? I can fluently recognize and also write hiragna, katakana and around 1800 kanji characters and you can't even master, what some 40 characters?
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Since you are so proficient, could you tell me what is the kanji for "You are a faggot"?
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Anonymous2009-07-15 0:27
How about resources for how to draw the characters, stroke by stroke? Childrens books that teach how to write? Examples of Cyrillic handwriting?
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Anonymous2009-07-15 3:32
>>14
And despite all that, you still can't properly read. Nowhere did he state that he has problems with Cyrillic. He simply asked about the most efficient way to learn it.
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Anonymous2009-07-15 4:02
Good luck, it's an easy alphabet, but reading can be a pain in the ass. You'll have to adapt to consonant clusters in Slavic languages or else you'll sound like an ass.
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Anonymous2009-07-15 5:29
>>20
you mean the dislike they have for vowels or slight pauses in speech?
I'm trying to learn this as well. Might a kind anon write the entire alphabet (both lower-upper case) and upload the picture? I usually learn faster if I can see how it's written by real people instead of predetermined fonts.
Please don't write too fast adn sketchy, but neither too 'formally' slow.
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Anonymous2009-07-20 16:08
>>24
Go see >>22 that is what you want. It teaches you to write each character exactly as children are taught. You will write like a native.