Gosiak Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5124 days ago 241 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Norwegian, Welsh
| Message 33 of 40 26 September 2012 at 6:42pm | IP Logged |
Medulin wrote:
Russian is difficult even for speakers of Slavic languages.
The pronunciation is very difficult, and there are many false friends
( for example PRAVDA means THE TRUTH in Russian, but THE JUSTICE in Croatian) |
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I wouldn't say it's difficult for all speakers of Slavic languages. I do not study Russian myself but I have many friends that have chosen Russian for their second (after English) foreign language because it is fairly easy for them. My sister that was forced to learn Russian in the primary school enjoyed it very much since for her it was one of the easiest classes. I am able to understand the gist of Russian conversation or even more if I focus. I tend to classify Russian as an uncomplicated language. Of course it is only from my perspective.
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Gallo1801 Diglot Senior Member Spain Joined 4900 days ago 164 posts - 248 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), Croatian, German, French
| Message 34 of 40 26 September 2012 at 7:47pm | IP Logged |
Croatian. The orthography is Italian-easy as is pronounciation after you can wrap your
head around words like prst, vrlo, and trg. and I was able to be understood without much
previous study on my trip there.
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Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5054 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian*
| Message 35 of 40 26 September 2012 at 8:06pm | IP Logged |
Gallo1801 wrote:
Croatian. The orthography is Italian-easy as is pronounciation after
you can wrap your
head around words like prst, vrlo, and trg. and I was able to be understood without much
previous study on my trip there. |
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For a native English speaker the Croatian phonetics is still very difficult.
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Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4666 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali
| Message 36 of 40 27 September 2012 at 3:51pm | IP Logged |
Not for the speakers of Scottish English. Croatian KRK (the name of an island) sounds like the Scottish pronunciation of KIRK (a male name or a local word for church) ;)
Americans pronounce the R's in the American way, and they are understood. Many people find it cute ;)
Edited by Medulin on 27 September 2012 at 3:59pm
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Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5054 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian*
| Message 37 of 40 27 September 2012 at 5:30pm | IP Logged |
There are a lot of things becides Krk. Soft and hard consonants, absence of vowel
reduction, h, dental consonants.
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showtime17 Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Slovakia gainweightjournal.co Joined 6082 days ago 154 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Russian, English*, Czech*, Slovak*, French, Spanish Studies: Ukrainian, Polish, Dutch
| Message 38 of 40 28 September 2012 at 12:12pm | IP Logged |
I speak Czech, Slovak and Russian fluently, plus I understand Ukrainian. I have also been learning Polish. From my comparative experience, Slovak seems to be the easiest.
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Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5054 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian*
| Message 39 of 40 28 September 2012 at 12:18pm | IP Logged |
showtime17 wrote:
I speak Czech, Slovak and Russian fluently, plus I understand
Ukrainian. I have also been learning Polish. From my comparative experience, Slovak seems
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Why do you think so? Could you tell us what makes it easier?
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showtime17 Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Slovakia gainweightjournal.co Joined 6082 days ago 154 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Russian, English*, Czech*, Slovak*, French, Spanish Studies: Ukrainian, Polish, Dutch
| Message 40 of 40 30 September 2012 at 3:04pm | IP Logged |
Slovak just seems more regular and has less declensions. Also the spelling and pronunciation seem easier...
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