The Challenges of the Russian Language

The Challenges of the Russian Language

Russian is not the easiest language for a native English speaker. There are so many things to remember. First of all, you have three different genders, which is hard enough when we have none. But then, there are six different cases to learn. The rules for which case to use are complicated, but that is only half the battle, as you also have to remember all the different endings. Nouns, adjectives and personal pronouns all change with gender and case. It seems a huge amount to learn.

I was quite overwhelmed by this to start with, with so many permutations of words. But it is starting to seem less complicated already and I am finding it easier. The big thing to remember is that you don’t need to learn it all at once.

In my first NovaMova classes we covered each case separately and worked through lots of examples to …

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