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Get to know Russian language to love it!

Get to know Russian language to love it!
As we have seen, there are many reasons to learn Russian (link to the previous article). The next step is to shake off the preconceptions that it is a difficult language. Yes, it is very close to ours, yet we are usually startled by the presence of maturities. Is it really difficult? Let the facts speak for themselves. 

The Russian Language and Other Languages

Russian is not the most difficult language. Yeah, that's right. On the scale of difficulty, it is placed in the middle count: harder to learn than English, French, Spanish, Italian, but easier than Chinese, Japanese or Arabic. And we consider it logical, since, for example, the Chinese language contains thousands of hieroglyphs, and the Russian alphabet is only with the modest 33 letters. It is true that many people have difficulty with Russian pronunciation and grammar, but we are quick to report the good news: there are only three times in the Russian language and word order in sentences is predictable. 

The Russian Language and the Bulgarian Language

We must not forget that the Russian language is closer to us than other Western European languages. Bulgarians are not unfamiliar with Cyrillic and have a head start over foreigners. For many, it takes time or they refuse to get used to and learn a whole new way of writing the letters. And not only that bothers them, but the different word order, pronunciation, etc. The Russian language, compared to the English language, has a very different phonetics. That is why you will rarely meet a Russian who speaks English as a native language, even those who have lived for many years abroad. 

The Russian Language and the English Language

But in the spirit of comparison, the Russian language is written as it is heard and you don't have to wonder as much as with the English language. And if in the English language every rule has its exceptions, in the Russian language the situation is more encouraging: many rules and few exceptions.
We will add another rather encouraging fact in favor of the Russian language. It contains 200,000 words. This is the total number of words in the Russian dictionary. By the 19th century, there were twice as many: between 50,000 and 100,000. Doesn't seem strange to you? By comparison, English is made up of 1,000,000 words! 

Russian as an International Language

Russian is used by about 260 million. souls around the world, but not only that makes its use so global. It is also the international language of space. If we want to fly in space, it is imperative that we know the language in order to realize this dream. The reason is that in emergencies, instructions are given to... Russian language! 

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