I've been wanting to learn a new language for literary reasons and decided to go with russian, mainly because of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. Is it the right choice?
>>7520739
No. It'll be difficult. So difficult that you'll most likely give it up within a few months and move on to something else you'll never follow through with
>>7520739
Yes, but not for the right reasons
learn German instead
>>7520748
What are the arguments for learning German over Russian?
I found myself more often translating French rather than Russian when reading Dostoevsky.
I hope you are prepared to study for at least 1h everyday this year. After that you should be able to read Dostoevsky with a dictionary at hand.
>>7520739
>for dosto
No. His prose isn't impressive at all.
Should have gone for French tbqh
>>7520739
Кpeпиcь, бpaтaн.
>>7520808
When you say it like that, it sounds quite nice.
Anyone should be able to spend an hour each day learning a new language.
But I wont.. I've tried... I'm even too lazy for 1 hour a day.
>>7520753
I don't really have any t b h
Apparently Russian isn't as difficult as it seems, but if I were to learn a new language I'd chose German because of its literature and the fact that it would be quicker to pick up
>>7520739
Yes.
Bad choice. In the time it takes to learn Russian from English you could learn French and Latin with time to spare, which incidentally is what I recommend you do.
I say don't try to tackle other writing systems, at least not on your first go.
Ahh, I too am learning Russian. I almost am proficient in Latin as well.
At first glance many a man would consider Russian a language of barbarians and slaves - and who could blame them? To the refined Englishman's mind a sentence without linguistic articles is not a sentence at all.
But there is an ever so sweet, and concise pleasure from reading a sentence in Russian. The Cyrillic alphabet, the "Right-to-the-point" feeling, and the way certain letters roll off one's tongue.
It's admirable and distinguishable at that.
even if u russian there alot words in dostoevsky or tolstoy novels| that like 100+ years old and nobody use them already
>>7520753
None, they have less contributions to Bloom's canon than English, French, Russian, and even Spanish
>>7521481
Not really, mostly outdated furniture- and clothes-related words.
>>7520739
How could this choice be wrong? Do you think they wrote in Maori or something???
>>7520753
i'd rather read german authors just as a matter of taste
but, the german language is a lot easier to pick up if you know english than russian. russian is a whole new beast
>>7520739
Moлoдeц! What is your native language ?
