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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yeah and even if we were trying our hardest for 3 months to learn Russian, our wives would probably still say the same thing right

[–] froh42@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I did start learning a bit of Russian once as I was dreaming of riding the Transsiberian Railway once in my life. Russian is quite different from what I speak (German, English). I just wanted to be able to read signs and say things on a "I thirsty where bar? Beer! " level.

Btw. regarding that dream - I gave it up forever. I'll probably go for a summer beach party, when crimea is Ukrainian again. Even if they have to roll me along the beach in a wheelchair when I'm really old.

I hear that! you'll have an easier time with any Slavic language if you start with Russian though. I don't think I've met a slavic speaker without at least a passing understanding of Russian. now, culturally, you might get some hate... lol

Ukrainians almost all seem to understand Russian from what i can tell... they're pretty close! maybe on second thought, ditch Russian and use Ukrainian as the lingua franca lol. I wonder how far we'd get in, like, Slovenia with that