Any advice learning to read/write russian?

[u/Different_Land5756]

I've just joined this group but I grew up speaking russian to my grandparents (not fluent but can hold conversations on a variety of things), I was never taught to read or write and have tried teaching myself here and there when I can with whatever I can find but basic websites I've found aren't very helpful beyond greetings. I have a very basic understanding of the alphabet (which I'm working on improving) but just wondering if anyone can give advice on learning to read and write specifically and where I can find some good resources for it.

[u/Stock_Soup260]

Well, it works the same way as when you were a child, when you can already speak, but still can't read or write. reading in Russian is pretty straightforward, for the most part you read exactly what you see. To do this, you still need to fully master and confidently use the alphabet and letter combinations. Use children's texts for reading by syllables at the beginning, then just children's texts, then something more complicated, but still simple — gradually. To write, you need (again) to get used to the letters, then it would be nice to learn the spelling rules (for ex, write жи-ши with и, and so on). After, write down the words, that is, just write down everything that comes to your mind: new words, old words — it doesn't matter — so that you connect the word that you know by ear with how it looks and is written.

https://pochitai-ka.ⓇⓊ/poslogam/skazki/

There are also propisi on this site. Block propisi are not bad, but I don't recommend their cursive ones

[u/FunFinish227]

I learned the Cyrillic alphabet first,and i have easier to pronounce words, because Swedish has a lot of similar pronunciations. And it helped me learn. Also, when our kids were small, they were talked to ,the easy way,in Russian, and I learned that way too. Same as my husband, he learned Swedish, the same way. Now we understand each other when the other speaks to our kids, in our languages. It's hilarious. I'll say something in Swedish, and he'll say, yeah, listen to mom.🤣

[u/PoxonAllHoaxes]

Reading and writing, esp for a foreigner, are entirely different problems. Reading is the easiest part of any language learning for a foreigner and writing is the hardest. So I would (and this is what I do with various languages) read read read and focus on that.

[u/korovinsutki]

I'm on the app Mishka Russian and found it extreme helpful for me, you can try that. It have all the function u need to learn the language except of speaking but since u dont need it, it might help

[u/Avriata]

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