I'm trying to learn russian...

**Rumata** · 04-06-2021, 04:41 AM

Originally Posted by Veneda

Rumat, thanks for the comprehensive and encouraging reply

I'm glad it helps, my friend

**Mortimer** · 04-06-2021, 05:19 AM

Originally Posted by Jaromir

there is an old russian saying: чем меньше знаешь, тем дольше живешь / the less you know, the better

the longer you live i think it means literally... i understand a bit russian, and i know the cyrillic alphabet, some letters are different from serbian cyrillic though... but because i speak serbian, i understand some russian.

**~~Jaromir~~** · 04-06-2021, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by Rumata

It's:
"the less you know, the better you sleep"

You Russophobe.

Originally Posted by Mortimer

the longer you live i think it means literally... i understand a bit russian, and i know the cyrillic alphabet, some letters are different from serbian cyrillic though... but because i speak serbian, i understand some russian.

https://context.reverso.net/translat...ем

**Rumata** · 04-06-2021, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Jaromir

https://context.reverso.net/translat...ем

Vasily, those are random phrases in your link.

**Minwell** · 04-06-2021, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by Rethel

The thing is: why do you want to learn at all?

I like listening russian, but I would like alse understand what I hear... Moreover I
want to excercise my brain and as I got english on satisfactory level (reading and listening is easy for me
and I need only practise more communication), so I thought that it the best time to start new language.