Comments on: Why have I heard people say “Learning Russian will help you learn Greek”? http://lessonsgreek.com/why-have-i-heard-people-say-learning-russian-will-help-you-learn-greek.html The Greek language online. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Diet Pepsi Max Fan http://lessonsgreek.com/why-have-i-heard-people-say-learning-russian-will-help-you-learn-greek.html/comment-page-1#comment-931 Diet Pepsi Max Fan Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:59:03 +0000 http://lessonsgreek.com/why-have-i-heard-people-say-learning-russian-will-help-you-learn-greek.html#comment-931 There is no point to learning Russian for the purpose of learning Greek of course, but if you do learn Russian (and you don't sound like you have), then yes, Greek will be slightly easier afterwards. There are many grammatical features found in Russian, which are not found in English, but which are also present in Greek, such as gender, declension, subject dropping, etc. They would seem familiar to you if you had already learned Russian, or any other language with such features (Icelandic, German, Czech, Polish, etc.) Some letters of the Russian alphabet do resemble Greek letters (and were indeed influenced by them) but I'd be surprised if that saved you more than a half-hour of work. There is no point to learning Russian for the purpose of learning Greek of course, but if you do learn Russian (and you don’t sound like you have), then yes, Greek will be slightly easier afterwards.

There are many grammatical features found in Russian, which are not found in English, but which are also present in Greek, such as gender, declension, subject dropping, etc. They would seem familiar to you if you had already learned Russian, or any other language with such features (Icelandic, German, Czech, Polish, etc.) Some letters of the Russian alphabet do resemble Greek letters (and were indeed influenced by them) but I’d be surprised if that saved you more than a half-hour of work.

]]> By: Goddess of Grammar http://lessonsgreek.com/why-have-i-heard-people-say-learning-russian-will-help-you-learn-greek.html/comment-page-1#comment-932 Goddess of Grammar Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:59:03 +0000 http://lessonsgreek.com/why-have-i-heard-people-say-learning-russian-will-help-you-learn-greek.html#comment-932 They're no more closely related to each other than either one is to English, and I doubt there are many words of each other's origin in either that aren't also in English. I believe a few of the letters are the same. They’re no more closely related to each other than either one is to English, and I doubt there are many words of each other’s origin in either that aren’t also in English. I believe a few of the letters are the same.

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]]> By: Tarnished Halo http://lessonsgreek.com/why-have-i-heard-people-say-learning-russian-will-help-you-learn-greek.html/comment-page-1#comment-934 Tarnished Halo Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:59:03 +0000 http://lessonsgreek.com/why-have-i-heard-people-say-learning-russian-will-help-you-learn-greek.html#comment-934 There not it's a retarded saying. There not it’s a retarded saying.

]]> By: Hannah G http://lessonsgreek.com/why-have-i-heard-people-say-learning-russian-will-help-you-learn-greek.html/comment-page-1#comment-935 Hannah G Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:59:03 +0000 http://lessonsgreek.com/why-have-i-heard-people-say-learning-russian-will-help-you-learn-greek.html#comment-935 well the only similarity is some of the alphabet because greek is cyrillic aswell as most easterneuropean languages. Escpecially russian! well the only similarity is some of the alphabet because greek is cyrillic aswell as most easterneuropean languages. Escpecially russian!

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