Thread: A silly question.

Having been encouraged to ask silly questions in my introductory thread, Id like to start with this one.
It might be silly, but it is also a serious question.

Typing on your keyboard:
How do you Russians out there type the English alphabet? My keyboard does not have the Russian alphabet, obviously, so what do I need to do to type the Russian alphabet?
Thanks.

I'm sorry if this is really dumb. But I'm only a few days into trying to teach myself Russian so cut me a little slack please huh?

You can swtich between keyboard of any language of your choice!!!

Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Language Tab -> Details...

There you can add keyboard languages! C'est facil as they say in your 3-year french course

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

C'est facil as they say in your 3-year french course

They did?

Thank you, I will attempt to take your advice. Attempt because my knowledge of technology is only slightly better than my Russian!

Дшлу ершы?

Is Ё a question mark in Russian or is my keyboard playing up?

Don't expect the punctuation marks on the Russian keyboard to be where the English are... You are in for a long, windy ride!

Now you need too buy some Russian keyboard stickers. Search the Master Russian main site and you will find a link for them.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Don't expect the punctuation marks on the Russian keyboard to be where the English are... You are in for a long, windy ride!

I have an awful sinking feeling you were going to say that!

Originally Posted by DDT

Now you need too buy some Russian keyboard stickers. Search the Master Russian main site and you will find a link for them.

Aha! That was my next silly question as Id already wondered about writing my own stickers.
Thanks!

Probably you have already found it, but - standard RUSSIAN KEYBOARD LAYOUT:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage ... std_ru.png

Some info on encodings, cyrillics in Windows, etc.:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage ... dex_en.htm

Originally Posted by Ezri

Originally Posted by DDT

Now you need too buy some Russian keyboard stickers. Search the Master Russian main site and you will find a link for them.

Aha! That was my next silly question as Id already wondered about writing my own stickers.
Thanks!

I think it would be easier to learn if you write you own stickers on another keyboard (if you have an extra one). Just to look at it while typing.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Probably you have already found it, but - standard RUSSIAN KEYBOARD LAYOUT:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage ... std_ru.png

Some info on encodings, cyrillics in Windows, etc.:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage ... dex_en.htm

Oh thank you! I had just come back in to have a look for it now, you have saved me some time which is much appreciated!

Originally Posted by Lampada

I think it would be easier to learn if you write you own stickers on another keyboard (if you have an extra one). Just to look at it while typing.

Thank you, I might try this. It's a good excuse for clearing my desk of all the mess around me!!

You're welcome.
I'm afraid, the stuff on this site is overcomplicated, but maybe you'll need it one day. For now since you've already know how to type in Russian on your keyboard, the most useful thing there is the Russian layout.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

You're welcome.
I'm afraid, the stuff on this site is overcomplicated, but maybe you'll need it one day. For now since you've already know how to type in Russian on your keyboard, the most useful thing there is the Russian layout.

Oh it's not just me who thinks the great advice here is a bit complicated for a beginner like me then!?
But like you said, I will be needing it one day... hopefully!

I've just spent ages handwriting out the Russian keyboard layout, then I discovered a phonetic one! Ill be sticking to the one I'm starting to get used to I think.

You may also want to try www.translit.ru for longer post. I myself use the normal Russian layout, but translit can come in handy when there is no Russian keyboard available.

All the best.

Originally Posted by Yazeed

You may also want to try www.translit.ru for longer post. I myself use the normal Russian layout, but translit can come in handy when there is no Russian keyboard available.

All the best.

Thanks Yazeed! That has been saved in my ever growing Russian folder as I'm sure Ill find that very handy.