Thread: Picture of my Russian Writing

Your Cyrillic handwriting is very good, but I would recommend one important change: the letters л, м, and я should ALWAYS begin with a small "hook" -- i.e., a little point or upward "bump" in the pen-stroke. Putting in this little hook/point/bump is especially important when one of these letters is in the middle of a word and is joined to the letter that comes before it. They're not just for decoration; they make it easier to distinguish the letters. (A cursive л without a "hook" can look too much like a cursive г, for example.)

Here's an example that I found on the Internet -- it's actually a Russian example of a "pangram", i.e., a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet. (Which makes it a good practice exercise to learn touch-typing on a Cyrillic keyboard, too.)



Note that in the words мягких (line 2) and булок (line 3), you can clearly see the "hooks" I'm talking about.

P.S. If you have trouble viewing the image, it says: Съешь же ещё этих мягких французких булок да выпей чаю!

Which you can translate as "Eat up some more of these soft French loaves 'n' drink some tea!"