Thread: How important is learn to write by hand in Russian?

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Much better! Very well done.

Thank you.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

You still need to work a little on connecting "o" with other letters and understanding usual patterns. You draw some unnecessary extra lines instead of connecting the letters "directly" to each other in "ом", "ол" and similar combinations.

Check these words - том, там, километр (sorry, I had to use a mouse, so they are not very pretty).

Do you see the difference between "ом" and "ам"? (Your "ом" is usually something in between).

I understand what you mean and thank you. The truth is that I was wondering about this. I have a book which says: "Do not omit the small hook at the beginning of the letters М, Л and Я". This is the reason why I draw some unnecessary extra lines. Now, after your advice I have understood.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Also your "Х" misses the left hook in "восточнославянскиХ"

Right. I understand again.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

and you need to improve your "Й" in "русскиЙ язык" (a little ark/line above Й must be added, and its right hook changed - right now it resembles "ц").

Yes, you are right. This is a mistake because I was not careful.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

But you definitely made good progress in a short time!

Thank you again.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Was cursive hard for you to learn or it comes naturally? I'm curious, because Greek script seems close to handwriting in general..

It was easier than I thought. I believe that learning to write in Latin alphabet (for English) when I was 7 years old was harder than learning to write in Cyrillic alphabet now (I am 24 years old). But both alphabets (Latin and Cyrillic) derived from Greek alphabet so finally I believe it was easy to learn to write in this alphabets. For example the letter В в is written with the same way like Β β in Greek (and it is pronounced with the same way).

Dear gRomoZeka. I thank you for fourth time. I hope we keep in touch and I learn to discuss in Russian language soon.

Your Konstantinos, Κωνσταντινος, Константинос.