Learn the Cyrillic Alphabet

See http://knol.google.com/k/david-petherick/how-to-read-the-russian-alphabet-in-75/3gtd3hu64fjvx/2

It will take you 75 minutes to master the Russian alphabet – or even less. I base that on 15 minutes a day – and Day 1, you already know all the letters as they look and sound the same in English…

Since I speak a slavic language (slovene), I think learning cyrillic->latin transliteration could be useful in some cases.
I have an alphabet taped to my screen, and with some effort+time I can read the russian spam mail I get. And even understand, at least a part of the message.

My goal is to read it somewhat fluently.

Spent just under a month in Russia last Nov-Dec. Immersion was good and I was able to decipher things about 3/4 of the time.

I’ve just learnt the Russian written alphabet! So now I just need to master the scripted alphabet. :D

It’s sooo great to learn something so different! I finished a 4-lessons course with a Russian teacher and paralelly used the book “Teach Yourself Russian Script” and I think I can say: yes, I learned the cyrillic alphabet! Just need some training to get more familiar, faster in reading and get a better pronunciation.

I’m just getting started. I found this site and thought I would share for anyone new as well.

http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/alphabet.html

and the next page too is good

http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/pronounc.html

Good luck to you, wherever and whenever you are.

I think it is so cool! That makes me so proud of Bulgaria.
Just to know the Cyrillic alphabet was created by Cyril and Methodius when the Bulgarians were converting to Christianity. Now Cyril and Methodius are canonized and we celebrate their day as a national holiday on 24 may.

Thanks for reading. Keep learning and good luck.

Colonel Sovinsky…

Did this a couple of years ago. I started learning russian for a trip that I didn’t end up giong on. Love language though. It was pretty hard going though because the symbols translate into sounds, not letters.

I posted a chart in my office and I think I’m picking a little bit up here and there, but I haven’t had any Russian (or Bulgarian, for that matter) passports come across my desk in weeks, so I haven’t gotten to “practice” recently.