{"id":64557,"date":"2018-12-13T00:48:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T05:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/learn-russian-cursive\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T23:12:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T04:12:03","slug":"learn-russian-cursive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/russian\/learn-russian-cursive\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guide to Learning Russian Cursive"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Russian cursive is lovely on the surface, it can be incredibly challenging for Russian students<\/a>. But if you want to learn Russian<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0read Russian written by real Russians, you’ll need to know cursive. If you’re\u00a0teaching yourself Russian<\/a>, Russian cursive is an easy area to overlook, much like typing practice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s all you need to know to learn Russian cursive.<\/p>\n

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Why Learn Russian Cursive?<\/h2>\n

Studying print materials will not<\/em> enable you to read or write Russian cursive.<\/strong> Unlike the cursive of many languages, Russian cursive looks very different from print. Because of this, you can’t always guess the letters unless you’ve already studied them. You may think you know the Russian alphabet<\/a>, but until you’ve studied cursive, you only know one side of it.<\/p>\n

If you write anything in Russian by hand and you don’t know your cursive, your writing\u00a0could appear childish or unnatural<\/strong>. When writing by hand, Russians almost always use cursive, so if you handwrite something in print, your writing could appear just plain silly.<\/p>\n

Russian cursive is downright beautiful.<\/strong> You may even find yourself letting the Russian letters creep into your English-language cursive.<\/p>\n

How to Learn Russian Cursive<\/h2>\n

Don’t be afraid to laugh at the challenges you face.<\/strong>\u00a0Some of the challenges involved in learning Russian cursive are actually pretty funny. Don’t believe us? There are plenty of hilarious memes<\/a> that will help you cope, many with the phrase “Russian cursive makes me cry sometimes.” A good laugh can help you overcome some of the stresses associated with Russian cursive.<\/p>\n

Try to associate cursive letters with something you’re more familiar with.<\/strong> For instance, one of the Russian cursive letters that can be most difficult to remember is the lowercase “\u0434,” which looks nothing like the print version of the letter. Instead, it looks much like English cursive for “g.” While it may still be a little tricky, if you associate it with the English letter “g,” it’s much easier to remember than if you’ve made no mental association at all.

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Practice writing out real-world content. <\/strong>Writing practice gets boring when you write boring things. So practice your cursive with material from movies, books and FluentU<\/a> videos.

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