Russian/Cursive
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| Russian language · Русский язык | ||
| Lessons | Introduction · Alphabet · Lesson 1 · Lesson 2 · Lesson 3 · Lesson 4 · Lesson 5 | (view) (edit) |
|---|---|---|
| Reference | Numbers · Declensions · Adjectives · Conjugations · Prepositions · Verbal Aspect · Interrogative Pronouns · Personal Prn. · Possessive Prn. · Cursive | |
| Appendices | Appendix · Alphabet · Internet · Cheat Sheet | |
Russian cursive (Русский курсив, Russkiy kursiv) is a basic part of any language study. Because most written Russian is cursive, learning cursive is fundamental to understanding other Russians.
On the whole, writing cursive is very similar to those familiar with English cursive, but this material will start from the most elementary level of Russian cursive.
The samples of writing of russian cursive are shown on the following picture. The letters "ъ" and "ь" can't be capital. Russian words never begin with "ы", therefore it is never capitalized.
Some people write "т" like it looks on typographic fonts (not like english "m"). Some people have a different type of writing capital "П" and "Т" (Lenin was one of them - look at the "Т" in "Т-щи"). Some people (if they write "т" like in this example) put a little lines over "т" and under "ш"? to make this letters more different.
[edit] Basic information
- Cursive is a style of writing in which most if not all letters in one word are connected by ancillary serifs. With this method, a single word can usually be written in one stroke.
- Russian culture highly regards cursive, similar to the way Chinese culture exalts good calligraphy.
