Russia and Russian language

[Dictophone]

What can you tell me about the Russian language? Is it difficult to learn it? I do not understand anything. It uses a total different alphabet from the one we use in Spanish or English.

They say that Russian language is one of the most difficult and complicated languages in the world (along with Finnish). But in fact, I think that it's not about the language itself, but about its grammar. Russian linguists are often joking that there are 100 rules in Russian grammar with 200 exceptions.

Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters:

Аа Бб Вв Гг Дд Ее Ёё Жж Зз Ии Йй Кк Лл Мм Нн Оо Пп Рр Сс Тт Уу Фф Хх Цц Чч Шш Щщ Ъъ Ыы Ьь Ээ Юю Яя

[Oriani]

Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters:

Аа Бб Вв Гг Дд Ее Ёё Жж Зз Ии Йй Кк Лл Мм Нн Оо Пп Рр Сс Тт Уу Фф Хх Цц Чч Шш Щщ Ъъ Ыы Ьь Ээ Юю Яя

Wow, nice, and how can you spell my name in Russian?? Are the first letters the Capital ones?

[Dictophone]

Yes, the first letters are capital.
Your name pronunciation in Russian would be something like /ari'a:na/, and the spelling is "Ориана".

[Oriani]

Yes, the first letters are capital.
Your name pronunciation in Russian would be something like /ari'a:na/, and the spelling is "Ориана".

Nice! This is getting better and better. Do you have any translation of the Russian alphabet so that I can type using the correct letters? Or, there is a way I can learn which letter I can use?

[Dictophone]

Yes, the first letters are capital.
Your name pronunciation in Russian would be something like /ari'a:na/, and the spelling is "Ориана".

Nice! This is getting better and better. Do you have any translation of the Russian alphabet so that I can type using the correct letters? Or, there is a way I can learn which letter I can use?

Some sounds in Russian language has no analogues in English, but they can be reproduced by trying to pronounce several sounds simultaneously:
А - a
Б - b
В - v
Г - g
Д - d
Е - e
Ё - yo
Ж - zh
З - z
И - i
Й - (has no its own sound; it changes the pronunciation of other letters)
К - k
Л - l
М - m
Н - n
О - o
П - p
Р - r (has another pronunciation than in English; rather like in Italian)
С - s
Т - t (has another pronunciation than in English)
У - u
Ф - f
Х - h
Ц - tcs
Ч - ch
Ш - sh
Щ - sch
Ъ - (has no its own sound; it changes the pronunciation of other letters)
Ы - ji (very approximately; has no analogue in English)
Ь - (has no its own sound; it changes the pronunciation of other letters)
Э - ie (very approximately; has no analogue in English)
Ю - ju
Я - ya

[Oriani]

Oh my God! This is so amazing. I really appreciate your help. It is a very useful information. Thanks for taking you valuable time and sharing it with me; of course, with the rest of the members. Oh! Let me try something. Are you НИК or something?

[Dictophone]

You're welcome :)

[Oriani]

You're welcome :)

Did I spell your name correctly?

[Dictophone]

Nick is the English analogue of my name. My formal name is Nikolay (Николай) (/nika'la:i/). It's used primarily in documents. The short/informal form of my name is Kolya (Коля) (/'ko:lja/), which is used much frequently.

[Oriani]

Pretty nice! It really sounds interesting ...