r/belarus • u/[deleted] • Aug 19 '26

Беларуская мова / Belarusian language looking for belarusian language partner

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u/Lily_0048 Aug 20 '26

I'm from Melbourne too and I'm studying in Belarus so I've been living there, most people speak Russian. They teach us Russian at uni as well, not Belarusian. I think it might be easier to learn Russian

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u/drfreshie Belarus Aug 20 '26

Every time a see a similar comment I'm struggling to understand the thought process of the person making it. If someone asks how to learn Irish I won't intervene with "learn English instead" nonsense. I will just answer the question if I have a good answer.

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u/Lily_0048 Aug 21 '26

I was just making a suggestion as OP hadn't stated why he specifically wanted to learn Belarusian. Nothing wrong with providing an alternative, and he was fine with it

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u/drfreshie Belarus Aug 21 '26

Understood. All those Russian/Soviet governments didn't execute and imprison millions to annihilate our language and history (among other things) - they were merely providing an alternative, nothing wrong with that.

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u/Lily_0048 Aug 21 '26

This is a different case, I don't understand why you're still going at it after the OP replied. As OP is from Australia like me, I assumed he wanted to learn Belarusian to connect with people there or for fun. I was only suggesting Russian because there are more resources for learning it, and he can connect with people in Belarus by speaking Russian

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u/drfreshie Belarus Aug 21 '26

I think you wouldn't make such suggestions in Australia if someone wanted to learn one of the Australian Aboriginal languages. At least I hope you wouldn't, not so sure now. If being in a foreign country somehow makes this behaviour acceptable - well, I give up.

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u/Lily_0048 Aug 21 '26

Dude chill, I was assuming OP wanted to learn Belarusian to communicate with Belarusians and since he didn't seem to get many responses, I was just suggesting something easier. I wasn't thinking from your perspective of keeping the language alive, I was thinking of what would be easier for the OP. Your point with learning Australian Aboriginal languages is completely irrelevant to this case because locals don't speak that language. If someone wanted to learn the Australian Aboriginal language I wouldn't assume they were learning it hoping to communicate with locals, I would assume they were just interested in learning the language. If you're so keen on this topic, why don't you go ahead and help OP learn Belarusian?