Bulgarian is weirdly easiest to understand for Russians, despite being the farthest Slavic language in terms of grammar, because Russian took a lot of influences from Church Slavonic, which was basically Old Bulgarian with Greek spice.
thats interesting. i just heard from a russian friend that he couldnt understand slovene or serbian at all really but i could understand the simple words quite readily. though i did grow up near a border region so its probably just easier for me to pidgin things by nature of that
I speak Ukrainian and Russian and for me Belorussian, Polish and Bulgarian are quite understandable, while in other Slavic languages I only recognize the simplest words.
Bulgarian is weirdly easiest to understand for Russians, despite being the farthest Slavic language in terms of grammar, because Russian took a lot of influences from Church Slavonic, which was basically Old Bulgarian with Greek spice.
thats interesting. i just heard from a russian friend that he couldnt understand slovene or serbian at all really but i could understand the simple words quite readily. though i did grow up near a border region so its probably just easier for me to pidgin things by nature of that
I speak Ukrainian and Russian and for me Belorussian, Polish and Bulgarian are quite understandable, while in other Slavic languages I only recognize the simplest words.