Learn Russian via Music

Russian is a very musical language, often to the point of sounding sort of like a “sing-song”  and that can be your friend in learning to make new sounds not normally made in English and in correctly forming Russian words and phrases.

Song lyrics (Слова песни)
Ангел мой, ты слышишь
Мой шепот, мой зов?
Будь со мной хотя бы
Во сне
Всех бед на свете
Сильнее любовь
Та, что птицей бьется
Во мне
Chorus (Припев)
Бог есть, и
Он знает все
Он хранит нашу нежность,
Хранит
Ты здесь и сердце мое
Для тебя, мой любимый
Ты слышишь,
Оно стучит
Счастье было с нами
Я знаю, ты помнишь
Жизнь волшебной сказкой
Была
Только вдруг однажды
В безлунную полночь
Бездна между нами
Легла
Chorus(Припев)
Бог есть, и
Он знает все
Он хранит нашу нежность,
Хранит
Ты здесь и сердце мое
Для тебя, мой любимый
Ты слышишь
Оно стучит
Ты здесь,
Ты мой – ты во мне
И пока я жива
Будет так
Бог есть – ничто на
Земле
Замолчать не заставит
Два сердца,
Стучащие в такт.
This next song is a children’s rhyme like Hickory, Dicker, Dock. Only in Russian it is: Тик-так, тик-так, пи-пи
Viktoria of http://www.funrussian.com recommends a song that teaches how to correctly say the word for “father.” Its different from “Dad” but not overly formal either. The word is отец, ah-tyETs.Listen to how it sounds in the song Мой отец (My father):

A reader of the Mendeleyev Journal just introduced me to the music of a young singer named Пелагея (Pelageya). She sings primarily traditional songs. Most young Russians appreciate and respect the old songs of Russia’s past and here is Пелагея и Дарья Мороз (Pelageya and Darya Moroz) pretending to be “medical sisters” (nurses) and singing the Russian song Конь.We really like this video because you can practice speaking the words correctly if you’ll sing along with the lyrics on the screen.

Spoken as “ah-poo-ste” the term Отпусти has to do with “release” or “letting go.”
Hello (informal) is Привет, sounded as “pre-VYET” — this video includes the word on screen:
Goodbye (informal) is Пока which is sounded as “pa-KA.” That O, the second letter, is spoken as an A because the stress/emphasis is on the 2nd syllable. Just listenand watch:

One Response to “Learn Russian via Music”

  1. Thank you for this site, my parents were from Russia, so interesting to learn more about my heritage.

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