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VERY interesting Belgian novel I’ve read in Spanish – Quest for Fire / Learn languages by reading

Hi friends! Today I’d like to talk to you about a book that I’ve recently read in Spanish – Los conquistadores del fuego. I’m going to share with you what I liked and disliked about this book, and what phrases I, as a native Russian speaker, found interesting.

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Actually it’s an old Belgian novel La Guerre du Feu by J.-H. Rosny aîné. The book was originally written in French more than a hundred years ago (in 1909) and became quite popular in the 20th century – thanks to its film adaption and also because the book was translated into many languages:

French – La Guerre du Feu (original title)
English – Quest for Fire
Russian – Борьба за огонь
Polish – Walka o ogień
Portuguese – A Guerra do Fogo
Italian – La guerra del fuoco
Greek – Ο πόλεμος της φωτιάς
Bulgarian – Борба за огън
Spanish – La guerra del fuego / En busca del fuego
etc.

I think, in most languages the title literally means – The War for Fire. I hope to be able to read this book in its original language (French) someday.

I would like to hear your thoughts, guys. Please write in the comments, have you ever read this book, and in what language did you read it? Did you enjoy the story?

Also if you have watched the movie “Quest for Fire”, please tell me if it’s worth watching. I haven’t seen it yet and I would be really interested in hearing your opinion.

Thank you so much for watching!

Please check out my other videos:

▶ Top 7 Books I Read in 2020 – Reading in different languages – EN, SP, PL, RU (eng subs) https://youtu.be/wHi2zpvpxdw

▶ My 2021 Language Learning Goals and Reading Plans (eng subs) https://youtu.be/hoAqsoGLiJg

▶ 6 simple English words I can’t pronounce / Difficult English words for a Russian speaker (eng subs) https://youtu.be/Ob0o0QMa9tQ

▶ Why Learn Polish? – 8 Reasons why I’m learning Polish / My story (eng subs) https://youtu.be/722l3VlhRoY

▶ My relationship with the Armenian language – How Bad First Impressions Turned into a Big Love [CC] https://youtu.be/dha7tMm56LU

I hope you enjoy watching these videos as much as I enjoy making them!

I want to say a big thank you to my English teacher Mrs. Rebecah Propst for her support and for correcting my mistakes. Rebecah’s Youtube channel
▶ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPtL…

P.S. I apologize for reading from a script. As some of you already know my story, I can read, write and understand but I still struggle to put my thoughts into words even in my own language – Russian. :)
Here is my story:
▶ I understand but I can’t SPEAK – my language learning problem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVElN…
▶ My language learning journey in 5 languages (eng subs) – Learning Languages by Reading Books – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Bqr…

Let’s learn languages together!
▶ Subscribe to my channel for more videos! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3LK…
▶ Mail: info@silentpolyglot.com

Thank you so much for watching 💕

What I’m currently reading? Three books in different languages! 😍

🇺🇲 (En) Refuge of Dragons (Voices of Dragons #2) by Carrie Vaughn
🇵🇱 (Pl) Harry Potter i Insygnia Śmierci (Harry Potter #7) by J.K. Rowling, (Translator Andrzej Polkowski)
🇪🇦 (Sp) Los conquistadores de la Antártida by Francisco Coloane

What book(s) are you currently reading?
I’d love to hear all your thoughts and recommendations. 🤗

Rosjanka czyta po polsku – Adam Mickiewicz “Przyjaciele” / Read out loud in Polish #2 (pol subs)

Witam! W tym filmie przeczytam wam po polsku na głos bajkę Adama Mickiewicza pt. “Przyjaciele”. To jest taka krótka bajka z morałem, który wciąż jest aktualny.
Serdecznie zapraszam wszystkich do oglądania!

Adam Mickiewicz “Przyjaciele”
Czyta: Ekaterina Kassesinova

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Jestem Rosjanką, uwielbiam język polski i chcę go poznać jak najlepiej! Mam nadzieję, że czytanie na głos po polsku pomoże mi poprawić wymowę oraz umiejętności mówienia.

Jak wam się podoba mój polski?
Koniecznie dajcie znać w komentarzach!
Dziękuję serdecznie!

P. S. Tekst znajduje się w domenie publicznej (public domain).

Hi friends! In this video, I read out loud in Polish a short poem “Przyjaciele” by the great Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz. (This work is in the public domain.)
I made this video to show you my daily read-aloud practice and also to help me track my reading and pronunciation progress in Polish.

Title: Przyjaciele
Author: Adam Bernard Mickiewicz
Language: Polish
Read by: Ekaterina Kassesinova

I’m a native Russian speaker and I tried my best to read in Polish with proper rhythm and intonation but I know my pronunciation is still far from perfect.

Please leave a comment below, and let me know what do you think about my pronunciation.
Thank you, guys! I really appreciate your help, any thoughts, feedback and suggestions!

Please check out my other videos where I’m reading out loud in different languages:

▶ Pushkin poem in 3 languages – Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian /У лукоморья дуб зеленый на трех языках https://youtu.be/dtu-H_kVxLY

▶ Anna Karenina – famous opening line in 5 different languages (En, Sp, Pl, Ru, Am) / Read aloud https://youtu.be/Mo32Yj1_AUY

▶ Read aloud in English #2 – Grimms’ Fairy Tales – The straw, the coal, and the bean (Eng subs) https://youtu.be/BPzIg8e-exY

▶ Read out loud in Spanish #2 / Rusa leyendo en Español para practicar la pronunciación (sp subs) https://youtu.be/LSmMMfaA9oA

▶ Rosjanka czyta po polsku / Reading in Polish // My Language Learning Routine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-qu5…

▶ Read aloud in Russian – Лошадиная фамилия А. Чехов (A. Chekhov) with EN transliteration + RU subs https://youtu.be/6IhsvMnsPiA

▶ The Invincible Rooster – Read Aloud in Armenian /Անհաղթ աքլորը (Anhaght Aklore) (eng, rus, arm subs) https://youtu.be/aj2VPjkZ0V0

I hope you enjoy watching these videos as much as I enjoy making them!

🔴 About
Hi! I’m Kate, a bookworm and a language enthusiast. For many years I enjoy reading books, listening to audiobooks, watching movies in different languages but I still can’t speak. I cannot express myself and my thoughts as clearly as fluently as I want (without a prepared script).
The same problem with my native language – Russian. Public speaking always was a nightmare to me… 🙈
So that is why I decided to start making videos in different languages. I really want to get out of my comfort zone, to overcome my fear of speaking in foreign languages and have an opportunity to talk to all of you guys about everything!!!
My friends call me a silent polyglot …. but I don’t want to be silent anymore! :)

Let’s learn languages together!

▶ Subscribe to my channel for more videos! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3LK…
▶ Mail: info@silentpolyglot.com

Thank you so much for watching 💕

An interesting book about dragons!

Just finished reading Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn and I really enjoyed this book. ❤️
The story was so gripping that kept me up into the night! I just couldn’t put the book down!
Can’t wait for the sequel! 😘

Two interesting phrases from this book:
🇺🇲 (En) 👉👉👉 🇷🇺 (Ru)

🔹 hand-me-down = подержанный (hand-me-down truck)
🔹 walk/be on eggshells = ходить на цыпочках, подбирать слова (… he was walking on eggshells around her).

Started Reading – 9 June 2021
Finished Reading – 11 June 2021
My Rating: 5 Stars ★★★★★

¿Qué es lo más difícil y lo más fácil para mi en español? -Rusa Tratando de Hablar Español (esp sub)

Hola desde Rusia! En este vídeo intentaré hablar en español. Les voy a contar qué es lo más difícil y lo más fácil de aprender Español para mi, para la rusa.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introducción
0:20 La pronunciación
0:55 El significado de las palabras
1:43 Lectura y la percepción auditiva
2:24 Los artículos en español
3:33 Los verbos españoles
3:48 Escritura y conversación
4:16 Conclusión

¡Gracias por ver el vídeo!
¿Qué les parece a ustedes mi español? Por favor escríbenmelo abajo en los comentarios.

Por favor díganme también, ¿que idioma (o idiomas) estudian ustedes? Y para ustedes, ¿qué es lo más difícil y lo más fácil en el aprendizaje de otros idiomas?
Me gustaría leer sus comentarios y opiniones.

¡Mil gracias !!!

Hi friends! In today’s video I will try to speak in Spanish. I am going to tell you what are the hardest and easiest parts of learning Spanish for me, as a native Russian speaker.

I’d love to hear your thoughts, guys!
Please leave a comment below and let me know, what are the hardest and easiest parts of learning your target language (or languages)?

Also I’d really appreciate all your feedback, any correction and any advice you could give on how to improve my pronunciation in Spanish.

Please check out my other Spanish videos:
▶ Read out loud in Spanish #2 / Rusa leyendo en Español para practicar la pronunciación (sp subs) https://youtu.be/LSmMMfaA9oA
▶ Leyendo en Español / Read aloud in Spanish #1// Rusa Tratando de Hablar Español https://youtu.be/ZT1ek6gTuew

I hope you enjoy watching these videos as much as I enjoy making them!

I want to say a big thank you to my Spanish teacher Mrs. Maria Baeza Guerrero for her support and for correcting my mistakes. ¡Maria, muchísimas gracias por tu ayuda! ❤️

P.S. I apologize for reading from a script. As some of you already know my story, I can read, write and understand but I still struggle to put my thoughts into words even in my own language – Russian. :)

Here is my story:
▶ I understand but I can’t SPEAK – my language learning problem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVElN…
▶ My language journey in 5 languages (Russian, English, Spanish, Polish and Armenian) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Bqr…

Let’s learn languages together!
▶ Subscribe to my channel for more videos! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3LK…
▶ Mail: info@silentpolyglot.com

Thank you so much for watching 💕

6 simple English words I can’t pronounce / Difficult English words for a Russian speaker (eng subs)

Hi friends! Today I’m going to share with you 6 simple English words that I as a native Russian speaker still can’t pronounce correctly.

Of course, there are a lot of words that are difficult for me to pronounce in English, but I decided to talk about these 6 simple ones first cause I use them all the time and this inability to pronounce them is just driving me crazy.

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I hope you enjoy them, as much as I enjoy trying to pronounce them correctly nearly every day.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Word
1:02 World
1:27 Three
1:45 Friends
2:08 Clothes
2:46 Sixth
3:58 Conclusion

I’d like to hear your thoughts, guys.
What English words are hard for you to pronounce? What are you doing to improve your English pronunciation?
Please leave a comment down below, and let’s talk about that.

Also, if you have any suggestions on how I can improve my pronunciation in English, please let me know. I would really appreciate all your thoughts, ideas, feedback and suggestions!

Please check out my other videos where I’m trying to improve my English pronunciation through Reading Practice:

▶ Read aloud in English – Grimms’ Fairy Tales #1 – The straw, the coal, and the bean (Eng subs) https://youtu.be/BPzIg8e-exY

▶ Reading Out Loud in English / My Language Learning Routine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYGYY…

I hope you enjoy watching these videos as much as I enjoy making them!

I want to say a big thank you to my English teacher Mrs. Rebecah Propst for her support and for correcting my mistakes. Rebecah’s Youtube channel
▶ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPtL…

P.S. I apologize for reading from a script. As some of you already know my story, I can read, write and understand but I still struggle to put my thoughts into words even in my own language – Russian. :)

Here is my story:
▶ I understand but I can’t SPEAK – my language learning problem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVElN…
▶ My language journey in 5 languages (Russian, English, Spanish, Polish and Armenian) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Bqr…

Let’s learn languages together!
▶ Subscribe to my channel for more videos! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3LK…
▶ Mail: info@silentpolyglot.com

Thank you so much for watching 💕

Read out loud in Spanish #2 / Rusa leyendo en Español para practicar la pronunciación (esp subs)

¡Hola amigos! En este vídeo estoy leyendo en español un texto del libro An Elementary Spanish Reader de Earl Stanley Harrison. (Libro de dominio público).
“Un hombre insaciable”

Soy rusa y me gustan mucho los idiomas extranjeros y sobre todo el español.
Estoy leyendo en voz alta para practicar la pronunciación, la entonación y el ritmo en español.
A mí me gusta muchísimo practicar la lectura de esta manera. ¡Espero que estas prácticas me ayuden a mejorar todos mis idiomas extranjeros – español, inglés, polaco, armenio…

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¡Gracias por ver el vídeo!
¿Qué les parece a ustedes mi español? Por favor cuéntenme en los comentarios.
¡Mil gracias!!!

Hi friends! In this video, I read out loud in Spanish a short story from “An Elementary Spanish Reader” by Earl Stanley Harrison. (This work is in the public domain.)

I made this video to show you my daily read-aloud practice and also to help me track my reading and pronunciation progress in Spanish.

Title: Un hombre insaciable
Author: Earl Stanley Harrison
Language: Spanish
Read by: Ekaterina Kassesinova

I’m a native Russian speaker and I tried my best to read in Spanish with proper rhythm and intonation but I know my pronunciation is still far from perfect.

Please leave a comment below, and let me know what do you think about my pronunciation.
Thank you, guys! I really appreciate your help, any thoughts, feedback and suggestions!

Please check out my other videos where I’m reading out loud in different languages:

▶ Pushkin poem in 3 languages – Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian /У лукоморья дуб зеленый на трех языках https://youtu.be/dtu-H_kVxLY

▶ Anna Karenina – famous opening line in 5 different languages (En, Sp, Pl, Ru, Am) / Read aloud https://youtu.be/Mo32Yj1_AUY

▶ Read aloud in English – Grimms’ Fairy Tales #1 – The straw, the coal, and the bean (Eng subs) https://youtu.be/BPzIg8e-exY

▶ Leyendo en Español / Read aloud in Spanish // Rusa Tratando de Hablar Español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT1ek…

▶ Read aloud in Russian – Лошадиная фамилия А. Чехов (A. Chekhov) with EN transliteration + RU subs https://youtu.be/6IhsvMnsPiA

▶ Rosjanka czyta po polsku / Reading in Polish // My Language Learning Routine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-qu5…

▶ The Invincible Rooster – Read Aloud in Armenian /Անհաղթ աքլորը (Anhaght Aklore) (eng, rus, arm subs) https://youtu.be/aj2VPjkZ0V0

I hope you enjoy watching these videos as much as I enjoy making them!

🔴 About
Hi! I’m Kate, a bookworm and a language enthusiast. For many years I enjoy reading books, listening to audiobooks, watching movies in different languages but I still can’t speak. I cannot express myself and my thoughts as clearly as fluently as I want (without a prepared script).
The same problem with my native language – Russian. Public speaking always was a nightmare to me… 🙈
So that is why I decided to start making videos in different languages. I really want to get out of my comfort zone, to overcome my fear of speaking in foreign languages and have an opportunity to talk to all of you guys about everything!!!
My friends call me a silent polyglot …. but I don’t want to be silent anymore! :)

Let’s learn languages together!

▶ Subscribe to my channel for more videos! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3LK…
▶ Mail: info@silentpolyglot.com

Thank you so much for watching 💕