Read aloud in English #2 – Grimms’ Fairy Tales – The straw, the coal, and the bean (eng subs)

Hi friends! Today I’m going to read you in English the Brothers Grimm fairy tale ‘The Straw, the Coal and the Bean’. 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 English.

Title: Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Author: The Brothers Grimm
Translator: Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes
Language: English
Read by: Ekaterina Kassesinova

I’m a native Russian speaker and I tried my best to read in English 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

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

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

▶ 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

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

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 💕

How do I find time to read?

How do I find time to read?
I read everywhere, whenever I can, even if I have only a couple of minutes. I read on the train, read while standing in a queue, I read at a café etc, etc.
You can always find time to read if you have a really good book with you. The book that you just can’t put down!

Read Chekhov with me in RUSSIAN #1 – Лошадиная фамилия, А. Чехов / with EN transliteration + RU subs

Hi! Today I’m going to read you in Russian the classic Russian short story – A Horsey Name by Anton Chekhov. This story was published in 1895 and is now in the Public Domain.

I’ve added the English transliteration and Russian subtitles to the video. I hope this will help Russian language learners feel the rhythm, stress and intonation of this beautiful language, and also to practice pronunciation. Read with me and sound like a native Russian speaker!

Title: A Horsey Name (Лошадиная фамилия, Loshadinaya familiya)
Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Антон Павлович Чехов)
Language: Russian
Read by: Ekaterina Kassesinova (Екатерина Кассесинова)

Thank you very much for watching and listening!
If you found this video to be helpful, please leave a comment below and let me know!
I’d really appreciate your help, any thoughts, feedback and suggestions!

Please check out my other videos on YouTube:

▶ 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

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

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

▶ 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

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 💕

Anna Karenina – the same opening line in 5 different languages (Eng, Esp, Pol, Rus, Am) /Read aloud

Hi friends! Today I’m going to read you in 5 different languages the same first sentence from a famous Russian book Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Let’s compare this famous opening line, and how it’s pronounced in Russian, English, Spanish, Polish and Armenian.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:21 Russian – Анна Каренина (Лев Толстой)
0:34 English – Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
0:45 Spanish – Ana Karénina (León Tolstói)
0:56 Polish – Anna Karenina (L.Tołstoj)
01:07 Armenian – Աննա Կարենինա (Լև Տոլստոյ)
Read by Ekaterina Kassesinova (Silent Polyglot)

I’m a native Russian speaker and I tried my best to read in different languages 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.

I really appreciate your help, any thoughts, feedback and suggestions!

Please check out my other videos in multiple languages on YouTube:

▶ My language learning journey in 5 languages (eng subs) – Learning Languages by Reading Books https://youtu.be/k4BqrxmmsrA
▶ Pushkin poem in 3 languages – Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian /У лукоморья дуб зеленый на трех языках https://youtu.be/dtu-H_kVxLY
▶ Reading Out Loud in English / My Language Learning Routine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYGYY…
▶ Leyendo en Español / Read aloud in Spanish // Rusa Tratando de Hablar Español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT1ek…
▶ 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

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 💕

Dlaczego Rosjanka uczy się polskiego – 8 powodów, dla których uczę się polskiego (video in Polish)

Witam! Często pytacie się mnie o to, dlaczego uczę się polskiego. Mówicie: “A dlaczego akurat polski? Jakie masz powody? Czy Twoim zdaniem, warto uczyć się języka polskiego?”; i tak dalej.
Zrobiłam już krótki filmik w języku angielskim na ten temat, a teraz chciałabym spróbować Wam trochę opowiedzieć o tym wszystkim po polsku.

Jest dla mnie przynajmniej 8 powodów, dla których uczę się polskiego.

Timestamps:
0:00 Wstęp/intro
0:33 Powód 1 – Język polski jest piękny i wyjątkowy
1:21 Powód 2 – Czytać polską literaturę w oryginale
2:49 Powód 3 – Lepiej poznać Polską kulturę i tradycje
4:28 Powód 4 – Złożona i bogata historia Polski
5:27 Powód 5 – Możliwość swobodnego podróżowania po Polsce
6:25 Powód 6 – Rozmawiać po polsku z przyjaciółmi na każdy temat
7:17 Powód 7 – Pomaga mi lepiej zrozumieć mój język ojczysty (rosyjski)
8:04 Powód 8 – Otwiera drzwi do wielu innych języków słowiańskich
9:04 Zakończenie

Dziękuję Wam serdecznie za obejrzenie tego filmiku!

Prosze Was w komentarzach dajcie znać jak wam się podoba mój polski?
Napiszcie proszę też, jakie są Wasze powody, dla których uczycie się języka obcego? Co Was najbardziej motywuje do nauki właśnie tego języka (lub języków)?

Angielska wersja tego filmiku:
▶ Why Learn Polish? – 8 Reasons why I’m learning Polish / My story https://youtu.be/722l3VlhRoY

Zapraszam również do moich innych filmów w jezyku polskim:
▶ Harry Potter i Czara Ognia – in Polish /Learning by reading: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [CC] https://youtu.be/zjD8rjCLZHw
▶ Rosjanka czyta po polsku / Read aloud in Polish // My Language Learning Routine https://youtu.be/S-qu5E5o70c

Chcę bardzo podziękowac pani Małgorzacie, mojej nauczycielki języka polskiego, za pomoc w tworzeniu tekstu. Jej kanał na YouTube ▶ Polski nie jest trudny https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC24e…

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. :)

▶ 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 💕

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language – David W. Anthony

I just finished reading The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World.

This book was written by David W. Anthony and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, not just because these subjects (prehistory, horses and languages) are my three favorites.The author also did a really fantastic job and described his detailed and very interesting investigation into the origins of Indo-European languages, the location of the Proto-Indo-European homeland and so much more.

This book was very well written and well-illustrated, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in knowing more about the Indo-European language family, the domestication of horses, the invention and use of wheeled vehicles, and also about Russian and Ukrainian archaeological studies.

Some interesting quotes from the book:

“It is oddly ironic that capitalist archaeologists made the mode of production central to their definition of the Neolithic, and Marxist archaeologists ignored it.”

“…you cannot understand the Indo-European problem if you ignore migration or pretend it was unimportant in the past.”

“Horse domestication might have depended on a lucky coincidence: the appearance of a relatively manageable and docile male in a place where humans could use him as the breeder of a domesticated bloodline. From the horse’s perspective, humans were the only way he could get a girl. From the human perspective, he was the only sire they wanted.”

“The absence of bit wear means nothing, since other forms of control (nosebands, hackamores) might leave no evidence. But its presence is an unmistakable sign of riding or driving.”

― David W. Anthony, The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World.

Started Reading – 19 March 2021
Finished Reading – 15 April 2021
My Rating: 5 Stars ★★★★★

Why Learn Polish? – 8 Reasons why I’m learning Polish / My story (eng subs)

Hi friends! Here are 8 reasons why I’m learning Polish and why it’s so important to me. Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the Polish language. People were asking – Why are you learning Polish? Why Polish? What is your reason?

I think, there are (for me at least) 8 reasons to learn Polish.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:21 Reason 1 – Polish language itself is so beautiful
0:55 Reason 2 – Reading Polish literature in the original language
1:57 Reason 3 – Learn more about Polish culture and lifestyle
3:11 Reason 4 – The rich, complex history of Poland
3:55 Reason 5 – Traveling, visiting Poland
4:41 Reason 6 – Speaking with my Polish friends
5:21 Reason 7 – Better understanding of my own language (Russian)
6:00 Reason 8 – Knowing Polish opens the door to other Slavic languages
6:50 Conclusion

I’d like to hear your thoughts!
Why are you learning your foreign language (or languages)?
What are your reasons? What keeps you motivated to learn?
Please leave a comment below and let’s talk about that. I would really love to hear your story!

See the Polish version here:
▶ Dlaczego Rosjanka uczy się polskiego – 8 powodów, dla których uczę się polskiego (video in Polish) – https://youtu.be/TIFyzkoxM8Q

Please check out my other video – Why I’m learning Armenian
▶ My relationship with the Armenian language – How Bad First Impressions Turned into a Big Love – 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…

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 💕

Harry Potter i Zakon Feniksa

Дочитала ГП-5 на польском. Самая большая книжка в серии читалась на удивление легко.
И, как обычно, незнакомых слов было много в самом начале (13 слов на первой странице первой главы), а в конце книги их стало значительно меньше (6 слов на странице предпоследней главы и всего 4 слова в начале последней главы).
Супер-история, на самом деле. Учит языку (языкам! ) и не приедается!

Harry Potter i Czara Ognia – in Polish /Learning by reading: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire[CC]

Hi friends! Today’s video is in Polish, with English and Polish subtitles. I recently finished reading the fourth book in the Harry Potter series (in Polish) – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and I’d like to tell you about it.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:25 How long did it take me to read this book?
1:41 What I liked and didn’t like about it?
4:49 What words and phrases I, as a native Russian speaker, found interesting?
7:03 Conclusion

I really enjoy learning Polish by reading Harry Potter!

I’d love to hear your thoughts, guys!
Please leave a comment below and let me know, what do you think about reading the same book (or a whole series of books) in different languages?
Also I’d really appreciate all your feedback, any correction and any advice you could give on how to improve my pronunciation in Polish.

Please check out my other Polish video:
▶ Rosjanka czyta po polsku / Read aloud in Polish // My Language Learning Routine – https://youtu.be/S-qu5E5o70c

Thank you so much for watching. Happy reading! 💕

Witam serdecznie!
Dziś zapraszam Was na krótki filmik, w którym będę mówić po polsku.

Właśnie niedawno skończyłam czytać tom czwarty opowieści o Harrym Potterze po polsku (Harry Potter i Czara Ognia), i chciałabym Wam trochę opowiedzieć o tym jak długo czytałam tę książkę, co mi się w niej podobało, co mi się nie podobało, a co dla mnie było niezwykłe jako dla Rosjanki.

Prosze Was w komentarzach dajcie znać jak wam się podoba mój polski?
Napiszcie proszę też swoją opinię, co myślicie o czytaniu jednej i tej samej książki (lub całą serię książek!) w różnych językach?

Dziękuję Wam serdecznie za obejrzenie tego filmiku! Do zobaczenia! ❤️

● O mnie.
Cześć! Mam na imię Katarzyna (ros. Екатерина). Jestem Rosjanką i bardzo lubię uczyć się języków obcych i czytać książki w oryginale. Teraz umiem czytać po angielsku, hiszpańsku, polsku, trochę też po ukraińsku i białorusku. Rozumiem te języki, ale nie potrafię mówić we wszystkich z nich. Mam jednak pewien problem. Nie potrafię mówić bez tekstu pisanego! Najpierw muszę napisać cały tekst, co chcę powiedzieć, a następnie przeczytać.
Może jest to problem psychologiczny, bo dokładnie mam prawie taki sam problem w moim ojczystym języku – rosyjskim. Wystąpienia publiczne zawsze były dla mnie trudne i nigdy nie przemawiałam publicznie bez wcześniej napisanego tekstu.
Ale myślę, że muszę zacząć to zmieniać! ! Dlatego otworzyłam nowy kanał na You Tube pod tytułem “Silent Polyglot”, żeby lepiej uczyć się języków obcych i aby stopniowo zacząć rozmawiać z całym światem o językach i o książkach.
Serdecznie zapraszam do subskrybowania mojego kanału.
Uczmy się razem języków obcych!

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

I just finished reading Matilda by Roald Dahl and I loved this little book! 🇬🇧 💖

The writer has a great talent. His characters were so real! I literally cried while reading this touching story and remembering my own childhood...

Started Reading – 13 February 2021
Finished Reading – 20 February 2021