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Read aloud in Armenian #3 / Բարեկենդանը – Հովհաննես Թումանյան (Barekendan by Hovhannes Tumanyan)

Hi friends! In this video, I read aloud an Armenian folk fairy tale Barekendan by Hovhannes Tumanyan (in Armenian).

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

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Բարեկենդանը (Barekendan) – Հովհաննես Թումանյան (Hovhannes Tumanyan).
Read by Ekaterina Kassesinova.

I’m a native Russian speaker and I tried my best to read in Armenian 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 Armenian videos:
▶ Reading poetry in Armenian – Hovhannes Shiraz poem /Հովհաննես Շիրազ – Մորս սրտի հետ աշխարհն եմ չափել https://youtu.be/jdtY3ezmD30
▶ 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!

Profesor Wilczur – Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz – video in Polish / Learning languages by reading books

Witam serdecznie i zapraszam Was na kolejny filmik w którym będę mówić po polsku. Dziś chciałabym Wam trochę opowiedzieć o powieści „Profesor Wilczur” autorstwa Tadeusza Dołęgi-Mostowicza, i o moich wrażeniach z tej lektury.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Wstęp/intro
0:28 Jak długo czytałam tę książkę i co o tym wszystkim myślę
03:35 Jeden bardzo ciekawy zwrót, który spotkałam w tej książce
04:39 Czytam na głos jeden z moich ulubionych cytatów z „Profesora Wilczura”
07:05 Zakończenie

Dziękuję Wam serdecznie za obejrzenie tego filmiku! ❤️

Prosze was w komentarzach dajcie znac, jak Wam się podobają takie filmiki, w których opowiadam o przeczytanych książkach w językach obcych i o ciekawych słówkach, zwrotach, który tam znalazłam.
Napiszcie proszę, czy podoba Wam się taki pomysł i czy chcielibyście więcej tego typu filmików na kanale.

Audiobook „Profesor Wilczur” (autor Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz), czyta Antoni Rot
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…

Zapraszam również do moich innych filmów w jezyku polskim:
▶ Znachor – Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz – video in Polish / Learning languages by reading books https://youtu.be/ee3pN4OHMY4
▶ Harry Potter i Insygnia Śmierci – video in Polish / Learning languages by reading books https://youtu.be/iay5VRuzx-c
▶ Harry Potter i Książę Półkrwi – video in Polish / Learning languages by reading books (polish subs) https://youtu.be/at2Z3IbwiRM
▶ Harry Potter i Zakon Feniksa – video in Polish / Learning languages by reading books (polish subs) https://youtu.be/Yh8fRFl_ZkY
▶ Harry Potter i Czara Ognia – in Polish /Learning by reading: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [CC] https://youtu.be/zjD8rjCLZHw
▶ Dlaczego Rosjanka uczy się polskiego – 8 powodów, dla których uczę się polskiego (video in Polish) https://youtu.be/TIFyzkoxM8Q
▶ Rosjanka czyta po polsku – Adam Mickiewicz “Przyjaciele” / Read out loud in Polish #2 (pol subs) https://youtu.be/pAb__WywRI4
▶ Rosjanka czyta po polsku / Read aloud in Polish #1/ My Language Learning Routine – Reading Practice https://youtu.be/S-qu5E5o70c

Hi friends! Today’s video is in Polish. I finished reading Profesor Wilczur (Znachor #2) by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (in Polish), and I’d like to tell you about it.

Thank you so much for watching! 💕

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

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…

● 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!

Кайдашева сім’я (book in Ukrainian)

Just finished reading in Ukrainian Кайдашева сім’я by Іван Нечуй-Левицький.

A very interesting book, the best I’ve read so far this year! I really enjoyed reading about village life in Ukraine and the people who had to be tough to survive in such difficult circumstances.

Two interesting phrases from this book:
🇺🇦 (Ua) 👉👉👉 🇷🇺 (Ru)

🔹 наговорити сім мішків гречаної вовни = наврать с три короба (наговорить огромное количество неотносящейся к делу информации);
🔹 мати серце з перцем = быть вспыльчивым, острым на язык (“Я люблю, щоб дівчина була трохи бриклива, щоб мала серце з перцем”, сказав Карпо).

Started Reading – 9 January 2022
Finished Reading – 23 January 2022
My Rating: 5 Stars ★★★★★

My 2022 Language Learning Goals and Reading Plans – Results of 2021 and new realistic goals for 2022

Here are my language learning goals and reading plans for 2022. Also, I’d like to share with you some of the results that I got last year (2021) during my language learning and reading journey. What did I learn last year, and did I get all the results I expected?

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I know I’m a little late, and it’s already the second half of January, but better late than never, right? :)

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Language Learning: results of 2021 and goals for 2022
4:41 Reading Plans (plus my 2021 results)
9:44 Conclusion

Thank you so much for watching! ❤️

I would really love to hear, what are your goals for this year? Please, share them in the comments down below. Let’s support and inspire each other, and learn foreign languages together!

Please check out my goals for 2021:
▶ My 2021 Language Learning Goals and Reading Plans (eng subs): https://youtu.be/hoAqsoGLiJg

📖 Russian books mentioned in this video 🇷🇺
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Duel by Aleksandr Kuprin

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…

Note: this is not a sponsored video. I am just sharing some of my favorite YouTube channels that I find helpful.

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…
▶ I asked 5 native speaker teachers (EN, SP, PL) and one Russian therapist about my language problem https://youtu.be/hz1OVaoDyhE
▶ My language learning journey in 5 languages (eng subs) – Learning Languages by Reading Books https://youtu.be/k4BqrxmmsrA

January 2022 Reading List

What I’m currently reading? 3 interesting books in 3 great Slavic languages: Russian, Polish and Ukrainian!

Cylinder van Troffa by Janusz A. Zajdel (in Polish) 🇵🇱
Кайдашева сім’я by Іван Нечуй-Левицький (in Ukrainian) 🇺🇦
Юнкера by Александр Куприн (in Russian) 🇷🇺

The Top 7 Books I Read in 2021 in different languages – English, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian

Here they are, my top 7 favorite books that I read in 2021 in different languages (English, Spanish, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian).

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:57 🇺🇲 (En) Future Minds: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It by Richard Watson
2:32 🇺🇲 (En) The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony
04:02 🇪🇦 (Sp) Cuentos juveniles del mundo by Victor Vazhdayev
05:09 🇵🇱 (Pl) Znachor. Profesor Wilczur by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
06:44 🇺🇦 (Ua) Тіні забутих предків – Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky
08:13 🇷🇺 (Ru) Поединок – Александр Куприн
09:15 🇷🇺 (Ru) Сталин. Жизнь и смерть – Эдвард Радзинский
10:46 Conclusion

Thank you so much for watching! ❤️

Here are all 49 the books I read in 2021 – in English, Spanish, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian https://silentpolyglot.com/all-the-boo…

Please let me know in the comments down below what were your favorite books of the year.
I would love to hear your book recommendations! I’m always looking for a good book to read!

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

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…

Note: this is not a sponsored video. I am just sharing some of my favorite YouTube channels that I find helpful.

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…
▶ I asked 5 native speaker teachers (EN, SP, PL) and one Russian therapist about my language problem https://youtu.be/hz1OVaoDyhE

All The Books I Read In 2021!

Here are all 49 books I read in 2021 – in English, Spanish, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian. ❤️

English 🇺🇲

  1. Future Minds: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It by Richard Watson
  2. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony
  3. Read & Grow Rich: How the Hidden Power of Reading Can Make You Richer in All Areas of Your Life by Burke Hedges
  4. How to Develop Self-Confidence and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
  5. 1984 by George Orwell
  6. Matilda by Roald Dahl
  7. The Witches by Roald Dahl
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  1. The Tall Stranger by D.E. Stevenson
  2. Mistaken (Mistaken #1) by Pixie Unger
  3. Voices of Dragons (Voices of Dragons, #1) by Carrie Vaughn
  4. Refuge of Dragons (Voices of Dragons #2) by Carrie Vaughn
  5. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
  6. The Marquis Who Hated Women by Barbara Cartland
  7. Awkward Silences and How to Prevent Them: 25 Tactics to Engage, Captivate, and Always Know What To Say by Patrick King
  8. When the Ashes Fall by Jacqueline Druga
  9. Rebirth (The Pretender #1) by Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle
  10. The V Girl by Mya Robarts
  11. Atlantis, the Deluge and the End of the Ice Age by Zarin
  12. Sumerians: A History From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman

Spanish 🇪🇸

  1. Cuentos juveniles del mundo – Victor Vazhdayev
  2. Los conquistadores del fuego – J. H. Rosny aîné. (English version Quest for Fire
  3. En busca del caballo árabe – Luis Miguel Urrechu
  4. La Atlántida – Francisco M. Mota
  5. El secreto de Lena – Michael Ende
  6. Los conquistadores de la Antártida – Francisco Coloane
  7. El libro salvaje – Juan Villoro

Polish 🇵🇱

  1. Harry Potter i Czara Ognia (Harry Potter 4) – J.K. Rowling
  2. Harry Potter i Zakon Feniksa (Harry Potter 5) – J.K. Rowling
  3. Harry Potter i Książę Półkrwi (Harry Potter 6) – J.K. Rowling
  4. Harry Potter i Insygnia Śmierci (Harry Potter, #7) – J.K. Rowling
  5. Znachor (Znachor #1) – Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
  6. Profesor Wilczur (Znachor #2) – Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
  7. Powrót z gwiazd – Stanisław Lem
  8. Paradyzja – Janusz A. Zajdel

Russian 🇷🇺

  1. Поединок – Александр Иванович Куприн
  2. Сталин. Жизнь и смерть – Эдвард Радзинский
  3. Распутин. Жизнь и смерть – Эдвард Радзинский
  4. Рассказы – Антон Чехов
  5. Анна Каренина – Лев Толстой
  6. Воскресение – Лев Толстой
  7. Служебный роман – Эльдар Рязанов, Эмиль Брагинский
  8. Иван Васильевич – Михаил Булгаков
  9. Собачье сердце – Михаил Булгаков
  10. Дневник императрицы. Екатерина II (ЛЕГЕНДАРНЫЕ СУДЬБЫ)
  11. Жизнь лошадей в непридуманных историях и картинках – Наталья Спасская, Андрей Летаров, Нина Французова, Юлия Ермилина
  12. Живородящие рыбки для пресноводных аквариумов – С.А. Сидоров
  13. Камасутра для оратора. 10 глав о том, как получать и доставлять максимальное удовольствие, выступая публично – Радислав Гандапас
  14. Тим – Колин Маккалоу (the English version Tim)

Ukrainian 🇺🇦

  1. Тіні забутих предків – Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky

Feedback (Variant, #2) – Robison Wells

Прочитала на английском Feedback (Variant, #2) by Robison Wells. Если не ошибаюсь, в русском варианте, эта вторая часть дилогии Робисона Уэллса называется «Обратная связь».

Хм, смешанные чувства. Книга понравилась меньше предыдущей, (по моему мнению, она несколько слабее), но сама идея – интересная.

И для изучающих английский язык, книга тоже может быть интересна. Мой «улов» интересных слов/выражений на сегодня:
🇺🇲 (En) 👉👉👉 🇷🇺 (Ru)

🔹 bargaining chip = козырь в кармане, преимущество (It was my bargaining chip.)

🔹 take something with a grain of salt = take something with a pinch of salt = отнестись критически, с недоверием (“This is where you start taking things with a grain of salt.”)