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

🔴 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 💕

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

My relationship with the Armenian language – How Bad First Impressions Turned into a Big Love [CC]

Hi! In this video, I’m going to talk about my relationship with the Armenian language. I’d like to share my personal story of how bad first impressions suddenly turned into a big love; the reason why I started learning Armenian and why this language has a special place in my heart.

I’d like to hear your thoughts!
Have you ever fallen in love with the language you once disliked? What made you change your mind about that language?
Please leave a comment below and let’s talk about that. I would really love to hear your story!

All photos were taken by Victor Kassesinov and Ekaterina Kassesinova.

Please check out my other Armenian video on YouTube
▶ 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!

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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…

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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 Invincible Rooster – Read Aloud in Armenian /Անհաղթ աքլորը (Anhaght Aklore) (eng, rus, arm subs)

In this video I read aloud an Armenian folk fairy tale The Invincible Rooster by Hovhannes Tumanyan. One of my hens listened to the story very carefully. :)

I’ve added the English, Russian and Armenian subtitles to the video. I hope this will help to understand the story better.

Անհաղթ աքլորը (Anhaght Aklore) – Հովհաննես Թումանյան (Hovhannes Tumanyan).
Read by Ekaterina Kassesinova.

Please check out my other Armenian videos on my second channel:
Russian girl reading Armenian poetry – Hovhannes Shiraz poem // How I learn languages –
https://youtu.be/-XBQDSgMst4
Russian reading in Armenian a fragment of a poem by Nairi Zarian – Ինչու՞ չես խոսում հայերեն… – https://youtu.be/m5x69_NpVD4

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

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

Thank you for watching and Happy reading! 💕
Bye!
Ցտեսություն:

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🔴 About Hi! I’m Kate (Ekaterina), 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! :)

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

Harry Potter i Czara Ognia

Just finished reading the fourth Harry Potter book in Polish (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire).
It took me nearly two months to finish reading the book. I’ve also noticed that I started to encounter significantly fewer unknown words at the end of the story.
I’m really looking forward to reading the next book in the series!