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.

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!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022!

Merry Christmas to all my friends around the world! Hope you have a wonderful holiday! 😘

Merry Christmas! 🇬🇧
¡Feliz Navidad! 🇪🇸
Wesołych Świąt! ‍🇵🇱
Щасливого Різдва! 🇺🇦
З Калядамі! 🇧🇾
С Рождеством! 🇷🇺
Շնորհավոր Սուրբ Ծնունդ 🇦🇲

Reading poetry in Armenian – Hovhannes Shiraz poem /Հովհաննես Շիրազ – Մորս սրտի հետ աշխարհն եմ չափել

In this video I’m reading in Armenian a short poem by Hovhannes Shiraz – one of the greatest Armenian poets of the 20th century. It’s audio only, with Armenian subtitles.

This recording was made a year ago to track my reading and pronunciation progress in the Armenian language. Sorry for the bad audio quality, I recorded this on my phone.

Հովհաննես Շիրազ
Մորս սրտի հետ աշխարհն եմ չափել՝
Էլի մեծ էր նա, մեծ էր ու անգին,
Արև աչքերի լույսն է նա թափել՝
Լուսնյակ դառնալով՝ որդոց օրոցքին…
Եվ հիմա քիչ է, թե աչքերս տամ,
Թե սիրտս հանեմ ու տամ մայրիկիս,
Ախ, մայր երգելուց ինչպե՞ս կշտանամ,
Մայրս պատկերն է մայր հայրենիքիս։

Read by Ekaterina Kassesinova
The photo was taken in Vagharshapat (Armenia) by Victor Kassesinov – @Виктор Dobrinya

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 videos where I’m reading out loud in different languages:

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

English language
▶ Read aloud in English #3 – Grimms’ Fairy Tales – The old man and his grandson (with English subs) https://youtu.be/UE_apukrp8M
▶ Read aloud in English #2 – Grimms’ Fairy Tales – The straw, the coal, and the bean (eng subs) https://youtu.be/BPzIg8e-exY
▶ Reading Out Loud in English #1/ My Language Learning Routine – Reading Practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYGYY…

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

Polish language
▶ 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

Russian (my native language)
▶ Read TOLSTOY with me in RUSSIAN #2 – Петр I и мужик, Лев Толстой / with EN transliteration + RU subs https://youtu.be/EPEvs_k9uZk
▶ Read Chekhov with me in RUSSIAN #1 – Лошадиная фамилия, А. Чехов / with EN transliteration + RU subs https://youtu.be/6IhsvMnsPiA

Multiple languages
▶ Pushkin poem in 3 languages – Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian /У лукоморья дуб зеленый на трех языках https://youtu.be/dtu-H_kVxLY
▶ Anna Karenina – the same opening line in 5 different languages (Eng, Esp, Pol, Rus, Am) /Read aloud https://youtu.be/Mo32Yj1_AUY

🔴 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 and listening! 💕

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 💕

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

My 2021 Language Learning Goals and Reading Plans (eng subs)

Hello friends! Here are my language learning goals and reading plans for 2021. I know I’m a little late but better late than never!

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:17 Language Learning goals
3:29 Reading Plans
5:12 Conclusion

The best methods and techniques for improving communication skills were discussed in more detail in one of my previous videos here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz1OV…

I would really love to know what your goals are for this year.
Are you planning to learn a new language in 2021? Or maybe this year you (like me) are going to focus on maintaining and improving the languages you are already learning?

If you have any Spanish grammar book recommendations, please leave a comment down below. I’m trying to find a good book with clear grammar explanations and useful examples of Spanish verb tenses.

Also please let me know your favourite classic novels. I’d love to read more good classical literature in different languages.

I would really appreciate all your thoughts, ideas and book recommendations!

Thank you so much for watching and Happy reading!

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

#languagegoals #languagelearning #readingplans

My language learning journey in 5 languages (eng subs) – Learning Languages by Reading Books

Hi! Here’s my language journey in Russian, English, Spanish, Polish and Armenian. I’m learning languages mainly by reading books and I’d like to share with you my experience so far.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction (English)
0:22 Russian
0:53 English
3:33 Spanish
5:59 Polish
9:00 Armenian
10:41 Conclusion (English)

You know… there is something magical about books. The more I read the more I want to read!
Reading books in other languages for me is always a way of knowing new things, learning about other cultures and customs, understanding different ways of expressing our thoughts and needs in different languages. Every new language for me is like a new opportunity, a key to better understanding our world – so complicated but so interesting, so wonderful!

I’d love to hear your thoughts, guys!
How many languages can you speak or understand?
Do you like reading books in different languages? What kind of books do you like to read the most?
Let me know in the comments below. Are there any bookworms + language learners out there?

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

Thank you for watching and Happy reading! 💕
Bye!
¡Adiós!
Pa pa!
Ցտեսություն:

Here is my story:
I understand but I can’t SPEAK – my language learning problem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVElNKVWM18&t=0s

5 language teachers ENG/ESP/POL and one therapist. What did they tell me about my language problem? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVElNKVWM18&t=0s

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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

#languages #polyglot #multilingual

Кусочек солнечной Армении в русской деревне!
Ариса (Иджеван).

Ованес Шираз – Сердце матери

Немногие знают, как тяжело для меня было читать эти строки. Сначала.
Но постепенно, по мере разбора и заучивания стихотворения, гениальная поэзия Ованеса Шираза проникла так глубоко в сердце, что смогла вытеснить пустоту и боль детской обиды, и поселить в душе Свет.

Ованес Шираз

Сердце матери! С чем бы его я сравнил?
Со вселенной? Но больше вселенной оно!
Сколько горя я нехотя ей причинил,
Сколько вытерпеть ей за меня суждено!
Пусть глаза ей отдам, – а в долгу все равно!
Выну сердце, отдам, – и тогда я в долгу!
Мать и Родина, вы для меня – заодно,
Не любить вас, не петь о вас я не могу.

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Перевод с армянского Э. Александровой
Автор фотографии Виктор Кассесинов
Текст читаю я – Екатерина Кассесинова

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