Thread: I tried recording me speaking Russian...

How is my pronounciation? (lampada? )

http://www.docteurevil.com/vinnie/poem_noch.wav

Reading a poem (sorry DDT) by Aleksander Blok.

You are funny. Why by the way not to squeeze your .wav in .mp3 like I did?

What? You think I am technological adept? When I was your age, sonny, we didn't even have wav! We had to manually enter the 1's and 0's! Those were the days, I remember them as if it was yesterday... when men were men, the grass was green and 5 bucks was worth 5 bucks. Sorry, what was the question? ...Time for my nap...

Your singing is pathetic and jam-packed with false notes. Why not just read stuff.

Elvis

Kalinka Please, don’t go away. I didn’t mean to offend you. You croon delightfully. I have all your CDs.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

How is my pronounciation? (lampada? )

http://www.docteurevil.com/vinnie/poem_noch.wav

Reading a poem (sorry DDT) by Aleksander Blok.

Ночь , улица, фонарь, аптека,
Бессмысленный и тусклый свет.
Живи еще хоть четверть века -
ВсЁ будет так. Исхода нет.

Умрешь - начнешь опять сначала,
И повторится все, как встарь,
Ночь, ледянАя рябь канала,
Аптека, улица, фонарь.

Неплохо. Интонация правильно плывёт. Удивительно чисто у тебя звучат русские "р" и "т".
Должен работать над "ы".
"Х" у тебя хромает, я думаю, что немножко не там, где надо образуется.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Oh and check this one out: http://www.docteurevil.com/vinnie/russkoe_pole.wav

Ты Гуляева слушал? http://mp3.retroportal.ru/3/gulyaev.mp3
Я думаю, что тебе над этой песней нужно очень долго работать. Попробуй найти что-то более подходящее в теме "Детские песни".

You sound good kalinka_vinnie. If I may ask, do you come from Europe orginially?

Thanks, all.

Lampada, the Russkoe Pole was just a joke I know it sounded like a five cats fighting over the same dead mouse!

Thanks for the color coding... but what does the different colors mean?

I speak fluent Norwegian, and we have the same R and T like in Russian, so that is why they sound ok...

Evgeniya, yes I come from Norway

Молодец KV.

Originally Posted by kwatts59

Молодец KV.

Thnx, kwattushka! Now, it's your turn!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Originally Posted by kwatts59

Молодец KV.

Thnx, kwattushka! Now, it's your turn!

Cool.
If I e-mail you an audio file of myself, can you post it?
But my pronuciation is not nearly as good as yours.

I would be a laugh.

I thought it sounded puuuurty.

Kalinka, almost perfect. I applaud you!

I liked your speech intonation. Usually this is the hardest for foreign speakers, since it is very different from that in English, and this is the first thing that gives away foreign speech. A few sounds are messed up and need some polishing. I agree with Lampada in "Должен работать над "ы"". Жи in Живи is pronounced as Жы.

uhmmm Intonation isnt that diffrent from english. Or maybe it is... But it was never a problem for me... I dont think its that hard is it?

Kalinka, I thought you are a girl because of your nick, before I herd your audio file

You do have an accent, but imho your Russian is very good for a Norwegian.

Originally Posted by Remyisme

Kalinka, I thought you are a girl because of your nick, before I herd your audio file

You do have an accent, but imho your Russian is very good for a Norwegian.

But I am a girl....

Joking! Why do some people think that Vinnie is a female name? Never heard of Vinnie the Pooh?

Thanx for the compliments!

Я так и думала. You do not sound American. I could tell you are from Western Europe in the way your Russian sounds. My first thought was maybe you are German, because I don't know what Norwegian sounds like.