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A video encourages language learners not to be bamboozled by Internet polyglot success stories. YouTube is full of them. People that create videos showing how they can easily flow between languages and offer to sell you a product that will help you do the same. But this fellow reminds us that just because learning a language seems easy for some people, it doesn't mean those people haven't gone through a struggle.

Some Russian names for boys ... in Russian. Common names for men. The first name is given name followed by diminutive versions. Александр, Саша, Санек, Санька, Саня Алексей, Алёша ,Лёша Андрей, Андрюша Валентин, Валя Василий, Вася Валентин Владимир, Володя Георгий, Гоша, Жора Григорий, Гриша Данила, Даня Дмитрий, Дима, Митя Иван, Ваня Евгений, Женя Ниуита, Ника Николай, Коля Матвей, Матюша Михаил, Миша Олег, Олежка Павел, Павлик, Паша Пётр, Петр, Петруша Фёдор, Федя Сергей, Серёжа Станислав, Стас

Обезьянки из космоса (Alien Monkeys) - Газонокосилка (8 серия) - Сегодня наши друзья оказались на настоящей испанской корриде.Today our silly friends from outer space get caught up in a bullfight with an angry lawn mower.

I ran across a poem by Alexander Pushkin (Александр Пушкин) on Russian Wikipedia this morning. At the source there is some more information about the dedication of the poem being to a woman Pushkin had loved from afar. Poor guy! Can truly feel the pain of his experience of unrequited love. Below is original Russian text and an informal English version from online translator. UPDATE: Here is a professional translation, the original text in Russian, along with a sound file where the poem is read by a native speaker. Я вас любил: любовь ещё, быть может (Пушкин) Я вас любил: любовь ещё, быть может, В душе моей угасла не совсем; Но пусть она вас больше не тревожит; Я не хочу печалить вас ничем. Я вас любил безмолвно, безнадежно, То робостью, то ревностью томим; Я вас любил так искренно, так нежно, Как дай вам Бог любимой быть другим. 1829 I loved you : love more, perhaps, In my heart is not extinguished; But let it not bother you anymore ; I do not want to sadden

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"Did you know you can now keep in touch with friends and family face to face, directly from your Android or iPhone?" An app that I'm curious about as it seems to answer the question ... how to make FaceTime or video calls between Android and iPhones.

https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps-russian-kazakhstan-course.php Live Lingua posted the audio and materials for the Peace Corp Russian course. I have been looking for it on the government site to see if there is more, but so far haven't found it.

A free software package similiar to LingQ. I like the format for LingQ, and how it appears they've worked at speeding up the process of creating "lingqs" from this free Learning with Texts software. I also like that I can use the lessons I've uploaded on my iPhone. But for people that aren't interested in the $10 a month fee at LingQ, this is an option to look into further.

For people with books, videos, or other how-to programs for sale online, this video is a positive reminder about not worrying about free videos on YouTube and information on the Internet. I'm going to compare this to my search for information on learning languages... First of all, I do buy resources to learn languages. But almost every thing I buy isn't quite good enough. Pimsleur is great for repetition and pronunciation and getting us talking. But, the entire program is entirely too expensive considering that the literacy component is completely missing. In an online world with worldwide social networks and a global economy, we Pimsleur still wants nearly $1000 course without any written component is beyond me. I don't mean this to be a negative review. I've been learning from Pimsleur too. But, only because I take the time to figure out what the words are and look for more information on grammar and such. By the way, wanting to save money I borrowed the Pimsl

Обезьянки из космоса (Alien Monkeys) - Танец Деда Мороза (Dance of Santa Claus) "Сегодня наши друзья станцуют свой сумасшедший танец с Дедом Морозом." Today, our friends will dance their crazy dance with Santa Claus .  The little Alien Monkey's run across a dancing Santa Christmas decoration and get into a silly dance with the little guy trying to get his bottle back. Дед Мороз - Santa Claus

Обезьянки из космоса (Alien Monkeys) - Муха (Fly) A dance routine on the space ship today for our Alien Monkeys as they chase around flies (мухи). Now we can see how they thought the Amazon River was in Africa a few episodes back. муха - fly мухи - flies

Обезьянки из космоса (Alien Monkeys) - Ванная комната (Bathroom) Our crazy Alien Monkeys make a pit stop in a public restroom. I can imagine my sister-in-law finding a little less humor in this bathroom humor than my nephews. It's a silly episode in the series.

If you've made it to the fourth episode of Alien Monkeys (Обезьянки из космоса) you've likely figured out that whoever is typing in descriptions at YouTube for the Russian Get Movies channel isn't spending a lot of time checking their copy against contents of the video. But, they're kinda cute. If you're talking about Russian vocabulary with your kid while watching these correct that the video the title is Cicada (Цикада) rather than Grasshopper ( кузнечик) . In this episode our little monkey friends from outer space create a cute Japanese style song while chasing around a Цикада in Japan (Японии).

In this episode our fearless space traveling alien moneys end up in Canada (Канаде) in an ice ballet (балет) on a skating rink (каток) with a bear (медведем) that they've annoyed. канадский медведь - Canadian bear ледовый каток - icy skating rink

Обезьянки из космоса (Alien Monkeys) - Крокодилы (2 серия) In the second episode of Alien Monkeys, our word travelers wind up in the jungles of Африке (Africa), на реке Амазонке (on the Amazon River). No wonder our monkeys from outer space are always getting lost and into a crazy predicament! The map on their flying saucer is faulty. In this episode their antics with the крокодилы (crocodiles) is classic cartoon fun.

Обезьянки из космоса (Alien Monkeys) - Металлолом (1 серия)  Monkeys from S pace (Alien Monkeys) - Scrap Metal (1 series) A Russian cartoon for kids. Alien monkeys  Taki and Oka arrived on Earth to explore the Earth and have fun. With each episode they get in trouble with what they find and the theme is they start a playful song trying to get out of their predicament. In this episode they get in trouble with scrap metal (металлолом) in a junkyard ( свалка) . This series is aimed at little kids. Watching them can help your kids learn Russian vocabulary a few words at a time. Run the episode's title and description through Google Translate or Yandex Translate . These cartoon characters aren't vocal, but their antics will provide a visual memory for words.  

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Russian names for girls , Russian Names For Boys and some Russian names and nicknames are three pages from Master Russian with information that is helpful. Here you will find some more information on diminutive names for  Russian girls nicknames and Russian boys nicknames .

Al Khazneh or The Treasury at Petra - Храм-мавзолей Эль-Хазне I watched a special on the ancient city of Petra this evening. Being a fan of the Indiana Jones movies, I'd heard a little bit about The Treasury at Petra over the years, but I didn't remember how many tombs had been carved into the canyons or how large the city was. Here is some information adapted from Wikipedia: Another name for Petra is the Rose City due to the color of the sandstone in the canyon. Established around 312 BC, Petra was the capital city of the Nabataeans. These days it is Jordan's most-visited tourist attraction and has been a protected UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985 and has been chosen by the Smithsonian Magazine as one of the "28 Places to See Before You Die". Петра (араб. البتراء‎‎) — древний город, столица Идумеи (Едома), позже столица Набатейского царства. Расположен на территории современной Иордании, на высоте более 900 м над уровнем моря и 660 м над окружающей

Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas in Spanish with lyrics to sing along. Pretty song and nice reminder of this old favorite Disney movie.

Teach yourself French with a vintage book. This video comes from a LibriVox recording and is read in both French and English. The text of this book is available at Archive.org. For me this post is functioning kind of a like a TBR pile. French Self-Taught audiobook Franz J. L. THIMM (1820 - 1899)

"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. More information on Wikipedia . I was keeping this video so I can find the Great Audio Books account against. They've uploaded songs the LibriVox public domain library onto YouTube. Several accounts have done this. Look for this poem as a Christmas Carol by artists such as Elvis Presley and the Jordonaires or the Carpenters available via Amazon's digital store: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day . You will find several free versions for Amazon Prime members to listen to. I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, and wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along The unbroken song Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Till ringing, singing on its way, The world r

Disney's Frozen "Let It Go" Spanish version "Libre Soy" con letras (with lyrics). Definitely a pretty song in many languages. Este vídeo está hecho sin fines de lucro. Es para diversión nada más. Canción: Libre soy. Película: Frozen, una aventura congelada

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Some more Chinese greetings ... this video including "Good morning" and "good evening". When I learned how to say "good morning" in Chinese I recognized the "shang" character from 上海, which is the Chinese word or characters for the very famous city of Shanghai. Shang means "on". 我很好，你呢？ wǒ hěn hǎo nǐ ne  I'm good, and you? 我也好。  wǒ yě hǎo  I'm good too.  早上好。  zǎo shang hǎo  Good morning.    晚上好。  wǎn shang hǎo Good evening.  上海 Shànghǎi Shanghai