Lesson 24 - Russian Sound System. Introduction

Ученье свет, а неученье тьма (Knowledge is light, ignorance is darkness) Век живи - век учись (Live and learn) And the last one is quoted around our house quite often:) Повторенье - мать ученья (Repetition is the Mother of learning) I thought I would start talking about the Russian sound system. Since I want to be true to the podcast's format and keep it short'n'sweet and to the point ... It will take us several lessons.&nbsp; Some of the items used for pronunciation practice will be isolated syllables or words whose meaning is of no immediate relevance, while others will be complete sentences that you will be able to add to your Russian phrase book and practice it as often as you'd like. You should not concern yourself with the grammatical forms of the sentences used at this point. You should simply learn them in the form given to you, striving to imitate your teacher as closely as possible. You must always keep in mind the importance of the spoken models presented.&nbsp; While descriptions, transcriptions, and diagrams maybe of some help, you should rely mainly on the spoken model in your attempts to approximate the sound patterns in Russian. Remember always that at the early stage of instruction it is the sounds of the language that are our primary concern, not the written forms, which are a secondary and imperfect system of representing speech. While Russian spelling is more regular than that of English, there are places where it does not represent the sound system accurately. Strive always for good pronunciation, and don't let the written forms mislead you! Next time we are going to talk about the Russian Accented Vowels, but for now I will leave you with a few phrases you should just listen to without trying to repeat. Listen to them as many times as you'd&nbsp; like to.&nbsp; (YouTube link to this list) Это дом.&nbsp; Это он.&nbsp; Он там.&nbsp; Это мама.&nbsp; Это она.&nbsp; Это папа.&nbsp; Это он.&nbsp; Это Анна.&nbsp; Она тут.&nbsp; Это Антон.&nbsp; Он там.&nbsp; Мама дома.&nbsp; Она дома.&nbsp; А папа там.&nbsp; Анна тут.&nbsp; А Антон там.&nbsp; Song in Russian - (Дорогой Длинною, performed by Nani Bregvadze). Ехали на тройке с бубенцами,&nbsp; А вдали мелькали огоньки...&nbsp; Эх, когда бы мне теперь за вами,&nbsp; Душу бы развеять от тоски!&nbsp; Дорогой длинною, погодой лунною,&nbsp; Да с песней той, что в даль летит звеня,&nbsp; Да со старинною, да с семиструнною,&nbsp; Что по ночам так мучила меня.&nbsp; Да, выходит, пели мы задаром,&nbsp; Понапрасну ночь за ночью жгли.&nbsp; если мы покончили со старым,&nbsp; Так и ночи эти отошли!&nbsp; В даль родную новыми путями&nbsp; Нам отныне ехать суждено!&nbsp; ...ехали на тройке с бубенцами,&nbsp; Да теперь проехали давно! --------------------------------- You rode on a troika with sleigh bells,&nbsp; And in the distance lights flickered..&nbsp; If only I could follow you now&nbsp; I would dispel the grief in my soul!&nbsp; By the long road, in the moon light,&nbsp; And with this song that flies off, ringing,&nbsp; And with this ancient, this ancient seven-string,&nbsp; That has so tormented me by night.&nbsp; But it turns out our song was futile,&nbsp; In vain we burned night in and night out.&nbsp; If we have finished with the old,&nbsp; Then those nights have also left us!&nbsp; Out into our native land, and by new paths,&nbsp; We have been fated to go now!&nbsp; ...You rode on a troika with sleigh bells,&nbsp; [But] you've long since passed by! ----------------------------------- ekhali na troyke s bubentsami,&nbsp; A vdali mel'kali ogon'ki...&nbsp; Ekh, kogda by mne teper' za vami,&nbsp; Dushu by razveyat' ot toski!&nbsp; Dorogoy dlinnoyu, pogodoy lunnoyu,&nbsp; Da s pesney toy, chto v dal' letit zvenya,&nbsp; Da so starinnoyu, da s semistrunnoyu,&nbsp; Chto po nocham tak muchila menya.&nbsp; Da, vykhodit, peli my zadarom,&nbsp; Ponaprasnu noch' za noch'yu zhgli.&nbsp; esli my pokonchili so starym,&nbsp; Tak i nochi eti otoshli!&nbsp; V dal' rodnuyu novymi putyami&nbsp; Nam otnyne ekhat' suzhdeno!&nbsp; ...ekhali na troyke s bubentsami,&nbsp; Da teper' proekhali davno! Closing word, reminders, etc. I love hearing my subscribers speak Russian. I encourage all who are listening right now to record yourself saying Привет, Наталия or Здравствуйте, Наталия. I would love to open up my next podcast with your greeting!&nbsp; Twitter @russianspoonful Email:&nbsp; [email protected] Website: speakrussian.blogspot.com You can also leave a voicemail by dialing 209-980-RUSS (209-980-7877) and I will play your recording on the air and will try my best to answer. #1 Fan, here is the answer to your question:&nbsp; "I love my wife" in Russian is "Я люблю свою жену"

A Spoonful of Russian - Learn Russian Online from Russian Tutor

April 16, 2013

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<br /> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jKCqBt6vZP5C9ZHh2tshCHjRORSSnwXZboUKVwJh8xvR0fVKsAfGd4hEuR5uw526wvjGWBLBHqB-mdYoSPmd9pT-fHFJjyT-hS8v4KnkrAwW1cPgNwAnQ7wgpMm7F7Vp9OdV/s1600/photo.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jKCqBt6vZP5C9ZHh2tshCHjRORSSnwXZboUKVwJh8xvR0fVKsAfGd4hEuR5uw526wvjGWBLBHqB-mdYoSPmd9pT-fHFJjyT-hS8v4KnkrAwW1cPgNwAnQ7wgpMm7F7Vp9OdV/s400/photo.PNG" width="300" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Ученье свет, а неученье тьма</span></div> <div style="font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Gill Sans'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(<i>Knowledge is light, ignorance is darkness</i>)</span></div> <div style="font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Gill Sans'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 25px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Gill Sans'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">Век живи - век учись</span></div> <div style="font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Gill Sans'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(<i>Live and learn</i>)</span></div> <div style="font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Gill Sans'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 25px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Gill Sans'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And the last one is quoted around our house quite often:)</span></div> <div style="font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Gill Sans'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 25px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Gill Sans'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">Повторенье - мать ученья</span></div> <div style="font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Gill Sans'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(<i>Repetition is the Mother of learning</i>)</span></div> <br /> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> I thought I would start talking about the Russian sound system. Since I want to be true to the podcast's format and keep it short'n'sweet and to the point ... It will take us several lessons. </div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> Some of the items used for pronunciation practice will be isolated syllables or words whose meaning is of no immediate relevance, while others will be complete sentences that you will be able to add to your Russian phrase book and practice it as often as you'd like. You should not concern yourself with the grammatical forms of the sentences used at this point. You should simply learn them in the form given to you, striving to imitate your teacher as closely as possible. You must always keep in mind the importance of the spoken models presented.  While descriptions, transcriptions, and diagrams maybe of some help, you should rely mainly on the spoken model in your attempts to approximate the sound patterns in Russian. Remember always that at the early stage of instruction it is the sounds of the language that are our primary concern, not the written forms, which are a secondary and imperfect system of representing speech. While Russian spelling is more regular than that of English, there are places where it does not represent the sound system accurately. Strive always for good pronunciation, and don't let the written forms mislead you!</div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 25.0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> Next time we are going to talk about <i>the Russian Accented Vowels</i>, but for now I will leave you with a few phrases you should just listen to without trying to repeat. Listen to them as many times as you'd  like to. </div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> (<a href="http://youtu.be/ExxhMNe4iz0" target="_blank">YouTube link to this list</a>)</div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 25.0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Это дом. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Это он. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Он там. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Это мама. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Это она. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Это папа. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Это он. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Это Анна. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Она тут. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Это Антон. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Он там. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Мама дома. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Она дома. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">А папа там. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Анна тут. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">А Антон там. </span></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 25.0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 25.0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 25.0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 25.0px;"> <u>Song in Russian - (Дорогой Длинною, performed by Nani Bregvadze)</u>.</div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 25.0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="font: 22.0px Gill Sans; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 25.0px;"> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ехали на тройке с бубенцами, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">А вдали мелькали огоньки... </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Эх, когда бы мне теперь за вами, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Душу бы развеять от тоски! </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Дорогой длинною, погодой лунною, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Да с песней той, что в даль летит звеня, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Да со старинною, да с семиструнною, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Что по ночам так мучила меня. </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Да, выходит, пели мы задаром, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Понапрасну ночь за ночью жгли. </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">если мы покончили со старым, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Так и ночи эти отошли! </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">В даль родную новыми путями </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Нам отныне ехать суждено! </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">...ехали на тройке с бубенцами, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Да теперь проехали давно!</span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">---------------------------------</span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">You rode on a troika with sleigh bells, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">And in the distance lights flickered.. </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">If only I could follow you now </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I would dispel the grief in my soul! </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">By the long road, in the moon light, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">And with this song that flies off, ringing, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">And with this ancient, this ancient seven-string, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">That has so tormented me by night. </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">But it turns out our song was futile, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In vain we burned night in and night out. </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">If we have finished with the old, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Then those nights have also left us! </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Out into our native land, and by new paths, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">We have been fated to go now! </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">...You rode on a troika with sleigh bells, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">[But] you've long since passed by!</span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">-----------------------------------</span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">ekhali na troyke s bubentsami, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A vdali mel'kali ogon'ki... </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ekh, kogda by mne teper' za vami, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Dushu by razveyat' ot toski! </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Dorogoy dlinnoyu, pogodoy lunnoyu, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Da s pesney toy, chto v dal' letit zvenya, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Da so starinnoyu, da s semistrunnoyu, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Chto po nocham tak muchila menya. </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Da, vykhodit, peli my zadarom, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ponaprasnu noch' za noch'yu zhgli. </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">esli my pokonchili so starym, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Tak i nochi eti otoshli! </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">V dal' rodnuyu novymi putyami </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Nam otnyne ekhat' suzhdeno! </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">...ekhali na troyke s bubentsami, </span></div> <div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; 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