Gangsterish, catty and even presidential.
We requested our followers, colleagues and acquaintances, for whom Russian just isn’t their native language, what Russian sounds prefer to them. The solutions turned out to be very numerous: somebody talked about the melody of the language, whereas others recalled mafia scenes from motion motion pictures.
The language of the mafia & presidents
Vanya from Serbia is finding out on the philological college and is studying Russian. She does not even bear in mind her first impressions of the way in which Russian sounds, however advised us about her sister’s response: “Once, I was wearing total black and, just for fun, was saying something in Russian, trying to imitate the sound of Russian speech. And my sister looked at me and said: ‘If I didn’t know you, I’d think you were in the mafia!'”
A shot from ‘GoldenEye’ by Martin Campbell, 1995/Eon Productions Ltd.
Lana, Vanya’s fellow pupil, replied that Russian just isn’t like most languages, it is particular: “It’s like a presidential language, the most important of all languages.”
In the feedback part of our English Telegram channel, ‘Oliver’ replied that, in his youth, he heard Russian solely in motion pictures like ‘James Bond’, the place it all the time sounded impolite and evil. But, when he obtained to know Russians personally, he realized that the Russian language is kind of totally different – poetic and delightful.
Calm & deep
According to ‘Jacques’, a follower of our French Telegram channel, Russian even calms him down: “Every night, I turn on a Russian audio to fall asleep. The Russian language sounds like a lullaby.”
‘Nąrðrażima Sïnïstra Jeżżebelle’, a subscriber to our German Telegram channel, replied that Russian is a melodic, idiomatic, beautiful-sounding language of the center and soul: “No other language can express the breadth of human emotions as deeply and accurately as Russian. Only poetry can pick up and convey the art of the Russian word.”
‘Andrei 1 2 3’, commenting in our English Telegram channel, says that the sound of Russian will depend on the speaker. For him, Russian sounds “wise, calm and soft” within the speech of director Nikita Mikhalkov, whereas it’s “frivolous, charismatic and colossal” in Vladimir Vysotsky’s poetry and songs.
Whiny like Polish
Michael moved to Russia from London about 20 years in the past. For him, Russian gave the impression of Polish at first: “My mom is Polish and I studied some Polish as a child. So, to me, it sounded very similar to the soft, whiny pitch Polish often comes across as. Also, Russians often speak in a higher pitch.”
Computer sport baddies
Nick from China has been finding out Russian for 2 years. He first heard Russian within the laptop sport ‘Red alert’ and located the way in which it sounded as “bold and strong”. Besides, Nick disagrees with Michael – he thinks Russians have low-pitch voices.
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Russian obscenities even have their very own allure
‘tbd_tbd_tbd’, commenting in our German Telegram channel, writes: “For me, it is one of the most beautiful-sounding languages, if the speech is not interrupted by constant cursing, which, however, also has its own charm and cannot compare to any other language I know. If you want to experience the beauty of this language, you should study Russian poetry in its original language.”
Separately, a lot of our Japanese Twitter followers agreed that Russian reminds them of feline sounds: “Sometimes, Russian sounds like a cat’s meow,” one wrote. “Russian sounds something like ‘nya nya sya sya’, which reminds of a cat. It sounds cute, cool and beautiful,” one other weighed in.
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