Russian words about sleeping and a lullaby

  It's night time here, so I decided to share with you some Russian vocabulary about sleeping.

спать - to sleep

уснуть, заснуть - to fall alseep

просыпаться - to wake up

вставать - to wake up, to rise

будить, разбудить - to wake someone up

будильник - alarm-clock

сон - sleep, dream

бессонница - insomnia

кошмар - nightmare

видеть сны - to dream

сниться, присниться — to appear in dreams

сонный, сонливый - sleepy

храп - snore

храпеть - to snore

кровать, постель - bed

подушка - pillow

одеяло - blanket

колыбельная - lullaby

петь колыбельную - to sing a lullaby

сова - night owl, evening person

жаворонок - lark, morning person

голубь - "pigeon" (a person who doesn't have strong preferences to early or late waking up)

Idioms about sleeping:

Russian fairy tale Teremok

Теремок (or Терем-теремок) is a well-known Russian skazka (fairy tale), and it's rather easy to read for people learning Russian. Terem is a type of a house.

You can read one of the story's versions here (features some beautiful illustrations). I'll help you with cute animal nicknames from there:

мышка-норушка

мышка, мышь - mouse, нора - hole, burrow

лягушка-квакушка

лягушка - frog, квакать - to croak, ква-ква - ribbit, croak

зайчик-побегайчик

зайчик, заяц - hare, бегать - to run

лисичка-сестричка

лисичка, лиса - fox, сестричка, сестра - sister

волчок-серый бочок

волчок, волк - wolf, серый бок - grey side

медведь косолапый

медведь - bear, косолапый - bandy-legged

Such names are used for these animals not only in Teremok, so if you plan on reading more Russian skazkas, they can be useful to know. You can also read my post about making Russian words cuter (like мышка и зайчик).

And you can always listen to two audio versions of the story or watch a cartoon in Russian.

Indian folktale turned into a Soviet cartoon

  I've watched this cartoon countless times. A beautiful and kind golden antelope helps a little boy escape from the evil raja's hands. It's a story about greed and friendship, and there are many cute animals there ^^.

Золотая антилопа (zolotaya antilopa)
The Golden Antelope

USSR, 1954.

Script by Nikolay Abramov.

Directed by Lev Atamanov.

More info about this cartoon here (in Russian).

Wings, legs and tails

  I'm making videos for this blog now (there'll be a special Youtube channel for 33 letters ^^), so while I'm busy with them you can watch this wonderful and a bit crazy Russian cartoon. Enjoy!

Wings, legs and tails
Крылья, ноги и хвосты

Gagarin and butterflies

  This is a short and really cute Russian cartoon that you can enjoy without even knowing any Russian. I'll tell you one word from it, though - “поехали! poyehali!” That's what Yuri Gagarin said before his ship took off to space. It means “Let's go!”

         

Directed by Aleksey Kharitidi.

8 Russian songs you may like

…well, at least I like them already :). I don't listen to Russian music often, but there are a few songs in Russian that I really like, so today I want to share them with you.

Би-2 и Чичерина – Мой Рок-Н-Ролл
Bi-2 feat. Chicherina – My Rock'n'roll


Lyrics.


Мельница — Королевна
Melnitsa — Princess


Lyrics.


Линда — Танец под водой
Linda — Dance under water
(with a bit of Japanese)


Lyrics.


Ария — Осколок Льда
Aria — Splinter of Ice

Жил-был пёс

I love this old cartoon! It's sad yet funny and I can watch it over and over again. Trust me, it's a must see.

With English subtitles :).

Soviet cartoon «Просто так»

One of the sweetest cartoons ever made. :-)