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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5130 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 10 11 November 2011 at 9:34am | IP Logged | ||
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Two years ago, Norway won the Eurovisian Song contest with a song from Alexander Rybak, he moved to Norway from Belarus when he was 5. He speaks fluent Norwegian, he can put in Swedish words when speaking with those Swedes, who have difficulties with Norwegian, he speaks very good English,and as far as I can pick out, very good Russian/Belorussian. I have also seen interviews with him in Polish, but my Polish is too old and forgotten to be of service in evaluating that. It sounds like he can get his meaning across, but with difficulty.
Can anyone who speaks Russian natively make an evaluation of his Russian? I think it is good, maybe even fluent, but not native anymore. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qod3Z5hZZqs&feature=autoplay& list=PL8DDB2A850FDFFCAE&lf=results_video&playnext=2 Which other singers do we have who sing and converse in three languages or more? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4655 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 2 of 10 11 November 2011 at 10:37am | IP Logged | ||
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Helena Paparizou - Swedish (although only occasionally singing in this language), Greek and English
Shakira - English, Spanish and Arabic (but she doesn't seem to be fluent in it) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAlTlcXGGe4 Nana Mouskouri, Vicky Leandros - they are known for singing in several languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5130 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 3 of 10 12 November 2011 at 5:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is there anyone out there who can evaluate this guy's Russian? It is supposedly his mother tongue, but appearently he has forgotten a lot - or is it just the Russians who are being very critical?
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| ember Triglot Groupie CyprusRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5199 days ago 63 posts - 101 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, German Studies: Spanish, French, Greek, Polish | Message 4 of 10 13 November 2011 at 1:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'd say his Russian is fine, but he doesn't really sound like an educated native
('educated' being the key word here). He has very slight accent - so slight, it might as well be a personal articulation peculiarity. And his vocabulary is somewhat limited, at least as far as I can tell from a 2-minute interview, but not to the extent that he cannot pass for a Russian person. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4847 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 5 of 10 13 November 2011 at 3:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Googoosh, an Iranian singer, sang in Spanish, Italian, English...
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5130 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 6 of 10 13 November 2011 at 5:24pm | IP Logged | ||
Thank you! I suspected as much. I was a bit surprised that In a different interview the journalist made a remark about his " imperfect Russian". It sounded fairly fluent to me, and I would not think there are that many Western European singers who speak Russian at all. I think it is a tall order to expect perfection from someone who moved at age 5. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4847 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 7 of 10 13 November 2011 at 6:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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They said about Milla Jovovich (who left the Soviet Union when she was 5) that she barely spoke Russian, which clearly was not the case. This should give you an idea about how strict and often unfair native speakers can be. Edited by espejismo on 13 November 2011 at 6:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6705 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 10 13 November 2011 at 7:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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Even if he left his home country when he was very young (four years old, according to Wikipedia), it isn't that unlikely that the family kept using Russian (Belorussian?) at home. An even if they did, it's not that uncommon for expats have some gaps in their native language.
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