- 1). "Happy Birthday!" in Russian is "§³ §Õ§ß§×§Þ §â§à§Ø§Õ§Ö§ß§Ú§ñ!" pronounced as "S dnyom rahzh-dye-nee-ya". Say this phrase the moment you see or talk with your Russian friend on their birthday.
- 2). Look at the following Russian Birthday Poem and read it. If you already know Cyrillic alphabet and how to read in Russian, look at the Cyrillic letters only. If you don't know how to read in Russian yet, I am also posting phonetically transcribed into English Russian text.
§³ §Õ§ß§×§Þ §â§à§Ø§Õ§Ö§ß§î§ñ §ä§Ö§Ò§ñ §á§à§Ù§Õ§â§Ñ§Ó§Ý§ñ§ð! - S dnyom rahzh-dye-nee-ya tee-bya pah-zdrahv-lya-you
§©§Õ§à§â§à§Ó§î§ñ, §â§Ñ§Õ§à§ã§ä§Ú §Ø§Ö§Ý§Ñ§ð, - Zdah-roh-vya, rah-dah-stee zhye-lah-you
§ª §é§ä§à§Ò §Ø§Ú§Ý(§Ñ) §ä§í §Þ§ß§à§Ô§à §Ý§Ö§ä - Ee shtohb zheel(ah) tee mnoh-gah lyet
§¢§Ö§Ù §ã§Ý§×§Ù, §Ò§Ö§Ù §Ô§à§â§Ö§ã§ä§Ú, §Ò§Ö§Ù §Ò§Ö§Õ! - Byez slyoz, byez goh-ryes-tee, byez byed - 3). Copy this poem onto the card or print it out and glue it to the card if you find it too difficult to write in Russian. Its literal translation into English is the following: Literal translation into English:
I congratulate you with your birthday!
I wish you health and happiness,
And to live for many years
With no tears, with no sadness, with no troubles! - 4). Watch the video I created for you to learn how to pronounce this Russian Birthday Poem in Russian or download an mp3 tutorial from http://www.box.net/shared/egifx0fmho
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