You Said What!?
Rubber Baby
Buggy Bumpers. . .
PRACTICE,
CONTROL,
AND PRONUNCIATION.
10.
Ne spor'te o sporte!
(Don't argue about sports!)
9.
Ay, vy l'vy, ne vy li vyli y Nevy?
(Hey you, lions, wasn't it you roaring at the Neva river?)
8.
U feodana Mitrofanycha tri syna Feodanychka.
(Feofan Mitrofanych has three sons Feofanych.)
7.
Dobr bobr dlya bobryat.
(The beaver is good to the little beavers.)
6.
Ot topota kopyt pyl' po polju letit.
(Due to the clatter of hoofs dust flies over the field.)
5.
Shla Sasha po shosse i soslala sushku.
(Sasha walked down the highway and sucked on a dry cracker.)
4.
Okolo kola kolokoka
(There are bells around the post.)
(Everyone says this three times while walking in a circle.)
3.
Na gore Ararat rastyot krasnyj vinograd.
(Red grapes grow on Mt. Ararat.)
(I know it's a tongue twister, but what does it really mean????)
2.
Pekar Pyotr pyok pirogi.
(Peter the baker baked pirogi.)
1.
Who remembers this one?
Tishe myshe kot na kryshe.
(Mice, be quiet. The cat is on the roof.)
Tongue twisters are not only fun, but also help you to get control of your speech organs. The challenge is tough even for the natives, but at least it forces your mouth to focus on speaking practice.
Show me a student who has perfected a few tongue twisters and I’ll show you a student whose pronunciation is very good!
*This is the next step toward THE One World Language.
Step Two: *Your run-on sentence knocked out 'n loaded!
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