RUSSIAN TONGUE TWISTER: TRY IT WITH ME! #learnrussian #russiangrammar #easyrussian #russianlanguage

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]Karl u Klary ukral korally. Karl u Klary ukral korally. Karl u Klary ukral korally.

[00:00:07]All right, guys. Today we're doing a tongue twister in Russian. And if it makes you feel any better, tongue twisters are something that even native Russian speakers struggle with. First, how do you say tongue twister in Russian? It's skovorodka. Skorogovorka, which comes from skora, which means promptly or rapidly. Generally though, skora means soon. And govorit, which of course means to speak or to say. So, let's look at our today's skovorodka.

[00:00:34]Karl u Klary ukral korally, a Klara u Karla uklar I can't even do it slowly. All right, let me try again.

[00:00:45]Karl u Klary ukral korally, a Klara u Karla ukrala klarnet. Yay, I did it. All right, then what the heck does all of that mean? It means Karl stole Klara's coral beads, literally her corals. So, quite literally, Karl from Klara stole corals. And then of course, Klara had to get back at Karl, so she stole his clarinet. Literally, and Klara from Karl stole the clarinet. Okay, let me try it one more time, fast. Karl u Klary ukral korally, a Klara u Karla ukrala klarnet.

[00:01:28]Okay, for the record, I did delete a bunch of bad takes. All right, guys.

[00:01:32]Practice away, and let me know how you did in the comments.