Going to a concert for a post-punk band which I love but don’t speak this gorgeous language, but I wanna be able to sing along to at least ONE song. Can someone help me learn the song phonetically line by line along with the rhythm? Want to make sure I attain correct pronunciation
The song is Usio Roŭna by Nürnberg
Lyrics in photo and song here: https://youtu.be/aU8_kLrTHqs?si=kp0422vnb_bdxurG
Thank you so much in advance
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Do you know how to read Cyrillic? Do you know how to read Belarusian Cyrillic?
Nürnberg… Nice.
Hi! I hope this helps!
I’ve marked the stressed vowels.
—–
Nie marn**u**j –
Zabiv**a**j svoj čas
Jak**i** h**e**tak ch**u**tka
Nazaŭsi**o**dy zabj**e** nas
My hladzi**e**li ŭ ci**e**mru –
My šuk**a**li śviatł**o**
Pav**o**lna!
Nam usi**o** r**o**ŭna ŭžo!
Nam usi**o** r**o**ŭna ŭžo!
—–
č – tsh
h – voiced h/сh, somewhat similar to german R but w/o thrill
ch – h
y – [ɨ] like pronouncing a “u” and an “i” at the same time, tongue high and central.
ǔ – w
c – ts
š – sh
ž – zh
extra:
l – soft l
ł – hard/dark l
ś – [sʲ]
sio – [sʲo]
via – [vʲa]
cie – [t͡sʲe]
With [consonant] + i + [vowel] or ´ the consonant gets palatalised/softened
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For an English speaker it should sound something like this:
nye marr-NOOY
zar-beer-WHY svoy CHARS
ya-KEE khe-tark KHOOT-car
nar-zarw-SUR-de zer-BUE nars
me khlar-TELL-ee w-TEAM-roo
me SHEW-khal-ee shwat-LOW
par-WALL-nah!
narm w-SUR-aw-nah w-JOE
Of course, this is a completely incorrect pronunciation, but it will roughly resemble what the song sounds like. I hope this helps.
By the way, I am delighted that someone wants to sing their songs and is ready to ask about pronunciation in the Belarusian language for this! They are little known in their homeland of Belarus, but I heard that for some reason they are very popular in Latin America
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