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🪿 Два весёлых гуся

Народная песня (детская) · 👶 Infantil · Very easy · Children · Animals

🎬 Official video no YouTube. See the full lyrics and translation

🎤 Lyrics · karaoke

Traditional lyrics (public domain). Tap a line to hear it; sing along with the video!

About the song

У бабуси два весёлых гуся — один серый, другой белый. Очень простая песня с повторами.

A traditional children's song everybody in Russia knows: grandma has two merry geese, one grey and one white. Very short lines, lots of repetition — perfect first Russian song, and a painless way to meet colours and the past tense (жили).

🎧 Words you will hear in the song

These words really appear in the lyrics. Listen and try to catch them when they are sung.

  • житьto liveжили = they lived (past, plural)
  • бабусяgrandma (affectionate)
  • весёлыйmerry, cheerful
  • гусьgooseдва гуся = two geese
  • серыйgrey
  • белыйwhite
  • один… другой…one… the other…

💬 Expressions and notes

  • жили у бабусиthey lived at grandma's

    у + genitive = at someone's place

  • один серый, другой белыйone grey, the other white

    adjectives agree with гусь (masculine)

Comprehension

  1. Сколько гусей у бабуси?

  2. Какого цвета гуси?

  3. «Жили» — это какое время?