🎻 Калинка
Иван Ларионов (1860) · народная · 1860 · A2 · Medium · Folk · Nature · Diminutives
🎬 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
Самая известная русская песня в мире. Припев играет с уменьшительными словами: калинка, малинка, ягодка.
The most famous Russian song in the world, written in 1860 by Ivan Larionov and long since sung as a folk song. The refrain plays with diminutives (калинка, малинка, ягодка) and speeds up with every repeat — a fun way to practise the -ка endings and fast pronunciation.
🎧 Words you will hear in the song
These words really appear in the lyrics. Listen and try to catch them when they are sung.
- калина— guelder rose / snowball treeкалинка = little kalina (diminutive)
- малина— raspberryмалинка = little raspberry
- ягода— berryягодка = little berry
- сад— gardenв саду = in the garden
- мой / моя— my (m. / f.)
💬 Expressions and notes
- калина → калинка— kalina → little kalina
the diminutive suffix -ка
- в саду— in the garden
locative -у after в (not в саде)
Comprehension
Что такое «калинка»?
Где растёт малинка в песне?
Что делает суффикс -ка в слове «ягодка»?