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🌳 Во поле берёза стояла

Русская народная песня · 👶 Infantil · A1 · Easy · Folk · Nature · Past tense

🎬 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 народная песня. Медленная и ясная: хорошо слышно прошедшее время.

One of the best-known Russian folk songs — Tchaikovsky quoted it in his Fourth Symphony. A birch tree stands in a field; the singer wants to break off its branches. Slow, repetitive and clear: great for the past tense and for hearing unstressed vowels.

🎧 Words you will hear in the song

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

  • полеfieldво поле = in the field (old form of в поле)
  • берёзаbirch treea symbol of Russia
  • стоятьto standстояла = it stood (past, feminine)
  • кудрявыйcurly, leafy
  • люли(a traditional refrain, no meaning)

💬 Expressions and notes

  • берёза стоялаthe birch stood

    past tense agrees with берёза (feminine): -ла

  • во полеin the field

    poetic; today: в поле

Comprehension

  1. Где стояла берёза?

  2. Какая была берёза?

  3. «Стояла» — окончание -ла, потому что берёза…