{"id":743,"date":"2022-01-18T11:40:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T11:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vox-sprachschule.ch\/blog\/?p=743"},"modified":"2023-05-24T18:54:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T18:54:06","slug":"the-power-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vox-sprachschule.ch\/blog\/2022\/01\/the-power-of-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Power of Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VOX Cultural Digest, Issue N.9<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are often asked to share some tips about how to gain confidence in speaking languages or how to express yourself better when speaking a foreign language. The key is to learn to pronounce words correctly so that your sentences flow effortlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pronunciation is often the hardest part when it comes to languages, so we’ve compiled a list of poems in different languages to help you out: listen to them and repeat trying to imitate the rhythm, the intonation, and the sounds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>A Poem in German:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Beim Schlafengehen<\/strong><\/a>
by Hermann Hesse

Nun der Tag mich m\u00fcd gemacht,
Soll mein sehnliches Verlangen
Freundlich die gestirnte Nacht
Wie ein m\u00fcdes Kind empfangen.

H\u00e4nde, lasst von allem Tun,
Stirn, vergiss du alles Denken,
Alle meine Sinne nun
Wollen sich in Schlummer senken.

Und die Seele, unbewacht,
Will in freien Fl\u00fcgen schweben,
Um im Zauberkreis der Nacht
Tief und tausendfach zu Leben.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>A Poem in English:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
One Art<\/strong><\/a>
by Elizabeth Bishop 

The art of losing isn\u2019t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn\u2019t hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother\u2019s watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn\u2019t hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn\u2019t a disaster.

\u2014Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan\u2019t have lied. It\u2019s evident
the art of losing\u2019s not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>A Poem in French:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Heureux Qui Comme Ulysse<\/strong><\/a>
by Joachim Du Bellay

Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage,
Ou comme cestuy-l\u00e0 qui conquit la toison,
Et puis est retourn\u00e9, plein d’usage et raison,
Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son \u00e2ge!

Quand reverrai-je, h\u00e9las, de mon petit village
Fumer la chemin\u00e9e, et en quelle saison
Reverrai-je le clos de ma pauvre maison,
Qui m’est une province, et beaucoup davantage?

Plus me pla\u00eet le s\u00e9jour qu’ont b\u00e2ti mes a\u00efeux,
Que des palais Romains le front audacieux,
Plus que le marbre dur me pla\u00eet l’ardoise fine:

Plus mon Loir gaulois, que le Tibre latin,
Plus mon petit Lir\u00e9, que le mont Palatin,
Et plus que l’air marin la doulceur angevine.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>A Poem in Italian:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
L’Infinito<\/strong><\/a>
by Giacomo Leopardi

Sempre caro mi fu quest’ermo colle,
E questa siepe, che da tanta parte
Dell’ultimo orizzonte il guardo esclude.
Ma sedendo e mirando, interminati
Spazi di l\u00e0 da quella, e sovrumani
Silenzi, e profondissima quiete
Io nel pensier mi fingo; ove per poco
Il cor non si spaura. E come il vento
Odo stormir tra queste piante, io quello
Infinito silenzio a questa voce
Vo comparando: e mi sovvien l’eterno,
E le morte stagioni, e la presente
E viva, e il suon di lei. Cos\u00ec tra questa
Immensit\u00e0 s’annega il pensier mio:
E il naufragar m’\u00e8 dolce in questo mare.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>A Poem in Spanish:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Viento, agua, piedra<\/strong><\/a>
by Octavio Paz

El agua horada la piedra,
el viento dispersa el agua,
la piedra detiene al viento.
Agua, viento, piedra.

El viento esculpe la piedra,
la piedra es copa del agua,
el agua escapa y es viento.
Piedra, viento, agua.

El viento en sus giros canta,
el agua al andar murmura,
la piedra inm\u00f3vil se calla.
Viento, agua, piedra.

Uno es otro y es ninguno:
entre sus nombres vac\u00edos
pasan y se desvanecen
agua, piedra, viento.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>A Poem in Russian:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u0411\u0435\u043b\u0430\u044f \u0431\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0430<\/strong><\/a>
by Sergei Yesenin

\u0411\u0435\u043b\u0430\u044f \u0431\u0435\u0440\u0451\u0437\u0430
\u041f\u043e\u0434 \u043c\u043e\u0438\u043c \u043e\u043a\u043d\u043e\u043c
\u041f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043a\u0440\u044b\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u0441\u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e\u043c,
\u0422\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0431\u0440\u043e\u043c.

\u041d\u0430 \u043f\u0443\u0448\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0445 \u0432\u0435\u0442\u043a\u0430\u0445
\u0421\u043d\u0435\u0436\u043d\u043e\u044e \u043a\u0430\u0439\u043c\u043e\u0439
\u0420\u0430\u0441\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044c \u043a\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438
\u0411\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0439 \u0431\u0430\u0445\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0439.

\u0418 \u0441\u0442\u043e\u0438\u0442 \u0431\u0435\u0440\u0451\u0437\u0430
\u0412 \u0441\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u0438\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0435,
\u0418 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u044f\u0442 \u0441\u043d\u0435\u0436\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0438
\u0412 \u0437\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e\u043c \u043e\u0433\u043d\u0435.

\u0410 \u0437\u0430\u0440\u044f, \u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0432\u043e
\u041e\u0431\u0445\u043e\u0434\u044f \u043a\u0440\u0443\u0433\u043e\u043c,
\u041e\u0431\u0441\u044b\u043f\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0432\u0435\u0442\u043a\u0438
\u041d\u043e\u0432\u044b\u043c \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0431\u0440\u043e\u043c.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Let us know in the comments if there’s anything else we can help you with!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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