The voices of Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna, c. 1891

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The voices of Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna, c. 1891

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6 жыл бұрын

With all likelihood this is a recording of the Russian emperor Alexander III (1845-1894) and his wife, Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), recorded c. 1891 on a visit to Denmark.
The couple attended several demonstrations of Edison's phonograph, at least once in 1889 at the royal palace in Fredensborg, the home of Maria Feodorovna's father, Christian IX of Denmark, and probably also at one of their visits in 1891, 1892 or 1893.
The recording is part of the Ruben Collection at the Royal Library in Copenhagen, containing Danish phonograph recordings made 1889-1897. Sadly no documentation about the identity of the voices or the circumstance of the recording has survived.
The recording starts with a greeting in Russian by a woman (Maria Feodorovna?).
Then a man, probably Alexander III, sings a Russian soldier's song.
Lastly, the woman speaks in Danish: Det morer mig meget at høre min mands stemme ("It is very amusing to hear the voice of my husband").
More information about the Ruben Collection at the Royal Library in Denmark:
www.statsbiblioteket.dk/natio...

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@1956paterson 3 жыл бұрын

Considering the age of this recording, the voices are remarkably clear. This is a valuable historical artefact.

@Ire308 3 жыл бұрын

They sound exactly as I have imagined they would. Now, if there's any recording of Empress Alexandra and her children that would be awesome.

@avtarsingh4355 3 жыл бұрын

Nicholas 2 😇

@harverc229 2 жыл бұрын

We don’t need emperors or empress we got Comrades.

@royaltyfandomx Жыл бұрын

@@harverc229💀

@vasylkasra Жыл бұрын

@@harverc229 Not your freaking comrade.

@harverc229 Жыл бұрын

@@royaltyfandomx Cyka

@theboyisso6960 4 жыл бұрын

I consider myself fortunate to have heard their voices.

@larsrons7937 2 жыл бұрын

1:46 At the end *she* says: _"Det morer mig meget at høre min mands stemme."_ The English translation being: _"It amuses me greatly to hear my husband's voice."_

@sukakozel734 25 күн бұрын

thanks for translation

@larsrons7937 25 күн бұрын

@@sukakozel734 You're welcome. 😊

@bobbiestrella8160 4 жыл бұрын

Minnie sounds like I imagined her to, as does Sasha. This is so awesome!

@dhoraray1310 3 жыл бұрын

Аwesome that you relate to them like they are your brother and sister.

@dengnette 7 ай бұрын

Is he singing in Russian?

@MikeB071 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Never knew there were any recordings of Alexander III, much less one of him singing!

@alanmalan3819 4 ай бұрын

"do you wanna that i say something russian" after that He sing "my afr... Mine camerlord... like germans say ..... like germans say .." and after that said "thanks, i appreciate for that but i could to say something more like book if you warned me before .. now this is straightforwardly from the head, good by, misters "

@prairiedweller8917 3 жыл бұрын

From the pictures I've seen, that's exactly how I would have expected his voice to sound.

@jonesvideo80 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@British-Patriot 6 ай бұрын

The most Russian person to exist.

@isaiahtrofimenko1739 6 жыл бұрын

It's very difficult to understand what he's singing. However, at the end he says something like "had I been informed about this, I would have prepared by bringing a book or something to read; but it's difficult to do it like this from the top of your head. Good bye gentlemen!" To those who are saying that he's speaking with a "heavy" accent, it's not really true. However, his pronunciation is unusual to a modern listener. We should keep in mind that Russian high society in the XIX century spoke in a language, that is now forgotten. Many members of the Russian aristocracy were more fluent in French or English (which was gaining popularity at the end of the century), and their Russian pronunciation and style was very different from the way everybody else spoke.

@JCornelius68 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent, thank you for the clarification!

@peteraifeld7766 6 жыл бұрын

As the Holstein-Gottorps were German by ethnicity and their "Romanov" surname only a relict to make sure , that they are "Russian" one of the mayor spoken languages was German. Proofed in the recording as the Empress asks "Was hast du gesagt?" in clear German without any accent.

@peteraifeld7766 6 жыл бұрын

Isaiah, still there is an accent and you hear that the emperror is speaking word by word, that is normal for a person, who has problems with speaking a language.

@frankpaullomas1767 6 жыл бұрын

Peter Aifeld It is possible, as they Emperor's mother Maria Alexandrovna was German and very likely spoke German with the children bringing them up and not in Russian.

@Valeriy-ch9qe 5 жыл бұрын

He spoke about Bismarck

@watchmedo635 3 жыл бұрын

I pray that we will one day be able to hear recordings of Alix and Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei if they are recovered

@goldenlion5826 2 жыл бұрын

Alexander III sounds Exactly how I imagined him to sound while with Maria Feodorovna (I don't know why) but I expected her voice to be higher for some reason. 😅

@cindyreynolds4045 5 жыл бұрын

How weird is this? I am so interested in the empress and can’t believe this is her! So cool

@blindbookworm8019 5 жыл бұрын

Cindy Reynolds I read a lot about them too. I even have a playlist dedicated to all of my books I have reviewed about them. Very cool.

@crystalberry748 2 жыл бұрын

@@blindbookworm8019 hello I was wondering if you could tell me the name of the books that you read about them I like history and I love to read them

@blindbookworm8019 2 жыл бұрын

@@crystalberry748 So cool to hear that. I’ve read about this family for many years so there are a lot of books to name. I really love “The Romanov Empress” by C.W. Gortner I also like the series “The Autobiography of Alexandra Feodorovna.” It is a 6 book series. I also like the children’s book “Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess” which is in the Royal Diaries series.

@blindbookworm8019 2 жыл бұрын

@@crystalberry748 Hello again: Here is a playlist of the books about the Romanovs that I have read. I hope that helps. Happy reading my friend. kzfaq.info/sun/PL75gZbHmiura1oaMj3nbDck7dnF5_Caa3

@crystalberry748 2 жыл бұрын

@@blindbookworm8019 have you read the last kitchen boy it’s fictional but it’s about Tsar Nicolas II and family right up until they get murdered it kinda gives you an idea of how it was back then

@kazakh-interista 3 жыл бұрын

Maria Feodorovna: I am glad to see you today, because the weather is nice and we can go outside. Alexander III: "Do you want me to say something in russian? it's not always easy when you want it and you also added that you want me to sing something. well.... this one for exaample" thereafter starts singing a song about Bismarck: Bismarck himself out of happiness almost pulled off three hairs he had The telegraph brought us such news That the Germans took an important and a big station (or a place) bravely, asserted rights of his country in Africa Since then in Berlin everyone (old and young) kept saying: To Africa, to Cameroon, everybody to Cameroon To Africa, to Cameroon, that's what germans say (repeats twice) stops singing and says: Can't speak anything more today Had you notified me beforehand, I would have been prepared. I would have brought books or something with me to read But like that, right from my head - it's not easy. You caught me off guard That's the end. Dosvidaniya gospoda. Maria Feodorvna says something in Danish p/s: he is speaking with an accent, probably German. At the begining he asked "you want me to say something in russian?" as if the russian language wasn't his everyday language

@magnusolesen1521 2 жыл бұрын

She said "Det morer mig meget, at hører min mands stemme.” Which translates to "It amuses me a lot to hear my husband's voice."

@kazakh-interista 2 жыл бұрын

@@magnusolesen1521 thank you Magnus

@user-jl7mu3fz7q 3 жыл бұрын

❤ Светлая память и вечная хвала этому великому царю, который навел порядок в стране после того, как его отец был убит🌹

@DavidWCooke 5 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely amazing! Thank you

@SkyRocker909 Жыл бұрын

For anyone interested, the tsar is singing the following song in Russian: Сам Бисмарк чуть от радости Не вырвал клок волос, Как телеграф известие Такое нам принес, Что немцы храбро заняли Пункт важный и большой И утверждали в Африке Права страны родной… С тех пор в Берлине стар и млад Одно лишь и твердят: Nach Afrika, Nach Kamerun. Так немцы говорят!

@anonymousr1918 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@marsenbloss 3 жыл бұрын

Un tesoro historico!, gracias por compartir

@christianevattier2533 2 жыл бұрын

It's nice to hear him singing thank you

@angelanoble3050 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible - a total treasure

@Dimitrioedison44 Жыл бұрын

Es un placer poder escuchar este viejo audio que tiene 132 años

@user-kk1wy4xg7r 4 жыл бұрын

Она говорит о погоде, Он поёт, шутит и ругает за то что его застали врасплох. Такие весёлые и важные! She talks about weather, then He ask -“ Are you want to make me singing,okay “ and after song he said that this was surprised him, if He knows, he will take some book to read!” She sad in dagmar- I like my husband voice!)

@killerdillr 3 жыл бұрын

No, she says "I am amused by my husbands voice" - almost the same.

@user-kk1wy4xg7r 3 жыл бұрын

@@killerdillr Oh,thanks) The sounds better than my translation )

@dashasi83 3 жыл бұрын

The song auto-translate: Bismarck almost tore out a tuft of hair for joy, How did the telegraph bring such news, That the Germans bravely occupied a point important and large And they claimed the rights of their native country in Africa Since then, in Berlin, the old and young have been saying nothing, but: Nach Afrika, Nach Kamerun, like the Germans say.

@natalyaanikina4873 6 жыл бұрын

It's AMAZING!!! Thank You!

@matt2socal 3 жыл бұрын

First I heard Tsar Nicholas II and then Alexander III. This is so awesome.

@TheMemeDynamics 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, this voice was expected. It was the voice that I expected. But, Tsar Alexander III has some nice singing skills!

@silverfoxpin 2 ай бұрын

amazing!!

@DanikB9 5 жыл бұрын

Если это правда, то охренеть! Думал, только Чайковского и Николая 2 записали.

@user-mg1it2co6c 4 жыл бұрын

Неужто у Александра lll был столь явственный иностранный акцент?!

@user-ey3hu1kb4d 4 жыл бұрын

@@user-mg1it2co6c как и у всех богатых людей в Российской Империи

@nihil632 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-mg1it2co6c у Пушкина был французский акцент, лол.

@doncorleone1553 9 ай бұрын

@@user-ey3hu1kb4d Тогда, как и во всех странах, были распространены разные диалекты. Это было не только для богатых.

@babydollssoapsnthingz8225 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting to hear them!!

@inessorato1358 Жыл бұрын

Vecna slava tomuto Ruskemu Carovi!!!

@karinatorres6745 3 жыл бұрын

Es muy impresionante!!

@blmi5591 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! He is speaking Russian with huge foreign accent

@zaker721 6 жыл бұрын

Does it sound like a German accent? I don't speak Russian and so cannot judge but I am thinking of his mother being a German princess.

@ivanchehov 6 жыл бұрын

It sound like norvegian accent. Very strong *rrrr*, not like the German language, I think

@frankpaullomas1767 6 жыл бұрын

ivanchehov Many German speakers use the rolled "r"

@MrFunnyPaul 6 жыл бұрын

A man speaks Russian with a strong foreign accent. Also he told something like "Goodbye, Your Majesty (до свидания, государь) at the end of the recording.

@MrFunnyPaul 6 жыл бұрын

The feminine gender is 'государыня' (gosudarynia). A man said государь (gosudar) in masculine gender, as far as I hear.

@MrFunnyPaul 6 жыл бұрын

I don't hear five syllable for 'государыня'. I hear only three syllable as for 'государь'. I am from Minsk, Belarus. Your wife knows where and what it is )).

@peteraifeld7766 6 жыл бұрын

He says "До свидание, господа" (Good bye, gentlemen) adressing the men who recorded it. Thats what I understand.

@MrFunnyPaul 6 жыл бұрын

His accent is so heavy therefore I can't say anymore with complete certainty )) It may be he told 'gentelmen' and it may be 'Your Majesty". The only thing I am sure he is not native Russian speaker.

@peteraifeld7766 6 жыл бұрын

They both are German native speakers. You can here in the recording Maria Feodorowna say "Was hats du gesagt?" (What did you say?) in clearly fluent German, while the russian words are pronounced word by word like from a foreigner.

@romanchannel69 3 жыл бұрын

It really sounds like he has a noticeable accent. I have a few thoughts: 1. that happens because of the audio quality, you can't hear some phonemes, some of them are distorted, some are mute; 2. Csar wasn't a pure Russian since his teachers were foreign, his wife was from a foreign country, he had been hanging out with a lot of foreigners all his life; 3. he made a parody, it could be a joke from him to sing a song in a German accent (since he was a huge nationalist); 4. that's the old-fashioned Russian language pronunciation of the high class. If we still believe that was the voice of Alexander III.

@virtual07 3 жыл бұрын

He speaks Russian with a strong Latvian (or German) accent.

@romanchannel69 3 жыл бұрын

It really sounds like that. I have a few thoughts: 1. that happens because of the audio quality, you can't hear some phonemes, some of them are distorted, some are mute; 2. Csar wasn't a pure Russian since his teachers were foreign, his wife was from a foreign country, he had been hanging out with a lot of foreigners all his life; 3. he made a parody, it could be a joke from him to sing a song in a German accent (since he was a huge nationalist); 4. that's the old-fashioned Russian language pronunciation of the high class. If we still believe it was the voice of Alexander III.

@anonymousr1918 Жыл бұрын

0:45 What song is His Imperial Majesty singing?

@carollambies4281 4 жыл бұрын

Wow !! Subtitles would be nice.Wish we had Queen Victoria.And OTMAA !

@rosec5797 2 ай бұрын

There is a recording of Queen Victoria (or so it says) on KZfaq, although it's impossible to make out what she is saying. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z6uAnMmbtrC9d3U.html

@DouglasUrantia 6 жыл бұрын

Maria reminds me of my mother.....very feminine. Totally devoted to the males.

@joaquinoderda656 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@supramur 2 жыл бұрын

In fact they have really strong german accent

@islamgaziev1717 3 жыл бұрын

Hard to understand what he says, but after he sings he says something like that he was caught unprepared by something and that if he knew, he would have taken more books with himself, but he couldn't come up with an 'answer' I assume right from his head

@stendhal48 3 жыл бұрын

Simon Cowell would say "What the hell was that"?

@dessertofhearts2147 4 жыл бұрын

A true ruler😗

@huldrrrr9486 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know what Maria says at the very end?

@Ettibridget Жыл бұрын

Read through the comments, friend.

@kcrcbest 6 жыл бұрын

woooow

@yarixx 2 жыл бұрын

He spoke with a German accent, and Alexander 3 spoke Russian without an accent, so it's not his voice. The voices on the recording could belong, for example, to Olga Konstantinovna and her husband, King George I of the Hellenes.

@stanisawwozniak1804 4 жыл бұрын

Может кто-нибудь знает эту песню?

@111iii111iii 4 жыл бұрын

Сам Бисмарк чуть от радости не вырвал клок волос, Как телеграф известие такое вот принес, Что немцы храбро заняли пункт важный и большой И утверждали в Африке права страны родной. С тех пор в Берлине стар и млад лишь только и твердят: Nach Afrika, Nach Kamerun, так немцы говорят.

@datunakakalashvili3331 2 жыл бұрын

What's singing i want that's melody name

@bonanzaboomer 3 жыл бұрын

This recording is an amazing voice from the past but the background noise.should be removed.

@zuma6789 4 жыл бұрын

Is it a song?

@larsrons7937 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a song about Bismarck and the Germans in Africa, there are translations in some of the other comments.

@samkresil6011 5 жыл бұрын

So no Alexandra Feodorovna, then?

@henrikanckarsater7403 4 жыл бұрын

She had an alto singing voice, didn't she? I think I read that she was considered a very good singer and overall musician but that her husband didn't like to hear her music making, especially not singing. Or am I mistaken? Please correct if this is wrong!

@watchmedo635 3 жыл бұрын

@Erudite di'Cosmos there were several recordings made of Alix and the family, though these were all destroyed by the Bolsheviks during their occupation of Alexander Palace

@juanjosevelezortiz8528 4 жыл бұрын

por primera vez escucho la voz del zar alejandro 3 de rusia

@mikeor- 11 ай бұрын

Alexander III's voice is nothing like I expected. Apparently, there is no voice recording of the previous Tsars, but I expected his voice to sound similar to his son's. Nicholas II had one of the most difficult reigns, but I don't have any fond memories of Alexander III either. My great-great-grandfather, who was born the same year Alexander II was assassinated, had his bar mitzva the day after Alexander III died. This was because he was afraid of the Okhrana breaking up his coming-of-age ceremony, because Alexander III (and Nicholas II, for that matter) were notorious anti-Semites.

@crazylizard1889 3 жыл бұрын

Aleksandr sounded like Andre the Giant

@monoecumsemper 3 жыл бұрын

This is a recommendation that concerns everybody out there: Read the writings and works of KONSTANTIN P: POBEDONOSTSEV for a better understanding of Tsar Alexander III and His time.

@pidgurus 7 ай бұрын

Александр III поет, что ли?

@steveweiser2792 4 жыл бұрын

There is absolutely no documentation that these voices are those of the Czar and Czarina, however it may be them. One of those things that we have to leave to imagination. The human voice was first recorded in 1860 in France by Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville...it was a ten-second fragment of the French folk song 'Au Clair de la Lune', so it was entirely possible but without documentation, who knows.

@jcsgodmother 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. I just made paper dolls of them.

@mariam.2144 2 ай бұрын

They both have a slight accent while speaking Russian

@yzmey42113 4 жыл бұрын

Is this really the voice of Alexander the Third? Is it me, or does he speak Russian with an accent? It sounds like a European/Anglo accent, typical way foreigners pronounce Russian words today.. Why did he have an accent?

@user-id6xz7im8s 4 жыл бұрын

It's accent of guardians

@yzmey42113 4 жыл бұрын

@Marissa Lopes That is not true.

@yzmey42113 3 жыл бұрын

@21st century superstar Wtf is "pre-revolutionary Russian"? There is no such thing as pre-revolutionary Russian. Before the revolution Russian sounded like it sounds today. The only thing that changed after the revolution was the Russian orthography, which was changed by Shakhmatov to exclude certain letters of the Cyrillic alphabet.

@yzmey42113 3 жыл бұрын

@21st century superstar Ah ok. Well, she probably meant the orthography, letters themselves etc. not pronunciations or grammar. For example: the Russian letter i was replaced by the currently used и.

@yzmey42113 3 жыл бұрын

@21st century superstar Not really. You can hear people speak Russian who emigrated to other countries from Russia during the revolution and Russian civil war, for example Kerensky, he speaks regular Russian, like they speak Russian today.

@madelinemejia1955 5 жыл бұрын

What they are saying?

@minjajovanovic6501 3 жыл бұрын

Singing

@killerdillr 3 жыл бұрын

she says in the very end "I am amused by my husbands voice"

@avtarsingh4355 3 жыл бұрын

@@killerdillr hAha

@killerdillr 3 жыл бұрын

@@avtarsingh4355 you have to think about, they were mit used to hear their voices that way. A very formal way of saying something 'out of the blue'

@avtarsingh4355 3 жыл бұрын

@@killerdillr I do not Russian

@canalptupbrasil9373 Жыл бұрын

Musica legal alexander iii

@samf_eater 2 жыл бұрын

So sorry, that voice of Alexander II wasn't recorded, he died in 1881, but phonograph was invented in 1877

@barbadolid5170 2 жыл бұрын

Что говорит?

@empoyef 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t imagine that voice is coming from an empress that was murdered

@carolannemckenzie3849 3 жыл бұрын

Maria Feodorovna wasn't murdered. She died of old age in 1928. You're thinking of her daughter in law, Empress Alix, who was indeed murdered by the Bolsheviks with her husband and children in 1918.

@empoyef 3 жыл бұрын

@@carolannemckenzie3849 ohhhh shes the mother of the czar? She looks like the Czarina

@larsrons7937 2 жыл бұрын

Dagmar of Denmark aka Maria Feodorovna, she _IS_ the Czarina. Yes she is married to the Czar (Alexander III) and mother of the next Czar (Nicholas II, last Russian Czar).

@user-ix1io6qi4s 3 жыл бұрын

He speaks with German accent though

@JJ-bo6nc 7 ай бұрын

His mother is german

@souveniehollande979 3 жыл бұрын

I gave this a thumbs down because this was definitely *not* Angela Lansbury, if you know what I mean ;)

@canalptupbrasil9373 Жыл бұрын

Só não sei a sua língua

@ThrillzTheGreatest 10 ай бұрын

Maybe if Alexander II wasn't assassinated we'd be able to hear his voice as well

@TheMedinho 2 жыл бұрын

show

@wholeNwon 4 жыл бұрын

Was not aware that the Empress spoke Russian.

@babydollssoapsnthingz8225 4 жыл бұрын

She spoke it very well actuslly5 learned very quickly before marrying into the imperial family.

@josephpanzarella1417 4 жыл бұрын

@Phil Ad Alexandra had to deal with people on a daily basis who spoke no other language than Russian. You don't seriously believe that Rasputin spoke other languages. And she was a fanatical member of the Russian Orthodox Church. When she and Nicholas were imprisoned the guards make them speak Russian exclusively. So the oft repeated story that she didn't speak Russian is untrue.

@wholeNwon 4 жыл бұрын

@Marissa Lopes And French. The children were also studying Italian.

@wholeNwon 2 жыл бұрын

@@josephpanzarella1417 Are you confusing Alexandra with her mother-in-law?

@wholeNwon 2 жыл бұрын

@Marissa Lopes And French, as did Nicholas and his mother.

@cureforintroversion1262 9 ай бұрын

Alexander III had a nice voice. If only he wasn't antisemitic

@anonymousr1918 5 ай бұрын

Cry

@thea4328 3 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid the authenticity of it is highly questionable to say the least

@hunnoturkatille7139 6 жыл бұрын

Императрица явно говорит с акцентом по-русски, и акцент этот точно скандинавский. Но меня поражает акцент Александра 3-го! У царя явные огрехи в русском языке, вдобавок он картавит, как француз, а интонация его речи и акцент явно немецкие))). Вот вам и "русский" царь(((

@111iii111iii 6 жыл бұрын

его отец, Александр II , по воспоминаниям современников, тоже картавил. В пользу ,что это - запись голоса Александра III, говорит тот факт, что он поет шуточную песню про Бисмарка, к которому он испытывал неприязнь и называл обер-скотом.

@hunnoturkatille7139 6 жыл бұрын

РПЦ Петра 1-го всадила на российский трон немчуру под именем Романовых...и теперь мы поражаемся, какая мразь полезла в правительство и в РПЦ хахаха...

@sputnikwot857 5 жыл бұрын

а тебе не приходило в голову, что это у тебя акцент, а не у него?

@user-zf7fk9ub1d 5 жыл бұрын

Sputnik WoT, кстати можешь быть и прав. Ленин например тоже картавил, хоть он и Евреем был. Может быть у русских раньше было принято картавить? Хотя вот Николай 2 не картавил. Я думаю что картавили они потому что говорили ещё на нескольких языках, и картавить просто оставалось привычкой.

@natalyaanikina4873 5 жыл бұрын

@@user-zf7fk9ub1d Керенский тоже картавил

@natalie_goncharova 3 жыл бұрын

Ну не знаю... Ни интонаций, ни эмоций, набор слов. С жутким акцентом и явным дефектом речи

@peterburgskiy_romantic 3 жыл бұрын

Все же старая запись, плохое качество, а другого и не дано

@elenaivanova5475 3 жыл бұрын

Ну что вы хотите , русский язык для них не родной , все таки Александр почти а его жена чистокровные немцы 🤷🏻‍♀️

@doncorleone1553 9 ай бұрын

@@elenaivanova5475 Ленин был чувашом-тюрком, а Сталин - грузином. Придерживаете ли вы их по одному и тому же стандарту? Цари не были немецкими агентами. Вы верите 100-летней пропаганде!

@jairoreyes5616 5 жыл бұрын

es falso ,

@jairoreyes5616 5 жыл бұрын

is not real

@cherylzaccheo7762 Жыл бұрын

❤

@larsrons7937 2 жыл бұрын

1:46 At the end she says: _"Det morer mig meget at høre min mands stemme."_ The English translation being: _"It amuses me greatly to hear my husband's voice."_