Мы споём на бис в караоке-баре.

Споём is the 1st person plural future form of the verb спеть, which is a perfective verb meaning to sing something through / to sing once / to perform a song.

So мы споём means we will sing.

A very important Russian grammar point is that perfective verbs do not have a present tense with present meaning. Their present-looking forms are actually used for the simple future.

So:

• петь = to sing, to be singing, to sing in general
• спеть = to sing something through, to perform a song once

Compare:

• Мы будем петь = we will be singing / we will sing, with focus on the process
• Мы споём = we will sing, with focus on the completed performance

In this sentence, споём fits well because it suggests performing a song.

Russian often chooses between imperfective and perfective based on how the action is viewed.

Here, спеть is used because the speaker means a single, complete performance of a song, not just the activity of singing in general.

So:

• Мы поём = we are singing / we sing
• Мы будем петь = we will sing, we will be singing
• Мы споём = we will sing it through, we will perform it

Because на бис suggests an encore performance, the idea of one complete repeated performance makes споём especially natural.

На бис means as an encore or for an encore.

It is a fixed expression used when a song, piece, or performance is repeated because the audience wants to hear it again.

Examples:

• Певец спел на бис. = The singer sang an encore.
• Играть на бис = to play an encore
• Спеть на бис = to sing again as an encore

For a learner, it is best to memorize на бис as a whole phrase.

Because на бис is a set idiomatic expression. In modern Russian, learners usually do not analyze it word by word in normal usage. You simply learn it as:

• на бис = as an encore

The word бис itself comes from a traditional exclamation meaning something like again! or encore! In this phrase, it does not behave like a normal everyday noun that learners need to decline productively.

So the safest approach is:

• memorize на бис
• use it after verbs like спеть, сыграть, исполнить

Because в means in / at, and here it indicates location.

When в expresses location, Russian normally uses the prepositional case.

The dictionary form is:

• караоке-бар = karaoke bar

In the prepositional singular, it becomes:

• в караоке-баре = in / at the karaoke bar

So the pattern is:

• бар → в баре
• караоке-бар → в караоке-баре

It is a compound noun made from:

• караоке = karaoke
• бар = bar

Russian often writes this kind of compound borrowing with a hyphen:

• кафе-бар
• рок-группа
• караоке-бар

In the sentence, only the second part changes for case:

• nominative: караоке-бар
• prepositional: в караоке-баре

This is a very common pattern with hyphenated compounds.

Yes, very often.

Russian verb endings usually show the subject clearly, so споём already tells you the subject is we.

That means both are possible:

• Мы споём на бис в караоке-баре.
• Споём на бис в караоке-баре.

The version with мы is a little more explicit and can add emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

For example:

• Мы споём, а они станцуют. = We will sing, and they will dance.

So мы is not required, but it is perfectly natural.

The stress is:

• мы
• споём → stress on -ём
• на
• бис
• в
• карао́ке-ба́ре → stress on о́ in карао́ке and on ба́ in ба́ре

A helpful pronunciation guide:

• споём ≈ spa-YOM
• карао́ке-ба́ре ≈ ka-ra-O-ka ba-re

The letter ё is especially important here because it always carries stress:

• споём

Both can work depending on context.

Russian в with a location often covers both English in and at.

So:

• в караоке-баре can mean in the karaoke bar
• or more naturally in many situations, at the karaoke bar

English chooses between in and at based on style and context, but Russian simply uses в here.

Yes. Russian word order is flexible, and changing it can shift emphasis.

The neutral order here is:

• Мы споём на бис в караоке-баре.

Other possible orders include:

• В караоке-баре мы споём на бис.
  Emphasis on the place: At the karaoke bar, we’ll sing an encore.

• На бис мы споём в караоке-баре.
  Emphasis on the encore idea.

• Мы в караоке-баре споём на бис.
  Slight emphasis on where it will happen.

The basic meaning stays similar, but the focus changes.

You could, but it sounds different.

• Мы споём на бис = we will sing an encore, a complete performance
• Мы будем петь на бис = we will be singing as an encore / we will sing as an activity

In this sentence, споём is more natural because an encore is usually understood as a single performed song or repeated number, not just the general process of singing.

So споём is the better choice in most contexts.

Yes, the object can be understood from context and does not need to be stated.

Russian often omits an object when it is obvious. Here, споём can mean:

• sing a song
• sing the song again
• perform our number again

If you wanted to be more explicit, you could say:

• Мы споём эту песню на бис в караоке-баре. = We’ll sing this song again as an encore at the karaoke bar.

But without an object, the sentence still sounds natural.

No. It is common in concert and performance contexts, but it can also be used more loosely in places like a karaoke bar, where someone performs a song and then does it again because people enjoyed it.

So in this sentence, на бис sounds natural because karaoke still involves performing for an audience, even if the setting is informal.