I loved to hear the English translations. But never stop singing them in their native language too. It is nice to also hear the originals even if I don't quite understand them. But the translations definitely helped for context.
Some Irish pet names that also appear in many Irish folk songs! a stór mo chroí (uh store mo khree) treasure of my heart A ghrá mo chroí (uh gra my khree) love of my heart A rún (uh roon) my love
In Polish there is a phrase "moja duszko" which means "my soul / my little soul" - today it is old-fashioned and sounds vintage, but I think it is beautiful. :) I believe someone in today's live chat mentioned some similar word in another European language, it was Croatian if I remember correctly. :) I love to find similarities between different cultures! We all do have many things in common. :) Also, I am very impressed by your translations of folk songs, yet, I don't know what's the magic behind it: when you sing Hungarian originals it moves me much more than English versions. This uniqe melody of your native language combined with your pure voice make some extraordinary effect! I love it! Thank you Anna for your work, for sharing the beauty of your culture with us! I appreciate it very much. :) Happy Valentine's day for you and your "Szeretőm", MrShepherd :) Wish you all the best! :) Greetings from Poland!
Thank you for sharing that one! 🌿 Yes, I agree, finding all the (sometime absolutely random) similarities between cultures/languages is such a magical thing! Since you brought it up, we also say "lelkem" in Hungarian, meaning "my soul" but it's more like what a grandma would say to her grandchildren ❤️ still, super-affectionate!
I find folk music, in general, more emotionally evocative than modern. Also, I think, when singing in other languages which have a reputation for being more infused with passion or emotion during speech, perhaps it translates into the song...?
I appreciate that you sang in both languages. It helps me understand then better! And hey! Shouty Shepherd is back! You have a wonderful voice, Anna!❤️
I've always loved how in older Russia, the husband would call his wife "Душа моя" - literally translated as "My Soul", and the wife would call her husband "Свет очей моих" - "The light of my eyes"
As a Hungarian I can say you have perfect pronunciation with a beautiful voice. I am really looking forward to see you dance hungarian traditional folk dance as well. I think it suits you :)
It's so odd to hear these melodies in English - it's something that doesn't sound at all weird in our regional languages (Romanian and Hungarian in this case), but it's like listening to an Irish folk song in French - beautiful yet confusing.
It was really nice to hear the songs in Hungarian and English! The original language gave us (who don't speak Hungarian) the feeling and mood of the song, and the English the meaning. More please! :)
I love your unique style. I ever know what delightful video you will present to us. The combination of vintage, beautiful dress, creative presentations, drama and cultural enrichment make me look forward to each of your visits. Thank you, Anna.🌷
So I dont know how exactly I got to your channel, but I am thrilled to hear about Hungarian things. My great grandma came over from Hungary with my grandpa during a certain window of time around WWII. However, neither of them shared a whole lot about their life there or our family history.
Lovely video! In old finnish folk songs there are "heila", "heili" and "hellu" which simply mean the person you are dating. There is also "lemmitty" which means the person you love or make love with. It comes from the word "lempi" which means love, fondness and sexual tension as an magic power. Another pet name is "mielitietty" which can be translated as favourite one or just a sweetheart. I also love the word lover ("rakastaja") because I think that love is more important than social relations. And by social relations I mean that words spouse, girl-/boyfriend, wife, husband etc. tell the listener how society sees the couple but doesn't really stress enough the feelings between them.
A very good point you make! I'm 40, my "boyfriend" is 51. Now it seems awfully strange to call him my "boyfriend" he is definitely more than a boy!! I don't like "partner", "significant other", etc etc for exactly the reason you say, it doesn't convey enough of the feeling and emotion that we share in that relationship. Well put, thank you 🥰
Kb. fél órája találtam rá a csatornádra és imádtam eddig a videóidat, de most, hogy tudom magyar vagy még jobban imádlak!! Mellesleg gyönyörűen énekeld a hagyományos magyar daljainkat!!
Hungarian language is one of those things to me, it is so familiar but yet so foreign. As a romanian living in Transylvania, I am accustomed to hearing it spoken or sung but I don't understand one bit of it. And as a lover of languages it frustrates me that it's so hard to learn this language since we have such a history together... I like seeing you create this content that shows your cultural background and it makes me wonder if I will ever be comfortable with showing more of my cultural background online... You seem so positive and nice haha. I am really eager to see what else you will be posting.
What a heartwarming point of view! I recall playing with Romanian and Hungarian kids behind the blocks when I was little - we just picked up words from each other so effortlessly! Language is no barrier to children who want to play 😁 Haha, it's all so simple to learn when you're little ☺️ Oh, and you don't need to compare yourself to what I'm like 😅 I'm a real chatterbox and love to share this kind of info with friends! RU-vid is just another outlet for it! 🌿😉✨
@@PrettyShepherd Oh as I child I didn't register any problem. When I lived on the countryside (5-6 yo) my best friend was a romani girl and we didn't need words to play. Me and my partner were house-hunting before the pandemic and we were really attracted to the Harghita/ Covasna areas where many many people speak Hungarian. Both of us also love languages so we got excited thinking that if we move to one of those areas, it would be the perfect excuse to learn Hungarian. Only that, in lockdown we googled some hungarian for beginners books/ classes and got really discouraged haha. The many unusual letters and sounds, the structure of the phrase... it all seems so daunting. My partner is very interested in history, she is now obsessed with the History of Transylvania and the Austro Hungarian empire and it was always one of her big regrets that she wan't introduced to Hungarian language as a child growing up in Cluj, so because of this, she can't access certain resources because she doesn't understand the language. Sorry that was long :)
You may have been freezing, but the outfit is was gorgeous. Those are some lovely pet names, which always sound nicer in other languages. Especially when sung :) *what a great way of referring to one of my favourite flowers - Lily of the valley
Oh, I learnt 'Hol háltál az éjjel, cinegemadár?' a bit differently, both the lyrics and the tune. It is nice to hear another version of it. :) Also, galambom was the first one that came to my mind when I saw the video's title.
I love your folkloric singing you have such a wonderful voice when you sing, I enjoy hearing how it would legitimately sound sung in its native language!
Not sure gonna find pet names, because portugueses usually hide who is the subject of their affection in their folk songs..! 😅 One word that I do remember is "trigueirinha", it's in a diminutive form, which indicates tenderness, to refer a woman with a tan, darker skin color. Literally means "little wheat". My husband calls me avelã = hazelnut because I have brown hair and eyes 😆 I will keep researching !! And we definitely want a dance video this year, Anna! Think about it! ♥️
Speaking of cats, I used to call my cats "gumman" or "gumma" which is a Swedish pet name for old lady. It is an endearing name and not derogatory at all. It makes me think of old cozy grandmothers. We love our old ladies here
I loved hearing both versions! I can understand some Hungarian still but I've lost a lot of it over the years (hard to practice when you can only talk to yourself, haha). Having both versions helps to fill in the gaps and made sharing it with my husband fun! My grandmother was Mexican and often called me Mija/Mijita, which literally means daughter/little daughter. But she would also call me ceilita mía (which translates to "my little sky" but is closer to "darling/sweetheart" in English. I know it originates from a Mexican folklore song called "Cielito Lindo" which means "beautiful little sky" but is meant similarly to ceilita mía.). The first stanza goes: De la Sierra Morena, Cielito lindo, vienen bajando, Un par de ojitos negros, Cielito lindo, de contrabando. (From the Sierra Morena, Little darling, is prancing down A pair of little black eyes, Sweet little darling, is sneaking by.)
Oh my! That's really beautiful! Thank you for sharing it! 🙌🏻🌌 You must have a very special heritage! I'm glad I could help a little in sharing it with your husband! ❤️
You are so talented, Anna! I enjoy hearing you sing, and the English translations are great! This channel is like a treasure box with all sorts of knowledge in it. I have learnt a lot here.
There's a few cute ones in German There's "Herzblatt" means something like heart leaf And then there's one I'm particularly fond of: "Augenstern" which roughly translates to star of my eye Also there's a pretty modern one called "Schatz" which translates to teasure
A few come to mind in Lombard (regional language of Italy): la mia spusa (my wife), la miã bela (my beautiful one), la miã inamurada (the one I'm in love with and she loves me back). In Standard Italian we also have "il mio amato" (my loved one), "bambolina" (little doll) and tesoro (treasure), though the latter is still widely used. Often couples have their own pet names, too. My gf and I use "topolina" and "patatona" meaning "little mouse" and "big potato" 🙈
Köszönöm szepen Anna!!! I just discovered your channel and am so so excited. I work with ancestral practices and remembrance to build a bright and nourishing future, and it has been so hard to find resources (especially around craft and song, and especially accessible in English) from this part of the world. (my family is Hungarian American, but I've grown up with more of the American influence:/) Thank you so so much for sharing these songs/folk history/ways of life!!
Thank you, dear Anna! This was lovely as usual. In the southern US, we often call our sweetheart our, "Shuga Buga." Which is really strange. It's meant in an endearing way. It can be used for a child or friend as well. It comes from Sugar Booger, which is just awful. Lol But it is pronounced in a more casual, rhyming way.
My favorite "vintagey" pet name from my country is sugar cube or pumpkin. Pumpkin isn't a romantic one (infact it's mostly used for kids) but it is still very cute.
Aww I love this! One pet name in Ojibwemowin (the language of a North American tribe around Lake Superior, the Ojibwe or Anishinaabe) is niinimoshenh or niinimoosh. It is often translated as my sweetheart, but it more literally means my cross-cousin. Cross-cousins are first cousins whose parents (the ones who are siblings) are opposite gender, your mother’s brother’s child or your father’s sister’s child. Traditionally this cross-cousin would be of a different clan, and therefore marriageable. (Parallel cousins, when the parents-who-are-siblings are the same gender, are more like a sibling and cannot be married even if they are different clans - your father’s brother’s child, or your mother’s sister’s child. The names for these cousins are much more complicated, referring to the gender of each person and even whether they’re older or younger than you!) Also, I love the flower names! I collect Ojibwemowin plant names, and I love learning about folk names for plants in any language.
OMG please record full versions of these songs! you have a beautiful voice and I absolutely adore folk music! I'm not Hungarian as far as I know I'm from the USA so no one really knows where they're from here everyone really only has a vague idea LOL anyway I stumbled across Hungarian folk tales a few years ago on youtube. I absolutely loved watching those videos! I watched them all!
Oh I want to know all the village love stories ! (nothing is better than village gossip :D ) For the petnames, I really love the lily of the valley one, it's just so pretty !! My favorite petname in Spanish must be "mi vida", "my life", it's so simple and yet so demonstrative, I just love it. It's not limited to lovers, you can call your children or a very (very) close friend "mi vida" too
I love love love the translations. I grew up in Canada and my favorite songs (and the only way I ever successfully learned a different language) were sung in english and then in french. What a great video idea!!! My daughter has always LOVED sheep and she has blond hair!! I have a golden lamb!!! How wonderful.
How about bogaram (my bug) or csillagom (my star) in Hungarian? Sometimes they are used by parents or grandparents for their children. And in Serbian: pile moje (my little chick) pače moje (my duckling), dušo (my soul), sokole (falcon - for men), zumbule (hyacinth - usually for men), zlato moje (my gold), mila moja/mili moj (my sweet).
My favorite pet name I learned in the Czech Republic: malý broučku (broach-koo). Literally it means little beetle, but it definitely is like a gender neutral "my little ladybug". Also, before I clicked on it, I totally thought this was a video about what to name your dog or cat. XD
I love the practice of calling someone “lover” I had a great aunt, one of my favorite people, who would often greet people with the phrase, “Hello lover!”
I just wanted to let you know, that even though I'm subscribed and hit the bell button, your video didn't show up in my notifications window. Great video as always! Thanks, Anna.🌷
I LOVED this video. Thank you for your work! And yeah we are interested in juicy stories ahah (Actually I dated a Hungarian man some years ago and it reminded good memories) Greetings from France
My favourite vintage-y one is tricky to use as a name, but easy to give as a compliment, and that "You're the cat's pajamas!" and my father uses "my Dove" for my mother, and "my little dove" or "Dovey Darling" for me. I'm also very fond of "Mi Gordita" which is apparently a Spanish pet name that means something like "my fatty" or possibly "my little fatty" (depending on who you ask, Chileans, Brazilians and Spanish people have all told me slightly different versions/translations) which I LOVE as a pet name!
That's so interesting! Thank you for sharing! It instantly made me think of "Husi" in Hungarian, which means "meaty" 😆🤣 but in a really cute way; I love how something savoury can be used as a nickname too!
I would love to hear more stories & songs. I used to sing in a Bulgarian women's choir in Australia, & some of the songs painted such quirky pictures of village life! I really appreciate your translations too; thankyou! 🙏🏽
I actually really love when you sing it in the original language! It's a delight seenig that a cool youtuber I just found is actually from the country I was born and lived as a child and hearing some more hungarian and learn things about it!
Gyönyörű a hangod és nagy meglepetés volt számomra hogy magyar vér is folyik az ereidben. Köszönöm szívből ezt a csodás videót. Nagyon ritka nyelvet, de annál szebbet beszélünk 😊❤️😘🥰🤗😍💐
Nagyon jók, tartalmasak és érdekesek a videóid, nagyon örülök, hogy megtaláltam a csatornád, beletelt egy két videóba amíg rájöttem, hogy ismerős a zene és a népviseleti minta 😅
This was a delightful video and I loved hearing you sing Hungarian folk songs! Love is wonderful everywhere. My husband has always called me kitten, I've always called him darlin or sweetie.
I love hearing you sing🥰 and I would love to hear stories of people eloping... that’s happened a few times in my family’s past. Including sneaking out the upstairs window via ladders from helpful friends to run away to the next town to get married to deaf boyfriend because daddy didn’t approve. Only pet name I can think of is honeybears🤗
I really loved this idea, thank you for remindig me to include these lovely words to my everydays, I’m sure my son and husband will appreciate them! I loved the music and I can’t even describe your singing, it was beautiful! Làjbim ;) Also loved your cats!
Our pet names are "my love", "babe or bubba", "darling" and sometimes I get princess while he gets handsome. I love your songs, please keep singing in your native language.
This is my very first comment on youtube. I did not plan to use commenting section at all, but I can not miss the chance to tell you how much I appreciate your idea of this great video. Soo coool :))) Thank you so much :)
I just found your channel, but I love it!! The translations were so spot on! It was a really long time ago that I heard someone singing our folklore songs so nicely! Loved every minute of it!
Hey .. I just discovered your channel..and I'm sooo happy🌬❤ I really want you to show your place..please please please.. (Request from a new fan) And you are soooo pretty🌻 Your expressions are like a Disney princess.. Loveeee for you...
I knew by your last hair video,only from the violin music ,that you must be definitely a fellow Hungarian 🥰 Keep the good work up ✌😊 Greetings from Germany
Hello Anna, I've just dropped in from the "costubers gift exchange 2019" playlist. Thanks to Bartók, Muzsikás and others, consider myself quite familiar with music from Hungary. Combined with the hussar biscuit that you've shipped to Austria, it's like watching a spin-off of "János Vitéz", the animated film of Jankovics. Thank you for the lovely songs. Smiling and waving from Istanbul.
ohh my gosh.. this is an amazing video! you have such a gorgeous voice! ohh and such contented happy cuddly cats! i love the petnames, very sweet and wholesome! the little music videos you made for each song were soo great!! :)
OOH yes please , all the juicy stories. . . Thanks for the english singing too, they were fantastic. My Husbeast calls me his "Chicken Pot Pie" I guess foods also feature in pet names but usually they are desserts or lollies. Perhaps it's better to be sustaining comfort food that a quick treat anyhow ;-) Loving reading all the other comments of traditional pet names in all the languages
You're so adorable! I love your energy and your enthusiasm, I am so very grateful I found your channel, I really appreciate you. Thank you for sharing your beautiful culture and folklore tales with is❤
in Norwegian, there is "kjæreste" which is used for boyfriend/girlfriend but is a gender neutral term that really means "sweetheart"...i really like it. it's pronounced "shaar-es-tay"
I loved the English versions! They were so poetic and beautiful. To the point where I’m wondering how I can learn Hungarian pronunciation and belt out those songs. And I might just belt out the English versions too! Omg so pretty, Anna!
