<< BEFORE: Rabbit sings with middle school boys during snack break one day.
“Slovenské mamičky” is popular Slovak folk song connecting Slovak land with Slovak blood and regional history of conflict and tragedy:
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káva+knedľa+komiksy ~ travel comics from Slovakia ~ by Marek Bennett
As a slovenska mamicka, I’ve always loved this song without knowing exactly what it was saying. Slovaks always embrace it when they sing it, and now I can see why. Thanks for the beautiful pictorial interpretation which captures the culture and landscape of Slovakia
d’akujem mamicka moja
The song is so sad but what war is not.Thank you for the translation.
Yes, Beatrix — Something about this song seems to span centuries of wars to unite them in loss.
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Ahoj Marek,
First, let me thank you for sharing these clever, thoughtful and well-crafted komiks. Lately I have been missing Slovakia, and these pages have made my day. I wonder if I might re-blog this page in a post I am writing about Slovak language learning on my site, Consider Culture. Len daj mi vedieť. Pekný deň!
- Suzanne (alebo Zuzi, ak chcete)
Zuzi —
D’akujem bardzo, I am glad you want to share this with your readers!
You may also have already found my own posts about learning Slovak; for example:
http://marekslovakia.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/talking-dirty-eastern-style/
http://marekslovakia.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/fair-grammar/
http://marekslovakia.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/quest-for-wrds/
http://marekslovakia.wordpress.com/category/wrds-no-vowels/jazykolamy-tongue-twisters/
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Yes, please feel free to re-post any materials here with a link back to this site, of course.
I will be very interested to read about Slovak language learning on your site, too…
– Marek
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