Thread: How do you say Little Raven in Russian

Originally Posted by pluto

Galochka sounds little clunky in English, but I can live with that.

Galochka/галочка also means a check mark, so better be avoided

I think there are only two bird-ish endearments in Russian that are more or less common:
птичка - means a birdy
ласточка - means a swallow
Both are pretty intimate and not every girl would like it

if you wanna go with baby raven then use воронёнок
if you wanna go with baby jackdow then use галчёнок
if you wanna go with baby sparrow then use воробушек

I'm not sure it's gonna pass as endearment but it's original for sure If you wanna be hell lot more original go with феникс/phoenix (just joking)

Avoid сорока/magpie and ворона/crow and any diminutives of these

Originally Posted by hddscan

Galochka/галочка also means a check mark, so better be avoided
I think there are only two bird-ish endearments in Russian that are more or less common:
птичка - means a birdy
ласточка - means a swallow
Both are pretty intimate and not every girl would like it

I wonder why this would be? Intimate is bad? Or the names are bad? Just curious.

Originally Posted by pluto

I wonder why this would be? Intimate is bad? Or the names are bad? Just curious.

I think those endearments should not be used if people do not have deep relationships.
I also think not every girl would want to be compared to a bird in general.