I’m writing a character for a project of mine. It takes place in the 1920s to 1930s. Her name is Eibhlin I wanted to know if it’s pronounced like Evelyn.
As an Austrian English learner I thought that English words have the most difficult spelling. But now I've just noticed that there's a language with a much more difficult spelling 😊 Thanks for the Teaching!
My son has married an Irish girl and my grandson is called Ruairi and its taken me nearly 2 yrs to be able to spell it ! Love how clearly you say the names !
I'm pregnant and I'm really enjoying all your videos of Irish names. If you are making any future content re names would you be able to cover Ailbhe, Blinne and Saorlaith?
I read Tony Hawke's "Round Ireland with a Fridge" and just loved the name Saoirse because of that. So I insisted on Saoirse for my daughter's name. It also sounds like the Chinese Mandarin word for thank you. (We are mixed heritage Chinese/French and Scots/Irish family.) Only one person said she'd be teased for the Irish spelling. It's never happened, everyone says she has a beautiful name. Saoirse named her dog Cuan (another Irish name) after an old friend of mine!
I am returning to Irish classes tomorrow & you have helped me to get back into the pronunciation. You should see how I mispronounced "Derbhfhorgail" when I first saw it!
A common rule of thumb is that if an mh or bh are together in middle or end of a name they are pronounced as a v and if at the front a w. Si or Se at beginning of name are a Sh and án is awwwn like Sésn Siobhán, Sinéad, Ciarán. Ciarán is not pronounced as Kirin like many pronounce it today but Keeerawwwwwn
Puedo decir que algo conocí de Irlanda cuando estuve en Derry un par de meses y en Belfast otro par de meses, el idioma irlandés me pareció más que complicado, teniendo presente que en ese momento hablaba correctamente inglés, alemán, italiano y portugués. Además del español latino, mi lengua nativa. Pero hay cosas que aprendí y nunca olvidé... P. e. "Tiocfaidh Ar La", el himno que me lo aprendí completo que se llama "Amhrán na bhFiann" y por supuesto, "Dia duit", "Slán", y el infaltable "Erin go Bragh". En fin, me queda una pregunta respecto de la pronunciación correcta de nombres como "Caitriona", "Saoirse", "Fiodha", uf... Si hablaras el español te darías cuenta de que la fonética irlandesa no tiene ninguna relación con la fonética latina. En fin, muy útil lo que haces y el empeño que le dedicas y eso hay que agradecerlo. Go raibh maith agat! (está correcto escribirlo así?)
Anglicising a native name ruins it. Ah well that's progress. For an Englishman I did well getting 50% correct. Way-hay!! A really good video as your explanations of the roots of names made it more interesting for me. Bye Big Tone in Derbyshire.
if only they spoke it thank god the welsh got it right and the people actually speak it in school etc its not like we are saying they shouldnt learn english because its pretty much needed in the modern world but giving it secondary priority in family , schools etc at least in the early stages of learning maybe not in all higher education . the worst thing in europe that has happend and really the entire world is the discrimation and slow death of smaller languages but also the dialects like in german
Let me just say I'm glad I didn't make a react video for you because I would've absolutely butchered every single name. I couldn't even begin to guess! Very interesting video.
I find it annoying, probably because I know an Irish person who was annoyed I didn't pronounce his name correctly. This is all fine in Ireland, but in other countries it is just annoying dealing with these complicated names that are impossible to pronounce.
If you completely ignore the ancient nearly forgotten alphabet/phonetics and just very carefully listen to the pronunciation it becomes much easier to learn. Watch their mouths closely as they say the name. You'll learn how to articulate them correctly in no time. I have a knack for accents. But I have a REAL struggle with that deep southern /Texan American. I just can't modulate my mouth like that.
Bhrighde is the Irish cognate of the Norse Frigg (/frɪɡ/; Old Norse: [ˈfriɡː])[1] is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about her, she is associated with marriage, prophecy, clairvoyance and motherhood, and dwells in the wetland halls of Fensalir. In wider Germanic mythology, she is known in Old High German as Frīja, in Langobardic as Frēa, in Old English as Frīg, in Old Frisian as Frīa, and in Old Saxon as Frī, all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym *Frijjō. Nearly all sources portray her as the wife of the god Odin. The root "Bri" as in "Brian" (& brigade) means strong & is often associated with Celtic kings. A frigate is an armed warship. A frigate in the wrong hands might become a pirate brig or brigadier. In the Canadian anthem we celebrate "the true North, strong & free!"
Beautiful names. Heaven injured my shoulder and my dominant hand so I can’t write. I wondered if there was a way to get the names and your pronunciation of them translation if you will written if there was a place you could put it and I could download it I would love that, thank you. I’m from the states and according to the DNA I’m more than 50% Celtic so I’m just trying to find out all I can.
I don’t know if you already did a video with this name, but I recently found the name Darthula on an Irish name list and I’ve been trying to figure out how to correctly pronounce it. 😅
Mortal Kombat actually has a character named Síomhaith. Actually, it's spelled Sheeva, but pronounced the same way. I wonder if they got it from the Irish and Americanized the spelling, or if it's just a homophone with a different origin...
😂 it gets easier to figure out once you know the basics of Irish, like their was no letter ''v' in the alphabet so 'mh' or 'bh' makes the v sound. It's the different dialects that make it tricky 😊💕
@@WolfeMomma Oh Thank You for your reply. 😂 Lol. Yes Irish Language is surely Beautiful...That is why I Joke...My name is Tratmanhoerdoer pronounced Silen!!! 😂 Lol.
It would be fantastic to see the Irish use their language to the extent the Jews in the Holy Land do after resurrecting it from near obscurity apart from synagogal prayers & the Bible. A language can truly come back to life if the people truly embrace it over all other tongues.
I would call my daughters a irish name just to mess up with the brain of the teachers 😂 but joke aside love the irish names its gorgeous and since im from Québec those beautiful names are unfortunately never heard of here
To me there does not seem to be a correlation between the names spelling and the pronunciations you are suggesting( i am not saying you are wrong, absolutely not 😊). I almost feel that if i know how to pronounce these name correctly then i could come up with much simpler spelling ( in English) that every one would get it right the first time 😃
I wanted to name my daughter Caoimhe but i was going to spell it "Keeva" ( how its pronounced) I ended up naming her Kirrili its like Kirra-Lee, but the emphasis is on the front of the name ( KIRRili) instead of kirra-LEE. Ironically, she shortened it and is only called "Kirra" now 😂
Do Irish people care if traditional Irish names are spelt phonetically e.g. Tige rather than Tadgh or Sive rather than Sadhbh? I am Australian with Irish ancestry and would love to use an Irish baby name but am not sure about using the proper Irish spelling when no one here would know how to pronounce it.
Im the 137th great grandson of Ríoghnach, or atleast her husband, Níal. We share the same haplogroup. He was the first High King of Northern Ireland. I repeat, from the NORTH. Its probably why i have some red patches in my otherwise dark beard. Im a Czech German French Irish American Indian with Apache red black beard. Im Métis, je suis un pirate, c'est vrai. Un pirate du cúl. Im just kidding. Im more of a bottom anyways.
Irish is the oldest written European language. Funny Ironic how the Irish brought literacy & learning to Britain & Europe in the 6th to 12th centuries, establishing most of the universities that rose to fame and now its language is so alien to Europe. Tá bród 💚ionam a bheith teanga agus litríocht na h-Éireann agam.
I did better than I thought I would! I got about half of them straightaway, and about a fourth pretty close to correct. A few just left me 😵💫. Both my husband and I are of Irish descent. I was raised in the Irish Step Dance community, going to feisanna and ceilis. When we were having our babies, Irish or "Irish inspired" names were our go to choices. I campaigned hard for Maeve because I loved the idea of naming a daughter after such a strong woman, but my hubs wasn't a fan. He really liked Deirdre, but I didn't like the idea of naming our daughter after someone with such a horrible story (including her taking her own life). In the end we have a Mary (was this close to Maire!), a Fiona, and a Brigid. If they'd been boys they were to be Conor, Owen, or Declan.
How can Laihbhaithwraithe be pronounced Mulveen??? Its as if chocolate means construction company and coffee means tractor trailer...chocolate...coffee means construction company...tractor trailer.
If Líobhan were pronounced Lee-a-vawn rather than Lee-a-vun, there should be a fada over the a, and Líobhán would mean white beauty, not beauty of women.
Ireland was completely conquered, and colonised by the English and lowland Scottish in the 17th century, after which the Irish language was effectively banned from any kind of official use, with the effect that Irish was replaced by English in most parts of Ireland by the second half of the 19th century.
The bloody Sassenagh occupiers forbade the speaking of Irish. At times it was a hanging matter. If you're trying to utterly destroy a people you take away their language, their land and means of livelihood , and their religion.
From what I see Irish spelling is all guesswork it's pronounced totally different from what it's written it's ridiculous it's like you see a toilet bowl and think it's a stove or you see a refrigerator and think it's a hair blower. Don't get me wrong I love Ireland in fact my godmother was Irish Lol...I have Deep Respect For Ireland. It is that non sensical spelling. It is insane. Like spelling car as bhailaithwrait...but pronounced car...or harmanheirdoerdeer pronounced silleth. It is just ridiculous. Just make Chinese style characters for letters...take the guess work out of it.
The pronunciation doesn't match English pronunciations, but it is totally consistant in Irish. Its far more consistent than English is, which is all over the place
There is no guess work if you learn what each set of letters means. English is far more confusing (see: Kansas and Arkansas for example, and 100s of other cases just like that).
As a Norwegian, I've always said Irish people are the salt of the earth - and these beautiful names just add to the feeling!
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I’m writing a character for a project of mine. It takes place in the 1920s to 1930s. Her name is Eibhlin I wanted to know if it’s pronounced like Evelyn.
@@GamesofMischiefim pretty sure it’s Ev-lin
As an Austrian English learner I thought that English words have the most difficult spelling. But now I've just noticed that there's a language with a much more difficult spelling 😊
Thanks for the Teaching!
I’m currently attempting to learn Irish so these pronunciation videos are super helpful
I'm so glad! 😊💕
My son has married an Irish girl and my grandson is called Ruairi and its taken me nearly 2 yrs to be able to spell it ! Love how clearly you say the names !
Thank you, I've been living in Ireland for a few months, and your videos help me a lot! You're the best
Thank you so much! 😊💕
Well explained. I'm Niamh and although I often pronounce it Neeve, I like when other Irish people say Nee-uv or Nee-av❤. Means radiance or bright.
Your video should be much more popular. I find it charming and informative, great for both presentation and content. Thank you.
Thank you so much! 😊💕
I’m Irish and my names Aoife
Is it pronounced "EEFA"?
I'm pregnant and I'm really enjoying all your videos of Irish names. If you are making any future content re names would you be able to cover Ailbhe, Blinne and Saorlaith?
Thank you and congratulations! I'll add those names to do the list and will definitely cover them soon 😊
Thanks so much, I will keep my eyes peeled. Take care@@WolfeMomma
And Saoirse! That poor name is getting butchered, and having more people teaching the correct pronunciation of it would be lovely.
@@TigersandBearsOhMyI’m pretty sure she covered Saoirse in a previous video!
I read Tony Hawke's "Round Ireland with a Fridge" and just loved the name Saoirse because of that. So I insisted on Saoirse for my daughter's name. It also sounds like the Chinese Mandarin word for thank you. (We are mixed heritage Chinese/French and Scots/Irish family.) Only one person said she'd be teased for the Irish spelling. It's never happened, everyone says she has a beautiful name. Saoirse named her dog Cuan (another Irish name) after an old friend of mine!
Thanks for such a beautiful video! I love the name Geileis and Forbhlaith
I am returning to Irish classes tomorrow & you have helped me to get back into the pronunciation. You should see how I mispronounced "Derbhfhorgail" when I first saw it!
Love these videos!
Thank you so much! 😊💕
How is that Kee-lin??😅😅😅 its a beautiful name by the way
cool videos!! hardest name ever in ireland is Blaithnaid!! lololol
much love from Galway!! if you ever wanna do a live stream or vlog lets do it!!
How could I forget Blaithnaid!
Sounds good! 😊💕
@@WolfeMomma 🇮🇪💪❤️
Irish names are super beautiful and I hope I can give my future kids an Irish name (I live in Korea btw) 😍🥰 I guessed many of them correctly!!
In the written form it looks hard but pronunciation is pretty easy.
Great video! The only name I knew was Maeve! I adore that name!
Me too, I love the name Maeve! 💕
I was waiting for Saiorse, Niamh or Siobhan. But I got the pronunciation correct for 1 of the ones that did come up. 🙏🏼
A common rule of thumb is that if an mh or bh are together in middle or end of a name they are pronounced as a v and if at the front a w. Si or Se at beginning of name are a Sh and án is awwwn like Sésn Siobhán, Sinéad, Ciarán. Ciarán is not pronounced as Kirin like many pronounce it today but Keeerawwwwwn
Excellent help, thanks from a one-quarter Irish lass 🥰
Puedo decir que algo conocí de Irlanda cuando estuve en Derry un par de meses y en Belfast otro par de meses, el idioma irlandés me pareció más que complicado, teniendo presente que en ese momento hablaba correctamente inglés, alemán, italiano y portugués. Además del español latino, mi lengua nativa.
Pero hay cosas que aprendí y nunca olvidé... P. e. "Tiocfaidh Ar La", el himno que me lo aprendí completo que se llama "Amhrán na bhFiann" y por supuesto, "Dia duit", "Slán", y el infaltable "Erin go Bragh".
En fin, me queda una pregunta respecto de la pronunciación correcta de nombres como "Caitriona", "Saoirse", "Fiodha", uf...
Si hablaras el español te darías cuenta de que la fonética irlandesa no tiene ninguna relación con la fonética latina.
En fin, muy útil lo que haces y el empeño que le dedicas y eso hay que agradecerlo.
Go raibh maith agat! (está correcto escribirlo así?)
Thanks 👍
This was fun for me to see the word, try to figure out how it could be said and then COMPLETELY GET IT WAY WRONG EVERY TIME.
Físeán iontach bean álainn😍♥️😍♥️😍
beannachtaí ó Mheicsiceo🇲🇽♥️🇮🇪^^
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Anglicising a native name ruins it. Ah well that's progress. For an Englishman I did well getting 50% correct. Way-hay!! A really good video as your explanations of the roots of names made it more interesting for me. Bye Big Tone in Derbyshire.
You are lovely❤thank you!😊
Why isn't Siusaidh pronounced Shoo-see with the slender s at the beginning (with or without the fada on u)?
I never would have guessed any of these.
Love these videos ❤
if only they spoke it thank god the welsh got it right and the people actually speak it in school etc its not like we are saying they shouldnt learn english because its pretty much needed in the modern world but giving it secondary priority in family , schools etc at least in the early stages of learning maybe not in all higher education .
the worst thing in europe that has happend and really the entire world is the discrimation and slow death of smaller languages but also the dialects like in german
Let me just say I'm glad I didn't make a react video for you because I would've absolutely butchered every single name. I couldn't even begin to guess! Very interesting video.
As a Greek living in Ireland, I found all of those names sooo puzzling 🤭
Just pretend to be illiterate, life's more fun that way
I find it annoying, probably because I know an Irish person who was annoyed I didn't pronounce his name correctly.
This is all fine in Ireland, but in other countries it is just annoying dealing with these complicated names that are impossible to pronounce.
If you completely ignore the ancient nearly forgotten alphabet/phonetics and just very carefully listen to the pronunciation it becomes much easier to learn. Watch their mouths closely as they say the name. You'll learn how to articulate them correctly in no time. I have a knack for accents. But I have a REAL struggle with that deep southern /Texan American. I just can't modulate my mouth like that.
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Its all greek to you is it?
You forgot Saoirse!!! I love that name.
She did Soairse in her Part 1 video.
So interesting ❣️
Bhrighde is the Irish cognate of the Norse Frigg (/frɪɡ/; Old Norse: [ˈfriɡː])[1] is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about her, she is associated with marriage, prophecy, clairvoyance and motherhood, and dwells in the wetland halls of Fensalir. In wider Germanic mythology, she is known in Old High German as Frīja, in Langobardic as Frēa, in Old English as Frīg, in Old Frisian as Frīa, and in Old Saxon as Frī, all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym *Frijjō. Nearly all sources portray her as the wife of the god Odin.
The root "Bri" as in "Brian" (& brigade) means strong & is often associated with Celtic kings.
A frigate is an armed warship. A frigate in the wrong hands might become a pirate brig or brigadier.
In the Canadian anthem we celebrate "the true North, strong & free!"
Go raibh mile maith agat; I've been trying, rather unsuccessfully, to learn Irish for a number of years, and every little thing helps.
Thank you! Lots of luck learning it 😊💕
You are amazing at pronunciation ❤ I named my biy Sébastien could you do a video on it please and thank you
Beautiful names. Heaven injured my shoulder and my dominant hand so I can’t write. I wondered if there was a way to get the names and your pronunciation of them translation if you will written if there was a place you could put it and I could download it I would love that, thank you. I’m from the states and according to the DNA I’m more than 50% Celtic so I’m just trying to find out all I can.
Great , thanks !
3:54 my brain instantly thought: s**c*d*l
You are amazing. I'm a fluent Irish speaker but I'm learning an awful lot from you.
Siobhan, Fiona and Clodah are popular in the US.
@wolfemomma I see Cora listed as a Greek name, but also Irish origins? Is Cora an Irish name?
I don’t know if you already did a video with this name, but I recently found the name Darthula on an Irish name list and I’ve been trying to figure out how to correctly pronounce it. 😅
My niece is named Maeve but I love meadhbh
Mortal Kombat actually has a character named Síomhaith. Actually, it's spelled Sheeva, but pronounced the same way. I wonder if they got it from the Irish and Americanized the spelling, or if it's just a homophone with a different origin...
What is the difference when you say “old Irish name” and Gælic or Celtic?
Thank You Wolfe Mamma...prounounced sheera danhier.
😂 it gets easier to figure out once you know the basics of Irish, like their was no letter ''v' in the alphabet so 'mh' or 'bh' makes the v sound. It's the different dialects that make it tricky 😊💕
@@WolfeMomma Oh Thank You for your reply. 😂 Lol. Yes Irish Language is surely Beautiful...That is why I Joke...My name is Tratmanhoerdoer pronounced Silen!!! 😂 Lol.
Ive heard a lot of these names in the english versions
Sadhbh means 'sweet', as in sweet of nature.
Irish pronunciation itself is not the biggest problem. It is increadibly hard to find out how pronunciation and spelling match up.
What does the name Aoife mean?
What part of Irland are you from?
Is it okay to give a child an Irish name if they are not Irish? I think these names are so beautiful and have such beautiful meanings :)
I think it's okay if you include a tutorial on how to pronounce it.
I’d bet some of these that people had to write out would be saying - Thanks Ma and Dad for the carpel tunnel 😅 Pretty Names though.
It would be fantastic to see the Irish use their language to the extent the Jews in the Holy Land do after resurrecting it from near obscurity apart from synagogal prayers & the Bible.
A language can truly come back to life if the people truly embrace it over all other tongues.
I would call my daughters a irish name just to mess up with the brain of the teachers 😂 but joke aside love the irish names its gorgeous and since im from Québec those beautiful names are unfortunately never heard of here
To me there does not seem to be a correlation between the names spelling and the pronunciations you are suggesting( i am not saying you are wrong, absolutely not 😊). I almost feel that if i know how to pronounce these name correctly then i could come up with much simpler spelling ( in English) that every one would get it right the first time 😃
These names are not "difficult" to pronounce if you use Irish pronunciation. The same applies to any language.
I wanted to name my daughter Caoimhe but i was going to spell it "Keeva" ( how its pronounced)
I ended up naming her Kirrili its like Kirra-Lee, but the emphasis is on the front of the name ( KIRRili) instead of kirra-LEE.
Ironically, she shortened it and is only called "Kirra" now 😂
Do Irish people care if traditional Irish names are spelt phonetically e.g. Tige rather than Tadgh or Sive rather than Sadhbh? I am Australian with Irish ancestry and would love to use an Irish baby name but am not sure about using the proper Irish spelling when no one here would know how to pronounce it.
Most old Irish names have been respelt throughout the years to simplify it. I don't think anyone's too precious about the spelling, so go for it! 😊💕
I scored an absolute 0 😂 Not once my pronunciation was right. Not even close !
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Im the 137th great grandson of Ríoghnach, or atleast her husband, Níal. We share the same haplogroup. He was the first High King of Northern Ireland. I repeat, from the NORTH. Its probably why i have some red patches in my otherwise dark beard. Im a Czech German French Irish American Indian with Apache red black beard. Im Métis, je suis un pirate, c'est vrai. Un pirate du cúl. Im just kidding. Im more of a bottom anyways.
Irish is the oldest written European language. Funny Ironic how the Irish brought literacy & learning to Britain & Europe in the 6th to 12th centuries, establishing most of the universities that rose to fame and now its language is so alien to Europe. Tá bród 💚ionam a bheith teanga agus litríocht na h-Éireann agam.
Some of them were difficult some of them were easy and some of them looked familiar
Eadhoan pronounced waltag.
My name is rionach
I did better than I thought I would! I got about half of them straightaway, and about a fourth pretty close to correct. A few just left me 😵💫.
Both my husband and I are of Irish descent. I was raised in the Irish Step Dance community, going to feisanna and ceilis. When we were having our babies, Irish or "Irish inspired" names were our go to choices. I campaigned hard for Maeve because I loved the idea of naming a daughter after such a strong woman, but my hubs wasn't a fan. He really liked Deirdre, but I didn't like the idea of naming our daughter after someone with such a horrible story (including her taking her own life). In the end we have a Mary (was this close to Maire!), a Fiona, and a Brigid. If they'd been boys they were to be Conor, Owen, or Declan.
Great that Irish people are using the Irish names and not Mohamad.
My name is tratmanheirdoer pronounced silen. I go buy milk which I pronounce vlaklilvataak.
I will one day meet a girl with one of these names and ask her how it's pronounced.
Come to Ireland and you'll meet a ton of them! 😄💕
How can Laihbhaithwraithe be pronounced Mulveen??? Its as if chocolate means construction company and coffee means tractor trailer...chocolate...coffee means construction company...tractor trailer.
Irish names are extremely difficult to pronounce because the spelling gives no clue
If Líobhan were pronounced Lee-a-vawn rather than Lee-a-vun, there should be a fada over the a, and Líobhán would mean white beauty, not beauty of women.
I can say with confidence I'm over E'adaoin.
HANDS IN SLEEVES. Too freaking cute.
😄😄 Thanks! 💗
@@WolfeMomma since the sleeves always cover your hands (again cute), do your hands ever get cold? Also where is your top from?
Beautiful names but why are they spalt so poorly ? Iwould have pronouced it DAMMIT ?
Why did Irish people abandon the Irish language and adopt the English language?
Ireland was completely conquered, and colonised by the English and lowland Scottish in the 17th century, after which the Irish language was effectively banned from any kind of official use, with the effect that Irish was replaced by English in most parts of Ireland by the second half of the 19th century.
The bloody Sassenagh occupiers forbade the speaking of Irish. At times it was a hanging matter. If you're trying to utterly destroy a people you take away their language, their land and means of livelihood , and their religion.
@@user-fh1rz1uq6c ireland was never completely conquered
BUT LOOK HOW WELL IRELAND IS DOING NOW. THE MOST LOVED COUNTRY IN EUROPE & THE MOST BEAUTIFUL XXXX
From what I see Irish spelling is all guesswork it's pronounced totally different from what it's written it's ridiculous it's like you see a toilet bowl and think it's a stove or you see a refrigerator and think it's a hair blower. Don't get me wrong I love Ireland in fact my godmother was Irish Lol...I have Deep Respect For Ireland. It is that non sensical spelling. It is insane. Like spelling car as bhailaithwrait...but pronounced car...or harmanheirdoerdeer pronounced silleth. It is just ridiculous. Just make Chinese style characters for letters...take the guess work out of it.
The pronunciation doesn't match English pronunciations, but it is totally consistant in Irish. Its far more consistent than English is, which is all over the place
There is no guess work if you learn what each set of letters means. English is far more confusing (see: Kansas and Arkansas for example, and 100s of other cases just like that).
@@TigersandBearsOhMy Yes...True. Thanks🙏❤🙂