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 #2 (permalink) Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:32 am Sounds of the World's Animals |
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Hi
in Russian:
dog : [gAf-gAf-gAf] ('A' as in 'stuff')
pig : [hr’u-hr’u] (with soft 'r' and 'u' as in 'union']
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:42 am Sounds of the World's Animals |
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The one I've always found very funny is the cock's cry in English: cock-a-doodle-doo. Its Spanish counterpart is 'quiquiriqui' (similar to the German Kikeriki) -- the French cocks say 'cocorico'. A Spanish dog says 'guau' (young children call it 'wow wow') and a bird here sings 'pio pio' (peeoh peeoh).
Even animals speak languages!
PS: I like the Russian pigs' cry, Tamara :lol: ! |
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:49 am Sounds of the World's Animals |
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| Conchita wrote: |
| to the German Kikeriki) -- the French cocks say 'cocorico'. |
... and Ku-kA-re-kU-u-u-u-u in Russian
Interesting!
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| PS: I like the Russian pigs' cry, Tamara :lol: ! |
:)
P.S. But can I use cry for such special sounds as grunting? Or meowing/purring?
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Jul 28, 2006 18:52 pm Japanese cock’s cry? |
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| in English: cock-a-doodle-doo. |
By the way, what about Japanese cock’s cry? (I mean another left-side island :) ).
Does anybody knows?
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Jul 28, 2006 22:16 pm Sounds of the World's Animals |
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| Tamara wrote: |
| P.S. But can I use cry for such special sounds as grunting? Or meowing/purring? |
A cry is the characteristic call or noise of an animal. As far as I know, it refers to all kinds of animals, including us so called humans :) . |
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Jul 28, 2006 22:24 pm Sounds of the World's Animals |
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Hi Tamara,
The sound or cry of a cock ( we are still talking about animals :-)) in Japanese is:
Japanese: kokekokkoo
Pig sound is: buubuu
Dog sound is: wanwan, kyankyan
Pigeon sound is: poppo poppo (/kukku kukku) |
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