Sounds of the World's Animals

Toefl · #1 (permalink) Thu Jul 27, 2006 22:38 pm *Sounds of the World's Animals*

Animals make much the same sounds around the world, but each language expresses them differently. Do you know why?

How do you express the sound of a pig or a dog in your native language. Let's compare.

Tamara · #2 (permalink) Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:32 am *Sounds of the World's Animals*

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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Conchita · #3 (permalink) Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:42 am *Sounds of the World's Animals*

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 Laughing

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Tamara · #4 (permalink) Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:49 am *Sounds of the World's Animals*

Tamara · #5 (permalink) Fri Jul 28, 2006 18:52 pm *Japanese cock’s cry?*

Conchita · #6 (permalink) Fri Jul 28, 2006 22:16 pm *Sounds of the World's Animals*

Toefl · #7 (permalink) Fri Jul 28, 2006 22:24 pm *Sounds of the World's Animals*

Hi Tamara,

The sound or cry of a cock ( we are still talking about animals Smile

) 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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