Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Animals speak English (and many other languages ) !

I've been busy the past few weeks and I couldn't write this post before. As you may know, on October, 4th it was the World Animal Day. I thought that, to celebrate that day, it would be a good idea to list the different animal sounds. As the title suggests, the sounds that animals make are different in each language. Yes, surprising though it may sound, the sound of a dog is perceived differently by Spaniards, Britons, the French or the Italian. You can consult the voices of animals in different languages in this webpage. Besides, In my post about onomatopoeic words, I already mentioned some animal sounds. With this post I intend to list all the sounds that the main animals make in English and Spanish and the action of their noises. As you'll see, there are startling differences in both languages. Let's get started with the list:

ANIMAL
ACTION OF ITS SOUND
ONOMATOPOEIC WORD IN SPANISH
ONOMATOPOEIC WORD IN ENGLISH
Dog
Bark
Guau guau
Woof
Cat
Mew/meow
Miau
Meow
Frog
Croak
Croak croak
Ribbit ribbit
Bird
Tweet/ chirp/cheep
Pío pío
Tweet / peep
Rooster/cock
Crow
Kikirikí
Cock-a-doodle-do
Pig
Grunt
Oink oink
Oink oink
Sheep
Bleat
Beee
Baa
Donkey/burro
Bray
Hiii-hooo, hiii-hoooo
Hee-haw
Horse
Neigh
Hiiii hiiiii
Neigh
Cow
Low/moo
muuuu
Moo
Chicken
Cluck
cococococo
Cluck cluck
Wolf
Howl
Auuuuuuu
Awooooo
Duck
Quack
Cua cua
Quack quack
Lion
Roar
Arrrrr
Roar
Snake
Hiss
Ssss
Hiss sss
Bee
Buzz
Bzzz
Buzz
Owl
Hoot
Buuuuh buuuuh
To whit to whoo / hoot

Did you enjoy these sounds ? Now, let's practise with a song
Try to match the onomatopoeic animal sounds below with the appropriate animal. Then, listen to the song and check your answers:

Baa     Bla bla bla     Buzz               Cluck              Hee haw         Hiss         Grrr       Meow    Moo         Neigh              Oink            Pawoooo        Quack   Raaaar           Ribbit       Squeak           Thump           To whit to whoooo       Tweet         Woof



Rabbit:
Dog:              
Mouse:
Sheep:
People:
Cow:
Owl:
Cat
Duck:
Pig
Bird:
Horse:
Snake:
Chicken:
Frog:
Bees:
Donkey:
Elephant:
Lion:
Bear:







How was the song ?  A bit childish, maybe, but at least, you can learn a great deal about animal sounds. Before saying goodbye, I would like to share with you an interactive webpage. this webpage is great and allows you to keep learning  - and contrast - animal sounds in different languages. 
I hope you have enjoyed my post. Now every time you hear your pet, pay close attention because maybe it is speaking English ! he he.

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