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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

[59] Sounds made by animals

In view of the fact that I`m suffering from writer`s block and I`m trying to get motivated (that`s why I have been impatiently looking forward to Raszka`s new post since I noticed its topic :D), today I am going to present some less serious stuff, but perhaps really useful in some situations (when for example you may want or need to produce a detailed description of something). The topic is sounds that are made by various species of animals. Please, pay attention to the third column in which I gathered onomatopoeic words and compare these sounds to your own, native languages. Do dogs bark in the same way in Polish and English? How about German or other languages? Have fun! :)


(Note that in the middle column nouns and verbs have the same form, so I only gave the translations of verbs)
ANIMAL
NAME OF SOUND/VERB
EXAMPLE
bear
roar (ryczeć)
grrr!
bee
buzz (bzyczeć)
bzzzz!
cat
meow (miałczeć)
meow!
cockerel
crow (piać)
cock-a-doodle-do!
cuckoo
cuckoo (kukać)
coocoo!
cow
moo (muczeć)
moo!
crocodile
snap (kłapać)
snap!
crow
caw (krakać)
kraak!
dog
bark (szczekać)
woof!

growl (warczeć)
grrr!

howl (wyć)
oooo!

yelp (skomleć)
yelp!
donkey
bray (ryczeć)
hee-how!
duck
quack (kwakać)
quack!
elephant
trumpet (trąbić)
woohooowooo!
frog
croak (rechotać)
grebet!
goat
bleat (beczeć, meczeć)
meh!
goose
cackle (gdakać)
honk!
hen
cluck (gdakać)
cluck!
horse
neigh (rżeć)
neigh!
lion
roar (ryczeć)
grrahh!
mouse
squeak (piszczeć)
eak!
owl
hoot (pohukiwać)
hoo-hoo!
parrot
squawk (zaskrzeczeć)
squawk!
pig
grunt (chrumkać)
oink!
sheep
bleat (meczeć)
baa!
snake
hiss (syczeć)
hiss!
sparrow
twitter (ćwierkać)
tseep!
turkey
gobble (gulgotać)
gobble!
woodpecker
drill (~stukać)
tchick!
wolf
howl (wyć)
owwowwow!



Obviously, we can employ this knowledge in practice, when e.g. teaching kids, using for example this short film:


Again, have a lot of fun!


6 comments:

  1. Aww, the animal sounds song is amazing :D
    It's actually a useful post, in high school I had a test on animal sounds and it was really tricky. And when it comes to other languages (in my case german), dogs "bellen" or "brüllen" when they are angry;)
    PS My post will be ready when I get motivated to finish it and add some nice layout :D

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    1. Well, thanks, I hope we`ll get a nice positive kick from your post :)

      It might also be useful for writing stories etc:)

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  2. It is amazing post. I always wanted to read something like this. IMO sounds made by animals in USA sound great, but - for example - in Germany cockerel sounds: kikiriki. It's horrible.
    Thank for this post.
    If you want to, you can read my new story: marionetki-nieswiadomosci.blogspot.com :)

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    1. I disagree with this German implication! It is an amazing language as well, you just have to get used to its unique melody ;)

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  3. Witam i imieniu Załogi. Prosimy o zmianę adresu i buttonu ocenialni Olimpianis na Shiibuya.blogspot.com. Dziękujemy z góry, pozdrawiamy.

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  4. WoW! It's the funniest post on this blog! I will never forget the melody of that song;)

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