watupboy101 Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4857 days ago 65 posts - 81 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French
| Message 17 of 22 19 April 2013 at 1:45am | IP Logged |
Spanish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhsy6epaJGs
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vogue Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4208 days ago 109 posts - 181 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish Studies: Ukrainian
| Message 18 of 22 25 April 2013 at 12:48pm | IP Logged |
I love this. Here they are in English:
Cat: meow
Dog: woof
Chicken: bawk bawk
Rooster: cockadoodledoo
Pig: oink oink
Cow: moo
Donkey: yee ha
Bird: cheep cheep
Horse: nay
Duck: quack
Snake: sssss
Rabbit: ...do rabbits make sounds?
Goat: beeh
Sheep: baa
Fish: ....fish make noises?
Owl: hoo hoo
Bee: bzzz
Mice: ...silent as a mouse
Lion/tiger: rawr
Edited by vogue on 25 April 2013 at 12:48pm
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Zomxilla Newbie New Zealand Joined 4167 days ago 24 posts - 28 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese
| Message 19 of 22 16 May 2013 at 6:30am | IP Logged |
As far as I am aware, some animal sounds in Mandarin correspond directly with the word.
Eg:
Cat: 猫 Māo (this is the most obvious one)
Rabbit: 兔 Tù (the sound would be TùTù)
Monkey: 猴 Hóu
Sheep: 羊 Yáng (Yaaaaang)
Would love some confirmation on this!
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fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4669 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese
| Message 20 of 22 16 May 2013 at 10:47pm | IP Logged |
Portuguese:
Cat: miau
Dog: au au
Chicken: có có
Rooster: cocoricó
Pig: óinc óinc
Cow: muuuu
Donkey: í ó
Bird: piu piu
Duck: quack
Goat: béééé
Sheep: bééé
Owl: ou ou
Bee: bzzz
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leroc Senior Member United States Joined 4265 days ago 114 posts - 167 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 21 of 22 16 May 2013 at 11:36pm | IP Logged |
vogue wrote:
I love this. Here they are in English:
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Mice: ...silent as a mouse
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I associate mice with squeaking
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voxanimo Newbie United States Joined 4044 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 22 of 22 18 October 2013 at 4:11am | IP Logged |
"What does the fox say?"
Edited by voxanimo on 18 October 2013 at 4:18am
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