And continuing with the theme of SOUNDS....
The other day we had fun trading onomatopoeia with a friend who is learning English.
Some of the most common word-sounds in Japanese are:
doki doki (dough-key, dough-key) = nervous (like the sound of a beating heart)
pecha-kucha (peh cha coo cha) = the sound of girls giggling and chatting
za za (zah zah) = the sound of heavy rain
waku waku (wa coo wa coo) = excited
goku goku (go coo go coo) - glug glug (while drinking)
And then we got talking about the sounds animals make!
wan wan = ruff ruff
nyaa nyaa (knee-yah, knee-yah) = meow meow
And my favorite:
ko ke ko kou (coh kay coh coooooh) = cock-a-doodle-do!
Can you think of some onomatopoeia in English? :)
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