In one of the past lessons you taght me that usually the speech of the animal ends with a particular particle, i.e. ワン for dogs. Could you tell me what’s the right one for bears please?

毎朝起きりながら「今何月ですか」って。

Enrico-san, I did a little digging too, and though it’s not “official” or anything, I did find a Japanese blog referring to a bear’s “鳴き声” as ガオーッ ガオーッ….

I have joined the JapanesePod team recently. Nice to join this community.

Enrico-san,

The other day I found in a cartoon that my son was reading and a dragon’s speech was written as “きょうはさむいドラ。”. “ドラ” comes from “ドラゴン”. Because the bear’s 鳴き声 is not cute, I think that “クマ” can be used at the end of the speech of bears. But, we can’t see often the speech of bears like this. ブー for pigs, ニャー for cats, モー for cows are more common.

brrrr! i can’t wait for the spring weather to come! ^____^

Wonderful lesson, as always Quick question (and please forgive my awful Romaji!):

During the actual, full-speed dialog, I can make out each syllable in “Onaka ga suite kimashita”. I can even say it! ( What an accomplishment ) However, during the slow dialog and ensuing conversation, it sounds distinctly like “Onaka ga shkimashita”.

Is this a matter of convenience – an example of language being shortened because it just takes too long to say? Any guidance will be appreciated

“Su-i-ta” is how i figured it would have been pronounced. Thanks for covering that question Nancy, it was really confusing me.