Comments on: Onomatopoeia #2 - Japanese Animal Sounds http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/ Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Wed, 23 May 2012 04:53:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Zeldaria Vaamidian http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-611337 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:07:49 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-611337 I found the lyrics to that cat meme! NYANYANAYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANMYANYANYANYANYANAYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANMYANYANYANYANYANAYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANMYANYANYANYANYANAYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANYANMYANYANYA... I found the lyrics to that cat meme!
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]]> by: Motoko http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-607608 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:11:13 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-607608 Ivonne-san, Some advice here; You don't have to use "anata" as "you" in Japanese and "sweet" would be "suteki" or "kawaii" because "amai" is for "sweet candy." We use "uketorimasu" as "to get/receive," or say "kaado ga kimashita" "Your card has come to me." "Very happy" is said "totemo shiawase" in Japanese. It's good to practice writing! I hope this helps:grin: Ivonne-san,
Some advice here;
You don’t have to use “anata” as “you” in Japanese and “sweet” would be “suteki” or “kawaii” because “amai” is for “sweet candy.”
We use “uketorimasu” as “to get/receive,” or say “kaado ga kimashita” “Your card has come to me.”
“Very happy” is said “totemo shiawase” in Japanese.
It’s good to practice writing! I hope this helps :grin:

]]> by: Ivonne C. Goodman http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-607455 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:49:24 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-607455 I told a dear friend on Friday, Ane Dabisu san, anata amai desu ne. Kyou watashi wa karado o utaturo desu. Arigato Gosaimasu. (thats Japanese for Dear friend, your so sweet. I got your card today. Thank you so much!!) Just now I told a friend, Anata Shiwase ne (she just had a baby so I said "you must be very happy now!")! Did I say any of these phrase right? I know it doesn't have anything to do with this lesson but I just want to know. I told a dear friend on Friday, Ane Dabisu san, anata amai desu ne. Kyou watashi wa karado o utaturo desu. Arigato Gosaimasu. (thats Japanese for Dear friend, your so sweet. I got your card today. Thank you so much!!) Just now I told a friend, Anata Shiwase ne (she just had a baby so I said “you must be very happy now!”)! Did I say any of these phrase right? I know it doesn’t have anything to do with this lesson but I just want to know.

]]> by: Inuzuka http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-605702 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:22:13 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-605702 It is interesting, how different the japanese imitate animal sounds. Here some examples in German: Dogs = wau wau / Wuff wuff German small children also say "Wauwau" to dogs. Cats = miau miau Goats = määäh määäh (and we stutter during saying it) :wink: Don´t ask me to write this correctly :oops: Pigs = oink oink Cows = muh muh Frogs = quaak quaak Cocks = kickerikii Birds = tschirp tschirp Cuckoo = kuckuck kuckuck Chicken = gak gak Bees = summ summ Since I saw "Howl´s moving castle" (Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli), I love ワンちゃん (German: "Wau-chen") for Dogs :smile: It is interesting, how different the japanese imitate animal sounds. Here some examples in German:

Dogs = wau wau / Wuff wuff
German small children also say “Wauwau” to dogs.

Cats = miau miau

Goats = määäh määäh (and we stutter during saying it) :wink:
Don´t ask me to write this correctly :oops:

Pigs = oink oink

Cows = muh muh

Frogs = quaak quaak

Cocks = kickerikii

Birds = tschirp tschirp

Cuckoo = kuckuck kuckuck

Chicken = gak gak

Bees = summ summ

Since I saw “Howl´s moving castle” (Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli), I love ワンちゃん (German: “Wau-chen”) for Dogs :smile:

]]> by: ReishiChan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-604766 Wed, 11 May 2011 22:14:06 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-604766 I agree with Jenny :mrgreen: The 'Bark Bark' part was hilarious. :lol: I agree with Jenny :mrgreen: The ‘Bark Bark’ part was hilarious. :lol:

]]> by: Kaven http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-596709 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:57:05 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-596709 Sakura-san sounds cute indeed! i'm learning the onomatopoeia not so much because i will use them a lot but because i want to understand as much japanese as possible. Sakura-san sounds cute indeed! i’m learning the onomatopoeia not so much because i will use them a lot but because i want to understand as much japanese as possible.

]]> by: Jessi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-544419 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:40:06 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-544419 Krystianさん, That's so cute! It's just like in Japanese :mrgreen: Krystianさん,
That’s so cute! It’s just like in Japanese :mrgreen:

]]> by: Krystian http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-544350 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:46:07 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-544350 I just wanted to say that in Polish, the sound of a dog barking is "hau hau" (sounds similar to the English "how how"), and little kids (up to, say, 3 years of age), do sometimes use that onomatopoeia instead of the word for "dog", just like in Japanese. :) But I think this is mostly due to the fact that their parents point to dogs and say "Hey, look, there's a "hau hau" over there", because the parents think it's a cute thing to say. So children just pick it up, believing it's the word people actually use for dogs ;) I just wanted to say that in Polish, the sound of a dog barking is “hau hau” (sounds similar to the English “how how”), and little kids (up to, say, 3 years of age), do sometimes use that onomatopoeia instead of the word for “dog”, just like in Japanese. :) But I think this is mostly due to the fact that their parents point to dogs and say “Hey, look, there’s a “hau hau” over there”, because the parents think it’s a cute thing to say. So children just pick it up, believing it’s the word people actually use for dogs ;)

]]> by: Naomi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-536845 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:34:35 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-536845 Sivasakthivel -san Thank you so much for the detailed information. It sounds really interesting!! Maybe I should grab one of the books written about it.:grin: Sivasakthivel -san
Thank you so much for the detailed information. It sounds really interesting!!
Maybe I should grab one of the books written about it. :grin:

]]> by: Sivasakthivel http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-536748 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:52:07 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-536748 Naomi-sensei Happy to get a comment from you . I wanted to reply in detail for your comment. But I could not allocate time for this. Sorry about that. I am not the language expert. And I also dont know Japanese well. I have found some similarities till now I have learned. 1. In Japanese, they say この　くすり　を　ききました　。　 We also have similar to that. In english , I think we dont say *It heard for that medicine". Please correct me if i am wrong. 2. In Japanese, they say 　おいしえて　もらいました　　おいしえて　あげました　おいしえて　くれました。　 I think in english, we dont say I gave taught Japanese or I got taught Japanese. This could be in diferent form. But We have simlar grammar structure as Japanese. 3. In Japanese we say 　読んだ　本　、　のんだ　みず　、　たべた　りょうり 　Interestingly we also have similar structure and in our language also the verb with ends sound 'a' as 　飲んだ　たべた　よんだ 4. して　みたい　。　Ｉｎ　 English we dont say I am going to do and see. May we will say I am going to try . or I am going to see . We may not combine both 　みる　する　。　 Ｂｕｔ　ｗｅ have similar strucure too. I dont see any similarlity in writinng system. I am poor at Japanese writing. May be this is because of I hear Japanese lesssons from Jpod in audio only. I dont read the lesson notes. This could be the reason too. With my knowledge, I can say both have lot of similarity. But I will not say this is born from that or that is born from this . Only history or language experts can say that I like your lessons. Thank you very much. よろしく Ｓｉｖａ Naomi-sensei
Happy to get a comment from you .
I wanted to reply in detail for your comment. But I could not allocate time for this. Sorry about that.
I am not the language expert. And I also dont know Japanese well. I have found some similarities till now I have learned.
1. In Japanese, they say この　くすり　を　ききました　。　 We also have similar to that. In english , I think we dont say *It heard for that medicine”. Please correct me if i am wrong.
2. In Japanese, they say 　おいしえて　もらいました　　おいしえて　あげました　おいしえて　くれました。　 I think in english, we dont say I gave taught Japanese or I got taught Japanese. This could be in diferent form. But We have simlar grammar structure as Japanese.
3. In Japanese we say 　読んだ　本　、　のんだ　みず　、　たべた　りょうり
　Interestingly we also have similar structure and in our language also the verb with ends sound ‘a’ as 　飲んだ　たべた　よんだ
4. して　みたい　。　Ｉｎ　 English we dont say I am going to do and see. May we will say I am going to try . or I am going to see . We may not combine both 　みる　する　。　
Ｂｕｔ　ｗｅ have similar strucure too.

I dont see any similarlity in writinng system. I am poor at Japanese writing. May be this is because of I hear Japanese lesssons from Jpod in audio only. I dont read the lesson notes. This could be the reason too.

With my knowledge, I can say both have lot of similarity. But I will not say this is born from that or that is born from this . Only history or language experts can say that

I like your lessons. Thank you very much.

よろしく
Ｓｉｖａ

]]> by: Sivasakthivel http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-536747 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:48:53 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-536747 Naomi-sensei Happy to get a comment from you . I wanted to reply in detail for your comment. But I could not allocate time for this. Sorry about that. I am not the language expert. And I also dont know Japanese well. I have found some similarities till now I have learned. 1. In Japanese, they say この　くすり　を　ききました　。　 We also have similar to that. In english , I think we dont say *It heard for that medicine". Please correct me if i am wrong. 2. In Japanese, they say 　おいしえて　もらいました　　おいしえて　あげました　おいしえて　くれました。　 I think in english, we dont say I gave taught Japanese or I got taught Japanese. This could be in diferent form. But We have simlar grammar structure as Japanese. 3. In Japanese we say 　読んだ　本　、　のんだ　みず　、　たべた　りょうり 　Interestingly we also have similar structure and in our language also the verb with ends sound 'a' as 　飲んだ　たべた　よんだ 4. して　みたい　。　Ｉｎ　 English we dont say I am going to do and see. May we will say I am going to try . or I am going to see . We may not combine both 　みる　する　。　 Ｂｕｔ　ｗｅ have similar strucure too. I dont see any similarlity in writinng system. I am poor at Japanese writing. May be this is because of I hear Japanese lesssons from Jpod in audio only. I dont read the lesson notes. This could be the reason too. With my knowledge, I can say both have lot of similarity. But I will not say this is born from that or that is born from this . Only history or language experts can say that よろしく Ｓｉｖａ Naomi-sensei
Happy to get a comment from you .
I wanted to reply in detail for your comment. But I could not allocate time for this. Sorry about that.
I am not the language expert. And I also dont know Japanese well. I have found some similarities till now I have learned.
1. In Japanese, they say この　くすり　を　ききました　。　 We also have similar to that. In english , I think we dont say *It heard for that medicine”. Please correct me if i am wrong.
2. In Japanese, they say 　おいしえて　もらいました　　おいしえて　あげました　おいしえて　くれました。　 I think in english, we dont say I gave taught Japanese or I got taught Japanese. This could be in diferent form. But We have simlar grammar structure as Japanese.
3. In Japanese we say 　読んだ　本　、　のんだ　みず　、　たべた　りょうり
　Interestingly we also have similar structure and in our language also the verb with ends sound ‘a’ as 　飲んだ　たべた　よんだ
4. して　みたい　。　Ｉｎ　 English we dont say I am going to do and see. May we will say I am going to try . or I am going to see . We may not combine both 　みる　する　。　
Ｂｕｔ　ｗｅ have similar strucure too.

I dont see any similarlity in writinng system. I am poor at Japanese writing. May be this is because of I hear Japanese lesssons from Jpod in audio only. I dont read the lesson notes. This could be the reason too.

With my knowledge, I can say both have lot of similarity. But I will not say this is born from that or that is born from this . Only history or language experts can say that

よろしく
Ｓｉｖａ

]]> by: Naomi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-534742 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:48:42 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-534742 Sivasakthivelーsan ああ！聞いたことあります。大野晋さんという教授の本が有名ですね。 Yeah. I've heard about it. The book written by Professor Susumu Oono is famous in Japan. :wink: Sivasakthivelーsan
ああ！聞いたことあります。大野晋さんという教授の本が有名ですね。
Yeah. I’ve heard about it. The book written by Professor Susumu Oono is famous in Japan. :wink:

]]> by: Sivasakthivel http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-534679 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:40:33 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-534679 みんなさん 　　ＳＩＶＡ　です。　たみるごひと　です 私の　くにで　たくさん　Onomatopoeia 　が　有ります。　　おなじ　でしょ。 Ｒｏｏｓｔｅｒ　　Ｋｏｋｏｒａｋｏ Ｃａｔ　　　ＭｅｏｗＭｅｏｗ Ｄｏｇ　　LolLol Ｇｏａｔ　　Ｍaeii Maeii Parrot keekee Fox Wooooooo Ｃｏｗ　　　maaamaaa むかし　にほんご　たみるご　から　うまれましたと　にほんごの　けんきょうしゃ　いいます。　わたしも　おなじ　いけん　です。 よろしく Ｓｉｖａ みんなさん
　　ＳＩＶＡ　です。　たみるごひと　です

私の　くにで　たくさん　Onomatopoeia 　が　有ります。　　おなじ　でしょ。

Ｒｏｏｓｔｅｒ　　Ｋｏｋｏｒａｋｏ
Ｃａｔ　　　ＭｅｏｗＭｅｏｗ
Ｄｏｇ　　LolLol
Ｇｏａｔ　　Ｍaeii Maeii
Parrot keekee
Fox Wooooooo
Ｃｏｗ　　　maaamaaa
むかし　にほんご　たみるご　から　うまれましたと　にほんごの　けんきょうしゃ　いいます。　わたしも　おなじ　いけん　です。

よろしく
Ｓｉｖａ

]]> by: mayumi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-466193 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:30:32 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-466193 Doug-san, You can sing "shojoji song"!! Sugoi!:kokoro: We say "pon poko pon" for the sound that racoon-dogs make drumming on their tummies.:wink: Doug-san,
You can sing “shojoji song”!! Sugoi! :kokoro:
We say “pon poko pon” for the sound that racoon-dogs make drumming on their tummies. :wink:

]]> by: Doug http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-465807 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:32:54 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/01/21/onomatopoeia-2-japanese-animal-sounds/#comment-465807 Are you referring to actual racoons, or racoon-dogs (tanuki)? The tanuki, in Japanese folklore, can drum on the their tummies, hence the famous Shojoji song (something I used to sing to my little girl a lot, despite not being a native speaker). The drum noise is like pom-pitty-pom-pitty-pom-pom-pom or something like that. Are you referring to actual racoons, or racoon-dogs (tanuki)? The tanuki, in Japanese folklore, can drum on the their tummies, hence the famous Shojoji song (something I used to sing to my little girl a lot, despite not being a native speaker). The drum noise is like pom-pitty-pom-pitty-pom-pom-pom or something like that.

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