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| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4863 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes  Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 9 of 20 10 January 2012 at 2:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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A small dog in Russia can be called тявка, because it says тяв тяв! A small, stray, mixed-breed dog can be called шавка. Both тявка and шавка also mean an "angry loudmouth," but you better not use these terms unless you want to sound rude and condescending.
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| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4863 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 10 of 20 10 January 2012 at 2:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Can we mention cats in this thread?
In Russia a cat says мяу мяу [myaow myaow], but in Ukraine it says няв няв [nyav nyav]. :) Edited by espejismo on 10 January 2012 at 3:06pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pesahson Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5540 days ago 448 posts - 840 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: French, Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 11 of 20 10 January 2012 at 4:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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In Polish dogs go "hał hał" and it's called "szczekanie" (barking).
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| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6761 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 12 of 20 10 January 2012 at 5:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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In addition to "woof woof", there are a few variations like "arf arf" and "bow wow" or
even "bark bark". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tomtro Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 4523 days ago 7 posts - 8 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 13 of 20 10 January 2012 at 7:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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Of course, cats are interesting too.
In Poland they make a sound we call "miałczenie" and it goes: "miau, miau", it's a lot like Russian "мяу" and English "meow". Cat's languages are more alike then dog's ones. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5038 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 14 of 20 11 January 2012 at 7:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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English cats say "meow" which closely resembles what their Spanish counterparts say: "miau".
OTOH, while Spanish dogs are often referred to as 'guagua' when talking to children because of their speech (guau, guau), I've never seen a cat be called 'miaumiau' or anything similar... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| WentworthsGal Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4700 days ago 191 posts - 246 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Spanish | Message 15 of 20 11 January 2012 at 8:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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As well as "meow" I've also seen "miaow" and "mew" for English cats...
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| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 4942 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 16 of 20 11 January 2012 at 8:04pm | IP Logged | ||
Interestingly enough, in some Caribbean Spanish, "guagua" means "colectivo" (a sort of minibus) and, while confirming this before posting, I learned it can also mean "baby" or "infant" in Chilean Spanish. R. == 1 person has voted this message useful |
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