Animals can also speak English (and many other languages) !

I've been busy the past few weeks and I couldn't write this post before. As you may know, on October, 4th it was the World Animal Day. I thought that, to celebrate that day, it would be a good idea to list the different animal sounds. As the title suggests, the sounds that animals make are different in each language. Yes, surprising though it may sound, the sound of a dog is perceived differently by Spaniards, Britons, the French or the Italian. In my post about onomatopoeic words, I already mentioned some animal sounds. With this post I intend to list all the sounds that the main animals make in English and Spanish and the action of their noises. As you'll see, there are startling differences in both languages. Let's get started with the list:

ANIMAL	ACTION OF ITS SOUND	ONOMATOPOEIC WORD IN SPANISH	ONOMATOPOEIC WORD IN ENGLISH
Dog	Bark	Guau guau	Woof
Cat	Mew/meow	Miau	Meow
Frog	Croak	Croak croak	Ribbit ribbit
Bird	Tweet/ chirp/cheep	Pío pío	Tweet / peep
Rooster/cock	Crow	Kikirikí	Cock-a-doodle-do
Pig	Grunt	Oink oink	Oink oink
Sheep	Bleat	Beee	Baa
Donkey/burro	Bray	Hiii-hooo, hiii-hoooo	Hee-haw
Horse	Neigh	Hiiii hiiiii	Neigh
Cow	Low/moo	muuuu	Moo
Chicken	Cluck	cococococo	Cluck cluck
Wolf	Howl	Auuuuuuu	Awooooo
Duck	Quack	Cua cua	Quack quack
Lion	Roar	Arrrrr	Roar
Snake	Hiss	Ssss	Hiss sss
Bee	Buzz	Bzzz	Buzz
Owl	Hoot	Buuuuh buuuuh	To whit to whoo / hoot

Did you enjoy these sounds ? Now, let's practise with a song

Try to match the onomatopoeic animal sounds below with the appropriate animal. Then, listen to the song and check your answers:

Baa     Bla bla bla     Buzz               Cluck              Hee haw         Hiss         Grrr       Meow    Moo         Neigh              Oink            Pawoooo        Quack   Raaaar           Ribbit       Squeak           Thump           To whit to whoooo       Tweet         Woof

	Rabbit: Dog:               Mouse: Sheep: People: Cow: Owl: Cat Duck: Pig Bird: Horse: Snake: Chicken: Frog: Bees: Donkey: Elephant: Lion: Bear:

How was the song ?  A bit childish, maybe, but at least, you can learn a great deal about animal sounds. Before saying goodbye, I would like to share with you an interactive webpage that my girlfriend showed me once. Like her, this webpage is great and allows you to keep learning  - and contrast - animal sounds in different languages. 

I hope you have enjoyed my post. Now every time you hear your pet, pay close attention because maybe it is speaking English ! he he.