Does Your Dog Say Ham, Gav, or Woof?
Thanks to Ylvis, we know what the fox says. But what does the dog say? Depending on the language you speak, your dog could say gav (Russian), guau (Spanish), voff (Icelandic), meong (Korean), blaf (Dutch), ham (Romanian) or woof (English).
I was shocked to learn this five years ago.
I never knew that animal sounds (as imitated by humans) are different depending on the language you speak. So before you say something to your English-speaking co-workers about your pet duck who says vak (Turkish) or the mouse in your house that says zi (Mandarin), check out this list of English words for animal sounds:
- Dog – bark, woof, ruff, bow wow
- Cat – meow
- Cow – moo
- Horse – neigh
- Pig – oink
- Sheep – baa
- Donkey – hee-haw
- Lion – roar
- Bear – grrrrr
- Tiger – raaaa
- Snake – hiss
- Frog – ribbit, croak
- Mouse – squeak
- Duck – quack
- Chicken – cluck, bawk
- Goose – honk
- Rooster – cock-a-doodle-do
- Bird – chirp, tweet
- Owl – hoo hoo
- Turkey – gobble gobble
- Dove – coo
- Bee – buzz
For more hilarious comparisons of what noises animals make in other languages, check out this colorful infographic by Buzz Feed.
Happy learning!
I agree this topic!!!! my country’s how to express of some animals are…
DOG is “wan! wan!!” like a they say “ONE! ONE!!” call 1!! kkkk
I’ll be sure to say that to a dog the next time I’m in Japan!
same in Taiwan
We say like ONE ONE ~
haha
and sheep we say like *MAA MAA* not beginning with B
It’s cool
I’m curious – do you guys have the “B” sound in Taiwanese?
in my county, dogs are just barking haha
So you say “bark”?