Saturday, May 14, 2016

How the French people sneeze and knock the door?

Recently I was thinking about the sounds which are common worldwide. Sneezing, barking meowing, we don't learn such things at school or university but I think this is a base to know well language. Because language is not only the words and grammar but the whole cultural and linguistic baggage. The French, Americans and Poles, we hear the same sounds in a different way! Especially when we read a lot of comics, it is very helpful to know the sounds. I reckon that knowledge of the onomatopeias is another, higher level in our language studies. 

Here are the list of some words to compare in polish and french, which is quite interesting because some of them are completely different :)


pif paf - pan pan
puk puk - toc toc
a psik - atchoum
ćśśś- chut
kici kici - minou minou
ćwir ćwir - cui cui
hau hau- ouaf ouaf
mrrr- ron ron
bleee- beurk
chlip chlip - snif snif
chlup - plouf

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