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Sound effects in Esperanto

by Alkanadi, July 29, 2015

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Language: English

Alkanadi (User's profile) July 29, 2015, 8:09:46 AM

Are there any rules in Esperanto for creating sound effects.

For example, how would you say "pow"

Different languages use different sound effects. In Arabic, they say Tah when describing the sound of something being struck. Tah is not a word with any meaning, but a transliteration of a sound effect.

I had a friend from Switzerland who would always say bwom to describe the sound of something being hit.

What about Esperanto?

For example, how would you say this in Esperanto:
Kaboom
Bang
ruf ruf (dog bark)
woosh (running very fast)
Screeeeech (nails on a chalk board)
Waaaaam or Baaaaam (the sound of a door slamming)
Huh (not understanding something)

Alkanadi (User's profile) July 30, 2015, 6:56:28 AM

Does anyone know that answer? Maybe there is no rule in Esperanto about sound effects?

PaulHe (User's profile) July 30, 2015, 11:30:02 AM

I own the comic book "Tinĉjo en Tibeto" in which may be found some of these sound effects, but the only one I can remember for now is "Boj!" for the barking dog. I'm also interested in knowing the answer for the other ones ridulo.gif .

Bruso (User's profile) July 30, 2015, 2:46:27 PM

Roch:Kato: Miaŭ! okulumo.gif

https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopeoj_en_Esper...
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Alkanadi (User's profile) July 30, 2015, 3:07:11 PM

Roch:Kato: Miaŭ! okulumo.gif

https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopeoj_en_Esper...
Perfect. Thank you very much. I bookmarked that page

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