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Onomatopoeias?

kelle poolt Abii, 12. detsember 2008

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Abii (Näita profiili) 12. detsember 2008 2:33.39

Just wondering, what are some Esperanto onomatopoeias? Are they the same as in English (but I dare not assume)?

Examples:

Laughter (Haha, hehe)
Animal Noises (barking, meowing, hissing)
Action noises (wham, splat, blam)

Sorry if there's a topic/section on lernu! already, if so then please direct me to that.

,Thanks

patrik (Näita profiili) 12. detsember 2008 6:51.17

Abii:Just wondering, what are some Esperanto onomatopoeias? Are they the same as in English (but I dare not assume)?

Examples:

Laughter (Haha, hehe)
Animal Noises (barking, meowing, hissing)
Action noises (wham, splat, blam)

Sorry if there's a topic/section on lernu! already, if so then please direct me to that.

,Thanks
The Esperanto words for "onomatopoeia" are "onomatopeo" and the better (in my opinion) "sonimitoj" ['sound imitation']. Esperanto onomatopoeias are different from those in English, for these are derived from Esperanto roots.

Some examples (from PMEG):

"Paf!" [gunshot, from "pafi"]
"Glut! glut!" [swallowing, from "gluti"]

Some links:
From "PMEG": http://bertilow.com/pmeg/gramatiko/ekkrioj_sonim...
From "Vikipedio": http://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopeo

That's all I can find. okulumo.gif

Rogir (Näita profiili) 12. detsember 2008 19:41.54

I really like pafi (to shoot), although maybe it's a bit too funny for its meaning.

Of course there's the bird kukulo (cuckoo), and some sound imitations:

boom - pum
ouch - aj
sshh - ŝŝŝŝ
zzz - zzz

And there's a whole list of animal sounds on this page of the Esperantista Brusela Grupo's Aktuala of september.

EL_NEBULOSO (Näita profiili) 12. detsember 2008 20:22.19

Rogir: Mi tre ŝatas la listo!

Some sounds are really funny and easy to imagine.

Gerald

Rogir (Näita profiili) 13. detsember 2008 12:28.34

Today I discovered ronki - to snore.

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