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Muh, wau, quack 72q18

In German, the cow goes muh, the dog barks wau wau and the rooster crows kikeriki. The donkey cries iah, the horse wiehert and the cat says miau. The sheep baas bäh and the goat bleats mäh. The owl cries uhu-uhu and the birds make piep-piep. The bee buzzes summ-summ. The frog and the duck are mutually comprehensible - they both go quack.

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Salvage, Brighton 2011-03-14

In Greek the duck goes "bababeeek"!!!!

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Lina, /Ireland 2011-02-14

In German the pigeons go " ruggediguh ruggediguh, Blut ist im Schuh..." at least according to my version of the Brothers Grimm :-)

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Asi 2010-01-26

In Poland, dogs say hau hau, cats say miau. Roosters says kukuryku, crows say kra kra, ducks say kwa kwa, cows say muuuuus, sheep say beee, goats says meee.

Seems that cats around the world would understand each other :)

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Max 2009-10-26

Didn't know that all these animals could speak so many languages

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Fec, Szombathely/Hungary 2009-02-22

In Hungarian:

cow:

dog: vau-vau

rooster: kukorikú or kukurikú

donkey:

horse: nyihaha (ny is pronounced like the first consonant in the word 'new')

cat: miaú

sheep: bee

goat: mek-mek

owl:

bird: csip-csip or csipcsirip (cs is similar to 'ch' in 'church')

bee: zümm-zümm

frog: brekk-brekk or brekeke

duck: háp-há

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Sama Stan 2008-10-13

Here are some animal sounds in Afrikaans: cow: moo, dog: woef-woef, rooster: kloek-kloek, horse: runnik, cat: miaau, owl: hoe-hoe, bird: piep-piep, bee: zoem, frog/duck: kwaak.

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Chiara 2008-05-19

In Italian, dogs bark bau bau, cats say miao,the sheep baas beeh, the wolf howls awhoo, the frog goes cra cra, while the rooster, my favourite, makes chicchirichì.

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Diego 2008-08-09

In Brazil, dogs say au au au, cats say miau. Birds say piu piu. Frogs say rebit rebit, ducks say quac quac, cows say muuuuu. Sheep say ba-a-a-a-a-a-a, goats says maa-a-a-a-a.

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Alar 2008-01-24

In Estonian, the cow goes amuu, the dog barks auh auh and the rooster crows kikerikii. The donkey cries ii-aah and the cat says mjäu. The sheep baas määä and the goat bleats mäh. The owl cries uh-huu and the birds make tsiit-tsiit. The bee buzzes zumm-zumm. The frog and the duck are also mutually comprehensible - they both go kuak.

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Somwut 2008-01-30

In Thailand, the cow goes mor mor, the dog barks hong hong and the rooster crows egg ii egg egg. The donkey cries iah, the horse hee hee and the cat says meow. There is no sheep but the goat bleats bey bey. The owl cries huug huug and the birds make jib jib. The bee buzzes hung hung. The frog says ob ob and the duck goes kab kab.

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