keannu
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- Dec 27, 2010
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Korean
- Home Country
- South Korea
- Current Location
- South Korea
I think each country, each language's onamaetopoeia are all different from one another. For example, we Koreans perceive cow's crying sound as "um mae", while in English, "moo", for dogs, Korean - "mung mung", English - "Bao Bao", for cats, Korean- "yayong", English -"miao miao", etc. So I carefully watched Korean dogs' sounds and it didn't sound like "mung mung", so it seems that it all depends on listeners' perception. But when my son was a baby, I couldn't deny his crying sound "ung ae, ung ae", which is exactly what Korean describes.
What is the counterpart in English for "ung ae, ung ae" in Korean?
What is the counterpart in English for "ung ae, ung ae" in Korean?