{"id":29602,"date":"2018-01-21T23:52:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T22:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=29602"},"modified":"2018-01-22T15:05:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T14:05:15","slug":"what-does-a-dog-say-in-french-come-learn-the-animal-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/what-does-a-dog-say-in-french-come-learn-the-animal-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does a Dog Say in French? Come Learn the Animal Sounds!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dogs, turkeys, and lions are all over the world, and they all make the same sounds. These sounds, though, are portrayed differently in our spoken languages.<\/p>\n

Over the new year holiday, I went on a cruise with my friend and her family. At some point, my friend and her brother were teasing their Russian stepmother over something she’d said in the past about what roosters say. She took it in stride and said the Russian animal noise again: \u043a\u0443\u043a\u0430\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0443<\/strong> (kukareku). As a French speaker, I know French roosters in the provincial countryside scream cocorico<\/strong> in the mornings, so to me it wasn’t so odd.<\/p>\n

I later had a (very adult looking) conversation with a French friend discussing a few animal noises and verbs I wasn’t familiar with. Our bleating, screeching, and mooing have produced the following list. Memorize them and take yourself to the nearest French zoo for a fun, animalistic conversation!<\/p>\n

Le chien – dog<\/strong><\/span>
\nQue fait le chien ? Le chien fait ouaf ouaf !<\/strong> (What does the dog say? The dog says woof woof!)
\nVerbs for dog sounds: aboyer<\/strong> (bark), grogner<\/strong> (growl), hurler<\/strong> (howl), and<\/strong> japper (yips).<\/p>\n

Le chat – cat<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue fait le chat ? Le chat fait miaou !<\/strong> (What does the cat say? The cat meows!)
\nVerbs for cat sounds: miauler<\/strong> (meow) and ronronner<\/strong> (purr).<\/p>\n

La poule – chicken<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue fait la poule ? La poule fait cotcotcodet !<\/strong> (The chicken goes bock bock bock!)
\nChicks (les poussins) in French say piou-piou.<\/strong>
\nVerbs for chicken sounds: caqueter<\/strong> (cluck).<\/p>\n

Le coq – rooster<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue fait le coq ? Le coq fait cocorico !<\/strong> (What does a rooster say? The rooster says cock-a-doodle-do!)
\nVerbs for rooster sounds: chanter<\/strong> (here, to crow)<\/p>\n

Le corbeau – crow<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue fait le corbeau ? Le corbeau fait cr\u00f4a cr\u00f4a !<\/strong> (What does the crow say? Caw caw!)
\nVerbs for crow sounds: croasser<\/strong> (to crow)<\/p>\n

Le pigeon – pigeon<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue fait le pigeon ? Le pigeon fait rou rou !<\/strong> (What doe the pigeon say? Coo coo!)
\nVerbs for pigeon sounds: roucouler<\/strong> (to coo)<\/p>\n

L’oiseau – bird<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue dit l’oiseau ? L’oiseau fait cui cui !<\/strong> (What does a bird say? Chirp chirp!)
\nVerbs for bird sounds: gazouiller<\/strong> (to chirp)
\nThis is for birds in general.<\/p>\n

Le dindon – turkey<\/strong><\/span>
\nQue fait le dindon ? Le dindon fait glou glou !<\/strong> (What does a turkey say? Gobble gobble!)
\nVerbs for turkey sounds: glouglouter<\/strong> (to gobble)<\/p>\n

Le canard – duck<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue fait le canard ? Le canard fait coin coin !<\/strong> (What does the duck say? Quack quack!)
\nVerbs for duck sounds: cancaner (here, to quack)<\/p>\n

Le cochon – pig<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue fait le cochon ? Le cochon fait groin groin !<\/strong> (What does the pig say? Oink oink!)
\nVerbs for pig sounds: grogner<\/strong> (here, to oink)<\/p>\n

La vache – cow<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue fait la vache ? La vache fait meuh !<\/strong> (What does a cow say? Moo!)
\nVerbs for cow sounds: mugir<\/strong> (here, to moo)<\/p>\n

Le cheval – horse<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue fait le cheval ? Le cheval fait hiiii !<\/strong> (What does the horse say? Neigh!)
\nVerbs for horse sounds: hennir<\/strong> (to neigh, winny)<\/p>\n

L\u2019\u00e2ne – donkey<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue fait l\u2019\u00e2ne ? L\u2019\u00e2ne fait hi-han !<\/strong> (What does the donkey say? Hee-haw!)
\nVerbs for donkey sounds: braire<\/strong> (to bray)
\nFun French tip: Have trouble remembering the order of both y<\/strong> and en<\/strong> in a sentence? Remember what the donkey says: y en !<\/strong><\/p>\n

Le lion – lion<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue fait le lion ? Le lion fait raoh !<\/strong> (What does a lion say? Roar!)
\nVerbs for lion sounds: rugir<\/strong> (to roar)<\/p>\n

La grenouiller – frog<\/span><\/strong>
\nQue fait la grenouille ? La grenouille fait croac croac !<\/strong> (What does the frog say? Ribbit ribbit!)
\nVerbs for frog sounds: coasser<\/strong> (here, to ribbit)<\/p>\n

So there we have it! You can now speak with animals.<\/p>\n

Here’s a fun little clip of Stewie from “Family Guy” playing with a European See and Say:<\/p>\n