| Pages in topic: < [1 2 3 4] > | Off topic: How do you say "miaow" in different languages? Thread poster: Alexandra Goldburt
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| I'm sure my cats would love to meet you! | Jan 17, 2009 |
Alexandra Goldburt wrote: Christina Paiva wrote: I love cats too and have a bunch of them. I also have dogs and get to see lots of wild animals and birds in the little forest we conserve on a little farm where I live. Brazilian cats communicate as their Romanian relatives 'miau'. Dogs 'au au' Now I'm trying to identify birds by their language and habits  Not only I love cats, but I also love all animals, forest and living close to nature - not to mention that Brazil is the country where I left my heart. I soooooo envy you! Maybe I'll have a chance to meet your cats one day - if you let me, of course.
| | | | | My cats and kittens would love to meet you! | Jan 17, 2009 |
Alexandra Goldburt wrote: Christina Paiva wrote: I love cats too and have a bunch of them. I also have dogs and get to see lots of wild animals and birds in the little forest we conserve on a little farm where I live. Brazilian cats communicate as their Romanian relatives 'miau'. Dogs 'au au' Now I'm trying to identify birds by their language and habits Not only I love cats, but I also love all animals, forest and living close to nature - not to mention that Brazil is the country where I left my heart. I soooooo envy you! Maybe I'll have a chance to meet your cats one day - if you let me, of course.
Alexandra!
Thank you for uniting cat lovers from all over the world!
Come get you heart back and meet my cats and kittens.
Maybe I can show you my favorite spots - of course all of them close to nature.
| | | | MDI-IDM
United States
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Mihaela BUFNILA wrote: ...say "miau". At least the ones I've met 
and sometimes miorlau with extra emphasis on the r as to imitate the cat's purr.
Kathryn Litherland wrote:
What is the translation--in any human language--of, for example, the plaintive "brrrroop? brrrrroop? brrrroop?" meaning roughly "I am bored and need some company," often said whilst wandering aimlessly about the house at 2 am?
I never thought about that. At 2am I'm either sleeping, coming home from a party or working under the pressure of some impossible deadline, either case I don't care about another creature. Might be worth a Kudoz question (they need a new category there: no reason, just curious ).
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| In Ukrainian | Jan 17, 2009 |
... they say "nyav" and have nine lives.
| | | | | Greek cats... | Jan 17, 2009 |
...say "niaw" (and they write it νιάου). They don't have 7 lives, but 7 souls (so if one of them goes to cat-heaven, they have the rest to keep living with
...and if they get angry, they say "niarrrr"!!!
| | | | tomchinno
Croatia
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| Croatian cats.... | Jan 17, 2009 |
say mijau
| | | | Irena Pizzi 
Italy
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| My two cats have a language of their own | Jan 17, 2009 |
They are twin brothers 3.5 years old. Leo usually says "miagoo" o "miakkoo", but when he is in a mood of talking (which happens every 5 minutes between 2 and 5 AM) expresses himself in "goo-goo-miagoo", "miakkk-koo-koo-goo-miaggggoo-miagg" and would repeat the same thing until gets an anwer from me.
In fact, he is the speaker for the both
Archie, the one in the picture, says "aoo" or "awo", sometimes ""wow". When he... See more They are twin brothers 3.5 years old. Leo usually says "miagoo" o "miakkoo", but when he is in a mood of talking (which happens every 5 minutes between 2 and 5 AM) expresses himself in "goo-goo-miagoo", "miakkk-koo-koo-goo-miaggggoo-miagg" and would repeat the same thing until gets an anwer from me.
In fact, he is the speaker for the both
Archie, the one in the picture, says "aoo" or "awo", sometimes ""wow". When he is extremely interested in somethig says "faugh-faugh" and this sounds so very humanlike!
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Niina Lahokoski
Finland
Local time: 22:51
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Finnish cats usually say "miau", "mau" or "nau". They have nine lives.
Our male cat is very talkative - and bossy! -, he is always wanting something or complaining, or just giving an opinion. He has all these different tones. Our female cat is quite the opposite, she almost never says anything, except for a short and high "igh" when she wants to get out. Sometimes when she wants something really bad (or gets stuck in a tree as she once did) she might miaow louder.
[Edited at ... See more Finnish cats usually say "miau", "mau" or "nau". They have nine lives.
Our male cat is very talkative - and bossy! -, he is always wanting something or complaining, or just giving an opinion. He has all these different tones. Our female cat is quite the opposite, she almost never says anything, except for a short and high "igh" when she wants to get out. Sometimes when she wants something really bad (or gets stuck in a tree as she once did) she might miaow louder.
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| | | | Ana Catarina Lopes
Portugal
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SITE LOCALIZER | Portuguese cats... | Jan 17, 2009 |
say "miau" and the verb is "miar". In Portugal, they have seven lives.
| | | | J Chae (X)
Canada
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Cats say "야옹", pronounced "Yaong" or "Iaong". Dogs woud reply "멍멍", pronounced "Mong-Mong".
The tail of the cat does the trick. I mean, I saw in a documentary a cat falling in slow-mo, with its tail spinning in the reverse direction while the cat was making this remarkable flip to land on its feet.
| | | | | This is fascinating! | Jan 17, 2009 |
My big thanks to all who replied!
The bottom line is: unlike humans, cats the world over speak the same or almost the same language.
Why is that? My guess would be: cats never attempted to build the Tower of Babel, for they have better things to do with their time, such as chasing birds and butterflies, rolling in the dust, sleeping in the sun, etc.
Cat lovers of the world, unite!
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Andrea Riffo
Chile
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| This made me laugh | Jan 18, 2009 |
Kathryn Litherland wrote:
What I want to know is, why do we only have translations into "human" for one word in the cat's vast vocabulary?
What is the translation--in any human language--of, for example, the plaintive "brrrroop? brrrrroop? brrrroop?" meaning roughly "I am bored and need some company," often said whilst wandering aimlessly about the house at 2 am?
I know EXACTLY what you mean, though my cat often solves this problem by jumping on my bed and (soflty) biting my nose to get my attention.:D:D
Andrea
| | | | | Chinese cats... | Jan 18, 2009 |
Most say' 喵' (' ㄇ一ㄠ /miao' first tone) officially, however what they say at home may be different. Cats from Hong Kong say '喵' ('miu' first tone), for example. And I'm really not sure about Minnan cats... I believe that cats from Beijing have a local variant, and say '喵儿' ('ㄇ一ㄠㄦ /miao-er') .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin
Lesley
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It says "miao."
Cats are prohibitive pets in Thailand.
Many years ago a foretune-teller told that I had very bad days since I killed a cat.
Fact: I never killed it. It is just a taboo to kill a "miao" even by accident.
But 3 kitties were killed in my house; they were born and struck in a room with locked door, and had no food or milk to eat!
They were also killed when I moved my car in the morning without recognizing that one or two cats were sleeping next to the wh... See more It says "miao."
Cats are prohibitive pets in Thailand.
Many years ago a foretune-teller told that I had very bad days since I killed a cat.
Fact: I never killed it. It is just a taboo to kill a "miao" even by accident.
But 3 kitties were killed in my house; they were born and struck in a room with locked door, and had no food or milk to eat!
They were also killed when I moved my car in the morning without recognizing that one or two cats were sleeping next to the wheels!
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