10 onomatopoeias to know in French
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 6:18 am
Hi! In Great Britain, the rooster goes "cock-a-doodle-doo"; in Spain, it goes "Quiquiriquí"; in Germany, it goes "Kikeriki" and in France, what noise does the rooster make? We'll tell you a little later in the video. Everyday noises in French have a name. They're called onomatopoeias. That's what we're going to talk about in today's video.
Before moving on to the content of this video, I remind you that you can download the free PDF sheet that will cover a little bit of everything we teach you today. You have another super important link in the description of this video, it is the one that takes you to the presentation page of the Authentic French Academy.
And I have great news, since registrations that are closed 90% of the year, are currently open. You have until April 12 to join the Authentic French Academy that will help you finally achieve your goal of expressing yourself in French orally, without stress and without blocking.
For that, we have two main pillars. The first pillar is modules, so lots of exclusive content. If you follow the link in the description, you will see two presentation modules, which I offer you, and which show you exactly how we teach you in the Academy. And the second main pillar is our Zoom meetings with the French indonesia whatsapp number data tutors of the Academy . So, you have lots of content to consume and you also have ways to practice speaking with our tutors and in lots of other ways. I'll let you discover all that below. Registration closes next week.
Let's get back to our topic of the day, which is onomatopoeia. An onomatopoeia is a particular interjection that is used to repeat a sound. It imitates a sound that we hear orally and that we want to transcribe in writing. There are loads of them and today, we're going to present 10 of them to you. Stay tuned until the end. I think you know the tenth one, but maybe you're using it wrong. So, stay tuned until the end to discover the 10 onomatopoeias that we want to present to you.
If you read comics in French for example, you have seen a lot of different onomatopoeias that are written on your comic. When someone falls, when someone sneezes, when someone hurts themselves, all of that is transcribed via onomatopoeias on the comic.
The funny thing is that onomatopoeia can be the same from one language to another. You have an onomatopoeia that you find in different languages and sometimes it is not the case at all. You saw our funny example with the rooster and you see that depending on the languages, the onomatopoeia can be different. It is quite interesting, but it can, despite everything, cause problems because sometimes a little word can hinder understanding.
Before moving on to the content of this video, I remind you that you can download the free PDF sheet that will cover a little bit of everything we teach you today. You have another super important link in the description of this video, it is the one that takes you to the presentation page of the Authentic French Academy.
And I have great news, since registrations that are closed 90% of the year, are currently open. You have until April 12 to join the Authentic French Academy that will help you finally achieve your goal of expressing yourself in French orally, without stress and without blocking.
For that, we have two main pillars. The first pillar is modules, so lots of exclusive content. If you follow the link in the description, you will see two presentation modules, which I offer you, and which show you exactly how we teach you in the Academy. And the second main pillar is our Zoom meetings with the French indonesia whatsapp number data tutors of the Academy . So, you have lots of content to consume and you also have ways to practice speaking with our tutors and in lots of other ways. I'll let you discover all that below. Registration closes next week.
Let's get back to our topic of the day, which is onomatopoeia. An onomatopoeia is a particular interjection that is used to repeat a sound. It imitates a sound that we hear orally and that we want to transcribe in writing. There are loads of them and today, we're going to present 10 of them to you. Stay tuned until the end. I think you know the tenth one, but maybe you're using it wrong. So, stay tuned until the end to discover the 10 onomatopoeias that we want to present to you.
If you read comics in French for example, you have seen a lot of different onomatopoeias that are written on your comic. When someone falls, when someone sneezes, when someone hurts themselves, all of that is transcribed via onomatopoeias on the comic.
The funny thing is that onomatopoeia can be the same from one language to another. You have an onomatopoeia that you find in different languages and sometimes it is not the case at all. You saw our funny example with the rooster and you see that depending on the languages, the onomatopoeia can be different. It is quite interesting, but it can, despite everything, cause problems because sometimes a little word can hinder understanding.