Animals in English. Animals in English Baby animals in English

Subject “Animals”- one of the first ones encountered when learning English. Today we will look at the names of domestic animals, wild animals, groups of animals (such as a flock) in English, and also learn how animals “speak” in English. All words are given with transcription and translation.

Pet names in English

Note:

1. words mouse – mice, not mice.
2. Word sheep in the plural too sheep(the shapes are the same).

Wild animals in English

Note: word deer in the plural too deer the shapes are the same.

Groups of animals in English

In addition to the names of individual animals, there are names of groups of animals. In Russian we say a flock of sheep, a flock of wolves, but not a herd of wolves and a flock of sheep. Here is what groups of animals are called in English with a rough translation (rough because the exact one depends on the context):

As you can see, some words are similar to Russian, some are very different: we also say “ant colony”, but we don’t say “rabbit colony”. What amused me most was that a group of kittens, puppies and other youngsters is called litter - literally, scattered things, garbage, disorder.

What do animals say in English? Song for children

Another interesting topic regarding animals is how their “speech” is conveyed in English. For example, we say that a bird chirps “tweet-tweet” and a pig grunts “oink-oink”, but an Englishman will say that the bird chirps “tweet-tweet” and the pig grunts “oink, oink”.

Here we need to highlight two groups of words:

• Onomatopoeias like “quack-quack”, “oink-oink”.
• Verbs that name the process of “speech” itself, for example: quack, grunt.

Onomatopoeia is well demonstrated in this nursery rhyme:

And here is a list of some, let's say, verbs of speech. In brackets are the names of animals and birds to which these actions may relate.

Now let’s look at what animals these “verbs of speech” refer to:

• growl– bears, tigers, lions
• squeak– rodents (mice, chinchillas, etc.), rabbits
• scream- monkey
• roar– lions, bears
• cluck- Chicken
• moo– cows
• chirp– crickets, cicadas
• bleat– goats, sheep
• bark- dogs
• howl– dogs, wolves
• quack– ducks
• hiss– snakes
• tweet- birds
• meow, purr– cats

I will give examples with some verbs:

Can you hear the dogs barking? Go, check the backyard. - Do you hear, dogs? bark? Go check out the backyard.

Whose cat is meowing ouside for like an hour? – Whose cat is this for about an hour? meows on the street?

The mouse sqeaked and hide under the pillow. - Mouse squeaked and hid under the pillow.

My neighbor's dog howls like a wolf every night. - My neighbor's dog howls like a wolf every night.

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It is impossible to imagine learning English without learning the names of animals. After familiarizing yourself with a minimum of vocabulary and the simplest grammatical structures, you need to move on to short texts in which the presence of animals as characters is highly desirable. When we teach animals in English for children, the traditional set includes approximately equal numbers of domestic and wild fauna. It is better to start memorizing with one-syllable words, gradually moving to two- and three-syllable names.

Animal names in English

At the very beginning of training, it is acceptable for animals in English to be learned with pronunciation in Russian, that is, with Russian transcription. It is strongly recommended that, in parallel with memorizing words, you learn English transcription signs, without knowledge of which it will be impossible to work with any dictionary.

Domestic animals

Cat - Cat

Cow - Cow

Dog - Dog

Duck - Duck

Donkey - Donkey

Goat - Goat

Goose - Goose (goose)

Hamster - Hamster (hamste)

Chicken - Hen

Horse - Horse (hos)

Mouse - Mouse (mouse)

Pig - Pig (pig)

Rabbit - Rabbit

Sheep - Sheep (thorn) [ʃ I:p]

Having gone to the section animals in English with a translation into Russian, it is very important to explain to the child that the British not only call animals “not our way,” but also hear most of the sounds they make differently from us. For example, an English dog barks "bow-bow" or "woof-woof", the chicken clucks "cluck-cluck", the mouse squeaks "squeak-squeak" and the sheep bleats "baa-baa".

It's helpful to introduce these sounds with sentences like these:

• The pig on the farm goes “oink-oink”.
• The horse on the field goes “neigh-neigh”.
• The cow on the meadow says “moo-moo”.

Children notice that native speakers hear some animals in a very unique way, and, for example, the mooing of a cow or the meowing of a cat is reproduced approximately equally by our speech apparatus.

It is also useful to compose dialogues with approximately the following content:

• - What does the cat on the roof say?
• It says “miaow”.

Or a little more complicated:

• - Does the duck in the pool say “oink-oink”?
• No, it isn't. The duck says “quack-quack”.

Wild animals

Bear - Bear (bee)

Crocodile - Crocodile (crocodile)

Deer - Deer

Elephant - Elephant

Giraffe - Giraffe (giraffe)

Fox - Fox (fox)

Koala - Koala (kouale)

Leopard - Leopard (laped)

Monkey - Monkey (monkey)

Ostrich - Ostrich [ɔstritʃ]

Panda - Panda (panda)

Snake - Snake (snake)

Turtle - Tortoise (totes)

Keith - Whale

Zebra - Zebra (zebra)

He, she or it?

When learning the names of wild animals, there is no particular need to reproduce sounds, perhaps with the exception of snakes (hiss). It should be noted that in everyday situations and in real life pronouns he And she are not used in relation to animals. In most cases, you need to use a pronoun it, which is used when referring to inanimate objects. For example:

This is a crocodile. It is green long and fierce.

In fairy tales and some stories, animals are personified and “rewarded” with the pronouns he or she. There is also one very interesting feature in the English language: when you are told about any animal that has a nickname or name (in fairy tales), it is “introduced” as follows:

John, the Cat
Gray, the Horse
Martin, the Bear.

Smart as a monkey

Just like in the Russian language, animals from the British or Americans are endowed with qualities that are inherent in some people. In some cases, these comparisons coincide with ours, when they say about a person that he has the strength and endurance of a horse. For example:

Dick was strong as a horse and he could easily make fifteen kilometers on foot.

On the other hand, when we teach animals in English to children, they need to be taught that we and native English speakers have differences in mentality, and therefore we perceive many realities of life differently. In the field of the animal world, this is especially pronounced in relation to wolves and monkeys. Yes, in some fairy tales we treat the wolf with disdain, but we will never compare a man with a wolf in the following way:

"He's stupid as a wolf", and English-speaking people do this: "Brian's as stupid as a wolf".

Even more curious is the attitude of the British towards monkeys. If we say that a person is as smart as a monkey, most likely he will take this as an insult, but among native speakers this is literally the highest praise:

“Tracy has finished her school with honors - she’s as clever as a monkey”.

As a rule, such transfers of human characters onto animals can be found in fables in literature. The characters there are usually various animals. Reading fables in English is one of the ways to expand your vocabulary; there you will find many names of animals, words that describe character and behavior. At the end of each fable there is usually a moral stated. From these final sentences, which characterize different life situations, you can take a lot of useful things to enrich your speech.

On the educational site, in addition to short funny stories, interesting stories and fairy tales, English fables are also used to learn English. On our website, a user with any initial level of knowledge will find suitable educational material for himself.

This list is simply amazing, I advise everyone to read it! Why:

You've probably watched films with Ryan Gosling; he's filming a lot of places now. And his last name turns out to be “speaking”! So don’t be surprised that the post begins with a photo of him 😉

We all know the word kid(child, baby), but do you know the first meaning of this word? (I would never have guessed that!)

Do you think nymph is “nymph”? Yes, but not only.

And who is called a joyful word joye? A colt only Colt?

All the answers are below!

bull-calf– bull (ox – bull; noun that forms)

chick- chicken, and almost any other chick, including ostrich (ostrich [‘ɔstrɪʧ] - ostrich)

squab– a nestling pigeon – a small dove; a nestling – noun chick, baby!

pup– a baby of some animals (puppy, fox cub, seal pup, wolf cub)

lamb– lamb (sheep – sheep; noun that forms)

I’ve known the word lamb for a long time, because that’s the name of a musical group.

whelp– a puppy, also a young wild animal

poult– poultry chick, for example, turkey (turkey)

larva[‘lɑːvə] – larva

cube– a cub of an animal (usually a fox, wolf, bear); puppy

nymph- pupa, larva of insects that undergo incomplete transformation, for example, grasshopper or cockroach. Also, nymph is the more familiar “nymph” to us.

eyas[‘aɪəs] - falcon (falcon)

filly– young filly (horse)

foal– foal, donkey (mule)

joey[‘ʤəuɪ]- kangaroo (kangaroo)

fawn– fawn (deer; noun that forms)

calf– the baby of some mammals (mammals), such as dolphins (dolphins)

polliwog– tadpole (frog – frog)

kid– kid (goat)

yeanling– lamb

piglet– pig

– gosling (goose; noun that forms). I’m very surprised, I couldn’t even imagine that the name of one of my favorite actors, Ryan Gosling, is somehow translated!!

leveret– little hare

kit– a kitten, a small animal (possibly a fox)

smolt– fry of downstream fish species (not only salmon) at a certain stage, when they move from fresh water to salt water (the process of restructuring the osmotic balance of the body is called smoltification)

fingerling– juvenile fish

cockerel– young cockerel (rooster)

hatchling- a baby that has just hatched from an egg

fledgling- fledgling chick

shot[ʃəʊt] - suckling pig

spat– caviar of oysters (oyster) or other shellfish

colt– foal, donkey, camel, baby zebra (I’m not sure there is such a word, but I once saw it in a children’s book...)

But perhaps the most surprising thing about these words is the absence of any visible connection with the name of an adult animal!

I never tire of thanking Victor, an active commentator on my blog, for the list!

Nka, pl. zhata, zhat, m. 1. Bear cub. A small brown bear cub rolled out from behind a stone at the man’s feet. Sokolov Mikitov, On the bright lakes. 2. decomposition About a person (usually young) than l. resembling this animal. It is unknown what... ... Small academic dictionary

BEAR- BEAR, little bear, many. cubs, cubs, husband. Bear cub. Ushakov's explanatory dictionary. D.N. Ushakov. 1935 1940 … Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary

basis of word formation- producing basis; forming base; word-forming basis; motivating base) The common part of two or more words, which is used to produce and motivate the structure and meaning of a new word. It is part of the derivational form ... Dictionary of linguistic terms T.V. Foal

Walrus family- The second family of this order consists of one genus and species of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) *, the largest of all pinnipeds. * Walruses have anatomical features similar to eared seals and also descend from a primitive bear-like... ... Animal life

Rhinoceros family- Rhinoceroses are clumsy, clumsy animals of quite considerable size, with a very elongated head, on the front of which one or two horns rise. The neck is short; body covered with thick skin almost completely or only... ... Animal life

BEAR- husband. in the south there is a witch (i.e., a honey lover), Slav. mechk. In Rus' there are two types of them: white, arctic, oshkuy, Ursus maritimus, and brown, U. fuscus; this one has been given many abusive and honorary nicknames: biryuk (this is often the name of a wolf) simb. ayu, aev (Tatar), beast, black... ... Dahl's Explanatory Dictionary

Seal family- (Phocidae)* * Seals are a family of aquatic predators, apparently related to mustelids, primarily otters. Characteristic signs are the absence of an external ear and the hind limbs directed backwards, not bending at the heel joint and not ... ... Animal life

Dolphin family- (Delphinidae)* * Characteristic features of the family are conical teeth and a caudal fin with a noticeable notch in the middle. Of the many diverse species of this family, we will deal primarily with the terrible killer whale, which has already been with... ... Animal Life

Deer family- (Cervidae)* * Deer (Cervidae) is one of the most widespread families of ungulates today, the largest in the order after the bovids. It unites 4-6 subfamilies, 14 genera and about 40 modern species. The first primitive deer appeared in... ...Animal life

TAPIRS- (Tapirus), a genus of large mammals of the order Perissodactyla, allocated to a special family of tapirs (Tapiridae). The name of these animals in the language of one of the Brazilian tribes means thick and refers to their thick skin. Tapirs... Collier's Encyclopedia

koala- s; and. [Australian] Marsupial bear (lives in the forests of Eastern Australia). * * * koala (marsupial bear), a mammal of the family of climbing marsupials. Body length 60-82 cm, the tail is invisible from the outside. Lives in the eucalyptus forests of Eastern Australia.... ... encyclopedic Dictionary

More meanings of the word and translation of BEAR CUB from English into Russian in English-Russian dictionaries.
What is and the translation of BEAR CUB from Russian into English in Russian-English dictionaries.

More meanings of this word and English-Russian, Russian-English translations for BEAR CUB in dictionaries.

• BEAR CUB – bear-cub
  
• BEAR CUB – bear-cub
  
• CUB – Small
  
• CUB – Potty
  Russian-American English Dictionary
• CUB – Petty
  Russian-American English Dictionary
• CUB – Mean
  Russian-American English Dictionary
• CUB – Little
  Russian-American English Dictionary
• CUB – Diminutive
  Russian-American English Dictionary
• CUB – Cub
  Russian-American English Dictionary
• CUB - Cub
  Russian-American English Dictionary
• CUB - animal "s young; plural collection. the young cub of a bear, wolf, tiger - bear-cub, wolf-cub, tiger-cub cub of a whale, elephant, seal - whale-calf *, ...
  
• CUB - (cub) husband. animal "s young; cub, whelp, calf; (especially among monkeys) baby; plural young - bear cub cub ...
  
• CUB - I 1) young animal 2) baby 3) (e.g. elephant, whale) calf 4) cub 5) kid 6) whelp 7) young II (especially in marsupials) joey
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• YOUNG
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• CUB - m. animal "s young; pl. collected. the young cub of a bear, wolf, tiger - bear-cub, wolf-cub, tiger-cub cub of a whale, elephant, seal - ...
  Russian-English Smirnitsky abbreviations dictionary
• CUB - (cub) husband. animal"s young; cub, whelp, calf; (especially among monkeys) baby; plural young - wolf cub - ...
  Russian-English short dictionary of general vocabulary
• CUB - Wee
  
• CUB – Smidgen
  British Russian-English Dictionary
• CUB – Small
  British Russian-English Dictionary
• CUB – Short
  British Russian-English Dictionary
• CUB – Potty
  British Russian-English Dictionary
• CUB – Petty
  British Russian-English Dictionary
• CUB – Mean
  British Russian-English Dictionary
• CUB – Little
  British Russian-English Dictionary
• CUB – Diminutive
  British Russian-English Dictionary
• CHILD - baby(-animal); (large predator) cub, calf; pl. the young
  Russian-English Dictionary - QD
• CUB - m. baby(-animal) (large predator) cub, calf pl. the young
  Large Russian-English Dictionary
• CUB - husband. animal"s young cub, whelp, calf (especially among monkeys) baby plural young bear cub wolf cub tiger cub whale cub ...
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• BEAR ON THE PAW - take the bear on the paw - crack the safe-metal cabinet (blat.)
  
• YOUNGLING - 1. noun; poet. 1) child; young; chick Syn: child, infant 2) inexperienced person 2. adj. young youth, young man, youth...
  
• WHELP - 1. noun. 1) puppy; cub Syn: puppy, pup 2) offspring, puppy Syn: puppy, pup 2. Ch. whelp; produce...
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• PANDA - noun zool. panda a) “cat bear” (an animal similar in appearance to a raccoon and belonging to this family, with red fur and ...
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• JOEY - I noun; Australian baby (primarily kangaroo) II noun; sl. three pence coin (historical) four pence coin (Australian) baby kangaroo; cub...
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• CUB - 1. noun. 1) zool. a cub of carnivorous mammals (lion cub, fox cub, bear cub) 2) a young man; neglected youth unlicked cub 3) American; decomposition ...
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• CALF - I noun. 1) calf Calf is applied to all young cattle until they reach one year old, when they are …
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• BRUIN
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• BRUIN - noun Mishka (nickname of a bear in folklore) n Mishka, bear (in fairy tales) Bruin Mishka (nickname of a bear in folklore)
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• BEARLEADER - noun decomposed; joking teacher/tutor accompanying a rich young man on a journey n 1) leader (of a bear); 2) joke. tutor accompanying the young...
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• BEAR-BAITING - noun. bear baiting n bear baiting bear-baiting bear baiting
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• BEAR - I 1. noun. 1) a) bear brown bear ≈ brown bear grizzly bear ≈ grizzly bear polar bear ≈ white...
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• BEAR - bear.ogg _I 1. beə n 1. 1> bear; she-bear bear's cub - bear cub bear driver - leader of the bear 2> bear, ...
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• BEAR - I bear noun 1) a) bear brown bear - brown bear grizzly bear - grizzly bear polar bear - polar bear ...
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• BEAR - I 1. n 1. 1) bear; she-bear ~"s cub - bear cub ~ driver - leader of the bear 2) bear, clumsy ...
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• BEAR - _I 1. beə n 1. 1> bear; she-bear bear's cub - bear cub bear driver - leader of the bear 2> bear, clumsy ...
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• PANDA - noun zool. panda a) “cat bear” (an animal similar in appearance to a raccoon and belonging to this family, with red fur...
  
• BEAR - I bɛə 1. noun. 1) a) bear brown bear - brown bear grizzly bear - grizzly bear polar bear - ...
  English-Russian dictionary of general vocabulary
• PANDA - noun zool. panda a) “cat bear” (an animal similar in appearance to a raccoon and belonging to this family, with red fur and a large fluffy ...
  
• BEAR — I [¤ґ†] bear.wav 1. noun. 1) a) bear brown bear - brown bear grizzly bear - grizzly bear polar bear - polar bear b) bear (children's toy) teddy ...
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• BEAR - bear; white ~ white/polar bear; ~living 1. bear attr. ursine sc. 2. (bear-like) bear-like; ~living corner forsaken place; ...
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• BEAR - BEAR, -i, m. 1. name. a number of cocktails. 2. Fireproof cabinet, safe; bulky closet. 1 Polar Bear - a mixture of beer, ...
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• SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE - National Lakeshore "Sleeping Bear Dunes" A section of the coast of Lake Michigan with a length of about 55 km in the northwest of the Upper Peninsula (length of about 55 km in the northwest of the Upper Peninsula)
  
  
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