Learn Japanese Fast Phrases -- Daily Onomatopoeia: Japanese Eating Sounds

http://www.japanesepod101.com/videoLearn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Well, it's not always polite, but sometimes we make noises when we eat. Ever wonder how a word like "slurp" came to be? The word sounds just like the noise it describes. "Slurp" sounds like a slurp. Japanese has many onomatopoeic words too, and a number of them are about eating. Don't get the idea that the Japanese are sloppy eaters just because we have so many words to describe eating sounds. Far from it. I'm sure these Japanese eating words came from watching so many people try to eat their Japanese food with chopsticks! It's okay, we won't tell!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese lesson is all about onomatopoeic words for eating. You'll learn how to quickly scarf down that food and lick the plate. No, wait, you already know how to do that. But you WILL learn how to talkabout the noise it makes in Japanese using words that sound just like the words themselves.

If you would like to find out more about these onomatopoeia words, go to: http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/08/26/onomatopoeia-17/

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