A block party of bears by Debora Hoffmann
Fun Fur Facts
Debora has always been fascinated by other languages--and by teddy bears, too. She has compiled a list of words for "bear" in languages other than English. If you would like to add to the list, please send an e-mail.
Danish: bjørn Dutch: beer French: ours Frisian: bear German: Bär (also written Baer) Greek: arkoutha* Italian: orso Japanese: kuma (also used in combinations as guma) Latin: ursus Norwegian: bjørn Portuguese: urso Russian: медведь (pronounced myedvyed) Spanish: oso Swedish: björn
Update: Debora is now learning Russian, albeit slowly. She says привет (privyet [hi]) to you all!
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