ぺらぺら

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See also: へらへら and べらべら

Japanese

Alternative spelling
ペラペラ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adverb

ぺらぺら or ペラペラ • (perapera) 

  1. (onomatopoeia) speak easily, fluently, in one's native language or in a foreign language
  2. (onomatopoeia) (sound produced from) flipping of pages
    ページをぺらぺらとめくる
    pēji o perapera to mekuru
    flipping through pages one after another
  3. (onomatopoeia) incessantly (speaking); glibly; garrulously; volubly
    あることないことをぺらぺらしゃべる
    arukotonaikoto o perapera shaberu
    incessantly speaking mixture of facts and fictions
  4. very thin, especially cloth or paper

Verb

ぺらぺらする or ペラペラする • (perapera suru) suru (stem ぺらぺらし (perapera shi), past ぺらぺらした (perapera shita))

  1. Same as above.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ぺらぺらする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ぺらぺらし perapera shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ぺらぺらし perapera shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ぺらぺらする perapera suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ぺらぺらする perapera suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ぺらぺらすれ perapera sure
Meireikei ("imperative") ぺらぺらせよ¹
ぺらぺらしろ² 		perapera seyo¹
perapera shiro²
Key constructions
Passive ぺらぺらされる perapera sareru
Causative ぺらぺらさせる
ぺらぺらさす 		perapera saseru
perapera sasu
Potential ぺらぺらできる perapera dekiru
Volitional ぺらぺらしよう perapera shiyō
Negative ぺらぺらしない perapera shinai
Negative continuative ぺらぺらせず perapera sezu
Formal ぺらぺらします perapera shimasu
Perfective ぺらぺらした perapera shita
Conjunctive ぺらぺらして perapera shite
Hypothetical conditional ぺらぺらすれば perapera sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

ぺらぺら or ペラペラ • (perapera) -na (adnominal ぺらぺらな (perapera na), adverbial ぺらぺらに (perapera ni))

  1. (onomatopoeia) speak easily, fluently, in one's native language or in a foreign language
    Synonym: 流暢
    彼(かれ)は英(えい)語(ご)のほかにスペイン語(ご)もぺらぺらだ。
    Kare wa Eigo no hoka ni Supein-go mo perapera da.
    He can also speak Spanish fluently on top of English.
  2. very thin, especially cloth or paper
    ぺらぺらな本(ほん)
    perapera na hon
    a very thin book
Inflection
Inflection of ぺらぺら
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ぺらぺらだろ perapera daro
Continuative (連用形) ぺらぺらで perapera de
Terminal (終止形) ぺらぺらだ perapera da
Attributive (連体形) ぺらぺらな perapera na
Hypothetical (仮定形) ぺらぺらなら perapera nara
Imperative (命令形) ぺらぺらであれ perapera de are
Key constructions
Informal negative ぺらぺらではない
ぺらぺらじゃない 		perapera de wa nai
perapera ja nai
Informal past ぺらぺらだった perapera datta
Informal negative past ぺらぺらではなかった
ぺらぺらじゃなかった 		perapera de wa nakatta
perapera ja nakatta
Formal ぺらぺらです perapera desu
Formal negative ぺらぺらではありません
ぺらぺらじゃありません 		perapera de wa arimasen
perapera ja arimasen
Formal past ぺらぺらでした perapera deshita
Formal negative past ぺらぺらではありませんでした
ぺらぺらじゃありませんでした 		perapera de wa arimasen deshita
perapera ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive ぺらぺらで perapera de
Conditional ぺらぺらなら（ば） perapera nara (ba)
Provisional ぺらぺらだったら perapera dattara
Volitional ぺらぺらだろう perapera darō
Adverbial ぺらぺらに perapera ni
Degree ぺらぺらさ peraperasa

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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