# ぺらぺら
## Japanese

* Alternative spelling
* ペラペラ

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぺらぺら [péꜜràpèrà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [pe̞ɾa̠pe̞ɾa̠]

#### Adverb

ぺらぺら or ペラペラ • (perapera)
* (onomatopoeia) speak easily, fluently, in one's native language or in a foreign language
* (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
* (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
* 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))
* Same as above.

##### Conjugation

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

* (Tokyo) ぺらぺら [pèrápérá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [pe̞ɾa̠pe̞ɾa̠]

#### 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))
* (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.
* very thin, especially cloth or paper
    ぺらぺらな本(ほん)
       perapera na hon
       a very thin book

##### Inflection

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 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN