ぺらぺら

See also: へらへら and べらべら

Japanese

Alternative spelling
ペラペラ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぺらぺら [péꜜràpèrà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [pe̞ɾa̠pe̞ɾa̠]

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 (peraperasuru shi), past ぺらぺらした (peraperasuru 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

• (Tokyo) ぺらぺら [pèrápérá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [pe̞ɾa̠pe̞ɾa̠]

Adjective

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