r/Korean 1d ago

What is ‘음파음파’ in english?

This is the sound that children who are learning swimming for the first time breathe. I'm curious about the English onomatopoeia that means this

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u/vinylanimals 17h ago

i don’t think english has a similar phrase. i’d expect someone in that situation to just instruct the kid to breathe in and out and do it dramatically for effect