ты обезьяна
ty obezyana
The Russian phrase for "you're a monkey" is ты обезьяна (ty obezyana).
The phrase is used to state that the person being addressed is a monkey.
How do you pronounce it?
ty obezyana
Did you know?
- Russian has a specific idiom обезьянничать, which means to behave like a monkey by mimicking someone in a mocking or silly way.
- Calling someone обезьяна in Russian is often a playful way to describe a mischievous child or a person who likes to mimic others, rather than a literal insult.
- The word обезьяна is not originally Slavic, but was borrowed from the Persian word abuzina.
Examples in context
- Ты обезьяна и очень смешная.Ty obez'yana i ochen' smeshnaya.You're a monkey and very funny.
- Смотри, ты обезьяна в этом костюме!Smotri, ty obez'yana v etom kostyumye!Look, you're a monkey in this costume!
- Ты обезьяна, когда ешь бананы.Ty obez'yana, kogda yesh' banany.You're a monkey when you eat bananas.
Example conversation
Alexander and Ekaterina are playing with a pet monkey.
- Александр AleksandrСмотри, как он смешно ест!Smotri, kak on smeshno yest!Look how funny he eats!
- Екатерина EkaterinaТы тоже так ешь, ты обезьяна!Ty tozhe tak yesh, ty obez'yana!You eat like that too, you're a monkey!
- Александр AleksandrЭто совсем не правда!Eto sovsem ne pravda!That is not true at all!
- Екатерина EkaterinaЛадно, я просто шучу.Ladno, ya prosto shuchu.Okay, I'm just joking.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries обезьяна, ты, CC BY-SA 4.0.
