Category:Russian ты
📖 Что э́то? · what it means
«Ты» – так мы говори́м одному́ челове́ку, кото́рого хорошо́ зна́ем: дру́гу, ребёнку, ма́ме, ко́шке. Незнако́мому челове́ку и учи́телю говоря́т «вы» – э́то ве́жливо. Ты – Сли́нки. Ска́ффлз, ты меня́ лю́бишь?
«Ты» = you – to one person you know well: a friend, a child, your mum, a cat. To a stranger or a teacher Russians say «вы» – it is polite.
Russian pronouns ·colours: он – blue · она́ – pink · оно́ – yellow · plural – green · no gender – brown
Russian nouns are replaced by the personal pronouns depending on the established gender and number.
ВЫ vs ТЫ
When referring to one person вы is used:
- When a child or a teenager addresses an adult
- Sometimes when an adult teenagers a teenager
- Between adults of the same age and the same status
- When referring to someone older than you
If you use ты in a public place instead of вы it can be taken for an insult. It’s always better to ask before start using ты.
Ты is used:
- Between friends and family
- Between children and teenagers
- When you address children, teenagers (sometimes), nature, animals and God