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English translation: you/your

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Russian term or phrase:	тебя
English translation:	you/your
Entered by:	Margarita

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03:08 Mar 4, 2005

Russian to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters

Russian term or phrase: дебя

как у дебя...

Sorry about the lack of info.

Aimee

typo?

Explanation:
looks like a typo, should be 'тебя'
which means 'you' and could be 'your' depending on the context

Selected response from:

Margarita
United States
Local time: 00:22

Grading comment

Much thanks to both of you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +7

typo?

Margarita

It is a kind of accent.

Tsogt Gombosuren

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

дебя

typo?

Explanation:
looks like a typo, should be 'тебя'
which means 'you' and could be 'your' depending on the context

Margarita
United States
Local time: 00:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Much thanks to both of you.

50 mins confidence:

дебя It is a kind of accent.

Explanation:
Sometimes, words are written in a way that reflects the pronunciation of the words, especially in literature to show where the person saying the words is from.
In case of "debya", it may be pronunciation of "tebya".

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Note added at 57 mins (2005-03-04 04:05:51 GMT)
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or
Is the text from online chat? Then, young people tend to write in such a way.
tebya = you
debya ~ u

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Note added at 59 mins (2005-03-04 04:07:42 GMT)
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как у дебя ~ How r u?

Tsogt Gombosuren
Mongolia
Local time: 13:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Mongolian
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

disagree

Yuri Smirnov: Very strange version. How r u is OK. Debya - never heard! What's the use?

2 hrs

-> Why very strange? Young people who speak English write in such a way, i.e. "How r u?", "I luv u", "Don't 4get" etc. They are not typos, but a style of writing.

neutral

TranslatonatoR: Yuri is right, it just doesn't go with any russian chat room jargon or whatever slang. I mean you do see people say "How r u?", but do you ever see "Faw are you?" or "I kuv u". it just doen't make any sense "pronounciationwise".

2 hrs

-> Why not? "t" sometimes sounds like "d". I checked some online chats in Russian and found out that some guys intentionally said "debya" instead of "tebya" time and again.

agree

Alexander Taguiltsev: Due to information shortage, you are probably close to the truth in all considered versions

2 hrs

-> Thanks a lot, Taguiltsev! :-)

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