Nya is an onomatopoeia for the sound a cat makes. Typically associated with pop culture representations of felines, catgirls/boys, and other cat-like beings.
Whenever I read this sort of Faux-Russian I pronounce it in my head like the kid in this Yeralash skit pronounces his english: https://youtu.be/-2LaVuvCj-I
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ELIA: Explain like I'm American
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabets#Common_letters НЯ -> Nya? (so sayeth google translate)
that cyrillic is probably spelt like cat.
НЯ is pronounced nya which apparently can mean "cute" in Russian. Guess that might be the joke?
Cat is Кошка in Russian / кіт in Ukrainian
Nya is an onomatopoeia for the sound a cat makes. Typically associated with pop culture representations of felines, catgirls/boys, and other cat-like beings.
Oooh I see. Thanks!
even better.
"Nya" is Japanese for "meow".
Ah thanks
Nya!
НЯ!
Slavic enough to read it, 196 enough to understand.
If 'R' is pronounced 'arr' then is 'Я' pronounced "rra'?
"Ya". And the Cyrillic "H" is an N. So, ня = nya.
I like mine better and as an American I will be taking no further questions at this time.
Я не понимаю.
И доньт кноw руссиан, бут онлине цонвертерс ехист, анд И wантед ин он тхе фун
Whenever I read this sort of Faux-Russian I pronounce it in my head like the kid in this Yeralash skit pronounces his english: https://youtu.be/-2LaVuvCj-I
Fuck this English!
That whole skit was brilliant :)
Jú ken olsou vrajt Ingliš in adr lenguidžis d uey ic red.
("You can also write English in other languages the way it's read." - Slovak.)
Ну как? Кошки все-таки «ня» мяукают
но это не трудно, нет?
Я выглядит как перевёрнутая R. Человек думал, что это HR, а это НЯ - милота, оно же nyan.