What does bey bay mean in russian? not sure I am saying it right.?

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What does bey bay mean in russian? not sure I am saying it right.?
i asked my adotped son tonight in russian why he isnt sleeping at his daycare. and he responded bey bey.. not sure of the spelling. what does this mean?

yes there are babies. but that wouldnt stop him from sleeping? he came from an orphanage. Tons of screaming babies. I was hoping it meant toys. how do you say toys?

he is 3 years old.
Can I ask you how do I say Why to him or how come?

Answer 1

My wife is Russian, and we do not believe he is saying "monster" (монсер), or "beat" (as in a beating, which is pronounced "beet" in Russian (бить)).

The closest would be a Russian phrase "бай-бай" which is pronounced similar to "bye bye", and in fact means "bye bye". It is sometimes used to speak to children about sleep.

You raise a culturally sensitive question when you mention "lots of screaming" in an orphanage. In a Russian orphanage, you will find it is eerily silent for a place with many infants. So, crying babies are a reasonable excuse.

Other than that, Amber has some good input on separation anxiety. He may simply be afraid. It would relate to "bye bye's".

I would ask him: "why?" (pochemu?), "are you afraid?" (bayatsya ti?), "did someone hurt you?" (kto toe travmiroval vas?), or "baby cries (shouts)?" (rebenok krichit?)

Answer 2

Ba-bay means basically monster (have you seen Monsters, Inc.?)))))))) I am 100% sure that that's what he's saying. In Russia, sometimes (very often, actually) mothers "threat" their children: "If you are not going to sleep, Ba-bay will come and take you away!" or "I am going to call Ba-bay!"

Toys - Igrushky.

How come? - kak tak?

Well, as about another one, I need more info (context). There will be differences. Why to him - what?

I had to come back again:
Maybe he doesn't sleep due to the changes.
First, he was in orphanage, all the people have gone somewhere, then he is with you, and then in day time you are gone, too. My son was born in Russia, and when I moved to the States, he was very scared to let me go even for 1 minute. He would come and check on me every couple minutes. Then daddy went to war, and here, again, stress - where did another person go? Then we went to my in laws, then they disappeared too. It is complicated. Now my son is just fine, but such changes used to be a problem. It scares kids.

Answer 3

Well there's the verb bit' (to beat), of which b'ei is the imperative (when you give an instruction as in 'now beat the eggs'). That's a more alarming possibility (although it doesn't mean 'they beat me' or anything like that). But I can't see why he'd respond with that form of the verb if that's what he meant.

Maybe it is 'baby' he's trying to say. How old is he?

Toys are igrushki (pronounced eeg-ROOSH-kee) btw. One toy is an igrushka (eeg-ROOSH-ka).

Answer 4

i 100% agree with the first poster - it's the russian word for the monster (bey bay)

It's this funny word becase for little children is more easy to remember.
it's often used to scare little ones.

Answer 5

he could just be saying baby, is there a young baby there that cries