The Russian language is complex and interesting in that many words have not one, but two or more different meanings. The noun "monkey" is no exception. Its figurative meaning is used even more often than the zoological term.
Key Values
Both adults and very young children know that this is a small monkey. It belongs to the higher primates, a distinctive feature is a rather narrow nose and a long tail.
- Monkeys are medium or small in size.
- In the world there are 25 species of monkeys.
- Children, how many of you know where they live, how monkeys look and what they eat?
- Did the glasses help the famous monkey from Krylov’s fable?
- Monkeys move through the trees with the help of long meter tails.
- Monkeys steal food from local residents.
The diminutive of the old male name "Martyn" is also the Monkey. The figurative meaning of the word is it or not, think and decide for yourself.
- He left all his considerable fortune (money, estate and bonds) to his beloved son Martyshka.
- Monkey slept almost all day in the apple orchard.
- The monkey is a rare, almost forgotten name.
- The name Martyn means "belonging to Mars."
In addition, on the Middle Volga the same word is called a seagull.
- Do you know that the popular name of the seagull is "monkey".
- White monkeys flew over the lake.
- At dawn, the hungry cries of the monkeys woke up the tired, and therefore angry, fishermen and their dogs.
- Monkeys eat fish.
Monkey: figurative meaning
In colloquial speech, a monkey or a monkey is often called a restless child, amusingly imitating someone, adopting completely unusual manners, gestures, words and grimaces.
When an adult is called so, the word "monkey" in the figurative meaning means "an unpleasant, ugly, ugly person." This word can offend or offend, therefore, before you name someone, you need to think very well.
Speech Development Exercises
Study the examples and make your sentences with the word "monkey" in the figurative meaning:
- Stop doing nonsense: this is nothing but a monkey work!
- You are in this outfit a real monkey, ugly and funny.
- Literature in the ninth grade was conducted by a nasty monkey: a twirling ugly rude old woman.
- The man answered with a laugh: "This little red monkey near the sandbox is my youngest daughter Maruska."
- My monkeys visit my group: it’s almost impossible to calm them down by the beginning of the lesson.
- Why are the Sisters of Svetlana such beauties, and she was born such a monkey?