ArmComedy’s Sergey & Narek Teach Conan Some Colorful Armenian Phrases | CONAN on TBS

Sergey and Narek help Conan expand his Armenian vocabulary with phrases like "may I go blind instead of you."
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[@Гарри-ю3и]

Armenian language is so hard to translate. But when you speak Armenian - that's something special.

[@talosheeg]

Гарри it's true!! I live being Armenian

[@toonespoz9353]

Гарри I speak Armenian at home and it’s pretty easy

[@ДАРБЕРЧЭН]

I speak Armenian))

[@Anit-pj9tv]

I'm not from Armenia but my grandma is and I'm so proud I can actually talk and understand Armenian

[@kim_kpop_bby]

I am Armenian🇦🇲💗❤

[@Dr_Haroutyounian]

Հպարտանում եմ, երբ տեսնում եմ մեր հայերին այսպիսի վայրերում💪🏻

[@Buenomars]

"I will eat your liver" = "I really like you" Hannibal Lecter approves.

[@nekofilm229]

lol It means 'I love you' It's kinda like saying to a baby 'you're so sweet, I want to eat you up.' :)

[@MrsValentina007]

lmao. I'm Armenian, but still find that funny. Guess there's some stuff that just can't be translated lol

[@itstherealgang777]

MrsValentina007 that’s right. And you’re beautiful 😍

[@EXTRABODYBUILDING]

@Di Vepets Iranian language has nothing comon with Armenian, don't lie. Iranian naion is absolutely alien.

[@Eyes_dont_Lie]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Power50505]

"Stop ironing my head" - Good job Conan, that was on point and the perfect time to say it. LOL!!

[@massey81]

Tsavet danem akhper-jan. Learned this one when i went to Armenia lol

[@pokemontv2759]

Are you sure you aren't Armenian?

[@hetgrotepsv1913]

If I literally translate that it means I will take your pain brother

[@gevorgnikoyan2124]

Cavd tanem brodher

[@Skrapes]

@@pokemontv2759 lmfao

[@armanohaniantheblacksaturd6090]

You should have known that cause your last name is Markarian, wth?

[@Williamwerenberg]

Armenian love poetry must be a hell of a thing!!

[@proud_armenian9652]

It's actually one of the best ones😂👍🏼... For example Paruyr Sevak (my all time favourite poet), Vahan Teryan, Hovhannes Shiraz, Exishe Charenc and ofc Hovhannes Tumanyan...👍🏼

[@MB6Edits]

It is,actually.

[@yegorrapyan4012]

2017: 2018: 2019 December: YT recommendations...

[@ovsanmkrtchyan4663]

I’m from Armenia 🇦🇲 Hayastan ayoooo

[@Djdje._]

Hello you really from armenia? I’m very interested armenian language Can you teach me please🥺

[@sasha-is-eepy]

@@Djdje._there are apps for that դու լավ կսովորես

[@zarakim5924]

Okey why am i seeing this just now? Guys i'm so proud of you...mernem dzer janin😂

[@1hamman]

😂😂😂😂😅

[@jackbro8587]

Zara Kim okey che okay

[@yaser5133]

These words are the same exact phrases as Persian and historically also makes sense. Jaanem ba feday or the one about going blind. It's all very based around jigar and jaan and dil ( liver and body and heart)

[@T-oh1xt]

Well, 300 years under the Persian Empire…something should rub off!

[@kim_kpop_bby]

Ջան Հայաստան ջան,որ սենց տղեք ես ստեղծել🇦🇲❤💙🧡

[@mayneeeeeee1811]

No one: KZbin recommendations to all Armenians:

[@marz6823]

I keep coming back to this to just laugh my lungs out. Armenians get creative with their idioms. As a child I had Conan's exact reaction when my grandma would say "let me go blind" like why does anyone need to go blind lmao

[@ashot83]

Ինչի եմ ես սա նոր տեսնում, մալադեց տղերք

[@jnareknersisyan9515]

Ashot Grigoryan նմանապես )))

[@armen1475]

Yesel

[@templateorman3127]

Yesel

[@gorgamertv6697]

es 2020 tvinem tesel

[@Soph.202]

Yesel 😂

[@rubensaghatelyan6284]

OMG, these Armenian guys are very awesome!

[@Anit-pj9tv]

It's not "may I go blind iNstEaD of you" It's more like "May I go blind!" so I wouldn't see you in pain smth like that

[@happyuniversal4815]

So true 👍

[@melineshmawonyan4864]

thanks You Tube for not recommending this in 2050 🙏🏾😂 ապրեք տղերք ♥️

[@rigorouselectronics8089]

Iranian guy here... we say the same thing "Jigareto bokhoram". The Armenian way sounded similar only for the first four letters lol.

[@soniabazikian4686]

Sergey & Narek, you guys have always been great, love you both!

[@davemathewsrocks]

Stop ironing my head - lol

[@wininspn]

Actually, I heard, "Stop ironing my heads!" LOL!

[@anahitohanyan5903]

OMG 😮 Narek and Sergey Դուք ստեղ մամա ջան 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ashot22548]

🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲 Learn Armenian. That's something special.

[@larissayazmachian4669]

Ash Manucharyan for us. For Americans its not important

[@Eyes_dont_Lie]

GOOD LUCK. lol

[@Alice-sw6is]

Loved it!!

[@ArtyomMe]

Here is another one for you: Achkt luis. Literal translation is “Light into your eyes.” You use it when something good happens to someone, you say them “Light into your eyes.”

[@ametistametist670]

No, it means for example, if somebody tells you that such and such are going to come to your home and you don't want them , or don't like that people, so that person knows you don't like them and tells you "achkt lus they are coming". It's like sarcasm.

[@mrSargi7]

@@ametistametist670 that expression can be used in both contexts, sarcastically or in normal conversation

[@Ani-gk2im]

@@ametistametist670 in that context it’s used sarcastically

[@KP-my1ud]

@@ametistametist670 that's exactly what it is, sarcasm. Atchekes luys, aysor oreh gomigneroo oreneh.

[@Lennakanci999]

@@ametistametist670 It goes both ways. Depends on the tone)

[@pj101]

In bleys documentary about the trip to Armenia,there is a scene that conan says to them that he will bring them to L.A. After 2 years I decided to search and as always conan is so nice that he did it!

[@lilyatantushyan9315]

They are adorable!!!

[@armenianpoetry2599]

qoranam yes doesnt mean " may i go blind instead of you", it basically means " rather i was blind and didnt see that happen" ... all of the rest are mistranslated also, i suppose its for humor ?!?

[@ArthaxtaDaVince777]

No, these guys are just stupid.

[@AnnaNersesyanlight]

@@ArthaxtaDaVince777 gues it was done for fun, those guys are comedians in Armenia

[@ArthaxtaDaVince777]

@@AnnaNersesyanlight they are not funny

[@AnnaNersesyanlight]

@@ArthaxtaDaVince777 or, someone just takes everything toooo close to their heart. Chill, dude.

[@aragumruyan3178]

Narekaci Shahbazyan and ur not smart

[@suren2313]

Those guyz are Broadcasters from "Armcomedy Show" it is political critic show in Armenian television.

[@hessychoi]

O MY GODDDD,I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS,Մալադեեեեց😂😂😂😂💜🇦🇲

[@eddbarcatv]

you forgot to tell about "a writer and black pain you"

[@ArtyomMe]

That Iron Bird From Luftwaffe It’s not “writer”:) grogh means devil.

[@reivh9099]

artiyom It actually means writer. Writer is a reference to Tir, an old Armenian God, that wrote the name of the dead and the living in his books. When a man died he crossed it out of the ‘living’ book and wrote it down in the ‘dead’ book, taking them to the afterlife. So when people say ‘groghy tani’ (let the writer take you), they mean Tir.

[@sophiab5260]

😂😂😂😂

[@dennisaravonces6390]

I am persian-armenian and we have the weirdest phrases i must admit in persian when our child/niece/newphew asks for something and when we say yes we say this "i will let you step on my eyes 1,000 times" in armenian we would say "i will take your pain away and die for you" weird but meaningful phrases

[@amalek.92]

😂

[@larissayazmachian4669]

Wowwww im proud af-

[@santinocarle]

so proud❤

[@ЭлинаАллахвердова]

Dzer es arnum - are you buying me a hand - are you kidding me

[@armgemboiii]

Սա էդքան կայֆ և ծիծաղելի էր դիտելուց։

[@LaPotraBellaca]

This is so cool

[@karenyuzbashyan304]

SUPER SERGEY AND NAREK

[@РитаПак-к8е]

Hell! That's hilarious 😂 Actually I'm Armenian but from Russia. I've been looking for something like that.

[@wotever1234]

Its “i will die for your body” abushner

[@Karina-v9f]

“Mernem janid “ means I will die FOR your body ( = for your life) and NOT “ on your body”.

[@sophiab5260]

😂 Hilarious, I knew Conan visited here, but didn't know Sergey and Narek went to his show also, surprising I just discover it.

[@aght7739]

OMG I'm crying!!!!

[@alannaarabian5537]

I am Armenian!

[@PixelRage1]

Super!!

[@danidkg4071]

y'all forgot about "achkere kehanem" it means "i will take out your eyes" my mum used it when she was angry lmao

[@MegaHoplo]

just an alternative emo kid she was saying it literally

[@danidkg4071]

@@MegaHoplo it’s never literally

[@gayaanimation8685]

This was hilarious!

[@galiboyadjian8716]

I am Armenian

[@lalag5048]

Ara, etegh vonc hasaq???🤩

[@CritDesk]

They forgot the interesting ones and brought out this weird ones which most of them are acquired. For example when old ladies want to curse someone they say "may you sleep with a poet" or "get lost in poets bed" .. and similarly when they really love someone, like their grandchildren, they would say, "let me take away your pain" or "let me acquire/feel your pain instead of you"

[@spetcnaz83]

CritVibe Grogh is not poet in that case. Grogh is also another way of saying devil. So go next to the devil's bussom

[@rsargsian622]

Meraaaaaa😂😂😂

[@merylm6826]

I died from laughing😄👍

[@sonamirzoyan2622]

I never thought about this lmao✋😂😂😂

[@arenh2049]

Or Persian is similar. Zahre Mahr (Snake’s venom) You say to someone to say shut up

[@ddewilsdwhite5475]

So funny a Armenian people

[@shavashaxverdyan]

Lavner

[@yayocowboy]

Very interesting, because in Hebrew you say "I die on you" to say "I'm crazy about you"

[@BardiaSaeedi]

Some of these are really similar to Persian.

[@dr.spectre9697]

Because Armenians & Persians are neighbors, friends & genetic cousins.

[@steveobardian9980]

This is good stuff….

[@defeatingdefeaters]

So good lol Incidentally, this is one reason the Old Testament is so difficult to understand. To be certain, it is suffused with idiomatic expressions much like these, but the meanings get lost in translation. Americans don’t get it unless they have a background in Ancient Near East writings. Anyway, thanks for sharing! 🙏🏽

[@vvvvvvt593]

❤❤❤

[@NicKeLas]

Well, it's difficult to find common sense and logic in these phrases because native speakers usually don't even question their meaning. Like, how the hell does saying someone "break your leg" means wishing good luck and nice journey?

[@InvincibleNumanist]

it's break a leg, not break your leg.

[@dr.spectre9697]

It refers to break a stage leg. The stage legs were responsible for controlling the stage curtains & well as the stage scenery. They were wooden bars & levers. If the curtain moved up & down, it was controlled by a stage leg. Usually the cast of a performance finishes their play/musical & the curtain goes down. Then it comes back up & they do an encore &/or get a standing ovation. If the musical/play was particularly excellent they might come out for two or even 3 encores/ovations Breaking a leg simply meant, I hope your performance is good & you get so many ovations/encores, that the stage leg breaks from making the curtain go up & down so many times.

[@newmankind]

Oh yes, the language barrier episode 😊

[@gregjackson6131]

HAHA crazy phrases

[@rolanddallakjan6589]

ապրեք

[@hessajust4484]

Sounds similar to what we would say in Saudi 😂

[@dr.spectre9697]

in Saudi Arabia you are too busy cutting of peoples head & murdering journalists. They dont do that in christian Armenia.

[@fayjan73]

middle easterners typically have these type of phrases.they sound weird in english just like the phrase "your the apple of my eye" sounds weird to a non english speaker.

[@xmh]

Fay Jan dont believe that guy Armenians are Middle Easterns

[@fayjan73]

if you are anywhere near the middle east our cultures and food collide and have some similarities..get over it. i was not saying armenians are specifically middle eastern

[@CritDesk]

It's clear from the comments above that Armenians are people who can't reach any consensus on this, so I suggest not subscribing to any of the categories, and be as is, a category in itself.

[@pragmatique1223]

Armenians culturally are closest to eastern europeans okay!! And nowadays as well, our tendencies are not towards russia or middle east, but east european culture particularly!! Just because middle easterns invaded us does not make us anything similar or close to them

[@MrsValentina007]

Yeah, there was a lot of figurative language that sounded odd when I was learning English: nailed it, it's raining cats and dogs, you have a green thumb, trail blazer, stop horsing around...and so on

[@annaheart5656]

new subscriber

[@colorbombdesignpainting1889]

Cavt tanem = I'll take away your pain.

[@emperor_show3186]

Haykakan koment eir man galis ? Cavt tanem )))

[@anushovnanyan1874]

Shakespeare type of language

[@NairiAreg]

We met lot of Armenians, they gave us key to Glendale City 😂😂😂😂

[@samvelguevorkian4237]

Cavt taném,( i will take your pain)...

[@edgarhayrapetyan3666]

Armos are the best

[@issabeyatl6781]

We have similar phrases in Arabic lol 😂

[@lusineyesayan1996]

I love both of them, but some phrases are explained in a wrong way. Like, may I go blind, there is no “instead of you” after. May I go blind so that I can’t and won’t see something bad happen to you. That’s the meaning, not may I go blind instead of you. That’s why Conan doesn’t get it. He says it makes no sense, because it’s explained wrongly

[@karenyuzbashyan304]

LIKE

[@ervand5440]

2019

[@emmagevorgyan3881]

Mer txerq@ inch en anum aystex?😁😁

[@maryshahbazyan884]

so funny

[@Zenguidev]

Stop Ironing my head "Kafamı ütüleme". lol :d

[@aramisagulyanc7851]

👏👏👏👍

[@vahannalbandian8338]

As an Armenian I can attest we are middle easterners, actually one of the first groups in the region. We are descendants of ancient Mesopotamian, why the hell do you think our founding ancestor HAYK came from Babylon in southern Iraq!

[@Arevui]

We are not middle easterners,we are armenian highlanders. Our people was formed from the 13 tribes of the armenian highland

[@pfs3075]

Vahan Nalbandian thats complete bullshit maybe you identify yourself as a brown middle eastener because your a mixture of a turk and an arab but you cant talk for the armenian people we are not middle eastern we are from the mouintains ☝💂

[@vahannalbandian8338]

asala we aren’t Arabs or Turks, but we can trace our origins to the Mesopotamian valleys before we moved to the mountains. That’s the story of hayk , moved to the mountains.::.

[@Arevui]

Vahan, we did not come from mesoporamia. Geneticks studies showed we were formed from the local tribes of the Armenian highland

[@Mountain-Krd]

My DNA suggests I have traces from persia towards the caucauses but ethnically I'm Armenian

[@angelaanatolyan6221]

Dzer cav@ tanem … enkan hpart em, vor dzez tesnum em es haxordman mej… szkbic minchev verj cicaxeci…🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mariammusaelyan6711]

OK👌👌👍👍👍👍👍🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲

[@SirBlackReeds]

Let me guess, trying to translate Armenian is like trying to translate Japanese.

[@hmb8801]

Some of the phrases are used in persian.

[@Սառըմարդ]

Like in Ermenistan'dan

[@greenrobot5]

And here I thought Ricky Ricardo's father had some weird phrases

[@martirosyan2617]

Halal a

[@varthhan]

Uzum em jogem tuyn sarqaca te irakana?

[@theagent493]

Esel axper 😀

[@martirosyan2617]

ete iranc kanali mej a, uremn irakan a

[@varthhan]

@@martirosyan2617 haa de aveli lav😁

[@luckystarpiano]

Wow KZbin! Took you two years to recommend me this hahaaaa?!!!

[@armentopchyan]

many of the weirder sayings are learned from the Persians lol. the liver one for example.

[@artmartirosyan4237]

hayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer

[@tigran1087]

Haaahahaaaa Armenian people the best😃😃

[@karenkarapetyan6343]

Hayerrrr bayc boceq txerq dzec🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲

[@larrymacdougall.7944]

I love Borat!

[@dr.spectre9697]

What does that have to do with being Armenian?

[@henrybrown7277]

👍👍👍😂😂😂

[@armenkazaryan7181]

😂😂😂😂👌🏻👌🏻

[@MA-jj6jg]

😍🇦🇲

[@yashaparrrkur8113]

WHAAAA... I mean how

[@narekanulik5663]

Mernem zer boin))