:D
Why is it not grammatical?
Because "sentence" incorrectly becomes a proper noun. A grammatical version would be "a sentence writes you", but the article is often left out in this joke (to make fun of how many Russians might speak English :-)
What the actual meaning of this sentence? sentence means punishment in here?
No. This sentence is an example of a particular type of jokes, Soviet Russia jokes or Russian reversals.
It usually foollows the pattern ‘In (some place), you (do something to) Y. In Soviet Russia, Y (does something to) you!’, though ‘you’ can be replaced with something else. E.g. ‘In America, the president is chosen by the results of the voting. In Soviet Russia, the results of the voting are chosen by the president’.
It often has no sense, it’s just kind of funny.
Here's a descriptions:
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/in-soviet-russia
If you happen to read Russian: http://lurkmore.to/Russian_Reversal
@Demetrius: Spasiba!! Thank for your info ^^
Myayd miy dyay! :D
Tags
View all tagsSentence text
License: CC BY 2.0 FRAudio
Logs
This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #478088
added by FeuDRenais, August 24, 2010
linked by FeuDRenais, August 24, 2010
linked by FeuDRenais, August 24, 2010
linked by minshirui, August 24, 2010
linked by Demetrius, August 24, 2010
linked by Demetrius, August 24, 2010
linked by Shishir, October 26, 2010
linked by alvren, March 10, 2011
linked by zipangu, March 13, 2011
linked by ednorog, March 27, 2011
linked by slomox, April 15, 2011
linked by Quazel, June 14, 2011
linked by Zifre, June 14, 2011
linked by sabretou, December 17, 2012
linked by shekitten, December 13, 2019
linked by shekitten, December 13, 2019
linked by shou, October 25, 2020
linked by User94234, November 22, 2020
linked by janTuki, March 25, 2022
linked by cojiluc, January 18, 2024