What does אתה בא עליי? mean?

(מצאתי את זה בטוקיו.)

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StuffedPepper

19 Oct 01:07 PM

English (US) Near fluent Hebrew

It doesn't really make sense. It's either a weird slang for "fight me" that I don't know about, or someone wrote incorrectly "Are you coming to my house" which is literally 'Are you coming to me'.
If it is the second meaning, it was supposed to be -
"אתה בא אליי?" - ata ba elai

אליי - to me - elai
עליי - on me - alai

This sentence just means "Are you coming on me" and it doesn't make sense.

אברי is a name, I tried searching on Google but couldn't find really anything about it.

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rivele

19 Oct 01:18 PM

English (US)

perhaps a very literal translation of "are you coming onto me?" ("are you hitting on me")

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Lital_S

19 Oct 03:58 PM

Hebrew

I was trying to understand it as well and tried googling it as well and didn’t come up with anything. Maybe it’s a weird word game where it’s supposed to sound like אתה בעליי?
Are you my owner?
Makes no sense... 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Osuwari

19 Oct 05:07 PM

Hebrew

My best guess is that someone thought Hebrew looks cool and exotic so they Google Translated a phrase from a different language without checking that it makes sense in Hebrew. Maybe something in Japanese or "Are you coming onto me?" from English?

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sivanabanana

19 Oct 10:28 PM

Hebrew English (US)

@rivele that doesnt really make sense in hebrew, but my best guess is that its maybe a slang for "are you trying to anger me?" or "do you want to fight?" like the first person said

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