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20 fun facts about the Russian language
Suddenly: the word bull em> and Bee em> - the same root. Words beginning with the letter Q em>, in our language as much as 74. A Guinness Book of Records recorded the word length of 35 characters.
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Most of the words with the letter P em> in Russian - borrowed. Pushkin was proud of the fact that in "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" was only one word for this letter - fleet em>. In the Russian language there are only 74 words that start with the letter Q em>. But most of us remember only the iodine em>, Yoga em> and Yoshkar-Ola em>. In Russian language has a word on the s em>. This is the name of the Russian cities and rivers: Ygyatta River, Yllymah, Ynahsyt, Ynykchansky, Ytyk-Kyuyol. Em> The only words in the Russian language with the three letters E em> in a row - it's long-necked em> (and other on - sheee: em> for example, curve em> -, short em > -). In the Russian language there is a word with a unique language-prefix to - em> - corner em>. li > The only word of the Russian language, which has no root, - remove em>. It is believed that this so-called zero word root, which is in alternation with the root - named em> - ( CON im amb em>). Earlier, about the XVII century, the verb look like vynyat em>, and there was a material root, the same as in remove, to hug, to understand em> (cf.. remove , embrace, understand em>), but then root - nya em> - has been reinterpreted as a suffix - well em> - (in stick, blow em> ). The only monosyllabic adjective in Russian - is evil em>. In the Russian language are the words unique to the language prefixes and - em> ( up, total em>) and and - em> ( random em>; Ustari. «and EIGHTH not lucky» em>), formed from the union of and em> and and em>. Word bull em> and Bee em> - the same root. In the works of the Old Russian literature the word Bee em> has been written as a bchela em>. Vowel b em> / s em> explains the origin of the two sounds from one Indo-European sound u em>. If you recall the dialect verb Butch em>, having a value of "roaring", "buzz", "buzz" and is etymologically related to the word Bee em>, bug em> and bull em>, it becomes clear, what was the total value of these words. Dahl offered to replace foreign word environment em> in the Russian kolozemitsa em> or mirokolitsa em>. Up to the XIV century in Russia all indecent words called "ridiculous verbs». The Guinness Book of Records in 1993 the longest word of the Russian language is called rentgenoelektrokardiograficheskogo em>, in the 2003 edition - prevysokomnogorassmotritelstvuyuschy em>. The grammar dictionary of the Russian language AA Zalizniak 2003 edition is the longest (in letters) a household word in the dictionary token form - this adjective private business em>. It consists of 25 letters. The longest verbs - be reexamined em>, substantsionalizirovatsya em> and internationalized em> ( All - 24 letters, word form -uyuschimisya em> and -vshis em> - 25 characters). The longest nouns - < em> misanthropy em> and Excellency em> (24 letters; wordforms -s em> - 26 letters, however, misanthropy em> is not used in virtually more. h.). The longest animate nouns - odinnadtsatiklassnitsa em> and manageress em> (21 letter word forms -s em> - to 23 letters). The longest adverb, fixed vocabulary, - not satisfactory em> (19 letters). However, we must bear in mind that the vast majority of qualitative adjectives in the th em> / matched em> formed called by -o em> / th < / em>, is not always recorded by the dictionary. The longest interjection included in the Grammar Dictionary, - FizKult hi em> (15 or 14 letters Depending on the status of the hyphen). The word respectively em> is the longest pretext. It consists of 14 letters. The longest particle only em> - the letter short. In the Russian language is the so-called defective verb. Sometimes the verb do not have any form, and this is due to the laws of euphony. For example: defeat em>. He will win em>, you win, I em> ... Victory em>? will run em>? defeated em>? Philologists suggest the use of substitute construction «I'll win» em> or «become the winner» em>. Because the shape of the 1st person singular, not the verb is "insufficient». The English for successful mastering the difficult phrase "I love you" are mnemonics «yellow-blue bus».
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