Contrary to popular belief, the Russian language does not have one word with three “e”s in a row, but two. And there are as many as 74 words starting with the letter “th” in our language. And the Guinness Book of Records records a word with a length of 35 letters.
Most words with the letter “F” in Russian are borrowed. Pushkin was proud that in “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” there was only one word with the letter “f” - fleet.
There are only 74 words in the Russian language that begin with the letter “Y”. But most of us remember only “yod, yogi” and the city “Yoshkar-Ola”.
There are words in the Russian language that start with “Y”. These are the names of Russian cities and rivers: Ygyatta, Yllymakh, Ynakhsyt, Ynykchansky, Ytyk-kyyol.
The only words in the Russian language with three letters “e” in a row are long-necked (and others with -neck, for example, crooked-, short-) and “snake-eater”.
In the Russian language there is a word with a unique prefix for the language - ko- - nook.
The only word in the Russian language that does not have a root is take out. It is believed that this word contains the so-called zero root, which alternates with the root -im- (take out-im-at). Previously, until about the 17th century, this verb looked like take out, and it had a material root, the same as in remove, embrace, understand (cf. remove, embrace, understand), but later the root -nya- was reinterpreted as the suffix - well- (as in stick, blow).
The only one-syllable adjective in the Russian language is “evil.”
In the Russian language there are words with prefixes unique to the language and -, - total and total and a- - perhaps (obsolete a vos “and vos will not be lucky”), formed from the conjunctions “and” and “a”.
The words “bull” and “bee” have the same root. In the works of ancient Russian literature, the word “bee” was written as “bchela”. The alternation of vowels ъ/ы is explained by the origin of both sounds from one Indo-European sound U. If we recall the dialect verb to buchachat, which has the meaning of “roar, hum, buzz” and is etymologically related to the words bee, bug and bull, then it becomes clear what the general meaning of these words
Dahl proposed replacing the foreign word “atmosphere” with the Russian “kolozemitsa” or “mirokolitsa”.
Until the 14th century in Rus', all indecent words were called “absurd verbs.”
In the 1993 Guinness Book of Records, the longest word in the Russian language was named “X-ray electrocardiographic”, in the 2003 edition “highly considerate”.
In the Grammar Dictionary of the Russian Language A.A. Zaliznyak edition 2003, the longest (in letters) common noun lexeme in dictionary form is the adjective “private entrepreneurial”. Consists of 25 letters.
The longest verbs are “to re-examine”, “to substantiate” and “to internationalize” (all - 24 letters; word forms -uyuschimi and -hivsya 25 letters each).
The longest nouns are “misanthropy” and “excellency” (24 letters each; word forms -ami - 26 letters each, however, “misanthropy” is practically not used in the plural).
The longest animate nouns are “eleventh-grader” and “clerk” (21 letters each, word forms -ami - 23 letters each).
The longest adverb recorded by the dictionary is “unsatisfactory” (19 letters). However, we must take into account that the vast majority of qualitative adjectives ending in -й / -й are formed into adverbs ending in -о / -е, which are not always recorded in the dictionary.
The longest interjection included in the Grammar Dictionary is “physical education-hello” (15 or 14 letters depending on the status of the hyphen).
The word "accordingly" is the longest preposition and the longest conjunction at the same time. It consists of 14 letters. The longest particle “exclusively” is a letter shorter.
In Russian there are so-called insufficient verbs. Sometimes a verb does not have any form, and this is due to the laws of euphony. For example: “win.” He will win, you will win, I... will win? Shall I run? will I win? Philologists suggest using the replacement constructions “I will win” or “I will become a winner.” Since there is no first person singular form, the verb is insufficient.
To successfully master the difficult phrase “I love you,” the British use the mnemonic “Yellow-blue bus”
Did you know how many interesting facts there are about the Russian language? No! Then this article is a must read for you.
Russian is one of the languages of international communication, especially in the post-Soviet space.
It has been poeticized by many writers and has many fans among foreigners who want to study it only at the behest of their hearts, and not because it is necessary.
Literate people, naturally, know the basic rules of grammar, spelling, punctuation, but few are familiar with them.
But in vain, because it really is much more exciting and interesting than cramming rules from a textbook.
“The Russian language is an interesting fact in itself”
This is exactly what my teacher of Russian language and literature said.
I have never met a teacher more passionate about his subject in my entire academic life.
She not only taught us to write and speak Russian, she literally reveled in its sound.
And her lessons were incredibly exciting and interesting, because she taught them in an original way, actively used visual aids and constantly told something interesting that you couldn’t read in a textbook.
Russian language is one of the East Slavic languages.
It is state-owned in the Russian Federation, and also official in some countries of the former USSR, for example, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, etc.
It is widespread in the world (ranks eighth in the number of people who consider it their family).
It is spoken by over 250 million people around the world.
There are powerful Russian-speaking communities not only in most republics of the former USSR, but also in countries that are geographically distant from the Russian Federation: the USA, Turkey, Israel and others.
It is also considered one of the 6 working languages of the United Nations.
In general, there are plenty of reasons to have a good command of the Russian language (whether it is your native language or not is not so important).
But, alas, it is not easy for foreigners, especially those whose native language is not part of the Slavic group, to master Russian.
It has an interesting alphabet with unique letters, for example, “ъ”, words that are written and sounded completely differently, variable endings, distribution of words by gender, type and case, many rules and exceptions to these rules.
What also distinguishes the Russian language from others is that you can give many interesting facts about it.
Interesting facts about Russian letters
Well, it would seem that what is so interesting about the letters, especially in the letters of the Russian language, especially for the countries neighboring the Russian Federation, for whose residents Russian, although not their native language, is familiar and understandable.
But as it turns out, there are many interesting facts about the letters of the Russian language:
The letter “f,” which is familiar and understandable to us today, turns out to have its own peculiarity: most of the words with it are borrowed from others.
A.S. knew this very well. Pushkin tried to use such words less in his “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”.
Besides the word “fleet” you will not find anything else in the “Fairy Tale”.
How many words can you remember that begin with the letter “y”?
Well, maybe 5-6 at most.
But it turns out that there are over 70 such words in the Russian language.
Do you know words that start with the letter “s”?
Personally, I don’t.
It turns out that there are such words, although they are all unpronounceable geographical names, for example, Ynykhsyt or Ytyk-kyuel.
It seems incredible that there could be a word that contains three identical letters in a row.
But the Russian language has distinguished itself here too, because it can boast of the word “long-necked”.
The letters "i" and "a" can serve as prefixes.
Want examples?
Please: “total”, “maybe”.
Interesting facts about Russian words
“If so many interesting facts are known about letters, then there must be an infinite number of them about the words of this wonderful language,” I thought and turned out to be absolutely right.
Here are some interesting things about Russian words:
- There are quite a lot of words in the Russian language that have 10 or more letters, and we won’t be too surprised by words that have more than 20 letters.
Monosyllabic words are not uncommon in the Russian language, but for some reason most adjectives contain two or more syllables.
The only exception to this rule is “evil”.
You would never guess (at least I definitely wouldn’t guess) that two such different words as “bull” and “bee” have the same root.
Do you know why?
Because earlier they used to say “buchela” to a honey-bearing insect, and the sounds that both bulls and bees made were called “booming.”
Ah, that terrible word “win”, which cannot be used in the first person.
How many people were forced to blush, muttering inaudibly “I will win...”, “I will run...”, trying to find a way out of the bad situation into which they had driven themselves.
By the way, this is not the only “insufficient verb” (one that cannot be used in the first person) in the Russian language.
If someone wants to correct you that the word “coffee” is masculine, you can safely tell him:
"Your information is out of date."
In 2009, the Ministry of Education itself admitted that coffee is neuter.
The pundits apologized for the mistake that had crept in: “coffee” is a derivative of “coffee,” which is actually masculine.
Are there not enough interesting facts about the Russian language for you?
So catch a few more:
- The alphabet of the Russian language is the Cyrillic alphabet, which was subject to civil modification (I don’t know what that means, but Wikipedia says so☺).
- God alone knows why, but until the 14th century, linguists, writers and other literate Russians called all words with a not very decent meaning “ridiculous verbs,” even if they were not verbs at all.
We can be proud that in 2003 an interesting fact about the Russian language was included in the Guinness Book of Records.
The people keeping records were amazed that we had a 35-letter word: “highly considerate.”
In the Russian Federation, 99.4% of residents speak Russian fluently.
True, I think no one surveyed labor migrants, of whom there are so many now, but oh well, this figure is still impressive.
The Russian language is gradually losing its position as the “official language” in many former Soviet republics due to the fact that it is being replaced by the state language of these countries.
In the video below you will find 12 more interesting facts about the Russian language:
What facts about the Russian language seem interesting to foreigners?
But what facts about the Russian language seem most interesting to foreigners:
Why are there two letters in the alphabet that do not represent sounds: “ъ” and “ь”.
“This is some kind of absurdity,” many foreigners think.
Well, how can it be that such a good word as “to be” cannot exist in the present tense?
But it feels great in the past and future.
Well, is it really so difficult to come up with a word to address?
“Comrade” and “citizen” went out of fashion, “Mr.” and “Madam” never caught on.
And “man” and “woman” sound rude.
What remains? "Hey, you"?
On the one hand, the order of words in sentences is arbitrary, but on the other hand, you cannot rearrange them as you please.
For example, rearrange the words in the short sentence “I’m going home” and you will have a new meaning each time.
To turn an affirmative sentence into an interrogative one, all you need is a question mark at the end and the appropriate intonation.
No special words or constructions.
Of course, that's not all interesting facts about the Russian language.
There are so many of them that you can’t remember them all, and it’s quite difficult to talk about everything within one article.
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As the classics said, “The Great and Mighty Russian Language.” Why is he so “powerful” and why is he “great”? You can give a bunch of arguments for the most extensive possibilities and the largest database of synonyms. How many analogues can you think of for the word “beautiful”? Without delving into the wilds and dictionaries, there are about 20, while in other dialects there are at most 5-7. You can give examples of subtlety and Slavic humor. They don’t even know such a thing as “sarcasm” in other languages. You can also condemn and reject Russian swearing, but changing its role in our lives is very difficult. The same word, pronounced with different intonation, can mean completely dissimilar concepts; placing emphasis in a sentence can radically change the meaning of the phrase. And many terms over the last couple of centuries have radically changed their meaning, thanks to the mixing of adverbs, jargons and the popularization of foreign terms.
In the Russian Federation and about a dozen other countries, Russian is the official state language, and around the world it is spoken to varying degrees by over 250 million people. This is from official data, but in fact, almost every second person on earth knows at least a couple of expressions in Russian, and every tenth can even connect words into simple sentences.
The origin of the Old Russian language and its history
When it comes to the origin of the Russian language, scientists disagree; some say that the origins were Sanskrit, others call the Proto-Slavic dialect of the Indo-European group. There are practically no reliable sources left, only guesses and assumptions. According to its structure and general lexical features, it belongs to the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic group from the general branch of Indo-European languages.
The first mentions of Slavic letters date back to the year of the appearance of writing, which was brought into our lives by the famous Cyril and Methodius, namely 863. Thus, the Old Church Slavonic language appeared specifically for the purpose of translating church books and writings. It was originally bookish and had little in common with the modern one, but its appearance gave rise to the development of literature and culture of our country. Church books gradually spread among the population and literary works began to appear on their basis. The first books were: “The Tale of Boris and Gleb” from the beginning of the 11th century, “The Tale of Bygone Years”, dated 1113, “The Tale of Igor’s Host” 1185-1188 and many others.
And already by the 16th century, the first rules of writing and pronunciation, the so-called grammatical normalization of the language, appeared in Moscow, and it was recognized as national in the territory of the Muscovite kingdom. Over the next few centuries, it was modified, supplemented, absorbing words and concepts from other countries and dialects, taking on new forms and changing like a living organism in order to reach us in its “majesty” and “power”
Scientific facts about the Russian language
In addition to the proud statements of the Russian-speaking part of the globe about his power, there are indisputable facts confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records and other sources. Let's consider the main ones:
5th place in prevalence among the world population speaks of the wide geography of Russian communities in other countries and the popularity of the language among foreigners.
- Our language has generic forms of verbs that others do not have. For example, “he went”, “she went”.
- At school they study 6 main cases of nouns, but in fact there are 10 of them.
- Almost any word in speech can be replaced with a synonym without much loss of meaning.
- All the words starting with the letter “F” that are used everywhere today came to us from other countries.
- Foreigners cannot understand the difference between the pronunciation of words with and without “ъ”. For them, the words “entrance” and “entrance” sound exactly the same. This is due to the peculiarities of the development of the hearing and speech apparatus during the period of socialization.
- “Obscene Russian” is not a figure of speech, but a special dialect in which you can explain a problem to a person and talk. As paradoxical as it may sound, no other language in the world has so many abusive and meaningful words.
- Although the Japanese language is difficult to write, in colloquial speech it comes in second place after Russian; too much depends on the intonation and placement of words in a sentence.
- Slavic and Russian literature is recognized as the most beautiful, the poems sound melodic and harmonious. It is believed that the poets of our country could not become famous in the world if their original works were sounded in other languages.
- Due to the unpronounceability of some sounds, learning is a lot of difficulty for the Japanese, Chinese, Turks and most blacks. Japanese, for example, does not have an "r" sound, so they are physically unable to pronounce it. Because of this, they cannot hear the difference between the letters "r" and "l".
If you carefully study the history of the Russian language and its features, then much more such facts can be cited. Linguists and scientists constantly find interesting relationships between different words and concepts. Fun facts about the peculiarities of spoken language and mentality add up to stories and anecdotes told around the world.
Having undergone significant changes and infusions, the Russian language has reached us in the modern world, and we can observe its metamorphoses every 5-10 years. This is due to the development of electronics and computerization of the whole world, changes in worldviews and beliefs, and new trends in political or social reforms. Just 10 years ago, a copywriter was a writer, and bloggers and YouTubers were just taking their first steps in this field. At that time, gender reforms had not yet been carried out in many European countries, and disagreements and new developments in speech and concepts had not yet appeared. And social networks like Instagram did not exist. The speech of the modern generation directly depends on changes in the image, pace and rhythm of life in cities, and an increase in the quantity and volume of information received.
Phonetics and spelling
According to phonetic features, the Russian language belongs to the consonantal type, which means the predominance of consonant phonemes over vowels by approximately 37 to 5. Depending on the combination, consonant letters are pronounced differently. The graphic system is quite rational; the alphabet has 33 letters, and the unit of writing or reading is a syllable or letter combination. Spelling has features of a phonemic type, that is, regardless of pronunciation, the spelling will be dictionary. As for grammar, the Russian language is classified as an inflectional, or synthetic, type. This means that the grammatical load goes mainly to endings. All nouns are declined according to the main cases and differ greatly in the “animate/inanimate” attribute.
The vocabulary of our everyday speech is full of synonyms, homonyms, antonyms, paronyms and other options for the relationship of words in a sentence with each other. In addition, all concepts are conventionally divided into original and borrowed, which significantly increases the number of errors in their writing and use.
Many phrases disappear over time from everyday speech (historicisms) or are replaced by concepts from another language or dialectical variants (archaisms). Thus, the overall picture and sound take on completely different shapes.
The sound of the Russian language allows us to call it very melodic. The peculiarities of songs and vocal art require a certain arrangement of words and sounds to create harmony. Russian, English and French are recognized as the most “convenient” languages for writing songs.
Funny Idioms and Spoonerisms
Any language is full of various jokes and idioms that are fully understandable only to native speakers. Russian is no exception, where jokes and jokes are an integral part of folklore and everyday communication. There is no such number of humorous programs and movements in any country in the world: KVN, Stand-Up, performances by comedians, comedy shows, comedies and much more. Many jokes and anecdotes are associated with the peculiarities of the mentality of Russian people and attempts to explain them to foreigners. A change in intonation, the addition of one letter, the rearrangement of words - and the text changes its original meaning radically. And adding obscene subtext is the basis for 90% of jokes in Russian.
Just as the composition of everyday words and phrases changes over the years and lifestyle, so humor is filled with new colors, absorbing the features of life, political and historical events, art and music.
Idioms, or untranslatable expressions, are inherent in any language in the world. Among the popular set expressions that cannot be explained to a foreigner, fully conveying its meaning:
- “You can’t get around to looking.”
- “It’s written on water with a pitchfork.”
- “Knock out wedge with wedge.”
- “Pour from empty to empty.”
- “Like hell from incense” and many others.
The same applies to Russian verbs, which have completely different meanings depending on the context. For example, the verb “sit”, familiar to the Russian ear. How to translate the phrases “a bird is sitting”, “a prisoner is sitting”, “a thought is sitting in the head” - the verb is the same, but the meaning is completely different in each phrase. You can also give an example of the verb “goes”: when a person goes to work, everything is clear. And when it rains or a movie is on? Or is it your second year of study? There are a huge number of such examples. This is why many visitors fall in love with the country and the language, absorb the strangeness of the mentality and try to understand the Russian language, because learning it is not enough.
Spoonerisms are another trend in the humorous folklore of all languages of the world, when words are partially changed by syllables and receive a completely new meaning at the end:
- “Visitors are not woken” from the original phrase “winners are not judged”;
- “armored temkin diarrhea”;
- the famous "carriage dear dear"
- “braided tongue” and many others.
Most often they are born as a result of reservations, as was the case at the dawn of the term. Its founder is considered to be the English teacher W.A. Spooner, who often got confused in his words and gave out absolutely amazing phrases.
As a conclusion
Only a native speaker can fully understand the meaning of many expressions and explain them; even if a person has lived in the country for many years, he still cannot understand individual words. The words “anadys”, “the other day”, “hangover”, “oblivion” and many others simply have no analogues among most languages. And attempts to explain them to a foreigner will most likely lead to nothing.
The richness of the Russian language lies not only in idioms and untranslatable figures of speech, but also in the variety of emotionally charged adjectives, interjections, and adverbs. In the difference in intonation when pronouncing a phrase (the famous “execution cannot be pardoned”), in the breadth of the Russian soul and the desire to characterize everything around in an ornate way. Synonyms for the word “man”: “muzhchinka”, “peasant”, “man” and others often have nothing in common with the original version and strongly depend on the context and intonation.
The Russian language is truly rich both literary and emotional. It provides an opportunity for self-expression through literature and art, writing books and poetry. And its development and filling with borrowed words allows you to expand your horizons and opportunities for creativity. And no matter how Russians talk about their country, politics and situation, everyone proudly speaks their own language and gladly emphasizes their belonging to Russian speakers both at home and abroad.
“Only a Russian man can look his beloved in the eyes, admire the eyes of the goddess, spit in the eyes of his neighbor and threaten to gouge out the eyes of his enemy.”
The Russian language is one of the most complex and rich languages in the world. It has a long history of development. However, like Russia itself.
Language is not a random collection of letters and words. It represents a system. We see the richness of the Russian language at all its levels, from sounds to complex sentences and entire texts. For example, in Russian, one of the few languages, there is a division of verbs into persons. This is not found in English and many other languages of the world.
The vocabulary of the Russian language contains enormous wealth. There are many words in it to denote not only feelings or actions, but even their shades.
A SELECTION OF THE MOST INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
Most words with the letter F in Russian are borrowed. Pushkin was proud that in “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” there was only one word with this letter - fleet.
There are only 74 words in the Russian language that begin with the letter Y. But most of us only remember iodine, yoga and Yoshkar-Ola.
There are words starting with Y in the Russian language. These are the names of Russian cities and rivers: Ygyatta, Yllymakh, Ynakhsyt, Ynykchansky, Ytyk-kyyol.
The only words in the Russian language with three letters E in a row are long-necked (and others on the neck: for example, crooked-, short-).
In the Russian language there is a word with a unique prefix “ko” - nook.
The only word in the Russian language that does not have a root is take out. It is believed that this word contains the so-called zero root, which alternates with the root -im- (take out-im-at). Previously, until about the 17th century, this verb looked like take out, and it had a material root, the same as in remove, embrace, understand (cf. remove, embrace, understand), but later the root -nya- was reinterpreted as the suffix - well- (as in stick, blow).
The only one-syllable adjective in the Russian language is evil.
In the Russian language there are words with prefixes unique to the language and- (total, total) and a- (maybe; obsolete “and you won’t be lucky”), formed from the conjunctions “and” and “a”.
The words bull and bee have the same root. In the works of ancient Russian literature, the word bee was written as bchela. The alternation of vowels ъ/ы is explained by the origin of both sounds from the same Indo-European sound u. If we recall the dialect verb buchat’, which has the meaning of “roar”, “buzz”, “buzz” and is etymologically related to the words bee, bug and bull, then it becomes clear what the general meaning of these words was.
Dahl proposed replacing the foreign word atmosphere with the Russian words kolozemitsa or mirokolitsa.
Until the 14th century in Rus', all indecent words were called “absurd verbs.”
In the 1993 Guinness Book of Records, the longest word in the Russian language was named X-ray electrocardiographic; in the 2003 edition, it was named “excessively considerate.”
In the Grammar Dictionary of the Russian Language by A. A. Zaliznyak, 2003 edition, the longest (in letters) common noun lexeme in dictionary form is the adjective private entrepreneur. Consists of 25 letters.
The longest verbs are to re-examine, to substantiate and to internationalize (all - 24 letters; word forms - uyuschimi and - having - 25 letters each).
The longest nouns are misanthropy and eminence (24 letters each; word forms -ami - 26 letters each, however, misanthropy is practically not used in the plural).
The longest animate nouns are eleventh-grader and clerk (21 letters each, word forms -ami - 23 letters each).
The longest adverb recorded by the dictionary is unsatisfactory (19 letters). However, we must take into account that the overwhelming majority of qualitative adjectives in -й / -й are formed into adverbs in -о / -е, which are not always recorded in the dictionary.
The longest interjection included in the Grammar Dictionary is fizkult-hello (15 or 14 letters depending on the status of the hyphen).
The word is accordingly the longest preposition. It consists of 14 letters. The longest particle is exclusively one letter shorter.
In Russian there are so-called insufficient verbs. Sometimes a verb does not have any form, and this is due to the laws of euphony. For example: win. He will win, you will win, I... will win? Shall I run? will I win? Philologists suggest using replacement constructions “I will win” or “I will become a winner.” Since there is no 1st person singular form, the verb is "insufficient".
To successfully master the difficult phrase “I love you,” the British use the mnemonic “yellow-blue bus.”
And yet, yes - in the Russian language there is a word with six consonant letters in a row, and even with only one vowel - vzbzdnil.
One of the most complex and multifaceted in the world. It is spoken by a huge number of people in almost all corners of our planet. It is the sixth largest speaker and the eighth largest native speaker. How much do we know about our native language? I propose to get acquainted with 20 interesting facts about him.
Fact 1
In Russian, almost all words with the first letter “A” are borrowed. There are very few words starting with “A” that originated with us in modern use - “AZBUKA”, “AZ” and “AVOS”.
Fact 2
“X” in the Old Russian alphabet had the name “XER”. This is where the derivative “FUCK IT” came from. This meant crossing out something with a cross. But over time, it acquired a familiar meaning for us, such as “LOSE” or “SPOIL”.
Fact 3
There are words in the Russian language with three “E”s in a row. There are only two of them - the exotic “SNEEDER” and “LONG-NECKED”.
Fact 4
In Rus', until the 19th century, all indecent words were called absurd verbs. “Beauty” meant beauty and grace, and “ridiculous” was the opposite of beauty, that is, its antonym.
Fact 5
The longest frequently used word in our language has 14 letters. By the way, it is both a union and at the same time. It is "ACCORDINGLY".
Fact 6
English learners of Russian have their own secret for remembering the sentence “I LOVE YOU”. They use a similar phrase in their language, “YELLOW BLUE BASS,” which literally translates to “yellow-blue bus.”
Fact 7
Our alphabet is quite strange. Some letters in it are similar to Latin ones. But others, although they are written the same way, sound completely different. There are also two letters that cannot be pronounced at all, they do not have their own sounds - these are hard and soft signs.
Fact 8
In our language there are words whose first letter is “Y”. Many people remember only “YODINE”, “YOGA”, “YOSHKAR-OLA”. And there are already 74 of them.
Fact 9
There are words starting with the letter “Y”. True, they are used only as names of cities and rivers located in Russia: YLYMAKH, YNAKHSYT, YTYK-KEEL.
Fact 10
Surprisingly, we have one word where “O” is used as many as seven times. This is "DEFENSE CAPABILITY".
Fact 11
Currently, 260 million people speak Russian. On the Internet it is the second most popular, second only to English.
Fact 12
Since 2009, the Ministry of Education has legalized the admissibility of using the word “COFFEE” in both the masculine and neuter gender.
Fact 13
The word "BABA" has now become slang. But before, being one was considered an honor. Moreover, this title had to be earned. Baba is a woman who gave birth to a son (namely a son, not a daughter).
Fact 14
The word “HOOLIGAN” is not of Russian origin at all. It arose on behalf of the English family Haligan, whose members were distinguished by their violent disposition.
Fact 15
The letter "Yo" is the youngest in the alphabet. It appeared only in 1873.
Fact 16
It was in Russian that the first words were spoken in space. By whom? Of course, Yuri Gagarin.
Fact 17
In 1993, the Guinness Book of Records recorded the longest word in our native language - “X-RAY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC”. It has 33 letters.
Fact 18
The human hand is not only an important part of the body. They like to “use” it in many stable expressions in the Russian language: “Carry on your hands”, “Hands itch”, “Hand in hand”.
Fact 19
In the Old Church Slavonic language, “I” was the very first letter of the alphabet.
Fact 20
In the 18th century, the exclamation mark was called the point of surprise.
And with this we will put a bold point of surprise. Develop, study (including thanks to) and love your native language!
If you know any other interesting facts, don’t be greedy, share them with others in the comments to this article.
