How to spell: male or cable, when to use these words?You can smile when you hear these questions, or be surprised: “How can you ask such a thing? Are the words different in meaning? They do not know what a male or cable is, not only children.
Foreigners studying Russian may also encounter difficulties in using Russian.
Spelling rules
With regard to the rules of the Russian language, both of these words are spelled correctly. The correct use of letters does not depend on the position of the word in the sentence or its case, but on the surrounding context. To know which letter to insert, you do not need to grab a spelling guide. An explanatory dictionary will help you understand the meaning of these words.
In order to understand what word to use in a sentence: "male" or "cable", you need to find out what these words mean and just remember.
Males
Male domestic animal of the canine species, the dog is a male.
Most often this term can behear from cynologists, dog lovers, meet on cynological sites. When buying a pet, the seller will definitely specify what gender you want to buy.
Males and females (the second word in the phrase is not abusive, but simply denotes a female dog) have different characters and habits.
If the word “male” through “a” was written on the site or in the ad by dog breeders, this is ridiculous. Do they not know the name of the male dog.
By the way, male wolves, foxes and other canines are also called males.
Sometimes foreigners are surprised by the use of this expression in everyday conversations. This word is often called names for men who are promiscuous.
What is a cable?
Are there really those who do not know what an electric power cable is? First of all, it is a conductor, which is hermetically sealed by a sheath. This design is used everywhere:
- for the transmission of electric current;
- when information is transmitted;
- for fixing during the installation of construction or other equipment.
Foreigners studying Russian get confused in notation also because
The word "cable" is used to refer to all types of wires and wired connections.
This word is spoken by foremen and workers when they are laying a trench and pulling huge coils of cable. When repairing a computer, it refers to various wired and wireless connections.
"Hang up the cable" - can be heard in the yards, women oftenuse a handy cord to hang laundry after washing.
Homonyms or paronyms
Considering the difference between the words "male" or "cable", one cannot say that they are homonyms. Homonyms are the same both in sound and spelling, but differ only in their semantic (lexical) meaning.
These words differ in both spelling and pronunciation. Moreover, you need to pay attention that in these nouns the stress falls on different syllables: koBel - cable.
Such words are called paronyms. By the way, this group of words was singled out not so long ago for study in schools. Even 10 years ago, only linguists knew what paronyms were.
Ignorance of the lexical interpretation of a word leads to errors in its use not only by foreigners, but also by native speakers.
It is very important, when explaining to young children the correct use of a word, to clarify its meaning. This will help the child not to make speech mistakes in the future and not be ridiculed by peers.
Because of the meaning of the word "male" parents sometimes, out of false embarrassment, don't
tell kids what it means. And the kids, after they are ridiculed by more knowledgeable friends, complexes may appear.
In speech, paronyms are used to give persuasiveness to phrases. The stylistic function of expressions helps to convince the opponent, to give a certain direction to the proposal. use paronymspop artists are very fond of in their performances and speakers.
For an example, it is worth giving paronyms:
- Absurdity - absurdity, noun.
- Absurdity is a stupid conclusion, noun.
- Guest - visitor, noun.
- Bone is an organic compound, part of the skeleton is a noun.
The first words are mostly confused by adults - it seems to them that they have the same meaning. The second are children, they are prevented from understanding the correct use of words by a similar sound.
Paronym Information
If, after repeated explanations, someone still cannot figure out: a dog is a cable or a male, then it is quite possible to assume that the words are confused on purpose in order to interest others.
Despite the fact that many nuances lie in the Russian language, it is not difficult to learn literate speech if you wish. When using words - remember the meaning, what could be easier?
By the way, paronyms exist not only in Russian. You can encounter them unexpectedly, for example, by typing in a search engine literally (word for word) translated phrases from Russian into any foreign language.
