Languages 2024, November

Chinese is one of two branches of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. It was originally the language of China's main ethnic group, the Han people. In its standard form, Chinese is the official language of the PRC and Taiwan, and one of the six official and working languages of the United Nations

Sanskrit is an ancient literary language that existed in India. It has a complex grammar and is considered the progenitor of many modern languages. In literal translation, this word means "perfect" or "processed". It has the status of the language of Hinduism and some other cults

The Russian language is by far the richest, most beautiful and at the same time very complex. Its grammar and spelling include many rules and at the same time exceptions to them. Even words and sentences are made up of separate parts that are inextricably linked to each other. For example, many schoolchildren face the following question: what is the end? And, of course, it's sad that not everyone can answer it

A huge number of figurative expressions, phraseological units, colloquial variants, double and triple meanings turns speech into an intricate labyrinth. For example, the very simple phrase "furrow your brows" actually turns out to be very interesting for linguistic research. How to use this expression correctly? In what cases is it better to choose a synonym?

Our world is such that it is filled with the specific. This statement does not require proof. But everything is not so simple. In fact, there are two forces at work in reality - the one that averages everything and the one that craves individuality. Man plays by the rules of all nature: he has both the individual and the general. Today we will analyze the meaning of the word "specific". Maybe this is what will allow us to find harmony

Since the time of the Turkish-Tatar raids on the lands of the Slavs, the word "galley" has been preserved in most languages. Where did it come from, what types of galleys are known, what was so special about these ships that they were built even in Tsarist Russia? Let's find the answers to all these questions

You can often find such a phrase: "He / she sits on the parents' neck." Moreover, when it is not about small children, the speakers know exactly what is meant. “To sit on your neck” means to be dependent and dependent on someone. Most often it is said that a person lives at the expense of someone, for example, parents, brothers or sisters. Let's talk about this in more detail, as well as highlight the dark place where such a saying came from

What is a car fuse and how does it work? Selection of suitable fuses and replacement of damaged ones

Colloquial vocabulary is one of the basic categories of the writer's vocabulary along with the neutral and book genre. It forms words known mainly in dialogic phrases. This style is focused on informal conversations in an atmosphere of interpersonal communication (relaxed communication and expression of attitudes, thoughts, feelings to the subject of conversation), as well as units of other tiers of the language, acting mainly in colloquial phrases

It's always exciting to plunge into the world of the unknown and unknown. The word "conspiracy" refers to such exceptional terms that are shrouded in mystery and therefore it is more than interesting to get to the bottom of the truth

Among the many dialects, languages and adverbs, linguists single out living and dead languages. How do they differ from each other? How do dead languages influence the current state of living languages? In what branches of science and culture is Latin used - the most living of the dead languages? You will learn about this from the article

The dictionary of the Russian language is rich and varied. But common vocabulary is undoubtedly considered the most important part of it. It is the core without which it is impossible to imagine language and conversation. Learn what common words are. Also let's look at dialectisms and professionalisms

Studying Russian (or any other) language, schoolchildren and students are faced with the concept of "phonetic transcription". Dictionaries and encyclopedias decipher this term as a way of recording oral speech in order to more accurately convey pronunciation. In other words, transcription conveys the sound side of the language, allowing it to be reflected in writing using certain signs

Everyone in life, probably, there are situations when you have to wait a long time for an answer from a person, and sometimes it even happens that a question or request is left without attention. What is ignore and how to deal with it, you can find out more in the article

Each profession has its own specifics not only in the field of activity, but also in vocabulary. Terms, names of tools, work steps - all this has its own definitions, understandable only to specialists. Progress is sweeping the planet, and with the development of science, more and more new words appear

Sentence analysis always helps to analyze the text and understand all the features of the grammatical and syntactic construction of speech. The article will outline all the subtleties of this analysis, as well as a detailed diagram

The school curriculum includes information about six cases of the Russian language, each student should know their meaning and be able to decline nouns, pronouns, etc. Generations of students compete to come up with a funny and ridiculous rhyme to make it easier for themselves to remember their order when declension. Yes, everyone probably remembers from childhood: “Ivan gave birth to …” - and so on

For starters, it is important to note which consonants are sonorous in Russian. These are sounds that are pronounced with the help of a voice, with little or no noise. These include [l], [m], [p], [l’], [m’], [p’], [j]

The article in a simple form sets out the rules for the formation of tenses in English. Examples are given, the rules for using temporary forms are explained

Possession of oral speech is very important in the life and development of the individual. Therefore, special attention is paid to the functioning of the organs of speech and sound formation. Knowledge of paired and unpaired deaf consonants helps with the designation of sounds on paper, contributes to the successful mastery of writing skills

In Russian, many words change by case. What is it? Case is a variable morphological feature of parts of speech associated with a change in the form of a word. There are six cases in Russian, each of them has its own meaning. To determine the case, for example, of nouns, you need to ask the appropriate question. One of the cases, the fifth in this series, is called instrumental

Word formation in Russian is the appearance of derivators (new words) from cognate words. As a result of this process, a formal-semantic relationship arises between the neoformation and its derivative

What is stagnation? In Latin, there is such a word "stagnatio", which in translation into Russian means "immobility". From it comes the name of such an economic term as "stagnation". From the above translation it is clear that he describes a phenomenon of a negative nature. What is stagnation, in simple terms, will be described in the article

January 24, 2018 marks the 145th anniversary of the birth of Dmitry Nikolayevich Ushakov, a lexicographer who compiled a 4-volume explanatory and spelling dictionaries. In our small but informative article, we will tell you about the life of a Russian philologist, his merits in linguistics, and give a few memoirs of colleagues about Ushakov

The dialect that became the key for interethnic communication in Babylon, Assyria and Egypt in the 10th century BC was the ancient Aramaic language. Such popularity can be explained, first of all, by the distant military campaigns of the Arameans, which took place for at least 400 years. The demand for this dialect is closely related to the ease of learning it

What is the source? What is the meaning of this word? In what sciences and spheres of human life is it used? We will try to answer all these questions in our article

Cool phrases, words and expressions of the English language - a rarity in dictionaries. Such words are a seasoning that is not kept in a closet, but created on the spot and immediately put into use. What ready-made witty phrases can be used, or how to come up with your own to impress? Consider

Language is a multifaceted and multifunctional concept. To determine its essence requires careful consideration of many questions. For example, the structure of the language and the ratio of the elements of its system, the influence of external factors and functions in human society

Minor members of the sentence play an important role in the organization of sentences, and then the text. How do they distribute the offer? Can they complicate a simple sentence?

In Russian, a special group of words adjoins homogeneous members of a sentence, which is called generalizing. The role of generalizing words with homogeneous members of the sentence is to clarify the latter, to specify them. Thanks to their use, the meaning of the whole sentence becomes more accurate and understandable

The purpose of this article is to understand what a word is. Where did this term come from? When did the first word appear? What power does it have?

The peoples living throughout Russia are incredibly diverse and colorful. One of them - the Chukchi - is doubly interesting. These are people living in a harsh climate in the north of the country, having their own special way of life and language. And it is about their official language that you will learn from this article

The culture of the East is famous for its unusual visual component for Europeans. Let's get acquainted with some types of Arabic characters

Complex sentences are units of syntax, a branch of the science of language that studies phrases and sentences. These are not the smallest units. They consist of simple sentences combined into one grammatical and intonational whole

It is known that depending on how the speaker pronounces or what purpose the speaker pursues, sentences in Russian can convey completely different meanings. Depending on what the purpose of the statement is, sentences are divided into narrative, interrogative and incentive

This article talks about the suffix -nick-, its variant -nits-. From the article you can learn about lexical groups of words with this suffix. It contains many examples of each such group. A lot of attention is paid to word formation: the distinction between words with the suffixes -nik- and -ik-, the double consonant НН is described in detail, an explanation is given of when one letter Н is written. At the end of the article, you can find out how this suffix got into English and what words he formed in it

The modern Russian language as one of the forms of national culture is not only the language of the Russian nation, but also a linguistic community that has developed historically: adverbs, dialects, jargons, and other forms of the Russian national language

Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages on the planet and is represented on almost all continents, this is due both to the colonial past of Spain and to the active settlement of Spaniards around the world in the 20th century

This article will focus on the conjugation of the Spanish verbs ser and estar. It is these two verbs that present the greatest difficulty for beginners to learn the language. You will see how these verbs are conjugated in the present simple tense, as well as learn the differences in their use and follow the examples of the features of their use

Sign language is a language anyway, there have been many centuries of human history. Let's take a look at its role in different societies