Test: try to distinguish native Russian words from foreign ones

Test: try to distinguish native Russian words from foreign ones

“The light has passed”, “Lee Dong-wook is my crash”, “it’s a complete cringe” – many people think that such words pollute speech and should be fought.

A step in this direction has already been taken – at the end of February 2023, Vladimir Putin signed a law on the state language that regulates the use of foreign words – now they can no longer be used if there is a Russian analogue.

We invite you to take a simple test and find out if you can distinguish native Russian words from those we have borrowed from our neighbors – we are sure that some of the correct answers will surprise you!

Test yourself – guess which word is borrowed and which is Russian!

Test: try to distinguish native Russian words from foreign ones

QUESTION 1 OF 6

The word life…

Borrowed

Russian

Source: The Voice Mag

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