Borrowing and lendingThese are two common linguistic processes. Borrowing is a process in which one language "borrows" words from other languages. The reason can be the fact that there isn´t a word for the particular thing in the language. For example the word pizza (which comes from Italian) did not exist in English, because the English did not eat pizzas before. With the coming of the food, they had to accept the word, too. In some cases, a new word from another language replaced or supplemented an already existing word. For example the English word teach was supplemented by the word instruct. Each word is used in a different situation and context today. Lending is a similar process, in which one language "lends" words to other languages. It is a reverse borrowing process. In this way, English has lent the word "hamburger" to many languages. In some cases, there is a pair of words in two languages that look the same and one would think that it is the result of borrowing and lending. However, there may be a great difference in meaning of these words. These pairs of words are called " false friends ". magazine жуpнал (а не магазин)
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