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conjunctions,  auxiliaries,  and,  also  words  denoting  everyday
                            objects and ideas.
                                  Native  words  are  subdivided  by  diachronic  linguists  into
                            those  of  the  Indo-European  core  stock.  And  in  English  native
                            words  also  include  those  of  Common  Germanic  origin,  i.e.  of
                            words having parallels  in German, Norwegian,  Dutch, Icelandic,
                            etc., but none in Russian, French, and Ukrainian.
                                  The  Indo-European  element  represents  words  of  roots
                            common  to  all  or  most  languages  of  the  Indo-European  group.
                            English words of this group denote the following groups:
                                  1.      Family  relations:  a  mother,  a  brother,  a  step
                            brother.
                                  2.      Parts of human body: a foot, lips, a heart.
                                  3.      Animals: a cow, a goose, a snake.
                                  4.      Plants: a tree, a birch, a corn, a cherry.
                                  5.      Times of day: a day, an afternoon, a night.
                                  6.      Heavenly bodies: a sun, a star, a moon.
                                  7.      Numerous  adjectives:  new,  yellow,  sad,  blade,
                            narrow.
                                  8.      The numerals from one to a hundred.
                                  9.      Some  pronouns:  you,  he,  they  (Scandinavian
                            borrowing).
                                  10. Numerous verbs: to be, to stand, to sit, to eat, to bring.
                                  The  Germanic  element  represents  words  of  roots  to  all  or
                            most Germanic languages. There are some following groups are:
                                  1.      Parts of human body: an arm, a bone, a hand.
                                  2.      Animals: a bear, a calf, a pork.
                                  3.      Plants: an oak, a grass.
                                  4.      Natural phenomena: a snow, a lightening, a frost.
                                  5.      Seasons of the year: a winter, a spring, a summer.
                                  6.      Landscape features: a sea, a land, a valley.
                                  7.      Human  dwellings  and  furniture:  a  room,  a  flat,  a
                            bench.
                                  8.      Transport: a ferry,a ship.













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