It will look like he speaks correctly in Ukrainian – what to replace it with

The word “look” is often used to denote various processes. OBOZ.UA found out why you shouldn’t say “you look good” and what to replace this phrase with.

The word “look” means to look out, to be seen, to look, to look somewhere. You can “look out” from, for example, a window, from a corner, or from a car. The famous linguist Aleksandr Ponomariv once noted that the verb “to look” can only be used not to indicate an action in the sense of looking, looking.

And, if you want to make a compliment, you should say: “You look good.”

The use of the word “to look” to convey the meaning “to have the appearance” came from the Russian word “to look” and is a surzhik.

For example:

Elena looked very beautiful in a new blue dress.

The grandfather, sitting on the couch, looked tired.

The house had a neglected appearance.

And pay attention to the following examples:

Daryna anxiously looked out of the window, waiting for Ivan, who was already several hours late.

The mother saw her son at the gate.

It is in vain, brother, that a black eye will not look out of the house (Taras Shevchenko).

Thus, the main meaning of the verb “to look” is to look somewhere through something, to peer.

Earlier, OBOZ.UA told what the colorful Ukrainian word “overflow” means and how it came about.

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