Borrowing words is pretty common. I went on an exchange to a small town in Québec when I was in high school. They borrowed English words to use in French. The only thing is that their use wasn&#x27;t quite the same as English. For example, I was asked if a girl who was a good friend of mine was my &quot;chum&quot;. I said yes, not knowing that they use it to mean girlfriend&#x2F;boyfriend.<p>Good examples for English borrowing words are &quot;nirvana&quot; and &quot;dharma&quot;. Both are hard to translate their meaning into English so we just go with the word itself.