French Vs English Key historical facts and effects

The Roman Invasion 2 000 years ago, the Romans invaded Gaul (France). Gaul people

“Barbarian” Invasion 500 years later, Germanic tribes from the North invade the Roman Empire

The Roman Empire 1 st Celtic tribes German tribes BC – 5 th

Norman Invasion 500 years later, in 1066 the Duke of Normandy William the Conqueror

2 main consequences Old English merged with Old French. English was left as a

French words in the English language French words Accepted latinate (longer words) Assimilated words

English & Latinate homonymes ENGLISH Germanic = Latin FRENCH answer = respond flood =

2 good reasons to learn French 1. It opens the door to other Romance

LATIN 50% Germanic 50% Latin my rose a fruit ma rose un fruit mi

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French Vs English Key historical facts and effects on those 2 languages

Invasions

The Roman Invasion 2 000 years ago, the Romans invaded Gaul (France). Gaul people adopted their language : LATIN.

“Barbarian” Invasion 500 years later, Germanic tribes from the North invade the Roman Empire and England. English is born. French Latin borrows some German words.

The Roman Empire 1 st Celtic tribes German tribes BC – 5 th

Norman Invasion 500 years later, in 1066 the Duke of Normandy William the Conqueror invades England. Old French became England official language for 2 centuries.

2 main consequences Old English merged with Old French. English was left as a market language More than 50% of English comes from French and Latin The grammar went through simplification. Modern English is a hybrid language with huge vocabulary. . such as disappearance of declension, cases, genders… English grammar became unique in Europe.

French words in the English language French words Accepted latinate (longer words) Assimilated words (short words) en route en masse déjà vu cliché coup d’état vis-à-vis bienvenue voilà joie de vivre savoir-faire fashion / imagine animal / activity pleasant / leisure transport / difficult exercice / category beauty / energy / culture / develop / trouble / souvenir / season / scissors / pupil / problem. . . move / try / able very / search / use / castle / car / calm / cash / catch / obey / note / envy / trip / trick / treat / taste / touch / sure / stew / spy / shop / screen / rush / rock / rice / reply / real / proud / prove / hour. . .

English & Latinate homonymes ENGLISH Germanic = Latin FRENCH answer = respond flood = inundate end = finish come = arrive shut = close wage = salary town = city pig = pork earth = soil big = grand deadly = mortal deap = profound répondre inonder finir arriver clos salaire cité porc sol grand mortel profond

2 good reasons to learn French 1. It opens the door to other Romance languages 2. Improve your knowledge of English

LATIN 50% Germanic 50% Latin my rose a fruit ma rose un fruit mi rosa una fruta mia rosa un frutto to discuss to prepare discuter préparer discutir preparador discutere preparatore faculty faculté facultad facoltà