The French language is a member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is known as the language of lovers. French is spoken as a first language by more than 70‚000‚000 people‚ mainly in France‚ then Belgium‚ Switzerland‚ in former French and Belgium colonies in Africa and Canada. It is now spoken by 265 million people. The French language is descended from Latin and first appeared in writing in 842 AD when it was used in the Strasbourg Oaths. Before
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French Course #2 Greetings & Salutations A typical formal conversation might start with many of these phrases: Introducing in French | Pronunciation | Translation | Bonjour | bohN-zhoor | Hello | Bonsoir | bohN swahr | Good evening | Bonne Nuit | bohN-nwee | Good Night | monsieur | muh-syuh | Sir | madame | mah-dahm | Miss‚ Mrs | mademoiselle | mahd-mwah-zehl | Miss | Je m’appelle | zhuh mah-pehl | My name is (I call myself) | Comment vous appelezvous? | kohN-mahN voo zah-play
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The French in Indochina Creation Before French colonization‚ Indochina was broken up into three independent‚ separate countries in Asia. They were known as the Khmer Empire (Cambodia)‚ the Laotian Kingdom (Laos)‚ and Vietnam. The Vietnamese were ruled by emperors from neighboring China for hundreds of years before the French took over. The emperors had nominal rule however. One of the old social facts of pre-Indochina included the emperors collecting revenue. But the taxes were
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Both the French and Haitian revolutions were spurred for similar reasons by distressed people‚ with an unfair distribution between social classes‚ restricted liberties and also a large gap between the rich and the poor which was the main impulse. There were significant overall economic differences between Haiti and France before the revolutions occurred. France was nearly bankrupt by the time that the revolution began and the American revolution had been extremely costly for France. The large economic
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(enter you name) and I am going to talk about the difference between the French and English school. In the morning as I wake up the first thing that I do is to brush my teeth and my hair and thereafter to get ready I wear a pair of black trousers‚ black socks and a pair of black shoes. Also I have to wear a white shirt with a red‚ black and gold tie. I also have to wear a black cardigan and a black blazer. Whereas in the French schools‚ you do not have to wear school uniforms at all. It’s fantastic
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Vernacular Language Vernacular language is the native language of a specific population during the Middle Ages. Latin and French were the most commonly used for literature. The general population did not have the ability to read or write. Mainly‚ the only people who learned how to read and write were the wealthy and upper class citizens. Eventually the general population learned to read and write using their own language or in other words vernacular. Origins Most of the vernacular languages branched
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system (am or pm). (10 pts‚ 5 times‚ 2 pts each) You hear/I say : « Il est 7h35 du matin » You write 7:35 AM Révisez l’heure + expressions pour parler de l’heure p. 118-119 B. Questions personnelles. Answer the following questions in full French sentences. (10/2/ 5 questions) Révisez « prendre‚ apprendre‚ comprendre » p. 117‚ les jours de la semaine et la date pp. 135-136 + adverbes p. 99 + vocabulaire pp. 128-129 + futur immédiat p. 101 + see study guide’s section II. C. Look at the
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Latin to French Abstract The French language has been around for a very long time. It is one of the three “romance” languages that stem directly from Latin. The French language starts its origins with the influence of Latin and continuously formed and spread all around the world. Latin has had much impact on Western language. Latin to French There are many languages in the modern world. The language further discussed is French and its origins derived from Latin. There is a very long and
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1.1.1 Walloon and French – an Ancient Relationship Nowadays‚ the diglossic situation in Wallonia is characterized by a clear hegemony of French over Walloon‚ with no monolingual Walloon speakers and a rapidly decreasing population of speakers‚ Nevertheless‚ it is pertinent to specify that Walloon successfully managed to survive French pressures over a long period of time. Distributive Linguistic Functionality in Evolution The first testimonies of a French presence in Wallonia date from the beginning
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I. About France A. Background info 1. Location - Most people associate French culture with Paris‚ which is a center of fashion‚ cuisine‚ art and architecture‚ but life outside of the City of Lights is very different and varies by region. Historically‚ the French culture was influenced by Celtic and Gallo-Roman cultures as well as the Franks‚ a Germanic tribe. France was initially defined as the western area of Germany known as Rhineland but it later came to refer to a territory that was known
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