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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.
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French Vs English Key historical facts and effects on those 2 languages
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 1st BC – 5th Celtic tribes German tribes
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 English was left as a market language The grammar went through simplification. such as disappearance of declension, cases, genders… English grammar became unique in Europe. Old English mergedwith Old French. More than 50% of English comes from French and Latin Modern English is a hybrid language with huge vocabulary. .
2 good reasons to learn French 1. It opens the door to other Romance languages 2. Improve your knowledge of English
