What makes French a Latin-Germanic mixed language

Guest   Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:16 am GMT
We know that the Visigoths, Franks, Lombards etc were not so numerous as to change the populations in the lands they conquered, yet they did impose their own grammar and syntax because of the prestige of their version of vernacular Latin. Yet in Britain, specifically England, *apparently* there were so many invaders that they completely swamped the native population, even when there's so much evidence to the contrary from genetic, archaelogical and even linguistic. It's laughable.
bofonchione   Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:31 am GMT
French is a romance language, that's all! Its predominant vocabulary, morphology, syntax have latin roots like any other latin language
eastlanser   Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:59 am GMT
It's wishful thinking. French has eu like Dutch eu, German Swedish,Icelandic ö, Danish,Norwegian ø.Other romance languages haven't it.French words such as nord ,sud,est,ouest,heaume=helmet,helm,hameau=home,heim ,bourg=burg, guerre=war,wehr,garde=ward,wart and many others are of Germanic origin.
szepinho   Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:08 pm GMT
nord ,sud,est,ouest,heaume=helmet,helm,hameau=home,heim ,bourg=burg, guerre=war,wehr,garde=ward,wart and many others are of Germanic origin.

All these words also exist in Italian and in other latin languages
italian: nord sud, est ovest
guerra, elmetto borgo and so on
Spanish: norte sur, este, oeste, guerra, yelmo, burgo
In addition lots of the Italian northern dialects also have the sounds eu o u like in French and some Germanic languages
greg   Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:20 pm GMT
eastlander : « Words in Italian language such as borgo,nord,est,ovest,sud are of Germanic origin.The same words are in Spanish,French languages. »

Ça reste à **DÉMONTRER**.





Al : « The Franks, Burgundians, and other Germanic tribes were more numerous in France, hence a greater linguistic impact there. »

Impact qui reste à **CARACTÉRISER**.





Guest : « We know that the Visigoths, Franks, Lombards etc were not so numerous as to change the populations in the lands they conquered, yet they did impose their own grammar and syntax because of the prestige of their version of vernacular Latin. »

Fadaises.




eastlanser : « It's wishful thinking. French has eu like Dutch eu, German Swedish,Icelandic ö, Danish,Norwegian ø.Other romance languages haven't it. »

Archifaux. Nombre de langues romanes possèdent le(s) phonème(s) que tu tentes d'approcher par des équivalents graphiques malhabiles.





eastlanser : « French words such as nord,sud,est,ouest,heaume=helmet,helm,hameau=home,heim ,bourg=burg, guerre=war,wehr,garde=ward,wart and many others are of Germanic origin. »

Prouve ce que tu assènes. Des discussions antérieures ont déjà mis en question la plupart de tes affirmations.
eastlander   Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:33 pm GMT
This is English forum.Write in English, please.
J.T.   Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:49 pm GMT
This is the languages forum. Anyone should be able to type in any language they please.
eastlander   Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:05 pm GMT
Ik ferstea.
J.T.   Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:31 pm GMT
Glad you understand.
greg   Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:48 pm GMT
J.T. : « This is the languages forum. Anyone should be able to type in any language they please. »

Un grand merci à J.T. d'avoir rappelé l'évidence à ceux qui clavardent dans le salon multilingue d'Antimoon.

Je rappellerai en outre à eastlander que la pratique éclairée de plusieurs langues n'est pas le seul intérêt du salon polyglotte : la maîtrise de quelques rudiments de linguistique ainsi qu'un minimum de rigueur argumentative sont également les bienvenues. Surtout quand on entreprend de dégoiser sur le "français" ou les "langues romanes" sans plus de précision.
eastlander   Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:00 pm GMT
Cheer up, greg,French is purest Latin of all germanic languages.
bohemien   Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:08 pm GMT
Comment se fait-il que je comprenne mieux le français lorsque je lis Le monde ou Le figaro que les écrits Greg? Peut-etre écrit-il un français trop affecté?
Guest   Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:37 pm GMT
<< Cheer up, greg,French is purest Latin of all germanic languages. >>

I thought that was Italian?
soundtrack   Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:29 am GMT
i found a really interesting definition of the french language, hope this will hrlp you:

http://www.sondrak.com/archive/fat-ass-l.jpg
sojourner   Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:28 am GMT
Très charmant!