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What makes French a Latin-Germanic mixed language
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I absolutely will not. It is her sentiment, and she has a right to feel the way she does.
You shouldn't make blanket generalisations you cannot support.
I absolutely will not. It is her sentiment, and she has a right to feel the way she does.
You shouldn't make blanket generalisations you cannot support.
<<Teachers should teach facts, not "sentiments". >>
perhaps it is a fact
in which case he/she should teach it
perhaps it is a fact
in which case he/she should teach it
"German-like language" when applied to French does not seem to be a fact. It sounds rather like the typical baseless and naive concept precooked in the Anglosphere . It may also be used by other people but at least it is not widespread among the Romany .
"German-like language" when applied to French does not seem to be a fact.
^Sounds like a sentiment
^Sounds like a sentiment
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Ce n'est pas la peine de t'exprimer en français : tu le massacres. Mieux vaut te cantonner à l'anglais : ça t'ira comme un gant.
François : « À reculons
Les langues germaniques ont mené des articles, pas des langues de roman ».
Même remarque : évite le français → ta prose est atroce.
encore : « 15 % of French vocabulary is of Germanic origin. »
Faux. Information erronée diffusée par le Wikipédia anglophone — et rectifiée.
Leasnam : « I wouldn't agree that other Romance speakers accept French as being the quintessential Romance language. I know many educators from Latin American countries that regard French as "that German-like language" unquote. »
Et beaucoup ici te considèrent comme un parfait crétin doublé d'un ignorant accompli. Commence par réviser ton français, ton latin, ton allemand, ton anglais et ta linguistique ; ensuite tu pourras éventuellement songer à nous gratifier de tes pénétrantes pensées.
Ce n'est pas la peine de t'exprimer en français : tu le massacres. Mieux vaut te cantonner à l'anglais : ça t'ira comme un gant.
François : « À reculons
Les langues germaniques ont mené des articles, pas des langues de roman ».
Même remarque : évite le français → ta prose est atroce.
encore : « 15 % of French vocabulary is of Germanic origin. »
Faux. Information erronée diffusée par le Wikipédia anglophone — et rectifiée.
Leasnam : « I wouldn't agree that other Romance speakers accept French as being the quintessential Romance language. I know many educators from Latin American countries that regard French as "that German-like language" unquote. »
Et beaucoup ici te considèrent comme un parfait crétin doublé d'un ignorant accompli. Commence par réviser ton français, ton latin, ton allemand, ton anglais et ta linguistique ; ensuite tu pourras éventuellement songer à nous gratifier de tes pénétrantes pensées.
" I know many educators from Latin American countries that regard French as "that German-like language" "
I really wonder who on earth can be those famous educators... I should be great to send them a french and a german text:
So, this is the french text: really very very "german like"!
" Quelle est la plus belle langue du monde? ou d'Europe? Il est difficile de le dire, et il serait impossible de n'en citer qu'une. Toutes ont leur spécificités qui en font leur charme. Qu'elles soient latines, germaniques ou Slaves, elles sont toutes l'expression de l'identité profonde d'un peuple"
And this is its mother language; the language to wich french has to be compared by your "educators": German
" Wie ist die schönste Sprache der Welt? oder Europas? Es ist schwer, es zu sagen und es wäre unmöglich, nur einen zu zitieren. Alle haben ihnen Spezifik, die daraus ihren Reiz macht. Dass sie lateinisch, germanisch oder slawisch sind, sind sie alle der Ausdruck der tiefen Identität eines Volkes. "
well,that is pretty obvious, french is not only a "german-like" language, but it is almost German, word for word... same structure and sam words... ;)
while Spanish is a complete other story, every latin-American educator would immediatly be unable to see any conection with french, and will laugh to see it considered a latin language:
let's see the spanish version:
"¿Cual es la lengua la más bella del mundo? ¿o de Europa? Es difícil decirlo, y sería imposible citar sólo una. Ellas todas tienen sus especificidades que hacen su encanto. Que sean latinas, germánicas o eslavas, ellas todas son la expresión de la identidad profunda de un pueblo"
compared with french: different vocabulary, different construction and syntax... French is not romance. Joke
I really wonder who on earth can be those famous educators... I should be great to send them a french and a german text:
So, this is the french text: really very very "german like"!
" Quelle est la plus belle langue du monde? ou d'Europe? Il est difficile de le dire, et il serait impossible de n'en citer qu'une. Toutes ont leur spécificités qui en font leur charme. Qu'elles soient latines, germaniques ou Slaves, elles sont toutes l'expression de l'identité profonde d'un peuple"
And this is its mother language; the language to wich french has to be compared by your "educators": German
" Wie ist die schönste Sprache der Welt? oder Europas? Es ist schwer, es zu sagen und es wäre unmöglich, nur einen zu zitieren. Alle haben ihnen Spezifik, die daraus ihren Reiz macht. Dass sie lateinisch, germanisch oder slawisch sind, sind sie alle der Ausdruck der tiefen Identität eines Volkes. "
well,that is pretty obvious, french is not only a "german-like" language, but it is almost German, word for word... same structure and sam words... ;)
while Spanish is a complete other story, every latin-American educator would immediatly be unable to see any conection with french, and will laugh to see it considered a latin language:
let's see the spanish version:
"¿Cual es la lengua la más bella del mundo? ¿o de Europa? Es difícil decirlo, y sería imposible citar sólo una. Ellas todas tienen sus especificidades que hacen su encanto. Que sean latinas, germánicas o eslavas, ellas todas son la expresión de la identidad profunda de un pueblo"
compared with french: different vocabulary, different construction and syntax... French is not romance. Joke
well, first :
greg stop to be like this, t'es ridicule, franchement!
What makes French a Latin-Germanic mixed language?
French is a roman language . yes there is some germanic influence but not enough to make french a germanic language, sorry.
Par contre English is a germanic language, yes, no doubt.
greg stop to be like this, t'es ridicule, franchement!
What makes French a Latin-Germanic mixed language?
French is a roman language . yes there is some germanic influence but not enough to make french a germanic language, sorry.
Par contre English is a germanic language, yes, no doubt.
Buddy Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:34 pm GMT
<<I cannot help but wonder this:
Had the Germanic invaders had a higher culture than that of Rome and the crumbling Roman Empire, and were the germans more highly esteemed in our eyes today than the Romans, would that change our perceptions of what occurred linguistically? (i.e. would we find ways to rewrite the books?)
I'd wager that Romance speakers would be scrambling to try and fit a germanic etymology to more words, and would be squabbling with one another over who was the more "germanic": French or Spanish.
Funny.>>
Fortunately, this isn't the case! ouf! ;)
<<I cannot help but wonder this:
Had the Germanic invaders had a higher culture than that of Rome and the crumbling Roman Empire, and were the germans more highly esteemed in our eyes today than the Romans, would that change our perceptions of what occurred linguistically? (i.e. would we find ways to rewrite the books?)
I'd wager that Romance speakers would be scrambling to try and fit a germanic etymology to more words, and would be squabbling with one another over who was the more "germanic": French or Spanish.
Funny.>>
Fortunately, this isn't the case! ouf! ;)
<<Fortunately, this isn't the case! ouf! ;) >>
I think only latinates are the only ones who really regard latin/roman language and culture as significant. I mean, it's their own history, no one else's.
They err when they assume others think the same : \
I think only latinates are the only ones who really regard latin/roman language and culture as significant. I mean, it's their own history, no one else's.
They err when they assume others think the same : \