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minus-squareFranklin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-23 months agoI am currently learning French and what gets me is how much of the French language is contextual for its meaning
minus-squareFranklin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 months agoI know you ioke but French (or a common root language) shaped so much of what the English language is today it wouldn’t surprise me if French influence is why we have that in English as well
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s both. The Romans and later Christianity brought Latin influences, then the Normans brought French influences.
I am currently learning French and what gets me is how much of the French language is contextual for its meaning
Like English?
I know you ioke but French (or a common root language) shaped so much of what the English language is today it wouldn’t surprise me if French influence is why we have that in English as well
It’s both. The Romans and later Christianity brought Latin influences, then the Normans brought French influences.