Great idea, merci !
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Merci pour l'article.
Si je comprends correctement, il y avait pas exactement "français" autrefois. Il y avait "langue d'oïl" et "langue d'oc" (Occitan) et Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) parmi d'autres. Est-il vrai que "français" comme nous le savons maintenant était de Paris?
(Pardonnez-vous mon français, s'il vous plait. Merci!)
Oui, c'est vrai - je vais en parler dans la suite de cet article : https://french.kwiziq.com/blog/naissance-langue-francaise/
Norman French was spoken exclusively in England from 1066 to the 13th C?? Well, I suppose the anglo-saxon /middle English speaking majority was excluded in more ways than one...
This was an excellent free learning and practicing exercise, hopefully to be repeated at reasonably regular intervals, many thanks
Merci beaucoup madame, for your excellent teaching.
Au revoir à bientôt
Sincerely yours
Fernando.
Interesting article- and nice to have the translation available. More please!
From the little I've learned (?) there were a lot of local languages in France that ultimately contributed to modern day French. Provençal comes to mind.
I'd love to know more about the history of the French language- from experts such as yourselves.
M