{"id":3023,"date":"2016-09-19T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2024-03-08T15:01:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T15:01:36","slug":"naissance-langue-francaise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/naissance-langue-francaise\/","title":{"rendered":"Naissance de la langue fran\u00e7aise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Modern French dates from about the year 1300, but where did it come from? Learn about the\u00a0<strong>birth of the French language<\/strong>\u00a0in this 5-part series of bilingual articles about the development of French over the centuries.*<\/p>\n<p>After listening to the audio, click any word for the English translation and links to related grammar lessons.<\/p>\n<p><small><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0The tenses in this French article and its English translation don&#8217;t match! 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