French is the leid that's spak in Fraunce, Canadae (Quebec, New Brunswick), Soothren Belgium, Luxembourg (alang wi German and Letzebuergisch) an Wastren Swisserland (La suisse Romande).
It wis spreid tae Africae, Sooth Aest Asie an pairts o the New Warld throu French colonisation. French is a Romance leid, meanin that it comes frae the Laitin leid. Like maist Romance leids, its nouns haes masculine an feminine gender.
French | |
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français | |
Pronunciation | [fʁɑ̃sɛ] |
Native tae | Fraunce, now worldwide (See geographical distribution below) |
Native speakers | ~150 million (2017) An estimated 274 million total speakers (L1 plus L2) (2014) |
Early forms | Old French
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Latin (French alphabet) French Braille | |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-1 | fr |
ISO 639-2 | fre (B) fra (T) |
ISO 639-3 | fra |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-i |
Regions where French is the main leid Regions where it is an offeecial leid Regions where it is a second leid Regions where it is a minority leid |
In times bygane the Celtic fowk bydit in whit the day is Fraunce. In thae days the land wis cried Gallia or Gaul. Romans invadit Gallia an makkit pairts o it intae Roman provinces. Syne Romans spak the Laitin, the local fowk learnt the Laitin an stertit tae spaek it. Thair ain leid, Gaullic, wisna aften spak, altho the leids o Celtic oreegin is spak the day in some airts the like o Brittany.
The muckle pairt o French vocabulair comes frae Latin. Wirds are lent tae Latin till now, if they're lackin in the common leid.
We ignor hou Gauls leid haes impregnatit French leid. Mebbe a hunderd o wirds, as char/charrue (car/pleuch), mouton (mutton/sheep), crème (cream), an som ithers that come frae Latin uise o Gallis wirds. An for its impact on pronounciation, we dinnae ken till whit it is.
The Fransick (the Germanic leid o Dauntoners o Fraunce in the Early Middle-Eige), as a superstrate, haes gi'en aloot o important wirds (gris (grey), blanc (white), blond, bleu (blou), etc.)
Fraunce haes been the kintra wi the seicont biggest empire o the XIXt an XVIIIt centuries, jast efter England. Sae the cultural an lingueestic inheritance o French is gey important warldwide.
tae be: être (présent)
Pronoun + verb |
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Je suis |
Tu es |
Il est |
Nous sommes |
Vous êtes |
Ils sont |
tae gang: aller (passé simple)
Pronoun + verb |
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J'allai |
Tu allas |
Il alla |
Nous allâmes |
Vous allâtes |
Ils allèrent |
tae dae: faire (imparfait)
Pronoun + verb |
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Je faisais |
Tu faisais |
Il faisait |
Nous faisions |
Vous faisiez |
Ils faisaient |
Manger (tae eat)
Je mange |
Tu manges |
Il mange |
Nous mangeons |
Vous mangez |
Ils mangent |
Tae eat (imperfect form)
Pronoun + verb |
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Je mangeais |
Tu mangeais |
Il mangeait |
Nous mangions |
Vous mangiez |
Ils mangeaient |
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