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I feel like some people are overrating the mutual intelligibility of languages in the same family. I swear when Dutch people start speaking Dutch I understand absolutely nothing, I mean yeah I'm not a native English speaker, but they just sound and look completely different. Sure there are quite a few words that are basically the same, but the mutual intelligibility is very very weak.
It's probably better for German and Dutch, but according to the German friends I have, the scripts are kind of similar but they don't understand spoken Dutch either.
The same goes for other language families.
At least you aren't Danish. It's sad, they don't even understand each other.
in English there are also lots of french word or phrase the French was spoken for almost 4 century in England by English nobles and elite
nowadays English is mixed with french (frenglish) it is normal for modern languages I think
you can read information on this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._French_origin
Don't forget that English itself is a mix of Latin, French, German, Scandinavian etc etc words - its just how languages of the world change and develop over long periods of time.
This. English language is very mixed, it isnt germanic to the bone like Danish, Dutch or German. The same Way french language isnt extremely latin in the sense spanish or Italian are. I see french and english as bridge languages. Its way easier to learn from english to french or the other way around than from danish to italian where there is almost no relation between those two languages.
I have a dutch friend who moved to germany 1 year ago, he practically knew nothing of german, and without any formal lessons and being surrounded by germans in his work envinronment he is able to speak decent german by now.
GErman and Dutch arent mutually inteligible but they are as distant to eachother as Italian and Spanish are.
I heard french is the most anglicised language in Europe. I don't know if it's true, but we use a lot of english words in french, more and more.
Also there are a lot of lastnames that are shared by both france and the UK.. lastnames like page, perry, roche, roy , darcy , burton and several others exist in both countries.
Also there are a lot of lastnames that are shared by both france and the UK.. lastnames like page, perry, roche, roy , darcy , burton and several others exist in both countries.
I speak about usual words we use every day. Like "parking", "blender", "laptop", "jetlag" etc.
This. English language is very mixed, it isnt germanic to the bone like Danish, Dutch or German. The same Way french language isnt extremely latin in the sense spanish or Italian are. I see french and english as bridge languages. Its way easier to learn from english to french or the other way around than from danish to italian where there is almost no relation between those two languages.
False. English is a Germanic language, but was introduced into many French words especially during the Norman occupation. However the diction, grammar remained Germanic. Actually the style of grammar is much closer to Scandinavian languages (like Norwegian) than to Dutch or German. Dutch is the second language Germanic after English to have also many French words borrowed, but it is still Germanic. The percentage of Dutch and Scandinavian people who speak English is much higher than French people who speak, it is easier for them. The closest language to English is Frisian not French! I speak both languages equally well, so please don't lie. French is much closer to Italian.
Also there are a lot of lastnames that are shared by both france and the UK.. lastnames like page, perry, roche, roy , darcy , burton and several others exist in both countries.
Those names are Norman in origin, but were Anglicized. If you knew some history, you would have known that England was under Norman occupation for a while after 1066 AD. Thus Norman names were introduced.
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