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Some interesting facts about the French language. Fact #1. The longest French sentence consists of 823 words & is found in the novel of Victor Hugo «Outcast»;. Fact #2. French had been an official language in England for more than 600 years;. Fact #3. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Some interesting
facts about the
French language
The longest French sentence consists of 823 words & is found in the novel of
Victor Hugo «Outcast»;
Fact #1
French had been an official
language in England for more than 600 years;
Fact #2
«Hermitage» is
translated from
French as «a place
for privacy»;
Fact #3
Russian words
«суфле» & «суфлёр»
origin from one French
word «souffle»
which means exhalation or
breath;
Fact #4
Russian word «водка» can be written in two
ways in French: Russian vodka is
written like in English («vodka»)
& Polish – «wodka»;
Fact #5
There is a French inscription on the British coat of arms, which says
«Dieu et mon droit» («God & my right»
An act of the British Parliament about the necessary using of English in the state
agencies was written in French;
Fact #6
During the war of 1812
Russian soldiers often confused their people & the
enemies because of
their habit to speak French;
Fact #7
The variant of French, that the residents of the province Quebec
use, differs from the bookish French so much, that other French people can understand it far
not always.
Fact #8
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