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Mon3323 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
French borrowings
Hello, my name is Monika and I'm from Poland. I would like to aks you to answer some questions from a survey, which I need to conduct for my thesis, it's about the French borrowings in your language. SURVEY How far are the native speakers of English familiar with French borrowings?
I graduated from secondary school
-I graduated from college/university
-I have learned French
-I have never learned French
Which of the following words come from French?
1. Curry
2. Salmon
3. Lemonade
4. Tea
5. Oil
6. Sandwich
7. Cabbage
8. Sauce
9. Broccoli
10. Aspic
11. Viand
12. Oyster
13. Strawberry
14. Cereal
15. Escalope
16. Beef
17. Croissant
18. Sausage
19. Egg
20. Casserole 21. Repast
22. Cherry
23. Salad
24. Mousse
25. Restaurant
26. Feta
27. Garlic
28. Onion
29. Ketchup
30. Soufflé
31. Pea 32. Pudding
33. Salami
34. Ham
35. Bonbon
36. Biscuit
37. Carrot
38. Claret
39. Mango
40. Venison
41. Rice
42. Pomegranate
43. Toast
44. Milk
Could you just give me the numbers of the words. Thank you very much in advance;)
I graduated from secondary school
-I graduated from college/university
-I have learned French
-I have never learned French
Which of the following words come from French?
1. Curry
2. Salmon
3. Lemonade
4. Tea
5. Oil
6. Sandwich
7. Cabbage
8. Sauce
9. Broccoli
10. Aspic
11. Viand
12. Oyster
13. Strawberry
14. Cereal
15. Escalope
16. Beef
17. Croissant
18. Sausage
19. Egg
20. Casserole 21. Repast
22. Cherry
23. Salad
24. Mousse
25. Restaurant
26. Feta
27. Garlic
28. Onion
29. Ketchup
30. Soufflé
31. Pea 32. Pudding
33. Salami
34. Ham
35. Bonbon
36. Biscuit
37. Carrot
38. Claret
39. Mango
40. Venison
41. Rice
42. Pomegranate
43. Toast
44. Milk
Could you just give me the numbers of the words. Thank you very much in advance;)
Top answer
I had French in high school. , I did not know the origin of the words without looking them up. ) except for: 1.
- I had French in high school.
- , I did not know the origin of the words without looking them up.
- ) except for: 1.
- curry - Tamil 4.
- tea - Chinese 6.
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I had French in high school. Except for obvious ones like viand, mousse, etc., I did not know the origin of the words without looking them up.
All of the words are borrowed from French (however, some might be originally from other languages; for example, lemon is originally Persian, oil is originally Greek, etc.) except for:
1. curry - Tamil
4. tea - Chinese
6. sandw
All of the words are borrowed from French (however, some might be originally from other languages; for example, lemon is originally Persian, oil is originally Greek, etc.) except for:
1. curry - Tamil
4. tea - Chinese
6. sandw
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