10 words are chosen each year as part of a week of celebrating the French language. This year, they chose words largely borrowed from the French and used in other languages: bouquet, coup de foudre, vis-à-vis, cachet, savoir faire, unique, atelier, équipe, protéger,
voilà.
How many of the 10 do you recognize? Beware of the faux amis (false friends)!
Some statistics cited in an article about this week include:
How many of the 10 do you recognize? Beware of the faux amis (false friends)!
Some statistics cited in an article about this week include:
- 220 million speakers of French globally
- 80% of them are in Africa
- Speakers of English outnumber speakers of French 20:1
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