Norman French
常見例句
- The word pearl comes to English from Latin through Norman French, that’s for sure.
單詞pearl先是從拉丁語,經(jīng)由諾曼法語,最后進(jìn)入英語的。 對于這一點,人們毋庸置疑。 - From Brittany especially, the new Germanic nation of Franks, and later the Norman French, recruited wandering poets called troubadours.
從布列塔尼特別是新的日耳曼民族的法蘭克人,以及后來的諾曼法語,招募流浪行吟詩人稱為詩人。 - Although the invading Norman French became the rulers of the land, and French became the language of government and law in England, the English people stubbornly refused to give up their own language.
盡管入侵的諾曼法國人成為這個國家的統(tǒng)治者,且法語也躍升為英國政府和法律界的專用語言,英國人卻執(zhí)拗地不肯放棄他們自己的語言。 - It was written in the language of the people. The rulers of Britain at that time still spoke the Norman French they brought with them in ten sixty-six.
- Slowly,Norman French was used less and less until it disappeared.
- But new ones were constantly being added, at that time mostly from Norman French.
FORBES: May Stocks Grow Like Our Language - In 1066, the Norman invasion established French as the language of government, but it did not dislodge English.
NEWYORKER: Globish For Beginners - The thieves are a band of Norman mercenaries, including a mysterious warrior who calls himself Harlequin, from the old French word hellequin, meaning a troop of the devil's horsemen.
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