#french

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Sir Edward John Poynter (French-born British, 1836-1919) When the World was Young, 1891

[lesbianarthistory]

French School – Sappho on Lesbos (c. 1890)

[jamespotterbbg]

the blacks just start speaking french so that they don't have to interact with anyone else

they all do it. regulus, sirius, narcissa, all. they just break into french and then ignore anyone who speaks to them in english

[ltwilliammowett]

French naval school officer's sword, France, 19th century

[postcard-from-the-past]

Danton, Camille Desmoulins and Robespierre - The Revolution section in the Wax figurine Grévin Museum in Paris

French vintage postcard

[crestofshame]

I know I have some French mutuals, so I wanted to put out a question that’s been on my mind (as a language nerd):

L’Académie Française is… an interesting establishment to say the least. With the broken conversational French I speak, I know that sometimes the decision of whether a noun is masculine or feminine can be kind of arbitrary, so I guess something like that would help. But, with how many agreements there are with masculine versus feminine articles and adjectives, I was curious what the gender neutral pronoun conversation looked like, because, unlike English, I would assume you’d have to come up with an entirely different suffix as well as a pronoun.

In English, singular “they” was used before singular “you,” so it’s a reversion and an integration. Most of the people that say that singular “they” doesn’t “grammatically work” don’t actually work in a Language discipline to know the facts and/or they’re just being an ass about it. I was wondering, though, what that conversation looks like in Francophone countries and if L’Académie has said anything.

[yvanspijk]

The English verb to wade is closely related to Romance verbs forms such as Italian vado (I go), French va (goes) and Spanish vamos (we go). These come from the Latin verb vādere (to go). Most forms of this verb don't survive in the Romance languages, but some of its present tense forms were lent to the mixed bags of the Romance verbs for 'to go'. Click the infographic to learn more about the origins of to wade and its Romance cognates.

On my Patreon you can read why the Romance verbs for 'to go' became so irregular and why the Germanic verbs became regular weak verbs instead (800 words). Patrons who are subscribed to tier 2 can also download an audio file of me reading the historical words in their reconstructed pronunciations.

[verypersonalscreencaps]

NOÉMIE MERLANT attends the "Les Femmes Au Balcon" (The Balconettes) Red Carpet at Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2024 in Cannes

[scotianostra]

The Scots Parliament confirmed the Alliance and Federation with France on May 18th 1491.

This was a series of agreements had lasted since 1295 ,this year marks the 729th anniversary.

By the year 1420 the 'Army of Scotland' was a distinct element in the French royal service around this time Pope Martin V described the Scots as the "antidote to the English." In 1491 the Auld Alliance was renewed and James IV pursued desultory and largely unproductive warfare along the border culminating in the tragic events at Braxton moor in 1513, a foolish endevour that was carried out at the request of Louis XII, Flodden was one of the most unnecessary battles in Scottish history. No Scottish interest was threatened and, in the end, none was served.

The Alliance became more fragile after this and although there were revivals during the 16th century it's days were numbered, the final revival happened in 1558 with the marriage of, yes that lady again, Mary, Queen of Scots to the future Francis II of France.

Although the alliance was never formally revoked, it is considered by some to have ended with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh in 1560. with the Treaty of Edinburgh in 1560. This is the legal agreement between the English, French and Scots representatives. It is agreed between French and English representatives that all military forces will withdraw from Scotland.

In 1967 a historian wrote that the Auld Alliance didn't end until 1906 indeed right up to 1907 if you were Scottish you would still be granted citizenship of France,.

Another historian only 13 years ago claimed the Alliance was still "live" more about that here https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/news/archive/list/display/?id=7313&year=2011&month=08

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Joseph-Noël Sylvestre (French, 1847-1926) Le Sac de Rome en 410 par les Vandales, 1890 Musée Paul Valéry, Sète, France

[larevuedecinema]

friday with anna and jean-paul

[yourdailyqueer]

Pauline Peyraud-Magnin

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 17 March 1992

Ethnicity: White - French

Occupation: Prof soccer player

[lerefugedeluza]

Le ciel, toujours là pour nous offrir des merveilles de beauté !

[0wlprettysavage]