vocabulaire anglais: origines francaises 5 | jonathan's anglais-facile.com

vocabulaire anglais: origines francaises 5



Here are some more words that show just how English was changed by the arrival of the Normans:

“ai” becomes “ea” in English:

raison – reason
saison – season
aigle – eagle
clair – clear
faible – feeble

“au” becomes “al” or “ol” in English:

faux – false
paume – palm
baume – balm
émeraude – emerald
dauphin – dolphin
échaffaudage – scaffolding

“eux” becomes “ous” in English:

généreux – generous
avantageux – advantagous
scrupuleux – scrupulous
rigoureux – rigorous

“aire” and “oire” become “ary” and “ory”

sécretaire – secretary
militaire – military
nécessaire – necessary
ordinaire – ordinary
histoire – history
gloire – glory
laboratoire – laboratory
inventaire – inventory
Gregoire – Gregory

anglais facile cours d’anglais gratuits

plus de vocabulaire facile:

page 1
page 2
page 3
page 4

71 comments

  1. ngoutane liliane says:

    Merci beaucoup et que Dieu vous garde.

  2. ABBACI says:

    Bjr; mr JONATTHON
    Merciiiiiiiiiiiiiii bc pour votre cours d’anglais et surtous meri pour vos astuses qui ma boucoup aidés pour faire le lien entre la langue francaise te la lanque anglaise;
    je vous feliccite vraiment.

  3. ABBACI says:

    BJR Monsieur JONATON ;
    je vous remercie pour votre cours d’anglais ; et surtous pour vos astuce qui facilite mon passage du fracais en anglais ; vraIment merciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii; et que dieux te benis.

  4. profanglais says:

    Assoumany,

    Si vous êtes abonné, vous pouvez télécharger le livre à tout moment. Suivez le lien ‘supports PDF’ ci-dessus puis saisissez le mot de passe que vous avez reçu par mail.

  5. Assoumany says:

    Hi
    I’m very nice for your course because it is my problem. Exactily , i am poor in vocabulary english.
    Thanks alot
    Bye

  6. Louise says:

    Hi Jonathan,

    Thank you for the firts lesson.

    I want to improve my English. That’s the best way.

    LB

  7. beverly says:

    Thank you Jonathan for your priceless help . Your work is remarkable and your attitude exemplary. I am making progress and I can help people to make progress using the precious tools you are freely providing us with. Keep it up!

  8. Brice says:

    merci beaucoup mr Johnathan pour ce precieux travail pour l’apprentissage de l’anglais.tes cours sont tres speciaux.

  9. Eric says:

    Merci Jonathan, excellent travail, très enrichissant !

  10. gerard PEDOU says:

    thanks a lot for your precious help to learn english easily! thanks you very much!

  11. inna strely says:

    thnx mstr so goood like it

  12. pierre says:

    Dear Jonathan,tank you for all!
    I’m very happy to discover all that things .Fistly i’m surprised for all that simplicity and secondly,l’m sincerly chocked to know that all these was so closed ! Now! why don’t i study and speak english!
    Tank you very much Jonathan!

  13. Jeremie Rolda DALUSMA says:

    For a first time, according to me it ‘s very interesting from you to create this free possibility to learn english. I have also to say, that your teaching ‘s method is perfect. Congratilations!!!!!!!!!!
    May God bless you and give you the necessary stonger to continue the work.

  14. Horty says:

    Que Dieu te bénisse pour ton site d’anglais surtout gratuit. Je passe plus de temps à pratiquer mon anglais.
    thanks

  15. c’est tres superbe et facile a comprendre .Mreci Mr Jhonathan et longue vie a vous

  16. Carla says:

    Merci beaucoupppppppppppppppp Monsieur LEWIS!
    C’est génial ce site que vous avez crée!
    Iam so glad!
    Thank you

  17. SIMEON says:

    helo MR johnathan,
    thanks for this begin, I think that I can do something more. Good by

  18. Nga Marie says:

    Bonsoir mr johnathan
    Merci pour ce premier cours d’anglais ;c’est très pratique et je pense y arriver
    M Th

  19. vedette says:

    Merci beaucoup, c’est tres pedagogique

  20. Maria says:

    Wonderful are your lessons. I teach English in Cameroon though i’m a francophphone (French speaker). What you’re doing is very interesting for learners. I hope by the end of 2011, I’ll be able to write without common mistakes(generally made by francophones) and also to speak more fluently than I do.
    Thank you very much once more

  21. Hery says:

    It is not nothing towards God Jonathan, you’ve given precious thing for free, you will have it thousand times more from God.
    Thanks a lot.

laissez un commentaire:

Spam protection by WP Captcha-Free