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[learn-dutch]

Dutch Language? History??

Hey language aficionados and curious minds! Welcome to "Learn Dutch With Me," where we're not just diving into language lessons but also unraveling the fascinating history behind the Dutch language. 🚀📚

🔍 Where Does Dutch Come From? Let's embark on a linguistic adventure to uncover the roots of Dutch. Dutch, or "Nederlands," belongs to the Germanic language family, which is a branch of the larger Indo-European language family. The Germanic family also includes English, German, and several other languages.

🌍 Origins and Evolution: The Dutch language has a rich history that traces its origins to the Low Countries, including present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and parts of northern France and western Germany. Over centuries, Dutch has evolved through various influences, including Latin, French, and regional dialects.

📜 Old Dutch: In the early medieval period, Old Dutch emerged as a distinct language. This stage of Dutch, spoken roughly between the 5th and 12th centuries, laid the groundwork for the language we know today. Old Dutch was heavily influenced by interactions with neighboring languages and cultures.

📖 Middle Dutch: As time marched on, Old Dutch transformed into Middle Dutch (12th to 15th centuries). During this period, a standardized written form of Dutch began to emerge, aided by the advent of the printing press. The works of famous Dutch writers like Jacob van Maerlant contributed to the development of a more uniform Dutch language.

🔠 Modern Dutch: The language continued to evolve into the Modern Dutch we speak today. While the Dutch Golden Age (17th century) played a significant role in shaping the language's standardization, the influence of global trade and colonization also contributed to the expansion of Dutch vocabulary.

🌟 What Sets Dutch Apart? Dutch has its unique features, such as the use of diphthongs, distinctive vowel sounds, and a grammar structure that differs from other Germanic languages. Despite these nuances, fear not! Our journey together will navigate the intricacies of Dutch with ease.

📌 Join the Conversation: Ready to delve deeper into the Dutch language and culture? Follow "Learn Dutch With Me" for regular updates, language lessons, and cultural insights. Let's make this linguistic journey a collaborative exploration! 🌐🗣️

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Hé taalfanaten en nieuwsgierige geesten! Welkom bij "Learn Dutch With Me", waar we niet alleen in taallessen duiken maar ook de fascinerende geschiedenis achter de Nederlandse taal ontrafelen. 🚀📚

Waar komt het Nederlands vandaan? Laten we op een taalkundig avontuur gaan om de wortels van het Nederlands te ontdekken. Het Nederlands behoort tot de Germaanse taalfamilie, een tak van de grotere Indo-Europese taalfamilie. De Germaanse familie omvat ook Engels, Duits en verschillende andere talen.

Oorsprong en evolutie: De Nederlandse taal heeft een rijke geschiedenis die zijn oorsprong vindt in de Lage Landen, waaronder het huidige Nederland, België en delen van Noord-Frankrijk en West-Duitsland. Door de eeuwen heen is het Nederlands geëvolueerd door verschillende invloeden, waaronder Latijn, Frans en regionale dialecten.

Oudnederlands: In de vroege middeleeuwen ontstond het Oudnederlands als een aparte taal. Deze fase van het Nederlands, dat ruwweg tussen de 5e en 12e eeuw werd gesproken, legde de basis voor de taal die we vandaag de dag kennen. Het Oudnederlands werd sterk beïnvloed door interacties met naburige talen en culturen.

Middelnederlands: Naarmate de tijd verstreek, veranderde het Oudnederlands in Middelnederlands (12e tot 15e eeuw). In deze periode ontstond er een gestandaardiseerde geschreven vorm van het Nederlands, geholpen door de komst van de drukpers. Het werk van beroemde Nederlandse schrijvers als Jacob van Maerlant droeg bij aan de ontwikkeling van een meer uniforme Nederlandse taal.

🔠 Modern Nederlands: De taal bleef zich ontwikkelen tot het Modern Nederlands dat we vandaag de dag spreken. Hoewel de Gouden Eeuw (17e eeuw) een belangrijke rol heeft gespeeld bij de standaardisering van de taal, heeft de invloed van de wereldwijde handel en kolonisatie ook bijgedragen aan de uitbreiding van de Nederlandse woordenschat.

Wat onderscheidt het Nederlands? Het Nederlands heeft unieke kenmerken, zoals het gebruik van tweeklanken, aparte klinkers en een grammaticastructuur die verschilt van andere Germaanse talen. Ondanks deze nuances hoef je niet bang te zijn! Op onze gezamenlijke reis zullen we de fijne kneepjes van het Nederlands met gemak leren kennen.

Neem deel aan het gesprek: Klaar om dieper in de Nederlandse taal en cultuur te duiken? Volg "Learn Dutch With Me" voor regelmatige updates, taallessen en culturele inzichten. Laten we van deze taalreis een gezamenlijke ontdekkingstocht maken! 🌐🗣️

#LearnDutchWithMe #DutchLanguage #LanguageHistory #LinguisticJourney #LanguageExploration #DutchOrigins #LanguageLovers

[frnwhcom]

“Xmas” is often used as an abbreviation for “Christmas.” The “X” in “Xmas” is actually the Greek letter “Chi,” which is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ (Χριστός). Therefore, “Xmas” is a shorthand way of writing “Christmas” that has its roots in Christian tradition.

#Abbreviations #ChristianCelebrations #Christmas #FestiveSeason #GreekChiSymbol #HolidayTraditions #LanguageHistory #LinguisticRoots #Xmas #frnwh

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CBSE Residential Schools in Hyderabad | Cambridge IGCSE

Learn, Discover & Achieve with Cambridge IGCSE at DRS International School

Learn to Learn at DRS

The Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is designed as a two-year curriculum Programme leading to a Certificate which is internationally recognized as equivalent in standard to the British GCSE. The Cambridge IGCSE offered by DRSIS constitutes a fully-integrated curriculum for students in their last two years of Secondary Education. The Cambridge IGCSE is administered by the University of Cambridge, England.

Through nurturing the attributes of the Cambridge Learner, the IGCSE programme at DRSIS offers a strong focus on activities that relate to problem-solving, analysis, decision-making, project-based learning (PBL) etc. DRSIS’s system of assessment also lays emphasis on skill-building patterns, the development of language arts, learning labs etc. Professional development of our facilitators on an ongoing basis also add to the strength and rigour of the programme.

Discover the choice of subjects with IGCSE School Curriculum

DRS International School offers the following subject combinations for our IGCSE students to pursue and appear in the IGCSE Final Examination for:

Group - I (Languages)Group-II (Humanities and Social Sciences)Group-III (Sciences) (students can opt for either Combined Sciences or all pure Sciences)Group-IV (Mathematics)Group- V (Creative, Technical & Vocational) (Any two)

English as First Language ExtendedEconomicsCombined Sciences- Extended OR Pure Physics- Extended Pure Chemistry- Extended Pure Biology- ExtendedMathematics- ExtendedBusiness Studies (Compulsory with Combined Science only)

French as Foreign Language OR Spanish as Foreign Language OR Hindi as Second LanguageHistory(Any one with Pure Sciences/Combined Sciences) Art and Design, Physical Education Information Communication Technology

Achieve with the International Certificate of Education

Cambridge IGCSE Examination is taken as a qualification towards International Certificate of Education (ICE). The ICE is awarded to the candidate who passes in at least seven IGCSE subjects including two from Group 1 and one from each of Groups 2 to 5. The seventh subject may be chosen from any of the syllabus Groups. The candidates who qualify for the ICE award will be placed in any one of the three categories.

Distinction

Grade A (a) or above in five subjects and Grade C (c) or above in two subjects.

Merit

Grade C (c) or above in five subjects and Grade F (f) or above in two subjects.

Pass

Grade G (g) or above in seven subjects.

The requirements for the ICE must normally be satisfied at one and the same examination.

#Cbse residential schools in hyderabad #Hyderabad best schools cbse

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

An overview of the Romance languages, with some fascinating comments underneath. So few people understand Romanian, despite its being a Romance language. I certainly cannot understand a word. Yet Romanians, both in the comments’ section and those I have met personally, find many other Romance languages, such as Italian, easy to learn! 

Many Portuguese say that they find Spanish easy to understand, but many Romance language speakers find French difficult to understand. This surprised me greatly, but when we consider the fact that French is furthest removed from the Latin root compared to Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, one can see why. I think the pronunciation is the main obstacle, as well as spelling issues. 

Even despite this, the popularity of Romance languages worldwide surely should give credit to the root tongue: Latin. A language that ought to be taught here in Britain, but sadly is the preserve of a few, under the foolish belief that it has no use. Yet the influence of Latin continues to this very day, present in so many words used without a second thought. 

Great video! 

#romancelanguages #romancelanguagefamily #languagefamily #french #latin #spanish #portuguese #catalan #romanian #sardinian #italian #languagehistory #français #espagnol #portugais #romanien #italien #langblr

[livelyflowerposts]

English language history

As a Dutch child I heard a lot of English words. Most of them didn’t seem important because I spoke Dutch, but some of them were just fun to learn. For example, the word “love”. As a kid I said that to my mother almost every night. And when I did, I felt like a grownup who could speak another language.  

Years later I started getting English in school. Starting with the few words I already knew my English was expanding. For many years I did assignments, I read the mandatory books and in classes we saw movies and learned about the old English literature.  

On international holidays I always survived using just the basics of the english language. I really started developing my English when I graduated high school. Immediately after the last tests I travelled to Spain to teach English to kids at a summer camp. These Children are Spanish so (since I am really terrible at speaking Spanish) it was a real challenge to communicate. Lucky for me I lived with a family who did speak English very well so they helped me understand the basic Spanish sentences. It was my job to not speak in any other language than English so the kids would learn, but that also helped me. When I wasn’t with the kids or with my Spanish family, I spend time with the other counsellors. They were all from America so all communication was in English. I discovered that I was also thinking in English when I was calling my mother and couldn’t come up with some Dutch words.  

A year later I went to Australia for a few months. Of course, this is again another form of English just like American English and the type of English they speak in Great Brittan. Although I really love the Australian accent I fortunately didn’t only speak to Australian people. I met people from all around the world. And the interesting thing is that we all assume that everyone there speaks some sort of English. Not only did I learn about different cultures, I also learned a lot more English.

Nowadays there is a lot of English all around us. It’s on most websites, movies, series, books and advertisements. But it is up to us all to see it and respond actively. As of a few months I am attending an English-speaking Church. On Sunday mornings we sing, pray, think, speak and listen in English with each other. They say Dutch people really do speak English very well, but I think I could really learn a lot more. And I want to!

#HR #HRM #humanresources #english #languagehistory #australia #spain #summercamp #travel

[bk201131]

English language history

Dear readers, Today I am going to tell you something about my experience with the English language. On primary school I started with learning and practicing easy and short words. Every week I had to learn some words and I got exams to test my vocabulary of the English language. I felt like a pro when I understood some words and I spoke a little bit of English. 

When I went to secondary school I got teached for five years in regular English. In secondary school the subject English is devided in to speaking, writing and listening. In the last two years of secondary school I got business English. I did the course Abridged Business. I had to start my own business with my classmates and had to learn the English business languages. I passed the exam with the level Advanced. So far, my experience with the English language. I have been also on an exchange with German student, where I had to speak English all week.

In secondary school I had to read English books. But in my spare time I haven’t read an English book yet. Book reading is not my favorite activity. In contrary to my experience with series and movies. I watched enough English movies and series without subtitles. Before I had Netflix I watched every film without subtitles. In the past I used to watch a lot of vlogs of Jake Paul. Every day I watched a vlog without subtitles. I followed a lot of juice about Jake Paul in US Newspapers en paparazzi. 

On summer holidays I went three times to the UK. In supermarkets, on terasses and shops you have to speak English. My sister has also an English boyfriend so we speak a lot English at home. You learn to become more secure in an abroad language. 

In short, this is my experience with the English language. I hope you enjoyed yourself!

Lots of love.

#English LanguageHistory

[lingua4franca-blog]

It's called a what? #tittle #languagehistory #language #speakit #languagegeek

#tittle #language #languagehistory #speakit #languagegeek

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Participants needed for current online survey: "Recent words in the English language" https://t.co/vpvOyh67UY via @SurveyCircle #LanguageProcessing #LanguageHistory #English #Language #EnglishLanguage pic.twitter.com/DVVvNxoelX

— Daily Research (@daily_research) November 27, 2018

#finding participants #finding respondents #participants needed #get survey responses #larger sample

[mikeaubeng]

History is always fascinating. Google used an image of what seems to be ancient roman ruins that were built in Lebanon in place of the letter "L" in the word google. It's interesting to see that language is not only used as a means of communication, but also as a historical entity. Having a piece of history replace a letter can be much deeper than just simple visuals. It can imply that language has a long and intricate history behind it.

#engl229 #google #history #languagehistory #languagepastpresentfuture

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

9th century German, perhaps? An anonymous song called Thes abet er ubar woroltring. If anyone knows ancient languages, perhaps they can translate?

#german #germanic #middleages #mittelalter #médiéval #empirecarolingien #holyromanempire #history #musichistory #languagehistory

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

Neidhart von Reuental: So blossen wir den anger nie gesahen

#neidhartvonreuental #minnesang #minnesänger #mittelhochdeutsch #mittelalter #mittelalterlichemusik #mittelalterlich #music #musicblr #medievalm #medievallanguages #langblr #languagehistory #trouvère #troubadour

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

Neidhart von Reuental, Vreut euch wol gemuten kind

#neidhartvonreuental #minnesang #minnesänger #mittelhochdeutsch #mittelalter #mittelalterlichemusik #mittelalterlich #music #medievalmusic #trouvère #troubadour #middlehighgerman #middleages #languagehistory #langblr #musicblr #musichistory

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

A fascinating video on how Spanish retained the tilde, that is: ñ. 

#spanish #spanishlanguage #languagehistory #linguistics #tilde #ñ #españa #medievalspanish #langblr

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

Despite being unable to speak Spanish, I was able to read most of the text in this video, discussing the origin of the French language. 

#spanish #espanol #lenguafrancesa #lengua #romancelanguages #languefrançaise #français #histoire #linguistique #linguistics #languagehistory #langblr

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

For those who speak Russian:

Фильм о великом русском ученом Михаиле Ломоносове. После нескольких лет учебы в Германии Ломоносов возвращается на родину. Начинается упорная и многолетняя борьба ученого за становление отечественной

All I know is that: 1)- this film is about the celebrated polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, among whose achievements is the standardisation of modern Russian, 2)- I REALLY have to learn Russian! 

I have already found a treasure trove of excellent vintage films online, none of which I can understand, owing to the language barrier. I almost wept in disbelief as I found 12 hours of Sherlock Holmes in Russian, played by the brilliant Vasily Ivanov, admired greatly in Britain as one of the best actors of Holmes ever. 

Once again, invest in learning foreign languages. I am still reaping dividends from being able to read French, German, and some (mostly Biblical) Hebrew. Your entire world opens to not just a new language, but a new way of thinking.  

#Фильм #Михайло Ломоносов #Германии #Ломоносов #russian #russianfilm #russianlanguage #russia #mikhaillomonosov #lomonosov #slaviclanguages #films #vintagefilms #polymath #physicist #germany #languagehistory #churchslavonic #langblr

[lingua4franca-blog]

Language is reinforced and evolved through use. Use it or lose it. #linguistics #dyinglanguage #deadlanguage #dialect #languagehistory #speakit (à NYU Linguistics)

#linguistics #speakit #languagehistory #deadlanguage #dialect #dyinglanguage