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Can French understand Romanian?
More so than Spanish, Italian or Portuguese. If you know French, you will only be able to read Romanian with great difficulty, because of its grammatical peculiarities and influences from the languages of countries surrounding Romania.
Do Italian students learn Latin?
Yes they do. We do. And then we forget it. The study of Latin is done in order to get a better understanding of Italian Grammar, only secondarily for the use of the language.
What percentage of Romanian is Latin?
So, despite appearances, is Romanian a Romance or a Slavic language? We can see when we look at 2500 of the most common words used in Romanian that it is 75\% of these words are Romance based. Further analysis shows that kinship terms are 76.9\% Latin-based.
Are the Italian and French languages mutually intelligible?
All these languages are mutually intelligible to a certain extent thanks to their common origins. Italian and French languages share the same history, but their roots are different. The territory of France was inhabited by Gauls and after occupied by Romans, while Italy always remained part of the Roman Empire.
Is it easy to learn Italian after learning French?
As a native English-speaker who has learnt both languages, I can confirm that it was indeed quite easy to learn Italian after learning French but it was not possible for me to understand spoken Italian comfortably in the beginning, especially because of the numerous Italian dialects that are spoken in everyday life.
How did Latin become the basis for the Romance languages?
With this development, the use of Latin in these regions would supercede the pre-Roman dialects of Italy, Gaul and Spain. However, some expressions of the original languages remained intact and, once mixed with the spoken Latin, gave birth to new languages known as the Romance languages.
How did Latin become so popular in Italy?
Over time, it was also affected by the Celtic migrations and their dialects from Northern Italy and by the dominant regional culture of the Greeks. Latin would quickly spread over a larger part of Italy, in direct correlation to Roman conquests.