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Group 1 Jeanne-Marie, Maxime, Guillemette, Inès

Group 1 Jeanne-Marie, Maxime, Guillemette, Inès. English and French !

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Group 1Jeanne-Marie, Maxime, Guillemette, Inès

English and French !

Belgium - Benin - Canada (New Brunswick, Nunavut, Quebec, Ontario, Northwest Territories,

Yukon) - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Central Africa - Comoros

- Congo - Brazzaville - Congo - Kinshasa (DRC) - Côte d'Ivoire -

Djibouti - Gabon - Guinea - Haiti - Luxembourg - India (Pondicherry) - Italy (Aosta Valley) - Madagascar - Mali - Mauritius - Monaco - Niger -

Switzerland - Senegal - Chad - Togo - Rwanda - Vanuatu

South Africa, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, United States, Ethiopia, Fiji,

Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Solomon Islands

India, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta,

Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Uganda, Pakistan, Palau, Panama,

Papua New Guinea, Philippines, United Kingdom, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis,

Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Swaziland, Tanzania,

Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Here is the complete list of countries where English is the

main language or official language of the country.

There are more English-

speaking countries than

French-speaking

countries.

DOM-TOMDOM-TOM

Guadeloupe - Guyana - Martinique - Meeting - Guadeloupe - Guyana - Martinique - Meeting -

Mayotte - French Polynesia - Saint-Pierre-and-Mayotte - French Polynesia - Saint-Pierre-and-

Miquelon - Wallis-and-Futuna - New CaledoniaMiquelon - Wallis-and-Futuna - New Caledonia

OtherOther

Belgium - Benign - Canada (New Brunswick, Belgium - Benign - Canada (New Brunswick,

Nunavut, Quebec, Ontario, Territories of the North-Nunavut, Quebec, Ontario, Territories of the North-

West, Yukon) - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroun - West, Yukon) - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroun -

Central Africa -Central Africa -

DOM-TOMDOM-TOM

Guadeloupe - Guyana - Martinique - Meeting - Guadeloupe - Guyana - Martinique - Meeting -

Mayotte - French Polynesia - Saint-Pierre-and-Mayotte - French Polynesia - Saint-Pierre-and-

Miquelon - Wallis-and-Futuna - New CaledoniaMiquelon - Wallis-and-Futuna - New Caledonia

OtherOther

Belgium - Benign - Canada (New Brunswick, Belgium - Benign - Canada (New Brunswick,

Nunavut, Quebec, Ontario, Territories of the North-Nunavut, Quebec, Ontario, Territories of the North-

West, Yukon) - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroun - West, Yukon) - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroun -

Central Africa -Central Africa -

The Comoros - Congo-Brazzaville - Congo-Kinshasa (DRC) The Comoros - Congo-Brazzaville - Congo-Kinshasa (DRC)

- Ivory Coast - Djibouti - Gabon - Guinea - Haiti - - Ivory Coast - Djibouti - Gabon - Guinea - Haiti -

Luxembourg - India (Pondichéry) - Italy (Valley-in Aoste) - Luxembourg - India (Pondichéry) - Italy (Valley-in Aoste) -

Madagascar - Mali - Maurice - Monaco - Niger - Madagascar - Mali - Maurice - Monaco - Niger -

Switzerland - Senegal - Chad - Togo - Rwanda - VanuatuSwitzerland - Senegal - Chad - Togo - Rwanda - Vanuatu

There are around 100 000 words in the French dictionary

In English, there can be words of French origin

as:

adieu, amour-propre, aperitif, cul-de-sac,

savoir faire, pied-à-terre, rendez-vous, sang-froid, savoir-vivre, souvenir,

tête-à-tête …

There are also transparent words in

English :

Agriculture, album, automobile, college, continent, culture, different, emotion,

excellent, extreme ...

The origins of the French are the and and a little . A few words come from English.

Latin GreekGallic

Here are some proverbs in French and their translation

in English.

Tout est bien qui finit bien.All is well that ends well.

C'est mon petit doigt qui me l'a dit.

A little bird told me. On creuse sa tombe avec ses dents.

You dig your grave with your teeth.