Influence for sure. French speaking people conquered England in 1066, and England was a Roman colony after all. French was the language of the elite in England for a long time after 1066.
Vocabulary wise sure, English borrows from those languages.
Grammatically it's quite different. For example in Romance languages noun-adjective ordering is opposite from English, and nouns are gendered.
Oh, lol! Do love the gendered nouns though and how easily they are learned in childhood without confusing the actual gender of child. Wonder when people will break legs of tables and chairs when they are misgendered by foreign speakers.
We all must be older:). No talk of pronouns. How refreshing 💦 Signed, an original woman.
See comment above about gendered nouns. LoL
Influence for sure. French speaking people conquered England in 1066, and England was a Roman colony after all. French was the language of the elite in England for a long time after 1066.
Vocabulary wise sure, English borrows from those languages.
Grammatically it's quite different. For example in Romance languages noun-adjective ordering is opposite from English, and nouns are gendered.
Oh, lol! Do love the gendered nouns though and how easily they are learned in childhood without confusing the actual gender of child. Wonder when people will break legs of tables and chairs when they are misgendered by foreign speakers.