Vocabulaire
What's in a word? Vocabulary is the building block of sentences and thought. This section is devoted to helping students look at words as life forms, each with their own history and ancestral origin.
Words tell us so much about history and culture — and the transformation of both. You will be amazed at how much one word can reveal! The words chosen for this section will be either French words used in English and French (even though they may be used differently), or words used only in French that are jam-packed with information about culture.
Click on either Le mot juste or L'histoire parle beside the crimson petunia (look up!) to enter a lively realm containing just the right word.
*This is the first step toward THE One World Language.
Step Seven: *The Group Genetive marches toward Munich.
Planète Française is ruled by Dr. Todd Alden Marshall, professor of Russian and Slavic Linguistics at the University of Central Arkansas. An independent entity in the CornDancer consortium of planets, Planète Française is dedicated to the study and exploration of the French language. CornDancer is a developmental website for the mind and spirit maintained by webmistress Freddie A. Bowles of the Planet Earth. Submissions are invited.
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