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In medieval times, French had evolved into two groups, a northern branch known as the "Langue d'oïl," and a southerly group known as the "Langue d'Oc."  However, after the political influence of the southerly group was crushed by the [[Albigensian Crusade]], the northerly variety became dominant, and is the ancestor of modern "standard" French (though the southern variety still exists as the [[Occitan language]]).  French is also spoken in many former French colonies in [[West Africa]] and the [[Carribbean]], the Canadian province of [[Québec]], by some people in [[Vietnam]], in [[Mauritius]], in many Pacific Ocean Islands and in other places. In [[Tunisia]], a former French colony, French is still one of the primary languages spoken.
 
In medieval times, French had evolved into two groups, a northern branch known as the "Langue d'oïl," and a southerly group known as the "Langue d'Oc."  However, after the political influence of the southerly group was crushed by the [[Albigensian Crusade]], the northerly variety became dominant, and is the ancestor of modern "standard" French (though the southern variety still exists as the [[Occitan language]]).  French is also spoken in many former French colonies in [[West Africa]] and the [[Carribbean]], the Canadian province of [[Québec]], by some people in [[Vietnam]], in [[Mauritius]], in many Pacific Ocean Islands and in other places. In [[Tunisia]], a former French colony, French is still one of the primary languages spoken.
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==Grammar==
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===Pronouns===
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*Je - I
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*Tu - You(informal)
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*Il - He
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*Elle - She
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*On - One (On le souhaite--one wishes it)
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*Qui - Who
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*Nous - We
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*Vous - You(multiple OR formal)
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*Ils - Group of people
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*Elles - Group of ONLY females
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===Object Pronouns===
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French is a predominately SVO with some SOV aspects. For example...
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''Il mange une pomme à Paris''
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''Il y en mange une''.
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''Edouard vais parler aux professeurs''
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''Edouard vais leurs parler''
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''Avez-vous vu Richard''
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''L'avez-vous vu''
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The objects are substituted with object pronouns which are placed before the verb in present tense or before the axillary verb.
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*Les - Denotes plural direct objects.
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*Le - A masculine direct object.
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*La - A feminine direct object.
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*L' - Placed before a verb that starts with a vowel.
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*Lui - Refers to a single indirect object that is a person.
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*Leur - Refers to a plural indirect object that is a person.
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*Y - Refers to a place or an indirect object that isn't a person.
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*En - refers to objects with a number.
    
[[Category:France]]
 
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[[Category:Languages]]
 
[[Category:Languages]]
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