history of english

Question 1

When does the history od english language begins?
What happened?

Answer 1

in the middle of the 5th century
Germanic tribes arrived, invanted the British Isles and conquered the celtic inhabitatants

Question 2

stoletje

Answer 2

century

Question 3

nemška plemena

Answer 3

Germanic tribes

Question 4

napati

Answer 4

to invad (ed)

Question 5

britanski otoki

Answer 5

British Isles

Question 6

premagati

Answer 6

conquer (ed)

Question 7

keltsko prebivalstvo

Answer 7

Celtic inhabitants

Question 8

how many periods has English? How are thex called

Answer 8

It has trhee main periods: old English (until 1100), Middle English (until 1500) and Modern English

Question 9

in which periods were used different dialects
what happened whit them after 14th century

Answer 9

in old and middle english
In 14th century the dialects were prevailed

Question 10

dialekti

Answer 10

dialect

Question 10

prepovedati

Answer 10

prevail (ed)

Question 11

from which language has the modern english developed from

Answer 11

from language spoken in london

Question 11

why are only a few words remained in english
what are this words

Answer 11

because of long-lasting hosility between Celts and anglo-Saxons. They were difference in religion and in the nationality. Celts were Cristians and anglo.Saxons were heathens.
later Celts retreated and accepted the language od anglo-saxons

bin, flannel, whiskey…

Question 11

sovraštvo

Answer 11

hostility

Question 12

religija

Answer 12

religion

Question 12

nacionalnost

Answer 12

nationality

Question 13

kristjani

Answer 13

Cristians

Question 14

pogani

Answer 14

heathens

Question 15

odmakniti se

Answer 15

retreat (ed)

Question 16

napadalci

Answer 16

invaders

Question 17

Why are many words from Scandinavian in English language

what kind of words are they

Answer 17

in the 8th century British isles vere invated by Scandinavian tribes and they become intermingled with Anglo-Saxons.

they are everyday words (husband, egg, skin, sky, they, them…)

Question 18

pomešano

Answer 18

intermingled

Question 19

uničevati

Answer 19

plunderd

Question 20

what happened in 1066

Answer 20

Normans (Vikings) invented and conquered the B. I.

Question 21

kateri jezik je postal official of intercourese in 10th century

Answer 21

french

Question 22

what did king edward III.

Answer 22

the use of english was premitted in the lawcourts

Question 23

what is the Provision of Oxford

Answer 23

the first legal document written in both French and English

Question 24

french words that prenetrated into english

Answer 24

-state administration (priliament, crown) -trade and commerce (manufacture) -noble titles (army, enemy) cookcry (dinner, beef)

Question 25

ehat was added to the englich beside borrowed words

Answer 25

prefixes and suffixes in french and latin

Question 26

ehat kind of people spoke denote absstract notions form romance languages

Answer 26

upper-classes

Question 27

why did more words prenetraded into english later, from whic languages

Answer 27

commerce and the spresd of colonizations -italian (balcony, opera, violin) -spanish (cocoa, chocolate) -dutch (deck, dock) german(ice-berg, kindergarten) -arabic (alkohol, sofa) -red Indian (canoe, toboggan) -indian(bungalow, jungle)

Question 28

does the englis have the inflections

Answer 28

yes but old english was rich with inflections, st the beginning of the moderen englist most of the inflectons were gone

Question 29

the difference in analytical and synthetical languages

Answer 29

analytical languages (french, english) has lach of inflections. the grammatical relations between words are expressed by means of seperate words. synthetical (slovene9 languages has a lot of inflections and the grammatical relations between words are form by it.

Question 30

english has 3 diferent word fromations...

Answer 30

1.) compaunding... new words are formed by joining two words (ice cream) 2.)derivation...new words are formed by the use of prefixes and suffixes (unhappy) 3.) conversion... a new part of speech is formed withouth any formal word-building elements the words remain unchanged, but its fuctions changes (play)