A very happy New Year and Merry Christmas!
I wish that the New Year turns out to be a very special one for you filling each day with peak of health, abundance of happiness and sunshine, bountiful luxury and prosperity.
Saturday, 31 December 2016
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MERRY CHRISTMAS
Dear students!
A very happy New Year and Merry Christmas!
I wish that the New Year turns out to be a very special one for you filling each day with peak of health, abundance of happiness and sunshine, bountiful luxury and prosperity.
A very happy New Year and Merry Christmas!
I wish that the New Year turns out to be a very special one for you filling each day with peak of health, abundance of happiness and sunshine, bountiful luxury and prosperity.
Thursday, 29 December 2016
Wednesday, 28 December 2016
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Coursera - week 4
Type 5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that need commas.
Then type 5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that do not need commas.
Remember commas are needed when the information is additional and not necessary. Commas are not needed when the information is necessary in the sentence.
1) Harry Potter, which was a story by J. Rowling, brought the house down.
2) Stephen King, awesome author, has won a lot of literature awards.
3) Alan Rickman, who played the part of professor Snape in films about Harry Potter, died in 2016.
4) Pentatonix, American acoustic band, is extraordinary and awesome!
5) "Home alone", the most Christmas film, has great atmosphere.
6) A person who is a first-time buyer must be very carefull!
7) A man who is in the black can't afford an expensive hollidays abroad.
8) A young girl is buying flours is cute.
9) Women who is the manager of the shop live next door.
10) The lady who is walking a dog is my mom's friend.
Then type 5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that do not need commas.
Remember commas are needed when the information is additional and not necessary. Commas are not needed when the information is necessary in the sentence.
1) Harry Potter, which was a story by J. Rowling, brought the house down.
2) Stephen King, awesome author, has won a lot of literature awards.
3) Alan Rickman, who played the part of professor Snape in films about Harry Potter, died in 2016.
4) Pentatonix, American acoustic band, is extraordinary and awesome!
5) "Home alone", the most Christmas film, has great atmosphere.
6) A person who is a first-time buyer must be very carefull!
7) A man who is in the black can't afford an expensive hollidays abroad.
8) A young girl is buying flours is cute.
9) Women who is the manager of the shop live next door.
10) The lady who is walking a dog is my mom's friend.
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Coursera
Week 1
Hello everyone. My name is Anna, and I am from Ukraine. Honestly, I adore taking different courses in this web-site. There is a real Klondike of knowledge. My first course was advised me by our English teacher. So, now the course about adjective closes is third in my list. Thanks for coursera I have found out a great number of important English rules and tips. What about movies? OK, I like romantic films, funny comedies and documental programs, especially Ukrainian program "In Search of Truth". I love animals, but the most favorite for me are cats. I think everyone likes Coursera. So, have a good day and good time with it!
Week 2
1) There are a lot of tasty candies that are produced in German.
2) The book, that is on the table belongs to me.
3) I like pizza, which is also the favorite of my sister and brother.
4) There are some new models of cars, which are transported from China.
5) The woman, who lives opposite of my house is my aunt.
6) I don't like like people, who hate animals.
7) Can you see the girl that is staying near a car.
8) The boy, who forgot shoes, is my little brother.
9) His cousin, whose name I forgot, was a nurse.
10) Don't use any words whose meanings you don't know well.
Week 3
1) This cozy room, is the room I want to live in.
2) Oh, there is a beautiful peach dress in which I want to go to a party.
3) China is one of the biggest countries I want to live in.
4) Did you go to the school, where my friend James goes.
5) The building, where I study is situated on the central street of the city.
6)The city, where he lives, is the main gathering place for artists.
7) Our granny remembers own young years, when she was very beautiful.
8) Some billions years ago, when no human was in the Earth, a lot of different dinozaurs existed.
9)The time, when he plays in the scene, is the main part of his life.
Week 4
5 sentences with adjective clauses or appostives that need commas
1) My friend Tom, who knows all the answers, will pass the Chemistry test tomorrow.
2) My teacher, who was working in Germany, now works at the University.
3) My favorite book, which was bought on sale-market, has really strange plot. 4) My grandmother, who does not live with me, is 78 years old.
5) The USA President, BArak Obama, visited a lot of countries providing charity last year.
5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that do not need commas
1) We will visit a teacher whom I knew many years ago.
2) The place where I was born is far away.
3) The holiday when the family gets together are the best.
4) He went to the men's clothing store that is situated in the shopping centre.
5) Some days ago I saw my ex-friend who betrayed me.
Week 1
Hello everyone. My name is Anna, and I am from Ukraine. Honestly, I adore taking different courses in this web-site. There is a real Klondike of knowledge. My first course was advised me by our English teacher. So, now the course about adjective closes is third in my list. Thanks for coursera I have found out a great number of important English rules and tips. What about movies? OK, I like romantic films, funny comedies and documental programs, especially Ukrainian program "In Search of Truth". I love animals, but the most favorite for me are cats. I think everyone likes Coursera. So, have a good day and good time with it!
Week 2
1) There are a lot of tasty candies that are produced in German.
2) The book, that is on the table belongs to me.
3) I like pizza, which is also the favorite of my sister and brother.
4) There are some new models of cars, which are transported from China.
5) The woman, who lives opposite of my house is my aunt.
6) I don't like like people, who hate animals.
7) Can you see the girl that is staying near a car.
8) The boy, who forgot shoes, is my little brother.
9) His cousin, whose name I forgot, was a nurse.
10) Don't use any words whose meanings you don't know well.
Week 3
1) This cozy room, is the room I want to live in.
2) Oh, there is a beautiful peach dress in which I want to go to a party.
3) China is one of the biggest countries I want to live in.
4) Did you go to the school, where my friend James goes.
5) The building, where I study is situated on the central street of the city.
6)The city, where he lives, is the main gathering place for artists.
7) Our granny remembers own young years, when she was very beautiful.
8) Some billions years ago, when no human was in the Earth, a lot of different dinozaurs existed.
9)The time, when he plays in the scene, is the main part of his life.
Week 4
5 sentences with adjective clauses or appostives that need commas
1) My friend Tom, who knows all the answers, will pass the Chemistry test tomorrow.
2) My teacher, who was working in Germany, now works at the University.
3) My favorite book, which was bought on sale-market, has really strange plot. 4) My grandmother, who does not live with me, is 78 years old.
5) The USA President, BArak Obama, visited a lot of countries providing charity last year.
5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that do not need commas
1) We will visit a teacher whom I knew many years ago.
2) The place where I was born is far away.
3) The holiday when the family gets together are the best.
4) He went to the men's clothing store that is situated in the shopping centre.
5) Some days ago I saw my ex-friend who betrayed me.
Tuesday, 27 December 2016
Coursera-week 3
Type your 9 sentences here. (3 sentences with adjective clauses that have prepositions; 3 sentences with adjective clauses that have "where"; 3 sentences with adjective clauses that have "when") Be sure to number them. Use correct capital letters and punctuation.
1) Empty-nester couple, whom I talked to three minutes ago, is looking for afordable living.
2) My new classmate, that I told you about, is terrific wet blanket.
3) The boy, that you set up flat with, is so cute.
4) She has eaten out of house and home boy, who burnt the candle at both ends for her.
5) A bargain basement, where you could buy absolutely everything for New Year party, was closed down yesterday.
6) And then he went to Mexico, where he had a full house with his book.
7) The 1960s was the time, when a lot of highrises was built.
8) Last year, when I bought property in other country, my ex-wife offered me to get our relationship back on the track. What a viper!
9) The day, when my friend called me a doormat, has changed a lot in my life!
1) Empty-nester couple, whom I talked to three minutes ago, is looking for afordable living.
2) My new classmate, that I told you about, is terrific wet blanket.
3) The boy, that you set up flat with, is so cute.
4) She has eaten out of house and home boy, who burnt the candle at both ends for her.
5) A bargain basement, where you could buy absolutely everything for New Year party, was closed down yesterday.
6) And then he went to Mexico, where he had a full house with his book.
7) The 1960s was the time, when a lot of highrises was built.
8) Last year, when I bought property in other country, my ex-wife offered me to get our relationship back on the track. What a viper!
9) The day, when my friend called me a doormat, has changed a lot in my life!
Monday, 26 December 2016
Coursera- week 2
Type your 10 sentences here. (4 sentences with adjective clauses that have subject pronouns; 4 sentences that have object pronouns; 2 sentences that have adjective clauses with the possessive pronoun) Be sure to number them. Use correct capital letters and punctuation.
1) I have painted the girl, who was my classmate.
2) I told him about the exellent movie, which I saw yesterday.
3) I don't like people, that give a cold shoulder to newcomers.
4) My mom applaud moves of my sister, that burn the candle at both ends to gain a diploma with honours, but i don't think, that this degree will make her happier.
5) My classmate, who always toe the line, is so boring!
6) Purposeful people, who fight tooth and nails for any opportunity to develope themselves, is my favourite type of people.
7) Book about young wizzard Harry, who have big heart of gold, brought the house down.
8) An enterprise, whose shares seemed soblue-chip, was shuttered yesterday because of currency crash.
9) People, whose old saws is always appropriate, are called quickwitted.
10)The book,which i have taken turned out not iteresting
1) I have painted the girl, who was my classmate.
2) I told him about the exellent movie, which I saw yesterday.
3) I don't like people, that give a cold shoulder to newcomers.
4) My mom applaud moves of my sister, that burn the candle at both ends to gain a diploma with honours, but i don't think, that this degree will make her happier.
5) My classmate, who always toe the line, is so boring!
6) Purposeful people, who fight tooth and nails for any opportunity to develope themselves, is my favourite type of people.
7) Book about young wizzard Harry, who have big heart of gold, brought the house down.
8) An enterprise, whose shares seemed soblue-chip, was shuttered yesterday because of currency crash.
9) People, whose old saws is always appropriate, are called quickwitted.
10)The book,which i have taken turned out not iteresting
Sunday, 25 December 2016
Saturday, 24 December 2016
Coursera - week 1
Choose a topic below and then choose two items to compare. (You can think of your own items to compare or choose one of the examples, but make sure you choose items that are different from each other, not similar.)
You will write a short paragraph comparing the two items you pick. Use at least 5 comparative adjectives and 2 superlative adjectives. You can use other adjectives too.
Comparing
comedy and drama I want to notice, that our life become more complicated every
day, so we need a lot of happy emotions. Among others, the best way to receive positive emotions is… watching comedies. The
comedies are much funnier than
dramas, and the more positive impressions you get the longer
your lifetime is. The most ridiculous comedy I have ever seen
is “Home alone”. Dramas usually are more
meaningful and more useful, but don’t forget about soap operas, that don’t
have any meaning and was created only for killing time. In addition, I’m full
of hops and very cheerful person, so dramas bring me melancholy and make my
heart sick. To sum up, my strong opinion is that comedies are much more interesting and even more valuable, than dramas.
Thursday, 22 December 2016
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Sunday, 18 December 2016
Text 6 | Holiday Plans
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Saturday, 17 December 2016
Adjectives and Adjectiva Clauses. Week 4
Type 5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that need commas.
1) Stephen King, named King of thrillers, is one of the popular American writers.
2) "Hitarin", the project of Russian rockers, creates great acoustic music.
3) Angelina Jolie, an ex-wifs of Brad Pitt, is one of the most beautiful actress.
4) O'Henry, awesome novelist, created about three thousand novels.
Then type 5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that do not need commas.
5) A girl who is my classmate is a graduate of academy of music.
6) A man who helped me with my bags is very nice.
7) A women who give me this book moved on three years ago.
8) A film that I have watched is exciting.
6) A man who helped me with my bags is very nice.
7) A women who give me this book moved on three years ago.
8) A film that I have watched is exciting.
Adjectives and Adjective Clauses. Week 3
Type your 9 sentences here. (3 sentences with adjective clauses that have prepositions; 3 sentences with adjective clauses that have "where"; 3 sentences with adjective clauses that have "when") Be sure to number them. Use correct capital letters and punctuation.
1) The man, whom Barbara has spoke to is my mother's brother.
2) The type of films, in which we can hear a lot of jokes is called comedy.
3) The hall of residence, that I live in is situated on Zamostyanska Street.
4) Home is the place, where your heart is.
5) This library is the best place, where you can read books or do your homework.
6) The Theatre of Modern Drama, where I have seen a great perfomance burnt to the ground yesterday.
7) Winter is a period, when the best way to spend your time is staying home, watching films and drinking hot tea.
8) The day, when I saw Kyiv first time is unforgettable.
9) Children love the time, when they stay home alone.
2) The type of films, in which we can hear a lot of jokes is called comedy.
3) The hall of residence, that I live in is situated on Zamostyanska Street.
4) Home is the place, where your heart is.
5) This library is the best place, where you can read books or do your homework.
6) The Theatre of Modern Drama, where I have seen a great perfomance burnt to the ground yesterday.
7) Winter is a period, when the best way to spend your time is staying home, watching films and drinking hot tea.
8) The day, when I saw Kyiv first time is unforgettable.
9) Children love the time, when they stay home alone.
Friday, 16 December 2016
Adjectives and Adjective Clauses. Week 2
Type your 10 sentences here. (4 sentences with adjective clauses that have subject pronouns; 4 sentences that have object pronouns; 2 sentences that have adjective clauses with the possessive pronoun) Be sure to number them. Use correct capital letters and punctuation.
1)Yesterday I met the man, who was my English teacher two years ago.
2) I told him about the book, that I have read two days ago.
3) Ukraine is a beautiful country, which is situated in the East Europe.
4) Taras Shevchenko is a foremost Ukraine author, who became a symbol of my country.
5) The boy, who sleep dressed in a stripped pajama, is a main character of my favourite book.
6) The cookery book, that my mother presented me, is very useful.
7) An young man, that passed us, seemed as my favourite actor.
8) The film, which you reccomended me, is awful!
9) The neighbor, whose dog always barked at me, turned to other town.
10) A boy, whose parents work with my father, is my classmate.
2) I told him about the book, that I have read two days ago.
3) Ukraine is a beautiful country, which is situated in the East Europe.
4) Taras Shevchenko is a foremost Ukraine author, who became a symbol of my country.
5) The boy, who sleep dressed in a stripped pajama, is a main character of my favourite book.
6) The cookery book, that my mother presented me, is very useful.
7) An young man, that passed us, seemed as my favourite actor.
8) The film, which you reccomended me, is awful!
9) The neighbor, whose dog always barked at me, turned to other town.
10) A boy, whose parents work with my father, is my classmate.
Coursera.Week 4
Type 5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that need commas.
1.Paris, the capital of France, is the most romantic city in the world.
2.Vincent Willem van Gogh,a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter, created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings.
3.Mikhail Bulgakov,a Russian writer, physician and playwright,was a genius personality.
4.Helena Bonham Carter, a British actress,is an eccentric and original woman.
5."Gone with the Wind", a 1939 American epic historical romance film ,is regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.
Then type 5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that do not need commas.
1.The cake I baked for my grandmother was strawberry and very delicious.
2.Earrings which gave me my great-grandmother are very expensive and valuable.
3.The party that I'm going to organize for my best friend will be on Saturday.
4.The gift that I have prepared for my boyfriend is really cool.
5.Shoes which I bought in a boutique are bright red.
1.Paris, the capital of France, is the most romantic city in the world.
2.Vincent Willem van Gogh,a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter, created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings.
3.Mikhail Bulgakov,a Russian writer, physician and playwright,was a genius personality.
4.Helena Bonham Carter, a British actress,is an eccentric and original woman.
5."Gone with the Wind", a 1939 American epic historical romance film ,is regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.
Then type 5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that do not need commas.
1.The cake I baked for my grandmother was strawberry and very delicious.
2.Earrings which gave me my great-grandmother are very expensive and valuable.
3.The party that I'm going to organize for my best friend will be on Saturday.
4.The gift that I have prepared for my boyfriend is really cool.
5.Shoes which I bought in a boutique are bright red.
Adjectives and adjective clauses. Week 1
Choose a topic below and then choose two items to compare. (You can think of your own items to compare or choose one of the examples, but make sure you choose items that are different from each other, not similar.)
You will write a short paragraph comparing the two items you pick. Use at least 5 comparative adjectives and 2 superlative adjectives. You can use other adjectives too.
Topic 3: Shopping
examples: Louis Vuitton vs. Gucci / Honda vs. Toyota / online shopping vs. shopping malls
In my own opinion shopping in shopping malls is better than online shopping. Firstly, online shopping is more dangerous becouse you can meet swindlers in the Internet or you can just make mistake with size and choose unsuitable thing. On the other hand, online shopping is more convient, than all this walking through crowded shops in bad weather, this kind of shopping is easier. One can feel more comfortably doing shopping in his bed, for example . But it must be said, that you feel yourself more happy during shopping in malls. You can communicate with your friends enjoing the process of choosing shirt or food. Shopping can be the funniest thing in the world!
Correct version of my summary
The film "The adventure of English-1.Birth of a language" has introduced the development of English language.It absorbed different languages and cultures,perhaps it is one of the reasons why English has become now the language of million people.Today English circles the globe.The film offers to us to explore how it has became the international language in the 21 century.
1) It is interesting to notice ,that 1,500 years ago on the island "Friesland" people used the language so similat to modern English.We can regognize some words: frost and freeze, blue,butter,bread,sleep,snow.The reason we can recognize these words- the same family of languages- the Germanic family.
2) In 5 century Angles, Saxons ,then Celts came in this territories and brought thier language.Germanic tribes occupied half of Britain and brought new words,with wich we live today.
↵the ending -ing (in the modern place names)- means the people off -Darking, Ealing;
↿ton- means eclosure or a village - Taunton, Chessington)
↶ham-means farm- Cheltenham,Tottenham
3)Some English words are 1,500 years old!
4)A lot of the words came from Latin.
5)English monk and scholar Bead was the first who wrote about the history of english-speaking people.
6)English mixed with Danish .Now we can hear the echoes of Danes old language in the way people speak.Some danish words stayed as the local dialects: beck is for stream,slattary is for shower.In English "you are sick",in north "you are ill".
7)Old North lanhuage affected the English language more than any other.
8)Now we use prepositions instead of old English words endings.
9)The King Alfred the Great made a depature from Latin to the English language ,spreading it in his Kongdom.
10)The English language absorbed French thanks The King William,who came in 1066.
Castle,enemy were the 1st of French words .In general, English absorbed more than 10.000 French words( Crown,Courte,Cream,Fruit,market, ability,peasant vassal,prison,etc.)
In conclusion, it should be add up,that The English language made the difficult way from it`s genesis to the it`s modern look.
1) It is interesting to notice ,that 1,500 years ago on the island "Friesland" people used the language so similat to modern English.We can regognize some words: frost and freeze, blue,butter,bread,sleep,snow.The reason we can recognize these words- the same family of languages- the Germanic family.
2) In 5 century Angles, Saxons ,then Celts came in this territories and brought thier language.Germanic tribes occupied half of Britain and brought new words,with wich we live today.
↵the ending -ing (in the modern place names)- means the people off -Darking, Ealing;
↿ton- means eclosure or a village - Taunton, Chessington)
↶ham-means farm- Cheltenham,Tottenham
3)Some English words are 1,500 years old!
4)A lot of the words came from Latin.
5)English monk and scholar Bead was the first who wrote about the history of english-speaking people.
6)English mixed with Danish .Now we can hear the echoes of Danes old language in the way people speak.Some danish words stayed as the local dialects: beck is for stream,slattary is for shower.In English "you are sick",in north "you are ill".
7)Old North lanhuage affected the English language more than any other.
8)Now we use prepositions instead of old English words endings.
9)The King Alfred the Great made a depature from Latin to the English language ,spreading it in his Kongdom.
10)The English language absorbed French thanks The King William,who came in 1066.
Castle,enemy were the 1st of French words .In general, English absorbed more than 10.000 French words( Crown,Courte,Cream,Fruit,market, ability,peasant vassal,prison,etc.)
In conclusion, it should be add up,that The English language made the difficult way from it`s genesis to the it`s modern look.
Coursera. Week 4
Type 5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that need commas.
- "Titanic", American romance-disaster film, won eleven Oscar nominations.
- Alfred Nobel, a founder of Nobel Prize, was a successful businessman.
- 20th Century Fox, an American film studio, was founded in 1935.
- Angelina Jolie, who is a famous actress, is known for her humanitarian efforts.
- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", that is a final novel of the Harry Potter series, was publicated in 2007.
- Boy who lives next door is a member of a rock-group.
- Letter I received yesterday had a invitation for a wedding.
- Pudding that my mum cooks is the tastiest in the world.
- A performance which I visited yesterday wasn't interesting.
- A dwelling that we bought had three rooms and beautiful terrace.
Coursera. Week 3
Type your 9 sentences here. (3 sentences with adjective clauses that have prepositions; 3 sentences with adjective clauses that have "where"; 3 sentences with adjective clauses that have "when") Be sure to number them. Use correct capital letters and punctuation.
- My mum gave me a present I have always dreamt about.
- This is a book that contains recipes from different cuisines.
- He worn a suit which he bought last summer.
- There is a big park near my house where you can have a lot of fun.
- My house is a place where I can feel calm and happy.
- I found no money in the place where I have left it.
- I wait for day when new season of my favourite film will be shown.
- I remember the day when I watched the film "Harry Potter" first time.
- 2016 was the year when I graduated from school and entered the university.
Thursday, 15 December 2016
Week 4
Adjective Clauses/Appositives
Type 5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that need commas.
Then type 5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that do not need commas.
Remember commas are needed when the information is additional and not necessary. Commas are not needed when the information is necessary in the sentence.
5 sentences with adjective clauses or appositives that need commas:
- Linda, my best friend, gives me a helpful hand whenever I need it.
- Georg, who is my neighbour, lies like a gas meter.
- Julia, who is our teacher's daughter, is full of conceit.
- Jack, her husband, always loafs away his timy.
- Kate, who is his classmate, is often lost in reverie.
- The transpire which happend to him last year brought him into notoriety.
- Menagerie which is situated next to that shop has become a dream of every child.
- Climate which is сommon in those territories is said to be bracing.
- The drugstore I visited yesterday is in the red.
- Flowers people used to present are growing on my flowerbed.
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Summary
English has the
characteristics of dazzling flexibility and an extraordinary power to absorb,
so new dialects of English are evolving all the time all over the world.
Modern Friesian and
modern English can both be traced back to the same family, the Germanic family
of languages. The West Germanic tribes took their language with them to the
territory of modern England in 5th century. In the year 491 Germanic
invaders laid siege and slaughtered the celts, which lived there. The only way
to survive for celts was to become part of the invaders tribes to adopt their
culture and their language.
English took its
first steps away from its tribal roots with revival of Christianity. Within 7th
century Christians built churches and monasteries and Christian missionaries brought
the language of the Christian religion, Latin, in the country. Latin terms
became part of the English and English took the script from the Latin.
The runic letters
could be carved into stone or wood, so runes were mainly used for short
practical massages or graffiti. The Latin alphabet allows words to be easily
written on the parchment, so books could be widely circulated. Books of the
Bible were translated, laws of lands were written down.
The first great
poem written in English was “Beowulf”. It told us about the glory days of the
Germanic tribes. This poem shows us a specific poetic energy that is in the
language.
Vikings coming
on these lands in 7th century started to destroy churches, which
were no more than treasure-house. The great library in Lindisfarne was burn to
the ground with its books in it. Only Alfred, the Wessex king, could defended
his kingdom.
In 1066 William
Duke of Normand sailed to claim English throne. The first king who spoke French
was William I the Conqueror, thus modern English involve a lot of French words.
In conclusion, English
started as a tribal dialect seemingly isolated in a small England, but now it circles
the globe.
To sum up...
Well, after watching documentary but very interesting & usefull film about the birth & development of English language, I must say that it gave us a lot of information thanks to which we could understand why modern English is like that. From the video we got to know that 2.000 years ago English was totally different from today`s one. Historical aspects played very important role in formation of language on the teritory of Great Britain. Firstly, these isles were occupied in different times with different tribes & nations, which brought their language with them. That`s why English was influenced a lot by German & French languages. Then, in times when 'Christians' came, language was under the pressure of Latin. For example, they used Latin alphabet & surely a lot of words from Latin itself. Also there is such an interesting fact that since time words have started to be pronounsed in different way, but in writing there were almost no changes. Maybe ancient English for us is different just because it`s mostly in pronounсiation from modern one . By the way, thanks to the video we have discovered the unique place Friesland where English still sounds like 1.500 years ago. So, English has a long way of formation, changing & development; & frankly speaking the video had opened my eyes & had shown a lot of unknown but useful information.
The Adventure of English - Birth of a Language
The video "The Adventure of English - Birth of a Language" is about the birth and formation of English language.Melvyn Bragg,who is the presenter in this video,told that English is
common throughout the world ,the history of which is extraordinary.The video consists of several programs about "the words we thinking,talking,singing and the words that describe the life we live". An interesting fact that in the world there is an island where the people speak in Old English, which has existed for a thousand years . The island called Friesland.A lot of different nouns,prepositions,verbs came into the English language from ancient times.
Kathryn A. Lowe said that sounds in Old English sound better than in the modern language.As for the birth of English,the language was brought to Britain by Germanic tribes like Angles, Saxons and Jutes.From 800 BC it begins the era of the British Celts and, accordingly, the Celtic language in Britain.Later English developed thanks to Christians.They brought such language as Latina and Latin terms began a part of English(eg.mass and verse).Then, the land was invaded by the Vikings. They spread their language.The exception was king Alfred whose monarchy Wales was named the Great.In the end, the king of the Normans came to power, who spoke in French.The interesting thing is that there are different words for the same things in the Old and Modern English(e.g skill-craft ,ill-sick).
My summary
After watching a first part of the video 'HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE Birth of a Language doc series' I`ve learned a lot of things about English.
It's really interesting because a host says if we were at the Soth Bank in London two thousand years ago we wouldn't understand the language people talk there. It make us understand that a language changes little by little and we don't notice it. And now thousands of people around the world speak English, even though it wasn't like this centuries ago and 300 years ago English was even forced underground and survived.
There is an interesting place - Friesland, we can consider a language locals speak as an ancestor`s English, it is really hard to understand for us, but it's simplier for english-speakers, because it relates to the germanic languages.
Talking about the Celts, only a handful of their words survived into modern English. Also many modern place names or words come from Northumbria. After the years when Latin was very powerful, English started to use Latin alphabet.
So, I can sum up, that English was influenced by the tribes that conquered The UK, powerful counties' languages or some languages that was popular years ago. English just took words from them and made a powerful language, that is spoken by thousands millions of people. It is a really interesting video!
The Adventure Of English - Episode 1 Birth of a Language
Today English is an international language of well over a thousand million people around the world.This program tells about the firs steps of language development and the influence of various tribes.The presenter begins this story with Friesland(the Netherlands), where we can still hear the modern language that sounds like 1,500 years ago.In the 5th century Germanic tribes(Jutes, Angles, Saxons)came and took their language with them.At the same time, the Celts become part of the invader`s tribes, so only a handful of words from Celtic languages survive into modern English.The Germanic tribes, which settled around the country all spoke their own dialects now.
One more interesting fact that Old English words sound a little different, then Modern English and Old English forms not by word order, as we do, but by tacking on endings onto the ends of things(language expert Katie Lowe).
In the 7th century Christian missionaries brought the international language of Christian religion - Latin.A lot of terms and words come from Latin to English.Besides, English took the script from Latin too.Then, Viking invaders controlled the north and east of country and spreading their language here.Only King Alfred from Wessex was a great defender of the English language.In 1066 another wave of invaders was landing - the Normans.King William spoke French throughout, so nearly 500 words dealing with food,cooking and eating alone entered English from French.
One more interesting fact that Old English words sound a little different, then Modern English and Old English forms not by word order, as we do, but by tacking on endings onto the ends of things(language expert Katie Lowe).
In the 7th century Christian missionaries brought the international language of Christian religion - Latin.A lot of terms and words come from Latin to English.Besides, English took the script from Latin too.Then, Viking invaders controlled the north and east of country and spreading their language here.Only King Alfred from Wessex was a great defender of the English language.In 1066 another wave of invaders was landing - the Normans.King William spoke French throughout, so nearly 500 words dealing with food,cooking and eating alone entered English from French.
Summary
The video “Birth of a language” describes development
of English language during centuries. Some programs were made about history of
English.
The Netherlands is place, where we can still hear the
modern language sounds closest to what the ancestor of the English sounded like
1,500 years ago.
In the 5th century, a Germanic tribe, part of the
family that also contained Jutes, Angles and Saxon's, made sail to look for a
better life. In fact, they took their language with them.
More than 500 years before, the Romans had also come
by sea, their empire had crumbled, and they'd abandoned these islands.
Germanic invaders seized Celt`s lands in 491. The
Celts became servants and second-class citizens. Only few words from the Celtic
language have survived into modern English. By the end of the 6th century, these
Germanic tribes occupied half of mainland Britain and had divided into a number
of kingdoms Kent, Sussex, Essex, and Wessex. East Anglia, names after the
Angles who gave England it's name. The Germanic tribes spoke Anglo-Saxon or Old
English.
Katie Lowe, language expert, said that in the region
of around 25,000 words were swirling around at that time.
The monks brought the international language of the
Christian religion - Latin. The Runic alphabet, was made up of symbols, formed
mainly of straight lines, so that the letters could be carved into stone or
wood.
The great English monk and scholar Bede began writing
the first ever history of the English speaking people.
No one knows who composed the epic Beowulf, the first
great poem in the English Language. The poem celebrates the glory days of the
Germanic tribes, optimizing the heroic warrior who gives the poem it's name.
Over 12 centuries ago, the vikings savaged easten half
of the country. In 865, they landed a great army in East Anglia.
King Alfred's the only monarch known as "the
Great". In 878, the Danes won what appeared to be a decisive battle at
Chippenham in Wiltshire. Alfred, with only a few followers, went on the run
into the marshes of Somerset and got a victory. Hundreds of Norse words entered
the mainstream of English.
Alfred made
an extraordinarily imaginative project, to promote literacy, and restore the
English language. As a result, Alfred made a significant influence on
development of English.
In 1066 the Normans came. About 10,000 words come from
the conquering Norman French. Nearly 500 words dealing with food, cooking, and
eating alone entered English from French. The Doomsday book, show us how
widespread their influence and their language.
To sum up, English language was influenced by
different tribes and now it has a poor place in a country with 3 languages.
My Conclusion
I’ve found
this video very useful! The information has been absolutely new for me.
So, now I
know that 2000 years ago the language would have been incomprehensible.
1000 years
ago English had established its first base camp.
English is
the language of over a thousand million people all over the world now.
Modern
English can be traced back to the same family – the Germanic family of
languages.
In the year
491 dramatic invaders laid siege and slaughtered the Celts.
It was a
kind of surprise for me that English had taken its roots with the revival of
Christianity.
Indeed, while
Latin was extremely powerful, the prevailing language among the people was
still old English. Now old English is written down using Latin alphabet.
Most of all
I liked the place the old Roman for dependency that had been a faithful one for
the English language.
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