/lit/ - Literature

>>3224489
there's about the same unless you count the latin influence with french

>>3015287

>English has no roots in Latin

What the fuck am I reading?

>Americlap realizes some French words read the same in English

oh lawd

In your view, which language complements English the most? Are its benefits chiefly in mutual vocabulary or grammar?

I've heard that Latin makes you more meticulous in phrasing, diction and the like. Languages like French and German would certainly extend your vocabulary.

Also, when you think about all the books you've read, what languages, aside from English, appear the most? McCarthy had a lot Spanish in his books, or so I've heard.

(Excuse my English, I'm not a native speaker.)

>>2345477
>implying two thirds of English words aren't the same in French

>>2231544
>implying English hasn't stolen two thirds of its words to French or Latin
also
>English
>Germanic

>>2205064
>English
>Germanic

Don't make me laugh.

>>2179822
Well, maybe if you're from an English speaking country, because two thirds of the English vocabulary have a common root with French - pic related. But I think French must be hard for other foreigners because we have retarded genders and conjugation - well, not as retarded as German genders and declensions though.

>>1252675
>>1252654

Lol, English with only 30% of its words