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Old 02-17-2003, 03:57 PM   #26
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Join Date: February 4, 2002
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Quote:
Originally posted by Masklinn:
And in the text above I found these comparisons :

in / en / en
to conquer / conquérir / conquistar
duke / duc / duque
north / nord / norte
language / langage / lenguaje
court / cour / corte
polite / poli
society / société / sociedad
during / durant / durante
period / periode / periodo
linguist / linguiste / lingüista
to estimate / estimer / estimar
percent / pourcent / por ciento
common / commun / común
vocabulary / vocabulaire / vocabulario

These 2 languages indeed have a lot in common [img]smile.gif[/img]
... and with other languages coming from Latin
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