Word: modernes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Modern Poster," about to be published by the Scribners, will consist of essays by H. C. Bunner and others, with more than sixty illustrations...
Among consonant sounds we find similar variations. The English sounds of ch and g, as found in church and gentle, although they do not exist in modern French, are found in the French of the eleventh century. There are fewer silent consonants, too, in the older tongure. Final d in modern French is pronounced like t when followed by a word beginning with a vowel. In old French the spelling was made to conform with the pronunciation...
There were certain peculiarities in old French that the modern tongue does not possess, which brought the language nearer the English. The sound, as in thin, is an example. When we say faith we are reproducing almost exactly the old French word...
...changes in grammar are very marked. Old French nouns had two cases, subject and object, descendants of the Latin nominative and accusative. As to number, very little distinction is made in modern French in speaking. In old French probably the plural was formed by s in the majority of cases. The word boeuf was pronounced bwef, and the plural bwes...
Professor Sheldon in closing, read a selection from the "Chanson de Roland." He called attention to the assonance that takes the place of modern rhyme. The stanzas are irregular but have one vowel sound running throughout...