Francès per a qui parla català
Ja saps més francès del que et penses. De les 2.264 paraules quotidianes de Cognata, 1.618 tenen un cognat en català: la mateixa paraula, remodelada per segles de parla. Comença per aquestes, aprèn els canvis regulars que uneixen les dues llengües i no perdis de vista els falsos amics.
- comparteixen origen
- 71 %
- heretades a totes dues bandes
- 27 %
- per aprendre de zero
- 29 %
2.264 paraules comparades
Paraules que ja coneixes
Paraules quotidianes les formes de les quals en català i en francès venen del mateix origen.
Les lleis fonètiques entre totes dues
Canvis regulars que converteixen una paraula en català en el seu cognat en francès: aprèn-ne un i et servirà per a centenars de paraules.
- Stressed short E breaks into iee [ɛ] (no diphthong); i next to a palatal (llit)ie, i (open syllable); e (closed)PETRAMpedrapierre
- Stressed short O breaks into ue / uo / euo [ɔ] (no diphthong)eu, œu (open syllable); o (closed)NOVUMnouneuf
- French stressed free A becomes ea (kept)e, è, é; ie after a palatal (chien)MAREmarmer
- French fronts long U to [y]u [u] (kept)u [y]LŪNAMllunalune
- AU becomes ooo (spelled o or au)AURUMoror
- French vowel + nasal becomes a nasal voweloral vowel; final n after the stress lost (pa, vi)nasal vowel (ɑ̃ ɔ̃ ɛ̃); n/m silentPĀNEMpapain
- Spanish initial F- becomes h- (silent)f- keptf- keptFĪLIUM (fr. from nom. FĪLIUS)fillfils
- Voiceless stops between vowels softenb (v) d g; p t c again at the end of a word (amic, agut)v; t, c lostVĪTAMvidavie
- C before E and Is (c, ç); between vowels lost, or u at the end (veí, deu)s (c, ç)CAELUMcelciel
- French CA becomes chaca keptcha, che, chie [ʃ]CABALLUMcavallcheval
- Initial I- (J-) and G before E, Ij, g [ʒ]j, g [ʒ]IOCUMjocjeu
- B and V merge in Spanishmerged as in Spanish (Central Catalan); v kept in Balearic and parts of Valenciav kept; B between vowels → vVĪNUMvivin
- Germanic W- becomes gu- / g-gu- ([gw] before a, o; [g] before e, i)g(u)- [g]Germanic *WERRAguerraguerre
- L before a consonant becomes ul kept (altre, falç)l → u, fused with the vowel: au [o], ou [u], eauALTERUMaltreautre
- CTit, t (the i absorbed by the vowel: nit, fet)it (i + t)NOCTEMnitnuit
- L + yodll [ʎ]il, ill [j]FOLIAMfullafeuille
- C'L inside a wordll [ʎ]il, ill [j]OCULUMullœil
- CL-, PL-, FL- at the start of a wordcl- pl- fl- (kept)cl- pl- fl- (kept)CLĀVEMclauclé
- NN, GN and N + yodny [ɲ], also from NN (any)gn [ɲ]; NN → n (nasal vowel at the end)ANNUManyan
- S + consonant at the start of a wordes-é- (from es-, s lost)STELLAMestrellaétoile
- French loses S before a consonant (^)s kepts lost; often marked ^ (ê â ô î û)FESTAMfestafête
- Italian assimilates clusterssimplified: pt → t, mn → n; x → ix [ʃ]simplified or lost: pt → t; x → sSEPTEMsetsept
- Final vowelsdropped except -a (said [ə]); -e kept after clustersdropped; -A → mute -eLUPUMlloploup
- Plurals: -s or -i-s, -es (from the accusative)-s, -x (written, mostly silent; from the accusative)LUPŌS (acc.) / LUPĪ (nom.)llopsloups
- -TĀTEM: -dad, -té, -tà-tat-téCĪVITĀTEMciutatcité
- -TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón-ció (learned); inherited -ó (raó, tió)-tion (learned); inherited -sonRATIŌNEMraóraison
- -ĀRIUM: -ero, -ier, -aio-er, -era-ier, -ièreCABALLĀRIUMcavallerchevalier
- Adverbs in -mente / -ment-ment-mentCLĀRĀ MENTEclaramentclairement
- Single L between vowels: lost in Portuguese, r in Romanianl keptl keptFĪLUMfilfil
- Portuguese loses single N between vowelsn kept; lost where it became final (mà; see final-n)n kept between vowels; at the end, a nasal vowelLĀNAMllanalaine
- Romanian turns velars into labialsit/t, ix [ʃ], ny; qu, guit, iss, gn; qu (velar kept, palatalized or lost)OCTŌvuithuit
- Romanian T, D, S before i become ț, z, șt, d, s keptt, d, s keptDĪCEREdirdire
- Catalan drops -n at the end of a wordlost (pa, vi); back in the plural (pans, vins)n silent, vowel nasal (pain, vin)PĀNEMpapain
Falsos amics a vigilar
voler (Català) vol dir «to want» · voler (Francès) vol dir «to fly; to steal»
Coincidence. Catalan voler is spoken Latin *VOLĒRE (for VELLE 'to want'), the source of French vouloir; French voler is VOLĀRE 'to fly', and 'to steal' came from the falconer's bird flying off with its prey.
Paraules per aprendre de zero
Paraules comunes en què el francès ha seguit el seu propi camí.