A History of the English Language (with subtitles)

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0:00 Introduction
0:33 The History of English
2:32 Proto-Germanic
2:44 GERMANIA
3:07 Pro and Sub
4:36 Old Norse
4:42 reindeer dirt choose
6:21 weird strange
7:38 assassination cold blooded manager uncomfortable
8:37 vowels: a-e-i-o-u
9:01 ke-nah-veh
9:42 knave = nave
10:59 pajamas trek ketchup

[leoaluise]

Everyone saying they have this for homework but I’m simply watching this for fun on a Saturday

[TheAnacas]

Oh, wow! You've made my day. I studied this in college, in 1980. I still remember my first English Lit class and you have revived the feelings of wonder I had in that first class. Gonna share it with my students. I've been an English language and lit tutor for 43 years now, and have never ceased to be amazed when a beginner starts to understand and speak English. I think languages are like a miracle; one of the best examples of human ingenuity. Thank you so much, from Brazil.

[GoGreen]

As an English speaking American who has been studying Spanish for years, I want to know how English escaped having nouns with gender and having to match articles and adjectives to the gender of the nouns. I believe almost all other European languages have gendered nouns, which totally confuses native English speakers when first being introduced to Spanish, French, German, etc. How did English get rid of those gendered nouns?

[forzaflash]

Your video is absolutely amazing, not only did it help me with my homework, it proved to me how interesting the background of the language is, and it isn't even my main language! Great stuff

[MM-jsvy]

The fact that my English teacher used this for our lesson!!

[isesan]

The history of English is much more than a simple language that has evolved, we are studying how to learn the language but seeing a little more of its history motivates us to want to know more.

Isela Jiménez-1D

[dorianphilotheates]

Forgot the Greek: a HUGE influence on the development of the English language. Some Greek came via Latin, some with the synthesis of Modern English during the Renaissance, the rest with the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution.

[fractal_gate]

So this is why Romans in American movies have English accents!

[joaoalbuja]

Albuja Joao 1D
The history of English is very interesting and its origin and evolution encompasses several aspects that allowed it to be a complete language used in several countries.

[davidsimbana]

40-Simbaña Tasintuña Joel- 1D

The history of English is very interesting because to get to the English that we currently have, it went through several processes since at first Old English was nothing like the one we currently have but it evolved because there were many conquests in which they were added words or its pronunciation was changed until it reached a point where everything was fixed in both writing and pronunciation and is now one of the most widely spoken languages ​​in the world.
Thanks to this video I was able to understand that behind in English there is a long and interesting story

[DiegoNuda]

I'm brazilian and I loved your video. The pace of your speech is very accessible. Congrats! 😊

[ricardoantonioarroyo]

It's amazing! I really enjoyed this interesting video in my class called: Historical Evolution of Language. Congrats!

[alibaba]

All the dislikes are from students whose teacher has given this for homework
today i am having an oral test on this😣

[estebanarevalo]

Arévalo Esteban 1B
English is one of the most representative languages ​​in the world but in order to be it it had to undergo a series of changes which were the old the medium and the modern which is the one we currently speak, this video is very interesting because it teaches you the processes and changes that English underwent throughout history

[dd_lan.]

44-Toctaquiza Dylan-1D
The long history of the English language is divided into three important times: old, middle and modern. But in the future, we will have maybe a new postmodern English with new words that can be more universal for every language because the globalization process that affect all types of cummunication.

[WaiferThyme]

This was facinating! Tyvm for posting it.

[kattytoapanta]

The history of how English originated is undoubtedly interesting, since we can appreciate this wonderful language more fully since its history is very important in order to study it and have an idea of how it came about.
Katty Toapanta 1C

[cemdogan]

Lerning English with Vivaldi is definitely wonderful. Please make more videos like this. Thank you.

[nelpastel]

29_Nelson Peña_1D
It is very important to know the History of English because this allows us to know how it has evolved over time, how English was created, the difference between the English of the United States and that of England

[chikistube]

42-Terán Jácome Cristian Xavier-1D
It is an interesting video as it teaches us how English advanced in the world, how it has evolved and has changed some ways of speaking this universal language