There were many lingua francas of which French was supposedly the first global lingua franca. That changed and it became English (from what I understand). We will probably see another language become the lingua franca, so my question is: should it be English? Are there better candidates out there? Why / why not?

  • Richie Rich@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    😂😂😂 I had to learn this crap for 5 years, too. And all I can remember is the one sentence which I learned:

    “Gallia est divisa in partes tres.”

    But I don’t know for what this is good for. 🤭

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      4 hours ago

      I know the first few sentences from the first lection of my first Latin book

      Uni est Quintus? Quintus in hortus est. Quinte, Quinte, Caecilia clamat"

      That basically all I remember.

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        3 hours ago

        🤔 when I see this: do you mean “Ubi est”?

        My first sentence was: “Marcus silvam currit.” 😂