The word "ballet" comes from the French language, and is based on the Italian word "balletto."

VOA: special.2011.01.26

If you ever read the course descriptions of French 115 or chinese language, basic intro to Chinese, they say--I think I wrote it down here, this process of gradual assimilation.

如果你们曾经读过法语115课程描述,或者中文,也就是基础中文课程的介绍,我想我应该在这写下来了,那上面提到,这是一种逐步同化的过程

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

and they reply in German, "Yes, I'm French," that doesn't--language doesn't necessarily tell you how people feel about their identity. Some sage once said, I don't know who it was, but I love this expression, that a language is a dialect with a powerful army.

然后他们用德语回答,"我是法国人",不一定--语言不一定能代表,对自己的身份认同,有个哲人说过,我忘了是谁,但我特喜欢这句,说语言就是有强大军队撑腰的方言

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Her mother,Katherine, had a deep knowledge of books, art and the French language.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

Well, start anywhere you want. Breton, which is a language that has nothing to do with French at all-- here, oh I've got a really funny story I was going to tell about a Breton priest, a French speaking Breton priest, but that's for another day.

从哪开始都行,布列塔尼语,这个语言和法语没有任何关系,这,我准备讲一个特别有意思的故事,是关于一个布列塔尼牧师,说法语的布列塔尼牧师,不过这以后再讲了

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Chopin spent years pining for Poland, and never entirely mastered the French language.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Arab words like Toubib - or doctor - pepper the French language.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

"Strong support is needed for them to rebuild their lives,". "The Mauritanian national refugee organization and its partners are assisting in the reintegration process with a variety of programs allocating farm land, providing Arabic and French language courses, doing medical screening of the returnees,etc."

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

It was written in the language of the people. The rulers of Britain at that time still spoke the Norman French they brought with them in ten sixty-six.

VOA: special.2011.01.12