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Okay, let's start.

Before we jump into today's topic, I want to talk about something that can really help you

understand English vocabulary better, especially if you speak a Romans language, like Spanish,

Portuguese, French, Italian, or Romanian. These languages all come from Latin. You know, the language spoken by

the Romans a long time ago. That's why we call them Romance languages. English is different.

It doesn't come from Latin.

English is a Germanic language, more like German or Dutch.

But have you ever wondered why so many English words look really similar to words in Spanish or French.

Words like hospital, animal, important, restaurant.

They look familiar, right?

Well, the reason is history.

Back in 1066, England was invaded by the Normans, people from France.

After that, French became the language of the court, the government, and education, and at the same

time, Latin was still being used in churches and for

official documents. So little by little, English started borrowing thousands of words

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