The Development of Old English and the Difference between Modern English, in English with Chinese Translation

Old English, or Angle-Saxon, is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written from 450AD to 1100AD. It is a West Germanic language within the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is a West Germanic language within the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. The languages of Germanic invaders (the Angles, Saxons and Jutes) from the Continental Europe shaped the Old English into being. The languages of Germanic invaders (the Angles, Saxons and Jutes) from the Continental Europe shaped the Old English into being.

Old English differs from Modern English in a number of features: vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and pronunciation. Old English differs from Modern English in a number of features: vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and pronunciation. Its grammar is more closely related to the grammar of Germanic languages. English.

At the end of Roman rule in 410AD, the Germanic tribes (the Angles, Saxons and Jutes), which were from present-day northern Germany , began to settle in Britain and their languages were not only the same, but also the same. began to settle in Britain and their languages later developed into the Old English language.

Linguists often categorize the history of English

Linguists often categorize the history of English language into three periods: Old English, Middle English and Modern English.

Old English nouns are declined according to their cases, genders There are five major cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative and instrumental), three genders (masculine, feminine and neuter), and two numbers (singular and plural). There are five major cases (nominative, genitive, accusative and instrumental), three genders (masculine, feminine and neuter), and two numbers (singular and plural). The grammatical gender of a noun does not necessarily correspond to the natural gender of the thing it refers to. For example, "wīf" (woman) is neuter and "wīfman" (woman) is not. For example, "wīf" (woman) is neuter and "w īfman" (woman) is masculine; and nouns that refer to inanimate objects are often masculine or feminine.

Old English nouns are divided as either strong or weak. As in nouns, Old English adjectives can also be declined into strong or weak, the five cases, two numbers and three genders.

There are just two tenses, present and weak. are just two tenses, present and past, in Old English.

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P.S.

- This is not a direct translation. (Sorry for the sloppy translation, see "Feeding the Chickens" for details)

- Britain colonized the world after the 16th century, which was not the time for Old and Middle English.

- Instrumental was later incorporated into dative, and then disappeared.

- Verbs seem to be oversimplified, it's the verbs that are the most problematic.

- Verbs are oversimplified, it's the verbs that are the problem.