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How to say "The French" in Esperanto

de AmericanBull, 2015-julio-25

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AmericanBull (Montri la profilon) 2015-julio-25 23:55:32

In Esperanto, to say "French" as in the language, one says "la franca". But if one wants to reference the people "the French", how would that translate?

mbalicki (Montri la profilon) 2015-julio-26 00:06:30

AmericanBull:In Esperanto, to say "French" as in the language, one says "la franca". But if one wants to reference the people "the French", how would that translate?
franc- is the word root regarding the French, so you have franc·o “Frenchman”, franc·in·o “Frenchwoman”, franc·a “french”, la franc·a “French (language)”, Franc·uj·o “France” &c. So you're looking for franc·o·j (or possibly franc·a naci·o, depending on the context).

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