PHRASES
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Je vois des gens du peuple ...
→ “I see people of the people...”
Je [wǒ] — I (subject pronoun)
vois [jiàn dào] — see / witness — literally 'to come across'
des gens [rén men] — people — plural noun
du peuple [bǎi xìng] — people / common folk — often used for 'the masses'
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Ils ne savent pas qu'ils sont du peuple.
→ “They don't know they're part of the people.”
Ils [tā men] — They (masculine plural)
ne [bù] — not — part of negation structure
savent [zhī dào] — know — third-person plural of 'savoir'
pas [mei yǒu] — not — part of negation
qu' [shì] — that — subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
ils [tā men] — they (subject pronoun)
sont [shì] — are — third-person plural of 'être'
du peuple [bǎi xìng] — people / common folk
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Ils ne sentent pas concernés quand un gouvernement libéral leur défonce la gueule ...
→ “They don't feel concerned when a liberal government slaps them in the face...”
Ils [tā men] — They (masculine plural)
ne [bù] — not — negation
sentent [jué dé] — feel — third-person plural of 'sentir'
pas [mei yǒu] — not — negation
concernés [guān xīn de] — concerned — past participle of 's'concerner'
quand [dāng ... shí hou] — when — subordinating conjunction
un gouvernement [zhèng fǔ] — government — literal translation is 'political body'
libéral [zì yóu zhǔ y义] — liberal — related to freedom and individual rights
leur [tā men] — them (indirect object)
défonce [dǎ liè] — slap in the face — informal, slangy
la gueule [liǎn] — face — slang term
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Et ils arrivent à s'identifier à un club de foot milliardaire dirigé par une pétromonarchie autoritaire.
→ “And they manage to identify with a billionaire football club run by an authoritarian petro-monarchy.”
Et [ér] — And — coordinating conjunction
ils [tā men] — they (subject pronoun)
arrivent [néng gòu] — manage to / are able to — third-person plural of 'arriver'
à [yú] — to / at — preposition
s'identifier [rèn tóng] — to identify with — reflexive verb
à [yú] — to / at — preposition
un club [shè huì] — club — literally 'society'
de [de] — of — preposition
foot [zú qiú] — football — literal translation
milliardaire [qiān wàn fù] — billionaire — literally 'thousand million rich'
dirigé [guǎn lǐ] — run / managed by — past participle of 'diriger'
par [yóu] — by / through — preposition
une [yī ge] — a / one — indefinite article
