PHRASES
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t'es un joueur de joute
→ “you're a jousting player”
t'es [t' es] — contraction of 'tu es' — you are. 'T' is a shortened form of 'tu' (you).
un joueur — player, performer — in this context, someone who participates in jousting.
de — of/the — part of the phrase 'de joute', meaning 'of jousting'.
joute — joust, tournament — a medieval combat sport where knights on horseback fight with lances.
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au Lutèce saint germain
→ “at Lutèce Saint Germain”
au Lutèce — an old name for Paris — historically used before the city was called Paris.
saint — holy — part of the name 'Saint Germain', referring to a saint or religious site.
germain — German — part of the name 'Saint Germain', possibly referring to a German saint or area.
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et tu viens de te faire racheter
→ “and you just got bought out”
et — and — a simple coordinating conjunction.
tu — you (informal singular) — subject of the sentence.
viens [vien<span style="color: var(--red);">s</span>] — come — from the verb 'venir' (to come). Here it's in the present tense, third person singular.
de — from — part of the construction 'se faire + past participle', meaning 'to get done something by someone'.
te — yourself — reflexive pronoun, indicating the action affects the subject.
faire — to make/do — auxiliary verb in the construction 'se faire + past participle'.
racheter — to buy out — literally means 'to repurchase', but in this context, it means being bought by a new owner.
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par l'empire ottoman
→ “by the Ottoman Empire”
par — by/through — preposition indicating the agent performing the action.
l'empire — empire — a large political entity ruled by an emperor.
ottoman — Ottoman — referring to the historical Ottoman Empire, known for its military and cultural influence.
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(tu vas te faire écarteler si tu perds)
→ “(you're going to get flayed alive if you lose)”
tu — you (informal singular) — subject of the conditional clause.
vas [va<span style="color: var(--red);">s</span>] — are going — from the verb 'aller' (to go). Here it's in the present tense, third person singular.
te — yourself — reflexive pronoun, indicating the action affects the subject.
faire — to make/do — auxiliary verb in the construction 'se faire + past participle'.
écarteler — to flay — a brutal punishment involving tearing apart the body. Literally means 'to stretch apart'.
si — if — conditional conjunction introducing the consequence.
tu — you (informal singular) — subject of the condition.
perds [perd<span style="color: var(--red);">s</span>] — lose — from the verb 'perdre' (to lose). Here it's in the present tense, third person singular.
