Bonjour, j'ai une question. Pourquoi ce dit 'Je suis le Roi Soleil', c'est le Roi de Soleil, n'est-ce pas?

Glen C.A2Kwiziq community member

Bonjour, j'ai une question. Pourquoi ce dit 'Je suis le Roi Soleil', c'est le Roi de Soleil, n'est-ce pas?

This question relates to:French writing exercise "I, Louis XIV"

Freeform Writing Exercise A1

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CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Hi Glen and David,

Le Roi Soleil is the Sun King

The king of the sun would anyway be -

Le Roi du soleil

De+le=du

As in:

Le roi de la jungle = The king of the jungle

Le roi de la danse = The king of the dance

But Louis XIV was known as

Le Roi Soleil

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David G.C1Kwiziq community member

Could be wrong but I think Roi de Soleil would literally translate as King of Sun whereas Roi Soleil is just sun king with the usual french habit of inverting words.

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Glen C. asked:

Bonjour, j'ai une question. Pourquoi ce dit 'Je suis le Roi Soleil', c'est le Roi de Soleil, n'est-ce pas?

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