Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words
by mytailorisrich on Monday February 03, 2020 @08:44AM
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> - je ne me bat _guerre_ (I do not fight _any war_)
This is not 'guerre' here but 'guère', which is a homonym but has no relation to 'guerre' (war). 'Guère' comes from an old French word that means 'a lot'.
Taking this into account it is clearer that "je ne me bat guère" means "I don't fight much"/"I hardly fight".
You could have picked any verb instead of 'to fight'. I suspect your other examples are equally contrived.
This is not 'guerre' here but 'guère', which is a homonym but has no relation to 'guerre' (war). 'Guère' comes from an old French word that means 'a lot'.
Taking this into account it is clearer that "je ne me bat guère" means "I don't fight much"/"I hardly fight".
You could have picked any verb instead of 'to fight'. I suspect your other examples are equally contrived.