With the development is the concept of being a citizen.

随着人们的公民身份概念的发展
This is one of the many reasons the French Revolution is so important.

这也是法国大革命如此重要的原因之一
You were no longer the subject of the king,

你不再是国王的臣民
you were a citoyen,

而是一名男性公民[法语]
or if you're a female you're a citoyenne.

或者女性公民[法语]
Citizenship takes on this kind of linguistic aspect as well.

语言学方面"公民身份"也取代了旧有的称呼
During the French Revolution,

在法国大革命时有一位叫做
there was a revolutionary priest called the Abbé Grégoire.

阿贝·格雷瓜尔的具有革命思想的神父
I think I mention him in the book.

我想我在书里提到过他
He thought that

他认为
all of these regional languages should be squished like grapes,

所有的区域性语言都应该被取缔
because somehow they stood in the way of a true French national identity.

因为它们挡了真正法兰西民族认知的道路