What is 'des sacrifices' when translated from French to English?

Answer 1

"Of the sacrifices" and "some sacrifices" are English equivalents of the French phrase des sacrifices.

Specifically, the word des functions as a partitive or a preposition depending upon context. As a partitive, it is "some." As a preposition, it means "of the" from the combination of the preposition de ("of") with the feminine/masculine plural definite article les ("the"). The masculine noun sacrifices translates as "sacrifices."

The pronunciation will be "dey sa-kree-feess" in French.