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« Vous voilà bien partis pour devenir chevaliers. »
I wonder if the "bien" is placed for emphasis purposes, with the entire sentence meaning:
"Here you two are, finally well on your way to become knights."
Also, is the "partis" a Passé Composé form of the verb "partir", which serves as a kind of adjective in this sentence?
Yes you are right. It is an emphasis and also showing positivity of the upcoming action.
You can translate it as : "Here is a good start to become knight".
I think here the correct gramatical form is "participe passé".
Here is a good start to become knight translates more to voilà/voici un bon départ pour devenir chevalier, same overall meaning, but different.
– Simon Mourier
Jan 29 '16 at 7:30
Yes it is an emphasis and for example instead of saying " Merci beaucoup" you can say also "Merci bien"
Bien here is an adverb. It precises the verb.
CNRTL says here: http://cnrtl.fr/definition/bien so well is exactly that.
En rapport avec certains critères d'appréciation individuels ou collectifs; d'une manière exactement adéquate à l'idée ou à l'effet attendu(e), propre à recevoir l'approbation:
partis is OK. It is exactly a participe passé, You could say also:
Nous sommes bien arrivés.
Nous sommes très attendus.
