Comment je vais faire

• By: Hoshi
• Album: Il suffit d’y croire

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
perdu /pɛʁ.dy/ A2	verb - lost
amis /a.mi/ A1	noun - friends
temps /tɑ̃/ A1	noun - time
vie /vi/ A1	noun - life
pluie /plɥi/ A2	noun - rain
mains /mɛ̃/ A1	noun - hands
cœur /kœʁ/ A1	noun - heart
verre /vɛʁ/ A2	noun - glass
fleurs /flœʁ/ A1	noun - flowers
jours /ʒuʁ/ A1	noun - days
douleur /du.lœʁ/ B1	noun - pain
yeux /jø/ A1	noun - eyes
nuits /nɥi/ A1	noun - nights
souvenirs /suvˈniʁ/ A2	noun - memories
hiver /i.vɛʁ/ A2	noun - winter
printemps /pʁɛ̃.tɑ̃/ A2	noun - spring
plaies /plɛ/ B1	noun - wounds
rancune /ʁɑ̃.kyn/ B2	noun - rancor

Grammar:

• Ensuite je t'ai perdu toi aussi

  ➔ Pronounciation and Order of adverbs; Placement of 'aussi'

  ➔ The adverb "aussi" (also, too) is placed after the pronoun "toi" for emphasis. The order and pronounciation of adjectives like "aussi" is important

• Pourtant dieu sait que dans ma vie Tu fais la pluie et le beau temps

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression: 'faire la pluie et le beau temps'

  ➔ This is an idiomatic expression that means 'to call the shots' or 'to be in control'.

• Bien sûr que je voudrais m'arracher Des bras de la solitude qui m'enlaçaient trop souvent

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (desire), Relative Pronoun 'qui', Imparfait (description of past)

  ➔ "voudrais" indicates a conditional desire. "qui m'enlaçaient" uses the relative pronoun 'qui' and the imparfait to describe the habitual action of loneliness.

• Si mon cœur est en verre Comment voir à travers

  ➔ Conditional Clause Type 0 - Present general truth

  ➔ Here it implies, 'if my heart is as fragile as glass, how can I see through it to understand my feelings' (general truth or statement).

• J'assiste à mon propre enterrement

  ➔ Present Tense with Present meaning

  ➔ Describes a state or action happening now. Here, it's a metaphorical statement of feeling emotionally dead.

• Y'a rien ni devant ni derrière, non

  ➔ Negative Constructions: 'ne...ni...ni'

  ➔ This means 'there is nothing neither in front nor behind'. It expresses the lack of possibilities in either direction.

• T'as trop traîné dans mes yeux

  ➔ Passé Composé with Adverb of Quantity ('trop')

  ➔ Expresses an action completed in the past ('traîné'). 'Trop' (too much) modifies the verb, indicating the excessive presence or influence.

• Pardonnez-moi si je vous ai lâché Pardonnez-moi, j'étais écorchée

  ➔ Subjunctive in conditional clause (past action), Imparfait (description of state)

  ➔ "ai lâché" is in the subjunctive mood within the 'si' clause, expressing uncertainty about whether the action actually happened. 'J'étais écorchée' uses imparfait to describe the speaker's wounded state in the past.