Ferme les yeux et imagine-toi – Bilingual Lyrics French/English
Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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imaginer /imaʒine/ A2 |
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fermer /fɛʁme/ A2 |
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yeux /jø/ A1 |
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vie /vi/ A1 |
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belle /bɛl/ A2 |
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politique /pɔlitik/ B1 |
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liberté /libɛʁte/ B1 |
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maladie /maladi/ B1 |
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chance /ʃɑ̃s/ B1 |
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monde /mɔ̃d/ A1 |
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problème /pʁɔblɛm/ B1 |
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santé /sɑ̃te/ B1 |
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musique /myzik/ A1 |
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réussite /ʁeʊs.it/ B2 |
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voiture /vwa.tyʁ/ A2 |
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embouteillage /ɑ̃.bu.te.jaʒ/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres, on n'réalise pas tant que ça ne nous touche pas
➔ Ne...que (only), Subjunctive (touche)
➔ `Ne...que` restricts the subject to only the stated element. The use of the subjunctive `touche` after 'tant que' expresses uncertainty or a hypothetical situation.
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On sait très bien c'qui se passe ailleurs mais on ose se plaindre
➔ Informal contraction (c'qui)
➔ `C'qui` is a shortened, informal version of `ce qui`, meaning 'what'. This is a common feature of spoken French and informal writing.
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Imagine ta vie sans eau potable, une douche les jours de pluie
➔ Ellipsis (omission of 'avoir')
➔ The sentence structure omits the verb `avoir` (to have) for brevity and impact, which is common in descriptive or poetic contexts. It implies: Imagine ta vie sans avoir d'eau potable...
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Pas d'bouffe mise sur la table
➔ Informal abbreviation (d'bouffe), Past participle as adjective (mise)
➔ `D'bouffe` is a slang shortening of `de la bouffe` (food). `Mise` functions as an adjective modifying `bouffe`, meaning 'placed' or 'set'.
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Imagine toi enfermé comme Natascha Kampusch, ou brûlé comme Mama Galledou dans l'bus
➔ Comparison using 'comme' (like), Past participle as adjective (enfermé, brûlé)
➔ `Comme` introduces a comparison. The past participles `enfermé` and `brûlé` are used as adjectives to describe the state of being.
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Avant d'insulter la vie réfléchis dorénavant
➔ Preposition 'avant de' + infinitive
➔ `Avant de` is a prepositional phrase followed by an infinitive verb to indicate an action that must precede another.
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Afin que tes bêtes puissent paître et se rafraîchir
➔ Subjunctive mood (puissent) after 'afin que'
➔ `Afin que` introduces a clause expressing purpose and requires the subjunctive mood for the verb `puissent` (form of pouvoir - can/to be able to).
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Imagine Paris et son périphérique
➔ Possessive adjective 'son'
➔ The possessive adjective `son` indicates that the `périphérique` (ring road) belongs to Paris.
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Dis-moi ce que tu ressens, le regardes-tu autrement?
➔ Interrogative sentence with inversion (regardes-tu), Indirect question (ce que tu ressens)
➔ The verb `regardes` is inverted with the pronoun `tu` in the interrogative form. `Ce que tu ressens` is an indirect question acting as the object of `Dis-moi`.