Habitué – Bilingual Lyrics French/English
Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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habitué /abitye/ B2 |
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amour /amuʁ/ A2 |
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dignité /dɛɡnite/ B2 |
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cœur /kœʁ/ A2 |
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monde /mɔ̃d/ A2 |
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temps /tɑ̃/ A1 |
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famille /famij/ A1 |
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argent /aʁʒɑ̃/ A2 |
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père /pɛʁ/ A1 |
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larmes /laʁm/ B1 |
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changement /ʃɑ̃ʒmɑ̃/ B1 |
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souhaiter /sɥɛte/ B1 |
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rendre /ʁɑ̃dʁ/ B1 |
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mal /mal/ A2 |
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acte /akt/ B1 |
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rappeler /ʁaple/ B2 |
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fier /fjɛʁ/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Qu'en sera-t-il de tous ces "je t'aime" que tu m'chuchotais
➔ Future Anterior (Futur Antérieur)
➔ Use of "sera-t-il" indicates a question about what will have happened in the future. "Qu'en sera-t-il" (what will have become of them?). It expresses a supposition about a past action in the future.
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Quand j'n'aurais plus le même train de vie, qu'j'serai plus coté
➔ Future Simple (Conditional Clause)
➔ Using the future simple "n'aurais plus", "serai plus" within a conditional clause starting with "Quand" (When). This expresses future events dependent on a condition.
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Pendant des piges j'ai attendu que ma vie change
➔ Subjunctive Mood (after "attendre que")
➔ The phrase "attendre que" (to wait that) requires the subjunctive mood in the subordinate clause because it expresses doubt or uncertainty about the outcome. Hence, "change" is in the subjunctive.
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On était jeunes, on se disait re-frès jusqu'à la mort
➔ Imperfect Tense (Imparfait) for Repeated Actions
➔ The use of "était" and "se disait" in the imparfait indicates repeated or habitual actions in the past: "We were young, we used to tell each other [that we were] brothers until death."
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Aujourd'hui c'est toi qui m'la souhaite dans tes songes les plus hardcores
➔ Relative Pronoun "qui" (emphasizing the subject)
➔ The relative pronoun "qui" is used to emphasize that it is 'you' specifically who wishes him ill, rather than someone else. 'It's you who wishes me ill'.
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Dis-moi c'que j'vais laisser à part tous les actes que j'aurais posé
➔ Conditional Anterior (Passé Antérieur Conditionnel)
➔ Use of "aurais posé" in the conditional past (second form) indicates a hypothetical action in the past. It refers to something that would have happened under certain circumstances.
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Bébé, si je pars, sèche vite tes larmes, aie l'air d'être heureuse
➔ Imperative Mood (with "Aie") and Conditional Clause
➔ "Sèche" is the imperative of "sécher", and "aie" is the imperative of avoir to show an appearance, giving a command or instruction. This is combined with a conditional clause using "si" (if).