Kitoko – Bilingual Lyrics French/English
Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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Kitoko /ki.to.ko/ C1 |
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beauté /bo.te/ A2 |
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épouser /e.pu.ze/ B1 |
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promesse /pʁɔ.mɛs/ B1 |
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repousser /ʁə.pu.se/ B2 |
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abusée /a.by.ze/ B2 |
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déçu /de.sy/ B2 |
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genoux /ʒə.nu/ A2 |
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échecs /e.ʃɛk/ B1 |
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arrogance /a.ʁɔ.ɡɑ̃s/ C1 |
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vice /vis/ B2 |
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ego /e.ɡo/ B2 |
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voleur /vɔ.lœʁ/ B1 |
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armure /aʁ.myʁ/ B2 |
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rattraper /ʁa.tʁa.pe/ B2 |
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décrire /de.kʁiʁ/ B1 |
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surchargée /syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒe/ C1 |
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élu /e.ly/ B2 |
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nu /ny/ B1 |
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retenu /ʁə.t(ə).ny/ B1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Laissez-moi vous raconter l'histoire d'une femme qui ne m'a pas retenu
➔ Imperative with object pronouns. Relative pronoun 'qui'. Negative Passé Composé.
➔ "Laissez-moi" is an imperative form of "laisser" (to let/allow), followed by the direct object pronoun "moi". It is used to allow or suggest an action. "qui" is a subject relative pronoun introducing a relative clause. "ne... pas" is the standard negation in the Passé Composé.
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faut voir ce qu'elle est devenue
➔ Impersonal expression 'il faut'. Compound relative pronoun 'ce que'.
➔ "faut voir" is a shortened, familiar form of "il faut voir". "Il faut" expresses necessity or obligation. "ce que" is a compound relative pronoun meaning "what" or "the thing that". It introduces a relative clause that completes the idea.
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Je lui avais fait la promesse avant tout ça de l'épouser
➔ Plus-que-parfait. Indirect object pronoun 'lui'. Structure 'faire la promesse de + infinitive'.
➔ The 'Plus-que-parfait' ("avais fait") is used to express an action that happened before another past action. "lui" is an indirect object pronoun replacing "à elle". The structure "faire la promesse de + infinitive" means "to promise to do something".
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C'est ton nouveau corps qui t'a donné la force de me repousser
➔ Emphatic (cleft) sentence 'C'est... qui...'. Structure 'la force de + infinitive'.
➔ The "C'est... qui..." construction is an emphatic (or cleft) sentence used to highlight an element of the sentence (here, "ton nouveau corps"). "la force de + infinitive" is a common structure to indicate the ability or power to do something.
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Il n'y a qu'elle que je vois, j'en veux pas une autre
➔ Restrictive expression 'ne... que'. Pronoun 'en'. Colloquial negation.
➔ "Il n'y a qu'elle que" is a restrictive structure meaning "only her". "ne... que" (or "qu'elle que" here, with elision) is equivalent to "only". "en" is an adverbial pronoun that replaces a complement introduced by "de" (here, "I don't want another one of them"). "j'en veux pas" is a colloquial negation where "ne" is omitted.
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Comme si elle voulait rattraper les échecs de toutes ces années
➔ Conjunctive locution 'comme si' followed by the imperfect indicative.
➔ The locution "comme si" introduces a hypothetical comparison or an unreal supposition. It is always followed by the imperfect or plus-que-parfait indicative (here, "voulait", the imperfect) and not the subjunctive.
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Je suis le premier à l'avoir vu, je refuse de passer dernier
➔ Structure 'superlative + à + past infinitive'. Verb 'refuser de + infinitive'.
➔ The structure "le premier/dernier à + past infinitive" ("à l'avoir vu") is used to express being the first (or last) to have accomplished an action. "refuser de + infinitive" is a common verbal construction meaning "to refuse to do something".
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Si on devait tout recommencer, mon cœur aurait mis l'armure
➔ Second conditional type (hypothesis in the present/future): 'Si + imperfect, conditional present'.
➔ This is a conditional sentence construction (unreal or unlikely hypothesis): "Si" followed by the imperfect ("devait") in the subordinate clause, and the present conditional ("aurait mis") in the main clause. This expresses an action that would occur if a condition were met.
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L'arrogance, le vice, et l'ego ont fini par prendre le dessus
➔ Verbal locution 'finir par + infinitive'. Idiomatic expression 'prendre le dessus'.
➔ The verbal locution "finir par + infinitive" means "to end up doing something eventually, after a period or process". The idiomatic expression "prendre le dessus" means "to take control" or "to become dominant".