Lola

• By: Superbus

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
pensé /pɑ̃se/ B1	verb - thought
cœur /kœʁ/ A2	noun - heart
boum /bum/ A1	noun - boom
cheveux /ʃə.vø/ A1	noun - hair
longs /lɔ̃/ A1	adjective - long
yeux /jø/ A1	noun - eyes
osé /oze/ B2	adjective - daring
dormi /dɔʁmi/ A1	verb - slept
reviens /ʁə.vjɛ̃/ B1	verb - come back
lit /li/ A1	verb - reads
delà /də.la/ B2	noun - beyond
jolie /ʒɔ.li/ A2	adjective - pretty
garçon /ɡaʁ.sɔ̃/ A1	noun - boy

Grammar:

• Allô Lola, c'est encore moi

  ➔ Use of the demonstrative pronoun "moi" referring back to the speaker.

  ➔ "C'est encore moi" means "It's me again". "Moi" is a disjunctive pronoun (pronoun tonique) used after "c'est" to emphasize the speaker.

• J'ai beaucoup pensé à toi, Lola

  ➔ Use of the past participle with "avoir" to form the passé composé, expressing an action completed in the past: "J'ai pensé". Also, the preposition "à" indicating the object of thought.

  ➔ "J'ai beaucoup pensé à toi" translates to "I thought about you a lot". The passé composé is the common past tense in French. "À toi" is the indirect object pronoun.

• Ne mets pas de ola, Lola, hola

  ➔ Negative imperative form: "Ne mets pas" (Don't put). Use of the partitive article "de" after a negative command with "mettre".

  ➔ "Ne mets pas de ola" means "Don't make a wave" (as in, a Mexican wave, or excitement). The partitive "de" is required here because "ola" is a non-countable noun in this context (it's referring to the act of making a wave, not a specific wave).

• Comme un garçon

  ➔ Use of "comme" to make a comparison (like).

  ➔ "Comme un garçon" means "Like a boy". It's a simple comparison.

• J'ai le cœur qui fait boum et les cheveux longs

  ➔ Relative pronoun "qui" connecting two parts of the sentence. Also, "faire" + infinitive to express an action caused by the subject: "fait boum" (makes boom).

  ➔ "J'ai le cœur qui fait boum" means "My heart goes boom". "Qui" connects "le cœur" and "fait boum". The expression "faire boum" imitates the sound of a beating heart.

• C'est la première fois pour moi que tes yeux me font

  ➔ Use of "c'est... que" structure for emphasis. Also, the verb "faire" followed by an indirect object pronoun and an implied adjective or emotion.

  ➔ "C'est la première fois pour moi que tes yeux me font" roughly translates to "It's the first time for me that your eyes affect me like this". The verb "faire" here implies a feeling or emotion; the eyes are causing a feeling in the speaker.

• Je n'ai pas dormi pour toi, je n'en reviens pas

  ➔ Use of "ne...pas" for negation in the passé composé. Use of "en" as a pronoun replacing a phrase (in this case, the fact of not sleeping).

  ➔ "Je n'ai pas dormi pour toi, je n'en reviens pas" translates to "I didn't sleep because of you, I can't get over it". "En" replaces "de ne pas avoir dormi" (the act of not sleeping).