Lyrics & Translation
Explore the poignant narrative of Michel Sardou's 1990 hit "Marie-Jeanne." This song offers a window into the lives and aspirations of women, making it a compelling piece to learn French through, as it captures reflections on dreams and reality with evocative storytelling.
Key Vocabulary
| Vocabulary | Meanings | 
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| femme /fam/A1 | 
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| homme /ɔm/A1 | 
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| riche /ʁiʃ/A2 | 
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| enfant /ɑ̃fɑ̃/A1 | 
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| mariée /maʁie/B1 | 
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| pensée /pɑ̃se/B1 | 
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| démon /demɔ̃/B2 | 
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| rêve /ʁɛv/B1 | 
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| disparu /dispaʁy/B2 | 
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| amour /amuʁ/B1 | 
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| obscène /ɔb.sɛn/B2 | 
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| chaîne /ʃɛn/B1 | 
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| montagne /mɔ̃taɲ/A2 | 
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| volcan /vɔlkɑ̃/B2 | 
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| fantasme /fɑ̃tazm/B2 | 
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Key Grammar Structures
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                    Marie-Jeanne qui disait toujours "je m'en fous" ➔ Relative pronoun "qui" used to introduce a subordinate clause describing "Marie-Jeanne". ➔ 
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                    Court sur pattes, pas un cheveu sous le chapeau ➔ Negative construction "pas un" emphasizes "no" or "not any" before a noun. ➔ 
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                    Des beaux-parents qu'elle a toujours sur le dos ➔ Use of relative pronoun "qu'" to introduce a clause specifying "beau-parents". ➔ 
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                    Trois maris qu'elle a complètement déglingués ➔ Past participle "déglingués" agrees with "trois maris" as a direct object complement. ➔ 
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                    On s'était jurés de vivre avant la vie ➔ Reflexive pronoun "s'" with "étais" in the pluperfect tense indicating an action done by the subject to itself. ➔ 
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                    Les Marie-Laure, les Marie-Jeanne dans la fumée de ma gitane ➔ Definite article "les" used before proper nouns to specify multiple individuals. ➔ 
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                    Nos rêves nous sont-ils arrivés? ➔ Inversion of subject and auxiliary verb for interrogative questions in the perfect tense. ➔ "arrivés" is a past participle agreeing with "nos rêves" (masculine plural), used with inversion to form a question. 
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