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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