Lyrics & Translation
Dive into the world of French rap with KOFS's "Mon École," a powerful homage to the genre's golden era. This song offers a unique opportunity to connect with the authentic roots of French hip-hop, featuring rich vocabulary and a raw, emotive narrative that makes learning the language both engaging and culturally immersive. Discover what shaped a generation of artists and learn through the captivating storytelling of KOFS.
Key Vocabulary
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école /ekɔl/ A1 |
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rap /ʁap/ A1 |
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mic /maɪk/ A1 |
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musique /my.zik/ A1 |
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frère /fʁɛʁ/ A2 |
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quartier /kaʁ.tje/ A2 |
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histoire /is.twaʁ/ A2 |
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texte /tɛkst/ A2 |
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pote /pɔt/ A2 |
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force /fɔʁs/ B1 |
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violence /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/ B1 |
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talent /talɑ̃/ B2 |
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rage /ʁaʒ/ B2 |
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confiance /kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s/ B2 |
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relation /ʁe.la.sjɔ̃/ B2 |
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piste /pist/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Par peur de se faire refouler, bref, t'as capté?
➔ Causative/Passive with "faire" (se faire + infinitif)
➔ The structure "se faire + infinitive" (here, "se faire refouler") means 'to have something done to oneself' or 'to be made to do something'. It combines a pronominal verb with a causative construction, expressing a passive action where the subject is the recipient of the action.
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Si ça tenait qu'à moi, j'aurais invité tout l'monde
➔ Unfulfilled Condition (Si + imparfait, conditionnel passé)
➔ This sentence expresses a hypothetical situation in the past that did not happen, and its hypothetical consequence. The structure is "Si + imparfait" ("Si ça tenait") for the condition, and "conditionnel passé" ("j'aurais invité") for the result.
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J'ai arrêté l'école pour créer la mienne
➔ Possessive Pronoun
➔ "La mienne" is a possessive pronoun that replaces "mon école". It avoids repetition and refers to something belonging to the speaker. The definite article (la) agrees in gender and number with the noun it replaces.
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Au-d'là de mes limites, que des hits, la cuenta, la violence
➔ Restrictive Negation (informal "que")
➔ The word "que" used alone (without "ne") functions as an informal restrictive negation, meaning 'only' or 'nothing but'. In formal French, this would be "ne...que". Here, it implies 'only hits'.
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Mon école te pousse à aller au khedma
➔ Verb + "à + infinitive" (pousser à faire quelque chose)
➔ Certain verbs in French are followed by the preposition "à" before an infinitive to express encouragement, incitement, or a consequence. "Pousser à faire quelque chose" means 'to push/incite someone to do something'.
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Mais si tu lui manques de respect, frère, elle te rend pâle
➔ Causative "rendre" (rendre quelqu'un + adjectif)
➔ The verb "rendre" followed by a direct object and an adjective ("elle te rend pâle") means 'to make someone/something + adjective'. It indicates that the subject causes the direct object to become or appear in a certain state.
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Elle rappe tellement bien qu'on dit qu'elle rappe mal
➔ Consequence Clause ("tellement...que")
➔ The construction "tellement...que" is used to express a consequence. "Tellement" (so much/so) intensifies the action or quality, and "que" introduces the result or consequence of that intensity.
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la concurrence elle les a couchée vite
➔ Agreement of Past Participle with Direct Object Pronoun
➔ In compound tenses with 'avoir', the past participle ("couchée") agrees in gender and number with the direct object pronoun ("les") when the direct object is placed *before* the verb. Here, "les" refers to 'la concurrence' (implicitly plural, or a group of competitors), and the past participle is feminine singular because 'la concurrence' is feminine singular, and the pronoun 'les' refers to 'la concurrence' as a collective entity that has been 'put down' (couchée). This is a complex agreement rule.
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Elle s'en bat les couilles des coms, les jaloux ont fait les coqs
➔ Idiomatic Pronominal Verb ("s'en battre de quelque chose")
➔ This is a highly informal and vulgar idiomatic expression meaning 'to not care at all' or 'to not give a damn about something'. Grammatically, it uses a pronominal verb ("s'en battre") with the preposition "de" to introduce the object of indifference ("des coms" - short for 'des commentaires').
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