RICARD PEINARD – Bilingual Lyrics French/English
Lyrics & Translation
Dive into the world of French humor and everyday culture through Ultra Vomit's "RICARD PEINARD." This parody metal track offers a fantastic opportunity to learn colloquial French expressions related to drinking and socializing, all while enjoying powerful riffs and the band's signature absurd lyrical style.
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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Je t'avais dit de plus foutre les pieds ici !
➔ Past perfect (plus‑plus) + infinitive to report a previous command.
➔ Je "t'avais dit de" plus foutre les pieds ici !
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Quand j'suis bourré j'suis relou
➔ Present tense in a temporal clause introduced by *quand* to express a habitual situation.
➔ Quand "j'suis" bourré "j'suis" relou
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On a un peu abusé
➔ Passé composé with auxiliary *avoir* + past participle to express a completed action.
➔ On "a" un peu abusé
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J'te parle pas d'te mettre une race !
➔ Negation with *pas* after the verb plus infinitive complement introduced by *de*; colloquial contractions are common in spoken French.
➔ J'"te parle pas d'"te mettre une race !
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Laissez‑moi boire mon Ricard peinard
➔ Causative construction *laisser + pronoun + infinitive* to ask for permission or to allow oneself to do something.
➔ "Laissez‑moi boire" mon Ricard peinard
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Si vous savez pas vous amuser
➔ Conditional clause with *si* + present indicative + negation *pas* to express a condition that may be false.
➔ "Si vous savez pas" vous amuser
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J'vais quand même pas m'excuser de savoir faire la fête
➔ Future proche (*aller* + infinitive) with negation *pas*; the verb *s'excuser* is reflexive.
➔ "J'vais" quand même pas m'excuser de savoir faire la fête
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Un verre de trop juste pour trinquer
➔ Expression *de trop* after a noun meaning “too much / excessive”.
➔ Un verre "de trop" juste pour trinquer
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Avec mon pote Richard / Avec son pote Bernard
➔ Preposition *avec* + noun to indicate accompaniment or association.
➔ "Avec" mon pote Richard / "Avec" son pote Bernard
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