Un jour – Bilingual Lyrics French/English
Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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Quand ils disparaissent tout à coup
➔ Use of the conjunction 'Quand' with the present tense to indicate a future event or a specific moment.
➔ 'Quand' is a conjunction meaning 'when', used here with the present tense to refer to a future or specific moment.
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Ils sont dans nous mêmes
➔ Use of the pronoun 'ils' with the present tense of 'être' to indicate a current state or condition.
➔ 'Ils' is a pronoun meaning 'they', and 'sont' is the present tense of 'être', meaning 'are'.
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Le passé reprenne vie
➔ Use of the subjunctive mood 'reprenne' after 'que' to express desire, possibility, or doubt.
➔ 'Reprenne' is the subjunctive form of 'reprendre' used after 'que' to express actions that are uncertain, desired, or possible.
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On vit aussi de souvenirs
➔ Use of the verb 'voir' in the present tense 'vit' with 'on' as an indefinite subject to express general truths or habits.
➔ 'On' is an impersonal pronoun equivalent to 'we' or 'people' and is used with the third person singular verb form 'vit'.
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Un jour il fera bon s'endormir
➔ Use of the future tense 'fera' of the verb 'faire' to express a future event or state.
➔ 'Fera' is the future tense of 'faire', meaning 'will do' or 'will make'.
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Et ne plus penser au pire
➔ Use of 'ne plus' with the infinitive verb to express the cessation or stopping of an action.
➔ 'Ne plus' is a negation phrase meaning 'no longer' used with an infinitive to indicate that an action has stopped.