Tell Me Something Good
Letra:
[English]
You ain't got no kind of feeling inside
I got something that'll sho' 'nuff set your stuff on fire
You refuse to put anything before your pride
What I got will knock all your pride aside
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Tell me something good
Tell me that you love me, yeah
Tell me something good
Tell me that you like it, yeah
Got no time is what you're known to say
(Got no time, no, got no time)
I'll make you wish there was 48 hours to each day
Your problem is you ain't been loved like you should
But what I got to give will sho' 'nuff do you good
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Tell me something good
(Tell me, tell me, tell me)
Tell me that you love me, yeah
Tell me something good
(Tell me, tell me, tell me)
Tell me that you like it, yeah
You ain't got no kind of feeling inside
I got something that'll sho' 'nuff set your stuff on fire
You refuse to put anything before your pride
What I got will knock your pride aside
...
Tell me something good (oh, yeah, yeah)
Tell me that you love me, yeah
Tell me something good
(Oh, baby, baby, baby, yeah)
Tell me that you like it, yeah (you got to)
Tell me something good
(Oh, oh, tell me, baby, tell me)
Tell me that you love me, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Tell me something good
(Oh, tell me, tell me, tell me)
Tell me that you like it, yeah, yeah
(Don't you like it baby?)
Tell me something good
...
Vocabulario en esta canción:
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feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ B1 |
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fire /ˈfaɪər/ A2 |
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pride /praɪd/ B2 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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good /ɡʊd/ A1 |
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time /taɪm/ A1 |
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wish /wɪʃ/ B1 |
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problem /ˈprɒbləm/ A2 |
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loved /lʌvd/ A1 |
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give /ɡɪv/ A1 |
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knock /nɒk/ B1 |
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stuff /stʌf/ B1 |
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like /laɪk/ A1 |
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Gramática:
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You ain't got no kind of feeling inside
➔ Doble negación
➔ Esto utiliza una doble negación ("ain't" y "no") para enfatizar, aunque gramaticalmente incorrecto en inglés estándar. En inglés coloquial o AAVE, refuerza la negación. "You don't have any feeling inside" sería el equivalente estándar.
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I got something that'll sho' 'nuff set your stuff on fire
➔ Elipsis, Contracción informal, Expresión idiomática
➔ "That'll" es una contracción de "that will". "Sho' 'nuff" es una frase informal que significa "sure enough" o "ciertamente". "Set your stuff on fire" es una expresión idiomática que significa excitar o energizar a alguien.
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You refuse to put anything before your pride
➔ Infinitivo de propósito
➔ El infinitivo "to put" expresa el propósito o la razón del rechazo.
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What I got will knock all your pride aside
➔ Cláusula relativa (reducida)
➔ "What I got" funciona como una cláusula sustantiva, y podría expandirse a "What I have got". El pronombre relativo (that) ha sido omitido.
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Tell me something good
➔ Modo imperativo
➔ Esto es un comando o solicitud directa. El sujeto "tú" está implícito.
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Got no time is what you're known to say
➔ Oración hendida (informal)
➔ Esta oración es una variación de una oración hendida. Una forma más estándar de decirlo sería "What you're known to say is that you have no time". Esta estructura enfatiza la frase "Got no time".
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I'll make you wish there was 48 hours to each day
➔ Modo subjuntivo (deseo)
➔ El uso de "was" en lugar de "were" después de "wish" indica una situación hipotética. En inglés formal, se prefiere "were", pero "was" se usa comúnmente en el habla informal. Expresa un deseo por algo que no es cierto actualmente.
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Your problem is you ain't been loved like you should
➔ Pasado perfecto pasivo (no estándar)
➔ "Ain't been loved" es una contracción no estándar de "haven't been loved" o "hasn't been loved". Representa una construcción pasiva en pasado perfecto, que indica que la acción de ser amado no se completó adecuadamente en el pasado.
