Born to Be Alive – Paroles en Français

• Par: Patrick Hernandez

Paroles et Traduction

[Français]

We were born to be alive

We were born to be alive

Born, born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

You see, you were born

Born, born

...

(Born to be alive)

...

People ask me why

I never find a place to stop

And settle down, down, down

But I never wanted all those things

People need to justify

Their lives, lives, lives

You see, you were born

Born, born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

You see, you were born

Born, born (born to be alive)

It's good to be alive

To be alive

To be alive

It's good to be alive

To be alive

To be alive

It's good to be alive

...

Time was on my side

When I was running down the street

It was so fine, fine, fine

A suitcase and an old guitar

And something new to occupy

My mind, mind, mind

...

You see, you were born, born

Born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

You see, you were born, born, born (born to be alive)

You see, you were born, born

Born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

You see, you were born, born, born (born to be alive)

You see you were born, born

Born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

You see, you were born, born, born

(Born to be alive)

...

Born, born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

Yes, you were born, born, born

(Born to be alive)

...

Born

Born to be alive

...

Vocabulaire clé

Vocabulaire	Significations
born /bɔːrn/ A1	adjective - né
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - vivant
ask /æsk/ A1	verb - demander
find /faɪnd/ A1	verb - trouver
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - endroit
stop /stɑːp/ A1	verb - arrêter
settle /ˈsetl/ B1	verb - s'installer
want /wɑːnt/ A1	verb - vouloir
need /niːd/ A1	verb - avoir besoin
justify /ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ/ B2	verb - justifier
good /ɡʊd/ A1	adjective - bon
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - temps
running /ˈrʌnɪŋ/ A1	verb - courir
street /striːt/ A1	noun - rue
fine /faɪn/ A2	adjective - bien
suitcase /ˈsuːtkeɪs/ A2	noun - valise
guitar /ɡɪˈtɑːr/ A1	noun - guitare
occupy /ˈɒkjupaɪ/ B2	verb - occuper
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - esprit

Structures grammaticales clés

• We were born to be alive

  ➔ Passif au passé simple avec un infinitif de but.

  ➔ La structure 'were born + to be + adjectif' indique que la naissance du sujet avait le but ou la destinée spécifique d'être dans cet état. "Were born" est la forme passive au passé simple, indiquant une action faite *au* sujet, non *par* le sujet.

• People ask me why I never find a place to stop

  ➔ Question indirecte (question rapportée) et présent simple.

  ➔ "People ask me why..." est une question indirecte. Au lieu de demander "Pourquoi ne trouvez-vous jamais un endroit où vous arrêter ?", l'énoncé utilise "why I never find" comme une clause dans la phrase principale. Le présent simple "ask" et "find" indique une action habituelle ou une vérité générale.

• But I never wanted all those things People need to justify Their lives, lives, lives

  ➔ Proposition relative (définitive), présent simple, utilisation de "to justify".

  ➔ "People need to justify their lives" est une proposition relative qui modifie "all those things". 'To justify' ici est un infinitif de but impliquant que le *besoin* est *dans* le but de justifier.

• Time was on my side When I was running down the street

  ➔ Passé continu dans une proposition subordonnée, passé simple dans la proposition principale.

  ➔ La proposition principale est "Time was on my side" (passé simple). La proposition subordonnée est "When I was running down the street" (passé continu), décrivant une action en cours dans le passé, tandis que l'action principale (le temps étant de son côté) s'est produite. Le 'when' relie les actions.

• It was so fine, fine, fine

  ➔ Passé simple avec un adjectif, Répétition pour insister.

  ➔ "It was so fine" utilise le passé simple pour décrire un état dans le passé. La répétition de "fine" souligne à quel point l'expérience a été positive. La répétition est un procédé rhétorique utilisé pour insister.

• A suitcase and an old guitar And something new to occupy My mind, mind, mind

  ➔ Ellipse (omission du verbe), infinitif de but, répétition pour insister.

  ➔ Le verbe implicite (probablement 'had' ou 'was') est omis après les éléments. 'To occupy' est un infinitif de but, exprimant la raison d'avoir quelque chose de nouveau. La répétition de 'mind' souligne à nouveau le degré.