Money Make Her Smile – English Lyrics

• By: Bruno Mars
• Album: Unorthodox Jukebox

Lyrics & Translation

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[English]

foreign

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

hey

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hey

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that's right

baby make us smile

she's a super freak

you wouldn't know it if you saw her

outside these velvet walls

no she don't go where preachers preach

she only go to the church

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thank you

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so this won't take a while you see music

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foreign

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - to form one's features into a pleased or kind expression
super /ˈsuːpər/ A2	adjective - very good or excellent
freak /friːk/ B2	noun - a person who is unconventional or eccentric
velvet /ˈvɛlvɪt/ B2	noun - a closely woven fabric with a thick short pile
walls /wɔːlz/ A1	noun - vertical structures that enclose or divide an area
preachers /ˈpriːtʃərz/ B2	noun - a person who gives religious addresses
preach /priːtʃ/ B2	verb - to deliver a sermon or religious address
church /tʃɜːrtʃ/ A1	noun - a building used for public Christian worship
outside /ˌaʊtˈsaɪd/ A1	adjective - situated on or near the exterior
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes

Key Grammar Structures

• Money Make Her Smile

  ➔ Causative Verb (Make + Object + Verb)

  ➔ "Make" is used to indicate someone causes someone else to perform an action. Here, money causes her to smile.

• She's a super freak

  ➔ Contraction of Subject + 'to be'

  ➔ "She's" is a contraction of "She is".

• You wouldn't know it

  ➔ Conditional II (would + infinitive)

  ➔ "Wouldn't" expresses a hypothetical situation in the present or future.

• If you saw her

  ➔ Conditional II (If + Past Simple)

  ➔ The usage of "saw" (past form) after "if" indicates a hypothetical or unlikely condition.

• No she don't go

  ➔ Non-standard Grammar (Colloquial negative)

  ➔ In colloquial English, "don't" is sometimes used instead of "doesn't" with third-person singular subjects for emphasis or rhythm.

• Where preachers preach

  ➔ Relative Clause (Adverbial relative)

  ➔ "Where" functions as a relative adverb introducing a clause that describes the location.

• She only go to the church

  ➔ Present Simple (Habitual action)

  ➔ The Present Simple "go" is used to describe a regular habit or routine.

• This won't take a while

  ➔ Future Simple (Will not/Won't)

  ➔ "Won't" (will not) indicates a prediction or intention regarding the duration of an event.