Ils nous connaissent pas – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Soprano
• Album: L’Everest

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
connaissent /kɔ.nɛt/ B1	verb - to know (someone or something)
parlent /paʁl/ A2	verb - to speak (about or with someone)
identité /idɑ̃.ti.te/ B2	noun - identity
jeunesse /ʒœ.nɛs/ B1	noun - youth
pays /pɛi/ A2	noun - country
démocratie /de.mɔ.kʁa.si/ B2	noun - democracy
école /ɛ.kɔl/ A1	noun - school
histoire /is.twaʁ/ A2	noun - history
jeux /ʒø/ A2	noun - games
richesse /ʁiʃɛs/ B2	noun - wealth
travail /tʁavaj/ A2	noun - work, job
argent /aʁʒɑ̃/ A1	noun - money
femmes /fɛm/ A2	noun - women

Key Grammar Structures

• Pendant que la jeunesse ne sait plus où elle va

  ➔ Use of 'ne...plus' to indicate negation of an ongoing state

  ➔ 'ne' and 'plus' form a negation structure meaning 'no longer' or 'not anymore'.

• Ils nous connaissent pas

  ➔ Use of 'ne...pas' for negation in informal speech (elided 'ne')

  ➔ 'ne...pas' is the standard negation in French, often omitted in casual speech, leaving 'Pas' as the negation word.

• J'ai perdu la notion du bien et du mal

  ➔ Use of 'avoir + past participle' (passé composé) to form the present perfect tense indicating completed action

  ➔ 'Avoir' is the auxiliary verb used with the past participle to form the passé composé, which is used to express completed actions in the past.

• Pourquoi faire un taf honnête

  ➔ Use of 'faire' + indefinite article + adjective to form a question about purpose or reason

  ➔ 'Faire' is the verb 'to do' or 'to make,' and combined with an indefinite article and adjective, it forms a question about purpose.