Je ne savais pas

• By: Disney
• Album: La Belle et la Bête

Lyrics:

[Français]

[English]

BELLE : Y'a quelque chose, dans son regard

BELLE: There's something in his gaze

D'un peu fragile et de léger, comme un espoir

A little fragile, like a hope

Toi mon ami aux yeux de soie

You, my friend with silken eyes

Tu as souri mais hier encore je n'savais pas

You smiled, though I didn't know just yesterday

LA BÊTE : Elle me regarde, je le sens bien

THE BEAST: She looks at me, I can feel it

Comme un oiseau sur moi elle a posé sa main

Like a bird, she has laid her hand on me

Je n'ose y croire, pourtant j'y crois

I dare not believe it, yet I do

Jamais encore elle n'avait eu ce regard là

Never before had she looked at me that way

BELLE : C'est le plus fou des romans

BELLE: It's the wildest story

Et toute cette histoire m'enchante

And all this tale enchants me

C'est vrai

It's true

Il n'a rien d'un prince charmant

He's no prince charming

Mais en marge du temps, mon cœur s’éveille en secret

But outside of time, my heart awakens secretly

Qui l'aurait cru ?

Who would have thought?

C'est incongru !

It's unlikely!

Qui l'aurait su ?

Who would have known?

Oh oui mais qui ?

Oh yes, but who?

Qui pouvait croire que ces deux là se seraient plu ?

Who could believe these two would fall for each other?

C'est insensé !

It's crazy!

Attendons d'voir !

Let's wait and see!

C'que ça donnera

What it will become

Y'a quelque chose qu'hier encore n'existait pas

There's something that yesterday didn't exist

Y'a quelque chose qu'hier encore n'existait pas

There's something that yesterday didn't exist

Quoi ?

What?

Y'a quelque chose qu'hier encore n'existait pas

There's something that yesterday didn't exist

Qu'est-ce que tu dis maman ?

What are you saying, Mom?

Chut...

Shh...

Ce sont des histoires de grandes personnes

These are stories for grown-ups

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
regard /ʁə.ɡaʁ/ B1	noun - gaze, look
soucis /susi/ B2	noun - worries, concerns
espoir /ɛs.pwaʁ/ B2	noun - hope
sourire /su.ʁiʁ/ A2	verb - to smile
croire /kʁwaʁ/ B1	verb - to believe
amour /a.muʁ/ A2	noun - love
temps /tɑ̃/ A2	noun - time
cœur /k‿œʁ/ B1	noun - heart
plu /ply/ A2	adverb - more
insensé /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se/ C1	adjective - insane, unreasonable
doute /dut/ B2	noun - doubt
histoire /is.twaʁ/ A2	noun - story, history
personnes /pɛʁ.sɔn/ A2	noun - people

Grammar:

• Y'a quelque chose, dans son regard

  ➔ Existential 'il y a' + noun

  ➔ 'Y'a' is a contraction of 'Il y a', meaning 'there is/are'.

• Je ne savais pas

  ➔ Negative past tense with 'ne ... pas'

  ➔ This structure expresses that something was not known or did not happen in the past.

• Tu as souri

  ➔ Past tense of 'avoir' + past participle

  ➔ This construction is used to form the past tense, meaning 'you smiled'.

• C'est le plus fou des romans

  ➔ Superlative form with 'le plus' + adjective

  ➔ Expresses the highest degree of the adjective 'fou' (crazy/absurd).

• Qui l'aurait su ?

  ➔ Conditional perfect 'aurait' + past participle

  ➔ This is used to express hypothetical or unlikely situations, meaning 'Who would have known?'

• Ce sont des histoires de grandes personnes

  ➔ Demonstrative pronoun 'ce' + 'sont' (to be) + plural noun

  ➔ This structure points to a group of things, here 'stories of grown-up people'.