Explaining French lyrics : Aya Nakamura "Jolie Nana"

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[@Street_French]

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[@KolydoscopeMusic]

You should explain the lyrics to an Angèle song like "Tout Oublier". I know she's Belgian, but I'm curious to know if they use any different types of words/slang in Belgium as opposed to France.

[@user-lu6qe2qb5s]

Whhhat is she Belgian!! Such a shock

[@Street_French]

ah yeah good idea :)

[@Street_French]

haha yeah ^^

[@TaliankaSings]

Balance ton quoi may be even more interesting

[@lvjen]

Wow, the speed of the dialog is so incredibly fast! The breakdown of slang is so helpful and fun to learn, and my gosh, between the constant slang and the extremely fast pace of speaking, I realize now just how much of a beginner I must be in French... Way more so than I thought! 😆

[@Street_French]

haha oh no don't worry, it's ok it just takes time and a lot of exposure to get to that level ^^

[@divaextravaganzza]

same :D

[@KolydoscopeMusic]

I always love these videos the most because we're able to hear the slang that's really popular and used the most in entertainment and music. Definitely keep these up!

[@Street_French]

Glad you enjoy it! but just make sure to be careful when you use it. it's really informal and meant to be used with friends :)

[@NorthernMycophile]

Love watching these, guys. Sometimes I think I will need to avoid young people in France because I'll never be able to keep up with the slang! Ahahah

[@Street_French]

haha no it's ok they'll adapt and won't use words like in this song with you ^^

[@Sea97]

Somehow I enjoy this kind of french more than the "original classical" one... Also every time when we discuss music preferences at our french classes (in Moscow) with new teacher.. when I say "I like music like Aya Nakamura does" - the teachers have never heard about her... Makes me upset a bit because I feel they need to get more inclusive because they only know the white part of the french culture.. I am not sure if they have friends from different francophone cultures or African Diaspora.. Like Mali, DRC etc. And it is always maximum 1/2 of the page dedicated to Francophone countries in the textbook! Merci!

[@Sea97]

the only thing I dont get.. you always say "it is slang, young people use it" and then make a comparison with your dad who is in his 60s.. but what about the group of people between "young" (and how much is "young"? 28 would be young? 35? 40?) and your dad's age? 😂 i mean, those in 30-40s also use it or they speak the more "classical" way?

[@Street_French]

ah yeah I understand why she doesn't know about Aya Nakamura, she probably doesn't keep up with the latest trends no? I don't think it only has to do with being incluse. But it's cool you can share other parts of the French culture with your class ^^ and for the age yeah I guess I could also include some people who are in their forties. Ususally I mention people in my life, but I'll try to mention other people who are in between me and my dad lol.

[@grandline9327]

"t'es fraiche" Could be translated as you're looking sleek. Anyway, great video this is definitely street french lol

[@enginozger1567]

or "fit" (in the UK)

[@hk4672]

You didn't go over something I was looking forward too: bonhomme. I hear that a lot in reality TV. I guess it's like... a tough guy? But I'm never really sure, lol

[@Street_French]

ah yeah I forgot to mention that! yeah that's exactly what it means :)

[@mllr.m]

Love this channel! You guys really help me improve 🤍

[@Street_French]

ah so glad to hear that :))

[@MsHantubelau]

Me too!

[@TheBlondiesNr1]

I really appriciate these videos, thank you so much. I feel like you really teach at a great level for me personally, where i'm at in my french. I learn a lot!

[@Street_French]

You're very welcome! so good to hear that :))

[@brunads3286]

Thank you so much for this video!! It's very hard to understand her music, even if you look up the words. This helps a lot, pls do more hahahah

[@Street_French]

I will try! These videos unfortunatly get demonetized and they take a couple of days to make so that's why we don't do them really often. but We made one a year ago if you want to check it out here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3KWfqmfj76HlZo

[@evadohalova2396]

just discovered your channel and I really love it! I love Aya and I am desperately trying to learn French haha.. greetings from Vienna, Austria! :)

[@Street_French]

Awesome! Thank you!☺☺

[@qtredhead]

I think ‘fresh’ is a dated expression, in British English anyway, Kool & the Gang had a song Fresh in 1984 using it that way. CV is also used in British English.

[@Street_French]

ah yeah true, it's very 80s haha

[@alexysq2660]

*@Natasha Weldon* Yeah, too right - on both counts; LDN in da yard 😜❤❤...!

[@ebick77]

The term CV is also used in the US, but typically for academic or research positions - it’s like a long form resume including publications, presentations, grants, fellowships, etc. Whereas a 1-2 page resume is used for most other office-type jobs.

[@andrewkirschenbaum4886]

This is incredible!!! I have been searching for something like this for so long. Please continue with analyzing French music. Dadju, Lomepal, Tayc, Vegedream, and so many more would be amazing. Merci à mille fois !!!

[@Street_French]

ah yeah great idea :))

[@TJ-cj7en]

Omg I was hoping you would do this song! Please do more videos like this :)

[@Street_French]

ah cool so glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@tish12345]

This is amazing, you should do more of these videos (can u do Lomepal next)

[@Street_French]

ah yeah good idea :)

[@thistle7594]

Hey, great videos, I have a suggestion. You should do a video talking about french music videos and how almost all of the time, they have 1-5 minutes mini "movies". In America, we sometimes do that but it's much more common in french music videos.

[@Street_French]

ah cool idea thanks :)

[@laynes1232]

C'est fou ! Your video has like 10 of the words/expressions that I've been learning this week. Thank you, this is awesome!

[@Street_French]

haha ah cool :):)

[@andermv04]

and i thought i could speak french a little and this video comes out

[@Street_French]

haha ^^ no but don't worry, her lyrics are hard to understand even for French people sometimes^^

[@andermv04]

@@Street_French I didnt know they use this many slang :c

[@andermv04]

@@Street_French I didnt know they use this many slang :c

[@justanotherhuman5075]

Hey does anyone know how to change the language you are typing in (on a Macbook) to French? Or at least in notes, because I have a note for new French vocabulary and there are always red lines under all of my words. :D

[@sadhanjaudani2321]

Hi , I just want to know what is the correct translation for “soft and smooth like a feather “ and “she keeps it nice and healthy “ [ In terms of hair ]

[@Beny123]

I know French but this lesson is just great

[@GalaXy-no3ww]

Really enjoying these song breakdowns :)

[@Street_French]

ah cool glad you do :))

[@divaextravaganzza]

It's crazy how spoken French it's so different than the one we learn in school and in French classes! I really appreciate what you're doing and I like you also tell the alternative when speaking with someone older. It's very helpful!

[@kevincarranza8099]

Thank you, this video was awesome!!! I enjoyed it and I learned a lot

[@Street_French]

Glad it was helpful!

[@paolac8231]

Very useful! Thanks again for another brilliant session Maia!🙌🏽

[@Street_French]

You're so welcome!

[@jory8730]

Can you explain calimero song by Vegedream 🥺

[@Street_French]

ah I'll check it out

[@gigabit5]

Thank you for this video! I learned a lot. I consider myself advanced but the guys at the beginning spoke so fast and sounded like they were mumbling that I couldn’t even pick out what they were saying! For some reason I found the women much easier to understand, but not sure why.

[@Street_French]

Glad it was helpful! yeah he was speaking and mumbling and the girl was almost shouting and enonciating way more maybe that's why

[@Stephanie-gv8rh]

Peux-tu faire la chanson djomb (bien ou quoi)- by bosh?

[@petermontell9564]

Merci pour la traduction, j'ai beaucoup appris. J'adore Aya Nakamura

[@Street_French]

ah cool de rien 😊

[@laynes1232]

I love learning from songs of Pomme, I know she's very famous maybe she'd be a good one to break down like this?!

[@Street_French]

ah cool I'll add her to the list :))

[@jory8730]

This video is so cool you should do more like this explaining French songs 👍🏻❤️❤️❤️😗

[@Street_French]

ah thanks! I love them too but they take so long to make and get fully demonetized so I don't know how to do it yet :/ I'll try to find a solution ^^

[@annalambert7577]

Great video! Can you please do the lyrics for l’amour en solitaire by Juliette Armanet? I translated them to English & they make no sense 😂😂

[@Street_French]

ah ok ! we'll see if we can do more of these but the problem is that these videos get totally demonetized and they take a lot of time to make. We'll try to find a new format to keep on doing that, maybe in a livestream of something haha

[@christinefrazier]

I was just listening to aya nakumura!!! This video couldn't come at a better time!

[@Street_French]

haha that's a funny coincidence :))

[@skopsfaison4720]

could you please do a video like this for a Christine and the Queens song?? I love your content so much!

[@TheHoonJin]

you could do atterrissage by ronisia? i love that song and i'd like to know some words i couldnt find the meaning

[@1incubuschik]

Love Aya nakamura! Love this video can you do a video on Mylene Farmers song histories de fesses I love the song, loved the music and the rhythm didn’t understand what she was saying then I actually looked up the lyrics in English and it made no sense lol 😂

[@Street_French]

haha ok I'll add it to the list :))

[@naomi5817]

Oh wow, I love this channel. I learned more here than I've learned practicing on duolingo for weeks.

[@Street_French]

Happy to hear that!☺☺

[@Januarymay1127]

You guys are by far my favourite for teaching spoken french.

[@Street_French]

oh cool glad to hear that :))

[@gale2673]

I would recommend you do a song from Juniore just because I would like to see that, but their songs are so easy to understand.

[@SandyMayasDance]

loved this! Merci!

[@Street_French]

So glad! you're welcome :))

[@Mica-wy4xb]

Hi, would you react to Shakira singing in french?

[@Street_French]

ah yeah I'll add her to the list :)

[@MileRocG]

Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhh!. Règlement de Chilla 😃 Thank you for all your videos 💗

[@Street_French]

You are welcome!☺

[@irronfa]

I know how to speak french but I love your channel keep it up

[@Street_French]

Thanks! 😃

[@jordanfabula3137]

Merci pour cette vidéo Maïa ☺️ Je veux vraiment parcourir l'Afrique francophone dans l'avenir, alors c'est très utile que j'ai appris des mots français d'origine africaine de cette vidéo!

[@Street_French]

:):)

[@newloggers]

Bonjour Maia :) Ça va ? Voila, merci beaucoup pour la video. J'ai appris beucoup de mots d'argots magnifiques :) Je suis accro a apprendre le français quotidien et je m'eclate a m'ameliorer avec votre contents :) Salutations de Turquie :)Au fait, je pense que Kouma pourrait avoir une autre signification. Dans le temps avant l'acceptaion du droit civil, en Afrique, en Asia et en Moyen-Orient, les hommes se marriaient avec plus qu'une femme. Cette deuxieme ou troiseme femmes se appelaient ''kouma'' ''kuma'' .

[@Street_French]

ah intéressant je ne sais pas si ces mots sont liés mais peut être :)

[@Zukinnicalcetini]

Merci! 😍 très intéressant

[@Street_French]

de rien 😊

[@hstephens78]

I know 0 French (except very little Cajun French) and I enjoy your vids.

[@tramha8097]

You should explain Disney songs in French!

[@divaextravaganzza]

Apres j'ai vu tes videos de Aya Nakamura - Jolie Nana et Djaja, j'ai commencé à écouter sa musique et c'est trés cool! Merci beaucoup! J'aime ces explaining french lyrics videos!

[@sabiabegum3857]

We want more video like this

[@Street_French]

ah cool :) I'll try to do more but they get totally demonetized :/

[@dianmello]

Next: camille lellouche, svp 😗

[@Street_French]

ah oui bonne idée :)

[@dubmait]

I really enjoy your videos, and I do learn from some of them, but maybe a tip would be to use more french in them. For example a follow a few podcasts, and they try to explain words in french, but using simpler language, and sometimes, they'll say the word in English, but will use much more french. Anyway not a criticism just a tip.

[@ninbin34]

[@Street_French]

thanks :))

[@randomvidz4955]

I loved this video because this is one of my favourite songs

[@saeevaidya1320]

j'adore cette type de video!! merci!!

[@Street_French]

de rien :))

[@amoranimo7381]

Très intéressant ❤merci

[@omark9264]

You're good on and you apply bien

[@edouardvaz6656]

T'as du courage pour traduire des chansons d'Aya Nakamura en Anglais. Merci d'avance si tu peux le faire au sujet de son dernier clip "bobo". Salutations.

[@joseguevara540]

Merciiiiiiiiii love you

[@alexysq2660]

Wesh *Maïa* bien ou quoi 😜...? Mais pardon, j'ai pas pu m'en empêcher ça 😁...! Bah en vrai ce sont archi-frais, cette vidéo et ses renseignes' 😊 et du coup je te remercie très bien de tout - comme d'hab' !! Même si en fait quand je veux utiliser > ça pareille ( ...au féminin, je voulais dire) je vais y avoir un peu d'un problème j'crains puisque mon relou de PC, pour quelque raison assez tordue/chelou, me permet pas du tout écrire la lettre "i circonflèche" en plus de peu d'autres aussi ("l'e en tréma" par autre exemple) et réellement ça me rend dingue quoi 😒 Mais zappe le; puisque à vrai dire je n'en peux ficher rien, je me dis juste: > et c'est ça 😁.... ~Avec bc de bisous à toi et Charly les deux, mes🌹ravissants 😊💋💋💖❤

[@yammabetto2868]

more video like this please😀😀😀

[@yasinnkhann]

They spoke so fast omg

[@Street_French]

haha yeah true!

[@squarepancake1249]

The more I know, the more I know I don't know. Merci, Maïa ! J'adore ce genre de vidéos.

[@Street_French]

My pleasure! :))

[@ryangarritty9761]

Whitmarsh will be spinning in his grave ! This is incredibly useful. Merci beaucoup !!

[@Street_French]

You are welcome! :)

[@amoranimo7381]

Amazing video

[@timotheelegrincheux2204]

Listening to you speak English I would never guess you are French. Absolutely no accent. Then you speak perfect French and reveal your secret cultural and linguistic identity. Ta voix est vachement sexy aussi!

[@GABRIELGON1]

EXPLAIN JE DISPARAIS DANS TES BRAS BY CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS PLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@wannabeactuary01]

A 4:19 eg Fresh Prince of Bel Air :-)

[@nameisamine]

I actually know kouma but not chacal 😂

[@Street_French]

haha nice :)

[@luckybarrel7829]

Oh you should do the really old songs. I listen to them a lot since so many have easy lyrics. I learnt how to pronounce the French R (not the dry one, the proper one) by listening to Edith Piaf (particularly Non rien de rien and La vie en rose) over and over and over again. Also that other song Ne me quitte pas by Jacques Brel and by Mayasa Mattarazzo. Very iconic songs that many English speakers have heard somewhere or the other. I think Non rien de rien is in one of the Madagascar movies (3?).

[@luckybarrel7829]

Another famous ones I thought of that English speakers would know is by Dalida: Pour te dire je t'aime and Reviens moi (which is the French version of Last Christmas)

[@lpp99]

C’est pourquoi j’arrive pas à comprendre ce que les français disent surtout quand je regarde les séries ou les films en français.. trop d’argots et ils parlent super vite

[@Street_French]

ah oui c'est normal, toutes les langues ont leur argot et leur rythme rapide. ne vous inquiétez pas, continuez à apprendre et vous entraîner et vous arriverez à mieux parler :)

[@janimuller3167]

suii

[@loryon]

Keep in mind that this is not proper french... Some sentence structures not only sound super informal but just plainly wrong.

[@jeremie2020]

Oh my God, please do not try to speak/learn french through her songs, that's a very bad example :( (not to mention that the girl has no class whatsoever, she's rude, and is so big headed), she's an insult to french music. You'd rather learn french through Mylène Farmer's songs, she's a real artist, amazing, and her lyrics are so meaningful...Up to you.