Learn French vocabulary with the hit French pop song, AVENIR (French Song Vocabulary, FSV #6). It’s catchy & short, making it easy to follow and learn vocabulary with. It is sung by the talented LOUANE, who can also communicate with French Sign Language. Check out the video to see her great musical & sign language talent. (*Post updated Mar 10, 2020)
Image from music video of “Avenir – Louane”

TRUE or FALSE? Except for a few words, French Sign Language & American Sign Language are the same.
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Watch the music video and see if you can fill in the Video Word Blanks below.
Learn some of the words from the song with the Word Map & Word Table below.
AVENIR
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Notes: 1) Scroll horizontally, if all table columns are not visible. 2) LINK* This column shows the DICTIONARY-LOOK-UP word & a link to an online dictionary entry. 3) (* ) This is the translation of the conjugated verb.
# | WORD | LINK* | DEFINITION | GRAMMAR | NOTES | |
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1 | LOIN | Far | adv | --- | ||
2 | RAISONS | RAISON | Reasons | nfpl | --- | |
3 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Q1) TRUE or FALSE? Except for a few words, French Sign Language & American Sign Language are the same.
A1) False, they are different. ASM did get its origins from FSL yet they evolved differently and are considered to be two different languages. Although there are many similarities, you would still need to learn FSL to be fluent in it.
Q2) In the music video, LOUANE is seen using French Sign Language. How does she know sign language?
A2) LOUANE learned French sign language for the starring role in the movie, LA FAMILLE BÉLIER. In it, she plays the only hearing member of a family in which all the others are deaf. As a teenager, she is conflicted by her own ambitions and the responsibility she feels as her deaf family members’ only means of communicating with the hearing world. LOUANE won a César Award (national film award of France and considered to be the highest film honor in the country) for her work in the movie.
Q3) How did LOUANE become famous?
Use the clues below to guess which word from the word list is the Review Word in the article & blank (1). Can you also guess the Bonus word in blank (a)?
AVENIR
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Here is a sneak peek of a vocabulary word from the next blog post song, RESTE (FSV #7, French/English Pop Song collaboration by Marître GIMS & Sting). Can you guess what word goes in the blank?