Song FSV #17: DERNIÈRE DANSE (par Indila)

This blog post introduces one of the biggest French hits of the past decade, DERNIÈRE DANCE by French song artist Indila.

DERNIÈRE DANCE talks about the lost feeling one gets after breaking up and getting your heart broken. It was a huge hit in France back in 2013. But you still hear it all over the internet, especially as a background song on Instagram.

This song has popular love song words & expressions such as “I want to run away.“, “Suffering” & “I move heaven & earth“.

Try the new Q&A to review the lyrics, translation and vocabulary notes. Then learn the Bonus Word through the Word Map. And review with the Flashcards & Cheat Puzzle Sheet download!

Feature image credit: From music video of Dernière Danse by Indila

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Table of Contents…

A) French Song Vocabulary #17
- 1) Music Video: DERNIÈRE DANSE
- 2) Q&A
B) Bonus Word Map
C) Review
- 1) Flashcards
- 2) Download

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A) French Song Vocabulary

1) Music Video : DERNIÈRE DANSE
2) Q&A

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1) Music Video: DERNIÈRE DANSE

Lyrics, translation and vocabulary notes available at the end of the Q&A.

Ô ma douce (1)_____…
Pourquoi s'(2)_____ ? Tu recommences.
Je ne suis qu’un être sans importance.
Sans lui, je suis un peu paro.
Je (3)_____ seule dans l’métro. Une dernière danse.
Pour oublier ma (4)_____ immense.
Je veux m'(5)_____ que tout recommence. Ô ma douce (1*)_____…
Je (6)_____ le ciel, le jour, la nuit.
Je danse avec le vent, la pluie.
Un peu d’amour, un (7)_____ de miel.
Et je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse.
Et dans le bruit, je cours et j’ai peur.
Est-ce mon tour ? Revient la (8)_____ .
Dans tout Paris, je m’(9)_____ .
Et je m'(10)_____ , vole, vole, vole, vole, vole, vole.

Note: 1* is a repeat of word blank 1.

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2) Q&A

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PART 1 (Words 1, 2)PART 2 (Word 3)PARTS 3-7

Q1 PART 1 (Words 1, 2)

Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the video.

Ô ma douce (1)_…
Pourquoi s'(2)_ ? Tu recommences.
Je ne suis qu’un être sans importance.

(a) SOUFRANCE, ACHARNÉ
(b) SOUFFRANCE, ACHARNER
(c) SOUFFRANS, ACHARNE

ANSWER 1 (Words 1, 2)

A1(b) SOUFFRANCE, ACHARNER
Ô ma douce SOUFFRANCE…
Pourquoi s’ACHARNER ? Tu recommences.
Je ne suis qu’un être sans importance.
Translation:
Oh my sweet suffering…
Why do you hound me? Incessantly. (You start again.)
I am just an unimportant person. (I am but a being without importance.)

Vocabulary Notes:

SOUFFRANCE (Suffering; nf)
ACHARNER (To persist in doing, to insist on doing; v pron, -ER reg conj)
– ACHARNER is always used as the pronominal verb S’ACHARNER.

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Q2 PART 2 (Word 3)

Fill in the blank with the correct word from the video.

Sans lui, je suis un peu paro.
Je (3)_____ seule dans l’métro. Une dernière danse.

(a) DÉAMBULE
(b) DEAMBULE
(c) DÉAMBOULE

ANSWER 2 (Word 3)

A2 (a) DÉAMBULE
Sans lui, je suis un peu paro.
Je DÉAMBULE seule dans le métro. Une dernière danse.
Translation:
Without him, I’m a bit lost.
I wander alone in the subway. A last dance.

Vocabulary Notes:

DÉAMBULER (To wander; vi -ER reg conj)
PARO (Lost, uneasy, strange) – This is a newly invented slang word. It was first used in a rap song and can mean several different things, including “Lost, uneasy, strange”.

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B) Bonus Word

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WORD MAP LEGEND
1) Pink word boxes show the FVV vocabulary words.
2) Blue word boxes show Bonus words.
3) Bold font show dictionary-look-up words (The form of the word that it is listed under in the dictionary.)
4) Italics show feminine forms.

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