FSV #12: LE LION EST MORT CE SOIR (par Kids United Nouvelle Génération) - French Pop

Learn French vocabulary with the song, LE LION EST MORT CE SOIR (French Song Vocabulary, SV #12, “The lion is dead tonight”), the French version of the popular song, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight“. This popular song, originally from South Africa, was sung by many French artists (including Henri Salvador in 1962) but the version we are introducing is sung by Kids United Nouvelle Génération. One of my favourite songs, it’s a peppy tune with simple vocabulary that is great for the true French beginner.

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A) FSV #12 Video & Lyrics
B) Word List
*Trivia & More
C) Review Question
D) Downloads
E) Sneak Peek Word

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… this song was sung to mock the Lyon soccer team, OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS.

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[su_icon icon=”icon: youtube-play” background=”#2FA0CA” size=”32″ shape_size=”15″ text_size=”26″ color=”#ffffff” ]A) FSV #12 Video & Lyrics[/su_icon]

Watch the music video and see if you can fill in the Video Word Blanks below.

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Dans la (1)_____, terrible (1*)_____.
Le lion est (2)_____ ce (3)_____.
Et les (4)_____ (5)_____ s'(6)_____.
Le lion est (2*)_____ ce (3*)_____.

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Learn some of the words from the song with the Word Map & Word Table below.

A WORD TABLE is a table where each word is listed with its dictionary-look-up word (the form of the word that it is listed under in the dictionary), definition, grammatical parts of speech and other notes about the word.

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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
1	JUNGLE	[su_icon icon="icon: external-link-square" background="#aa1801" size="12" shape_size="4" color="#ffffff" margin="0px 5px 0px 0px" url="http://www.wordreference.com/fren/jungle"][/su_icon]	Jungle	nf	---
2	MORT	[su_icon icon="icon: external-link-square" background="#aa1801" size="12" shape_size="4" color="#ffffff" margin="0px 5px 0px 0px" url="http://www.wordreference.com/fren/mort"][/su_icon]	Dead	adj	---
3	...	...	...	...	...

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Notes: 1) (* ) This is the translation of the conjugated verb.
2) Pink word boxes show the lyric vocabulary words.
3) Blue word boxes show Bonus words.
4) Dotted outline word boxes attached to other word boxes (verbs, nouns, adjectives) who the different forms of the words they are attached to
5) Bold font show dictionary-look-up words (The form of the word that it is listed under in the dictionary.)
6) Italics show feminine words.

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Q1) TRIVIA TRUE or FALSE? Due to the similar pronunciation of LION & LYON (name of the city), this song was sung to mock the Lyon soccer team, OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS (the team that is shown in the promotional video below).

A1) True. It started with the French film LES ONZE COMMANDEMENTS (The Eleven Commandments, a French film version of the sketch comedy tv show “Jackass”). The word LION & LYON sound similar, so to mock OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS (the soccer team that plays in the Lyon city Olympic Park stadium) the performers sang LE LION EST MORT CE SOIR (The lion is dead tonight) in the stadium.

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Use the clues below to guess which word from the word list is Review Word (A) and fills the article blank below. Can you also guess Bonus Word (B) using the word map clues.

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Review Question

Le Lion Est Mort Ce Soir review word question blank

Article credit: LaDEPECHE.fr, Image credit: Pixabay

Review Word (A) means “Evening” and fits into the article blank.
Bonus Word (B) means “Tissue” and rhymes with the Review Word (A).

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Here is a sneak peek of a vocabulary word from the next FSV blog post song, ÇA VA ÇA VIENT (FSV #13). Can you guess the vocabulary word in the blank?

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