FSV #11: MA PHILOSOPHIE (par Amel Bent) - French Pop

Learn French vocabulary with the song MA PHILOSOPHIE (French Song Vocabulary, FSV #11), the hit single from AMEL BENT who gained fame from the show NOUVELLE STAR (the French version of American Idol). The song is slow and easy to follow along to. And the lyrics display many adjectives with a poetic rhythm to them.

Image from music video of “Ma Philosophie – Amel Bent”

Table of Contents…

A) FSV #11 Video & Lyrics
B) Word List
*Trivia & More
C) Review Question
D) Downloads
E) Sneak Peek Word

TRIVIA

TRUE or FALSE? The MA PHILOSOPHIE music video was filmed on “le Boulevard Jacqmain” in Paris…

The Europa Building (Photo credit: Samynandpartners)

…which is also where the European Union headquarters is located.

Go to Answer

Go to TRIVIA & MORE for the answer.

Go to Table of Contents

A) FSV #11 Video & Lyrics

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

LOGIN or REGISTER to access the lyrics, word definitions, puzzles, downloads, answers and more!

Go to Table of Contents

B) Word List
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.

What is a WORD TABLE?

Hide...What is a WORD TABLE?

MA PHILOSOPHIE
Word Table Preview

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	MALGRÉ		Despite	prep	---
2	POING		Fist	nm	---
3	...	...		...	...

LOGIN or REGISTER to access the complete WORD TABLE, word definitions, word lists, puzzles, downloads, answers and more!

MA PHILOSOPHIE
Word Map Preview

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.

Click for Word Map Notes...

Hide Word Map Notes....

LOGIN or REGISTER to view the complete WORD MAP & WORD TABLE, FREE PDF’s, word puzzles and answers!

For a Sneak Peek of a vocabulary word from the next blog post song, LE LION EST MORT (FSV #12), check out the Sneak Peek below.

Go to Table of Contents

TRIVIA

Q1) TRIVIA TRUE or FALSE? The MA PHILOSOPHIE music video was filmed on “le Boulevard Jacqmain” in Paris, which is also where the European Union headquarters is located.

A1) False. The MA PHILOSOPHIE music video was filmed on “le Boulevard Jacqmain” which is not in Paris, but Brussels (the capital of Belgium). The boulevard is in the European Quarter of the city and is where the EUROPA building (the European Union headquarters) is located.

Go to Table of Contents

C) REVIEW QUESTION

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 the Bonus Word (b) using the word map clues.