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”

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

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

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[su_icon icon=”icon: youtube-play” background=”#2FA0CA” size=”32″ shape_size=”15″ text_size=”26″ color=”#ffffff” ]A) FSV #11 Video & Lyrics[/su_icon]

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

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MA PHILOSOPHIE
Video Word Blanks

Je n’ai qu’une philosophie. Être acceptée comme je suis.
(1)_____ tout ce qu’on me dit. Je reste le (2)_____ levé.
Pour le (3)_____ comme le (4)_____.
Je suis métisse mais pas martyre.
J'(5)_____ le cœur (6)_____. Mais toujours le (2*)_____ levé.

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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.

What is a WORD TABLE?

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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	MALGRÉ	[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/malgré"][/su_icon]	Despite	prep	---
2	POING	[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/poing"][/su_icon]	Fist	nm	---
3	...	...		...	...

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MA PHILOSOPHIE
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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? 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.

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

MA PHILOSOPHIE
Review Question

Article by Marc-Aurèle Garreau/Cineseries

Review Word (a) means “Worse” and fills the article blank.
Bonus Word (b) means “Sigh” and rhymes with Review Word (a).

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Here is a sneak peek of a vocabulary word from the next FSV blog post song, LE LION EST MORT CE SOIR (FSV #12). Can you guess the vocabulary word in the blank?

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