A deep house pop song to count the world, one by one. Practice numbers from zero to a million, ordinals, and quantity words like quelques-uns, beaucoup, la moitié, or le double.
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Un, deux, trois et quatre
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One, two, three, and four
Compte les cœurs qui viennent de battre
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Count the hearts that have just beaten
Cinq, six, sept et huit
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Five, six, seven, and eight
Beaucoup de choses dans la nuit
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A lot of things in the night
Cent étoiles, mille chemins
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A hundred stars, a thousand paths
Un million dans nos deux mains
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A million in our two hands
Quelques-uns ou bien beaucoup
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A few or else a lot
Je veux tout compter d'un coup
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I want to count everything in one go (the expression 'd'un coup' means all at once)
La moitié, le double aussi
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The half, the double too (more naturally: Half, and double too)
Faire le total aujourd'hui
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To make the total today (more naturally: Adding everything up today)
Compte le monde, un par un
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Count the world, one by one
Du grand soir jusqu'au matin
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From the big evening until the morning (more naturally: From late evening until morning)
Ajoute tout, un peu, beaucoup
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Add everything, a little, a lot
Dis-moi, combien sommes-nous ?
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Tell me, how many are we? (more naturally: Tell me, how many of us are there?)
Compte le monde, un par un
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Count the world, one by one
Le calcul, c'est très divin
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The calculation, it is very divine (more naturally: Calculating is truly divine)
Le premier et le deuxième
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The first and the second
C'est le nombre que je sème
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It is the number that I sow
Vingt amis dans le quartier
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Twenty friends in the neighborhood
Cinquante pas à mesurer
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Fifty steps to measure
Zéro nuage dans le ciel
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Zero clouds in the sky
Dix oiseaux à tire-d'aile
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Ten birds flying swiftly (the idiom 'à tire-d'aile' literally refers to rapid wingbeats, meaning flying at full speed)
Quelques-uns ou bien beaucoup
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A few or else a lot
Je veux tout compter d'un coup
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I want to count everything in one go (the expression 'd'un coup' means all at once)
La moitié, le double aussi
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The half, the double too (more naturally: Half, and double too)
Faire le total aujourd'hui
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To make the total today (more naturally: Adding everything up today)
Compte le monde, un par un
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Count the world, one by one
Du grand soir jusqu'au matin
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From the big evening until the morning (more naturally: From late evening until morning)
Ajoute tout, un peu, beaucoup
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Add everything, a little, a lot
Dis-moi, combien sommes-nous ?
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Tell me, how many are we? (more naturally: Tell me, how many of us are there?)
Compte le monde, un par un
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Count the world, one by one
Le calcul, c'est très divin
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The calculation, it is very divine (more naturally: Calculating is truly divine)
Le rythme ralentit, je reste là
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The rhythm slows down, I stay here
On dit toujours : jamais deux sans trois
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We always say: never two without three (a common proverb meaning if something happens twice, it will surely happen a third time)
Laissons les chiffres nous guider
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Let's let the numbers guide us
C'est le moment de tout additionner
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It is the moment to add everything (more naturally: It's time to add everything up)
Compte le monde, un par un
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Count the world, one by one
Du grand soir jusqu'au matin
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From the big evening until the morning (more naturally: From late evening until morning)
Ajoute tout, un peu, beaucoup
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Add everything, a little, a lot
Dis-moi, combien sommes-nous ?
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Tell me, how many are we? (more naturally: Tell me, how many of us are there?)
Compte le monde, un par un
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Count the world, one by one
Le calcul, c'est très divin
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The calculation, it is very divine (more naturally: Calculating is truly divine)
I want to count everything in one go (the expression 'd'un coup' means all at once)
Lamoitié, ledoubleaussi
The half, the double too (more naturally: Half, and double too)
Faireletotalaujourd'hui
To make the total today (more naturally: Adding everything up today)
Comptelemonde, unparun
Count the world, one by one
Dugrandsoirjusqu'aumatin
From the big evening until the morning (more naturally: From late evening until morning)
Ajoutetout, unpeu, beaucoup
Add everything, a little, a lot
Dis-moi, combiensommes-nous ?
Tell me, how many are we? (more naturally: Tell me, how many of us are there?)
Comptelemonde, unparun
Count the world, one by one
Lecalcul, c'esttrèsdivin
The calculation, it is very divine (more naturally: Calculating is truly divine)
Lepremieretledeuxième
The first and the second
C'estlenombrequejesème
It is the number that I sow
Vingtamisdanslequartier
Twenty friends in the neighborhood
Cinquantepasàmesurer
Fifty steps to measure
Zéronuagedansleciel
Zero clouds in the sky
Dixoiseauxàtire-d'aile
Ten birds flying swiftly (the idiom 'à tire-d'aile' literally refers to rapid wingbeats, meaning flying at full speed)
Quelques-unsoubienbeaucoup
A few or else a lot
Jeveuxtoutcompterd'uncoup
I want to count everything in one go (the expression 'd'un coup' means all at once)
Lamoitié, ledoubleaussi
The half, the double too (more naturally: Half, and double too)
Faireletotalaujourd'hui
To make the total today (more naturally: Adding everything up today)
Comptelemonde, unparun
Count the world, one by one
Dugrandsoirjusqu'aumatin
From the big evening until the morning (more naturally: From late evening until morning)
Ajoutetout, unpeu, beaucoup
Add everything, a little, a lot
Dis-moi, combiensommes-nous ?
Tell me, how many are we? (more naturally: Tell me, how many of us are there?)
Comptelemonde, unparun
Count the world, one by one
Lecalcul, c'esttrèsdivin
The calculation, it is very divine (more naturally: Calculating is truly divine)
Lerythmeralentit, jerestelà
The rhythm slows down, I stay here
Ondittoujours : jamaisdeuxsanstrois
We always say: never two without three (a common proverb meaning if something happens twice, it will surely happen a third time)
Laissonsleschiffresnousguider
Let's let the numbers guide us
C'estlemomentdetoutadditionner
It is the moment to add everything (more naturally: It's time to add everything up)
Comptelemonde, unparun
Count the world, one by one
Dugrandsoirjusqu'aumatin
From the big evening until the morning (more naturally: From late evening until morning)
Ajoutetout, unpeu, beaucoup
Add everything, a little, a lot
Dis-moi, combiensommes-nous ?
Tell me, how many are we? (more naturally: Tell me, how many of us are there?)
Comptelemonde, unparun
Count the world, one by one
Lecalcul, c'esttrèsdivin
The calculation, it is very divine (more naturally: Calculating is truly divine)
Un, deux, trois
One, two, three
Avecmoi
With me
Unparun
One by one
20+
5+
4
3
2
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What is the song about?
The singer wants to count the whole world during a night that lasts until morning: beating hearts, stars, paths, neighborhood friends, birds in the sky. Counting becomes a joyful and almost magical game. In the end, they want to add everything up to know how many of us there are.
Useful vocabulary
Numbers
un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, dix
vingt, cinquante, cent, mille, un million
zéro: « Zéro nuage dans le ciel »
Ordinals: le premier, le deuxième
Quantities
quelques-uns: a small number
un peu, beaucoup
la moitié (½) and le double (×2)
le total, faire le total: to add everything up
Calculation
compter, ajouter, additionner, mesurer
le calcul: the mathematical operation
les chiffres: the digits 0 to 9 (les nombres are the quantities)
Expressions
un par un: one after another (we also say un à un)
d'un coup: all at once, all together
jamais deux sans trois: proverb, when something happens twice, it often happens a third time
à tire-d'aile: flying very fast (les oiseaux volent à tire-d'aile)
du soir jusqu'au matin: all night long
Grammar
The imperative to give an invitation or an order:
Compte le monde, Ajoute tout, Dis-moi (2nd person singular, without -s for -er verbs)
Laissons les chiffres nous guider (1st person plural: « nous » without the pronoun)
The recent past: venir de + infinitive
les cœurs qui viennent de battre = they beat a moment ago
Questions with inversion:
Combien sommes-nous ? = Nous sommes combien ? (more informal)
À + infinitive to say what remains to be done:
Cinquante pas à mesurer
Numbers: quick rules
mille never takes an -s: deux mille étoiles
million is a noun: before a noun, we say un million d'étoiles
Note: poetic license
« Le calcul, c'est très divin »: divin already means
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