{"id":15376,"date":"2012-06-26T22:00:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=15376"},"modified":"2017-10-20T13:09:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:09:23","slug":"your-first-name-is-maybe-in-this-french-prenom-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/your-first-name-is-maybe-in-this-french-prenom-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Your First Name May Be in This French “Pr\u00e9noms” Song!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Does your name have a French equivalent, like “Oliver\/Olivier”, “Sylvia\/Sylvie”, “Peter\/Pierre”, “John\/Jean”, etc.?<\/strong><\/div>\n
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After the<\/strong>\u00a0The French RAP of the PARTICIPES PASS\u00c9S ” (The French Rap of Past Participles”<\/a>), here is the tongue-in-cheek French song “Le Rap des<\/em> Pr\u00e9noms<\/em>“<\/strong>\u00a0(“The French Rap of the First Names”), the lyrics of which are exclusively translated into English here on the Transparent French Blog!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Palmashow – “<\/strong>Le Rap des Pr\u00e9noms<\/em>” (“The Rap of First Names”)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mais Ouais, dans la vie y a des pr\u00e9noms pr\u00e9destin\u00e9s<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, yeah, in life there are some predestined first names<\/p>\n

C\u2019est vrai qu\u2019dans certains cas, ton avenir est tout dessin\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s true that in some cases, your future<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is already traced<\/p>\n

T\u2019as vu les Jacky ? R\u2019garde comme on les taille<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You saw Jackys? Look how they are carved out<\/p>\n

Une banane, un jogging, plus besoin d\u2019d\u00e9tails<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A banana, a jogging, no need for details anymore<\/p>\n

Michael & K\u00e9vin, c\u2019est les k\u00e9k\u00e9s du fond d\u2019la classe<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael and Kevin, it’s the flashy dudes of the classroom<\/p>\n

Il<\/em><\/strong>s aiment le tuning, et font du weeling sur la place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They like tuning, and do weeling down the square<\/p>\n

Jimmy c\u2019est un gitan, toujours accus\u00e9 \u00e0 tort<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jimmy is a Gipsy<\/a><\/strong>, always wrongfully accused<\/p>\n

Tous les Jo\u00ebl sont gays, mais ils le savent pas encore<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

All Joels are gay, they just don’t know it yet<\/p>\n

T\u2019as vu les Olivier<\/a>, c\u2019est des ***** monos de ski<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You saw Olivers, they are freakin’ ski instructors<\/p>\n

Mais ouais ils sont sympas, c\u2019est comme les Fredo et Thierry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But yeah they are pretty cool, like the Fredos and Thierrys<\/p>\n

Les Corinne, 35 ans, c\u00e9libataires endurcies<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Corinnes,\u00a035-year-old hardcore singles<\/p>\n

S\u2019inscrivent tous les dimanches pour la vitrine du <\/em>“Juste Prix<\/em>“<\/strong><\/p>\n

Register every Sunday to win big at the “Price is Right”<\/p>\n

Eric, Bruno, Teddy : Des sapeurs pompiers!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eric, Bruno, Teddy: Firefighters!<\/p>\n

Coupe en brosse, polo Brice, et TN aux pieds<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Crew cut, Brice polo, wearing TN Nikes<\/div>\n
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JB c\u2019est l\u2019dirlo d\u2019colo, Herv\u00e9 un bon bricolo<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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JB is the Summer Camp director, Herve is a good handyman<\/div>\n
Euh et G\u00e9rard ? C\u2019est un bon pote alcolo<\/em><\/strong>!<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Ehm and Gerard? He’s a good boozer buddy!<\/div>\n
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Yeah Yo ! Tu connais forc\u00e9ment quelqu\u2019un dans l\u2019tas<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Yeah yo! You must know one in the bunch<\/div>\n
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T\u2019as gol-ri sur tes potes, sur ta meuf, ou sur ton papa<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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You laughed hard about your buddies, your chick, or your daddy<\/div>\n
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C\u2019est les pr\u00e9noms par le Palmashow<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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It’s the first names by the Palmashow<\/div>\n
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C\u2019est les pr\u00e9noms<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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It’s the first names<\/div>\n
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Chez Casto, c\u2019est Francky qui pousse les palettes<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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At Castorama<\/a><\/strong>, it’s Franky who’s pushing the pallet lifters<\/div>\n
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Et sur ta caisse ? Bah c\u2019est DD qui r\u2019fait mes plaquettes<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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And on your wheels? Well, it’s DD who renews my plates<\/div>\n
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Patrice & Fabrice sont managers chez Mondial Moquette<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Patrice and Fabrice are managers down at Mondial Moquette<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Didier fait des barbeucs, et les meilleures brochettes<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Didier prepares BBQs, and the best skewers<\/div>\n
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Manu, Luc, et Seb jouent tous d\u2019un instrument<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
Manu, Luc, and Sebastian all play an instrument<\/div>\n
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Font p\u00e9ter Oasis et Radiohead autour du feu d\u2019camp<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Play out loud Oasis and Radiohead around the campfire<\/div>\n
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Et Pierrick & Loic ? Bah, ils sont r\u2019partis en mer<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
How about Pierrick and Loic? Well, they got back to sea<\/div>\n
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Comme tous les mecs en <\/em>“ick<\/em>“, faire l\u2019tour du monde<\/a> en solitaire<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Like all the dudes whose names end in “ick”, go solo around the world<\/div>\n
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Au supermarch\u00e9, c\u2019est toujours les m\u00eames blases<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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At the supermarkets, it’s always the same old schnozes<\/div>\n
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Sylvie, Martine, Annick, j\u2019en peux plus \u00e7a me blase<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
Sylvie, Martine, Annick, so tired of that, can’t take it anymore<\/div>\n
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Sandrine est responsable du rayon PQ Molletonn\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Sandrine takes care of the TP aisle<\/div>\n
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Et Capucine<\/a>? T\u2019as un pr\u00e9nom de Poney!<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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And Capucine? You’ve got a Poney name!<\/div>\n
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Hugues a un nom d\u2019apache, et Chez Paul y a des Sandwich<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Hugues got an Apache name, and At Paul’s there are sandwiches<\/div>\n
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Brian & Marlon r\u00eavent de jouer dans Sunset Beach<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Brian and Marlon dream to play in Sunset Beach<\/div>\n
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Francis a une moustache, et Gillou s\u2019fait pousser l\u2019bouc<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
Francis grows a moustache, and Gillou a goaty<\/div>\n
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En Boite, Pascal fait tache, et met ses Ray Ban sur Facebook<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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At the club, Pascal’s out of place, and puts his Ray Bans on Facebook<\/div>\n
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Yeah Yo ! Tu connais forc\u00e9ment quelqu\u2019un dans l\u2019tas<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Yeah yo! You must know someone in the bunch<\/div>\n
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T\u2019as gol-ri sur tes potes, sur ta meuf, ou sur ton papa<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
You laughed hard about your buddies, your chick, your daddy<\/div>\n
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C\u2019est les pr\u00e9noms par le Palmashow<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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It’s the first names by the Palmashow<\/div>\n
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C\u2019est les pr\u00e9noms<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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It’s the first names<\/div>\n
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Na-ta-cha, c\u2019est une coquine,<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Natasha, she’s a naughty girl<\/div>\n
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Alors que Muriel rentre pas dans son slim<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
Whereas Muriel can’t get into her Skinny jeans<\/div>\n
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Marie-Pierre: ta banqui\u00e8re, et Robert: gras du bide<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
Marie-Pierre: Your lady banker , and Robert: a super fatty<\/div>\n
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Les Cindy sont stagiaires chez Jean Louis David<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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The Cindies are interns at Jean Louis David<\/a><\/strong>‘s<\/div>\n
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Les bonnes, c\u2019est toutes les m\u00eames, toujours celles qui s\u2019appellent Sarah<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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The hotties, they are all the same, always the ones called Sarah<\/div>\n
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Le truc, c\u2019est qu\u2019elles s\u2019la donnent comme les meufs qui bossent chez Zara<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Problem is, they always act like the chicks who work for Zara<\/div>\n
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Mike, John, et Steve taffent chez Diesel<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Mike, John, and Steeve got a job at Diesel<\/div>\n
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Draguent un peu racailleux: “Eh fffft Mad\u2019moiselle!”<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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They hit on girls ghetto style: “Yo whazzup lady!”<\/div>\n
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Florent est com\u00e9dien et d\u00e9croche des r\u00f4les pour Mennen<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
Florent is comedian, and lands roles for Mennen commercials<\/div>\n
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Myl\u00e8ne<\/a> c\u2019est la relou qu\u2019on a bloqu\u00e9e sur MSN<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
Mylene is the annoying chick we blocked on MSN<\/div>\n
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Les Marjolaine et Jeanne passent le concours d\u2019instit<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
The Marjolenes and Jeannes take the teacher exam<\/div>\n
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Jos\u00e9 a un synth\u00e9 et Boubacar une grosse ****<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Jose got a keyboard and Boubakar got a big ****<\/div>\n
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A toi l\u2019honneur mon pote d\u2019leur annoncer les champions<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Now will you do me the honor, buddy, to announce to them the champions<\/div>\n
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La cr\u00e8me des cr\u00e8mes du pire de tout c\u2019qui s\u2019fait en pr\u00e9nom<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
The worst of the worst when it comes to first names<\/div>\n
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Rockstars du Calendar, c\u2019est des mecs exceptionnels<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Rockstars of the Calendar, exceptional dudes<\/div>\n
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On s\u2019devait d\u2019finir sur Denis, Serge & Lionel!<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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We had to close with Denis, Serge<\/a><\/strong>, and Lionel!<\/div>\n
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C\u2019est les pr\u00e9noms par le Palmashow<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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It’s the first names by the Palmashow<\/div>\n
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C\u2019est les pr\u00e9noms<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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It’s the first names<\/div>\n
C\u2019est les pr\u00e9noms par le Palmashow<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
It’s the first names by the Palmashow<\/div>\n

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C\u2019est les pr\u00e9noms<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
It’s the first names