{"id":19826,"date":"2013-10-29T13:59:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T12:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=19826"},"modified":"2017-10-20T15:44:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T13:44:26","slug":"are-you-sometimes-faineant-lazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/are-you-sometimes-faineant-lazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Sometimes “Fain\u00e9ant” (Lazy)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bonjour<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>there! Tell me, how was waking up for you this morning? Rather facile<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(easy), difficile <\/em><\/strong>(difficult), or compl\u00e8tement p\u00e9<\/strong>nible <\/strong><\/em>(completely rough)?<\/p>\n

Whether you are the type of person who springs up from bed at the first beep of your\u00a0r\u00e9veil\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(alarm clock), or on the contrary one who has to be forcibly dragged away from under l’or\u00e9iller<\/em><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(the pillow), you will probably enjoy listening to this French song: \u00a0No matter how good or bad your fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/em> is, you’ll find the lyrics to be quite easy to grasp and even, if you feel like it, memorize.<\/p>\n

Why so?<\/p>\n

Maybe because it so happens that the artist who wrote them, namely\u00a0Keen’V<\/a><\/strong>, was having way too much “la flemme<\/em><\/strong>” (French slang for being “fain\u00e9ant<\/strong><\/em>” is “avoir la flemme<\/strong><\/em>“, i. e. “to be<\/strong>\u00a0lazy<\/strong>“, “to feel like not doing anything<\/strong>.”)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8l1Pq_8xc44<\/a><\/p>\n

KEEN’V – “Moti’V<\/em>” (read: “motiv\u00e9<\/em>“, meaning “motivated”)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Il faut se motiver<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

One should get motivated<\/p>\n

Oui, mais pas trop<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, but not too much<\/p>\n

D\u00e9j\u00e0, pour commencer, je n’aime pas le matin<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Already, for starters, I don’t like the morning<\/p>\n

De rester \u00e9veill\u00e9 comme en cours de latin!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

To stay awake like during a Latin<\/strong><\/a> course!<\/p>\n

Je me sens fatigu\u00e9 et \u00e7a, je n’y peux rien,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I feel tired, and I can’t help it<\/p>\n

J’dois aller travailler parce que il le faut bien<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I gotta go to work because it is necessary<\/p>\n

Prendre une douche glac\u00e9e, \u00e7a j’ai essay\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Take a freezing shower, that I tried<\/p>\n

Un bon p’tit d\u00e9jeuner \u00e7a j’ai essay\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A good litte breakfast, that I tried<\/p>\n

Boire deux ou trois caf\u00e9s<\/a>, \u00e7a aussi j’ai essay\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Drink two or three coffees, that I tried too<\/p>\n

J’ai beau tout essayer, je n’arrive pas \u00e0 me r\u00e9veiller<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I tried it all, yet I can’t get awake<\/p>\n

Il faut se motiver!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

One should get motivated!<\/p>\n

Oui, mais pas trop…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, but not too much…<\/p>\n

Lorsque je sors de mon lit, je n’ai qu’une id\u00e9e en t\u00eate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

When I get out of my bed, I only have one idea in mind<\/p>\n

Oui, je n’ai qu’une envie, c’est de retrouver ma couette<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, I feel like doing only one thing, which is to get back under my cover<\/p>\n

Un arr\u00eat maladie, c’est vrai, ce serait chouette<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A sick leave, it’s true, that would be cool<\/p>\n

Mais faut gagner sa vie, alors il faut que je m’appr\u00eate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But one has to make a living, so I have to get ready to<\/p>\n

Mettre la musique \u00e0 fond \u00e7a, j’ai essay\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Blast the music, that I tried<\/p>\n

La lumi\u00e8re au plafond, \u00e7a, j’ai essay\u00e9,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The light at the ceiling<\/p>\n

M\u00eame soulever de la fonte, \u00e7a aussi, j’ai essay\u00e9,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Even lifting weights, that too, I tried<\/p>\n

J’ai beau tout essayer, je n’arrive pas \u00e0 me r\u00e9veiller<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I tried it all, I still can’t get awake<\/p>\n

Il faut se motiver!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

One should get motivated!<\/p>\n

Oui, mais pas trop…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, but not too much…<\/p>\n

Le r\u00e9veil sonne sonne sonne sonne, je me cache sous l’oreiller!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The alarm clock beeps beeps beeps beeps, I hide under the pillow!<\/p>\n

Il faut que je me donne donne donne une bonne raison de me lever<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve got to give give give give myself a good reason to get up<\/p>\n

Je connais personne sonne sonne sonne qui aime se faire r\u00e9veiller<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I know no one one one who likes to be waken up<\/p>\n

Pourtant, il faut bien se motiver<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Still, one should get motivated<\/p>\n

Il faut se motiver!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

One should get motivated!<\/p>\n

Oui, mais pas trop …<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, but not too much…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Bonjour\u00a0there! Tell me, how was waking up for you this morning? Rather facile\u00a0(easy), difficile (difficult), or compl\u00e8tement p\u00e9nible (completely rough)? Whether you are the type of person who springs up from bed at the first beep of your\u00a0r\u00e9veil\u00a0\u00a0(alarm clock), or on the contrary one who has to be forcibly dragged away from under l’or\u00e9iller\u00a0(the pillow)…<\/p>\n

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