{"id":23048,"date":"2016-03-10T23:11:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T22:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=23048"},"modified":"2017-10-24T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T14:02:09","slug":"line-by-line-lesson-le-droit-a-lerreur-by-amel-bent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/line-by-line-lesson-le-droit-a-lerreur-by-amel-bent\/","title":{"rendered":"Line by Line Lesson: “Le droit \u00e0 l’erreur” by Amel Bent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t you love it when a song you hadn’t heard in a long time comes on and you can sing along like a pro? This recently happened to me with a song I listened to when I started learning French. I didn’t know the lyrics well – it was always a song I had on my Zune (remember those? anyone?), but I never studied the lyrics. Knowing only minimal French and trying to memorize the words can lead to some pretty funny results. Do you know the expression chanter en yaourt<\/strong>? It literally means to sing in yogurt, but it refers to the fact the words you’re singing in a foreign language are waaayyy off. That was me with this song.<\/p>\n

Now that I understand what’s being sung, I can only laugh at my ridiculous attempt. For this two-part series, I decided to break down each line of the song and present a microlesson of its contents. The lessons aren’t long, but they will present a (potentially) new concept for you.<\/p>\n

First, let’s start with the song: Le droit \u00e0 l’erreur <\/strong>(The Right to be Mistaken) by Amel Bent.<\/p>\n