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Serge Gainsbourg: Requiem Pour un Con

 

 

 

Grammatical Structures Used:

Imperative, -er verbs, Stressed Pronouns, il est vs. c'est, Demonstrative Pronoun, Subjunctive, Adverbs of Quantity, Direct objects

 

 

 

Lyrics:

  1. Ecoute les orgues,
elles jouent pour toi
  2. Il est terrible, cet air là
  3. J'espère que tu aimes
, C'est assez beau non
  4. C'est le requiem pour un con
  5. Je l'ai composé spécialement pour toi

  6. A ta mémoire de scélérat

Imperative, -er verbs, Stressed Pronouns, il est vs. c'est, Demonstrative Pronoun, Subjunctive, Adverbs of Quantity, Direct objects

Grammatical Analysis:

  1. Imperative (listen!) // standard -er verb (jouer) // Stressed Pronouns
  2. Il est vs. c'est: il est followed by adjective // Demonstrative pronoun (cet; masculine before vowel, meaning this)
  3. Subjunctive clause (I hope that you like...) however, the tu form of the subjunctive is the same as the indicative //Adverb of Quantity (assez) meaning enough
  4. Il est vs. c'est: c'est followed by modified noun
  5. The "l'" is the direct object. It referrs to "the (masculine singular) requiem of the previous sentence