Alors on danse, de Stromae

French listening practice with transcript and grammar notes

Fun with French! This catchy music video will have you dancing and singing along, thanks to interactive subtitles. There’s a lot of slang, so be sure to click any word you don’t understand for its translation and more.

 Video courtesy of StromaeVEVO.

Linguistic features added by Lawless French Immersion (Ilini). Supplementary materials for students and teachers (quizzes, puzzles, hand-outs…) are available at LF Immersion: Stromae – Alors On Danse.

 Listening comprehension

Expressions

• c’est
• est-ce que
• [il] y a

Grammar

• on danse, ça – informal pronouns
• qui dit taf te dit – indirect object
• lui dit – stressed pronoun
• lui dit assis, c’est fini – past participles
• ce serait – conditional
• tu t’en sors – adverbial pronoun en
• quand [il n’]y en a plus – informal negation
• pour que ça s’arrête – pronominal verb, subjunctive
• ton corps – possessive adjective
• tu te bouches – pronominal verb