Does anyone know what the french line in this song means:

I love you baby, I love you soo much
Maybe we can stay in touch
Meet me in another world, space and joy
(french part) girls and boys

I don't speak French, but it was my understanding that it meant:

All the beautiful girls and boys

Maybe someone who speaks the language can translate it more exact.

He says : Vous etes très belle, which means "You are very beautiful". The part that Marie-France says in French is actually the rap Prince does in English at the very end.

TheTesseract said:

Ok, if that is the case then i don't understand the song. He's basically saying You are a very beautiful girls and boys? That doesn't make sense. And why would he mention "boys"?

They just don't make music like this anymore.

TheDeacon said:

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Any ways, all your lyrical needs:

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com/
http://www.princelyrics.co.uk/

TheTesseract said:

What they said. Ditto.

TheDeacon said:

You know... Prince's lyrics aren't as cryptive as everybody might think they are.

If you listen to the concept of this song, you would understand why he says "boys."

He only knew her 4 a little while
But he had grown accustomed 2 her style
She had the cutest ass he ever seen
But he did 2, they were meant 2 be

Just like the song Prettyman he considers himself to be beautiful.

Line 1: Talking about the girl (possibly Mary Sharon, since it's music from UTCM) from the title of the song.

Line 4: Talking about the boy (possibly Christopher Tracy or himself) from the title of the song.

The point of the song? How a beautiful girl, and a beautiful boy, look beautiful dancing and making love together.

DOI !!!
[Edited 9/13/04 12:28pm]

yeah I always took at as the title refers to both of them....

And the "vous etes tres belle" he's just telling her she's beautiful.

Though to use "vous" is considered formal.....

Then again, Prince mighta just thrown that line in there cuz it's a French phrase he knew

TheTesseract said:

Wow, I knew that. I should of passed French.

The use of "vous" in this case is very reverential, and indeed formal. as for the rap in French it is full of mistakes, which makes it very funny and sometimes a little bit odd. It's still quite a famous song in France.

VOUS ETES TRES BELLE

you are beautiful

look up prince songs on yahoo it gives you the exact words on each song that you're looking for like automatic(the song) you did'nt know what he was saying cuz the music was so loud but i looked up boys and girls and the french part is translated

sandrined said:

It means you are beautiful in a plural tense. I just thought that I should make it clear for some of our non-French speaking org members.
[Edited 9/18/04 22:51pm]

Hotlegs said:

no its not plural. If it were, the 'Belle' would be plural too (belles).

Just a couple of points...

1. Prince's rap at the end and Marie-France's french spoken passage in the middle are very
similar, but not exactly the same (one is not a direct translation of the other).

2. There are slight errors in DTT's lyrics when it comes to the Marie-France section.

Vous is plural, but belle is not. Wanna know why? Princey doesn't speak French. Case closed.

TheJourney4all7 said: I should of passed French. [/quote]

Just need to practice your English now.

unremarkable said:

... or maybe, 'practise'.

.

Not in England.

Also: it's *belles*.

Pronounced the same as the singular.
[Edited 9/19/04 3:16am]

unremarkable said:

All the lyrics I've ever seen write the singular "belle". Maybe it's non-French speakers writing, and don't know there's a difference?

unremarkable said:

Yes - especially in England.

The verb is 'practise' ... the noun is 'practice'.

(In the US, the verb is sometimes 'practice').

Let us try to shed some light on this controversy.

"Vous êtes très belle" and "Vous êtes très belles" both exist and sound exactly the same. So, as there is no official lyric transcription, both interpretations are possible.

The former is a, formal, feminine singular for "You are beautiful", while the latter is the feminine plural for "You are beautiful".

Cheers,

David .
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langebleu said:

Actually in the US, both the verb and noun are "practice". We never use "practise" unless we're trying to be pretentious

GaryMF said:

Perish the thought.