Improve your ear for French with a kids song! This is eenie, meenie, miney, moe in French. This clip is 55 words in 40 seconds, how many can you hear and understand? This is the best way to improve your French listening comprehension.
Learn French with a kids song snippet! This clip is from the Bonjour Tonton Youtube channel. Listen and fill in what you hear below. Read more and find a translation below. Find the full song here.
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eenie, meenie, miney mo.
Not really about listening for French, but this was used in class the other day and I just really got interested in it.
The teacher was choosing someone to speak and did this. Though I think he added on more than the simple one.
While for sure, this is something for kids and not really accurate, I still think it’s a fun cultural thing that gets you deeper into the roots. After all, if you’re in France speaking with someone, almost everyone will have played or said this as a kid. It gives you some cultural common ground if needed. And who doesn’t need it?
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The snippet in English
Find a translation of this snippet here, how much of this did you hear?
I love Google’s translation. Not sure how accurate it is.
Tonton écoute
Am stram gram,
Pique et pique et colégram
Bourre et bourre et ratatam
Am, stram, gram
Pique!
C’est pour moi, C’est pour moi, le gâteau!
Voilà le chocolat
Am stram gram,
Pique et pique et colégram
Bourre et bourre et ratatam
Am, stram, gram
Pique!
C’est pour moi, C’est pour moi, le chocolat!
Listen, Tonton
Uncle is listening
Eenie Meenie,
Spades and spades and colegram
Stuffing and stuffing and ratatam
Eenie Meenie
Spades!
This is for me, This is for me, the cake!
Here is the chocolate
Eenie Meenie,
Spades and spades and colegram
Stuffing and stuffing and ratatam
Eenie Meenie
Spades!
This is for me, This is for me, chocolate!
And of course, there is always the English version:
Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe
Catch a Tiger by the toe
If he hollers let him go
Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe
French Text from Bonjour Tonton. Google Translate Link
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