DRS Question-Sherie's song, Here I Am.......

[TiMoune]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:12pm

Anybody know the translation of the French stuff Sherie sings in this song?

THX!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:16pm

Google is your friend.

http://www.wordreference.com/
Updated On: 7/14/05 at 06:16 PM

[TiMoune]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:20pm

Lord-child, if I could spell the French lyrics I WOULD Google it!! LOL!

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:22pm

The only French lyrics I remember are "je suis ici," which means "I am here." Isn't the spelling on the cast recording's insert?

[Thenardier]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:23pm

Perhaps you should buy the Cd - with lyrics...


Je n'sais quoi (I don't know what)

Je suis ici - I am here

What else does she say in French?

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:25pm

She says "the way they say 'la vie' is French!" which is actually a very clever play on words on the classic French phrase, "c'est la vie" pronounced the same way. "C'est la vie" means something to the extent of "That's life".

Oh and, "I'm sorry if I seem jejeune (sp?)/I promise I'll find my marbles soon!"

Updated On: 7/14/05 at 06:25 PM

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:26pm

zut alors...means like darn okay....its not exact translations with english

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:26pm

Here. Now go translate. Why do people use message boards to do research they are too lazy to do themselves?

http://www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/d/dirtyrottenscoundrelslyrics/hereiamlyrics.html
Updated On: 7/14/05 at 06:26 PM

[musicnmath]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:31pm

actually I think that's all of them.

also:

excuse me if I seem too "jeune" = "young"

[TiMoune]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:49pm

Thanks everybody for your help...I just saw the show yesterday and loved that song! I haven't had a chance to get the CD (with lyrics) yet.

BobbyBubby-When I searched online I couldn't find the lyrics- which is why I asked the question on the board in the 1st place...not because I'm just "too lazy" to find out on my own.

Next time you're that irritated, baby, don't respond.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:50pm

Just to let you know I typed in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Lyrics in google and it's the first thing listed. :)

[Thenardier]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:50pm

uh oh, bad move.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:51pm

She says a lot of French, actually. I submitted to stlyrics.com waayyyy long ago so it's all there.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:55pm

Hey Thenardier is that the girl from I Want to Be a Hilton?

[Thenardier]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 6:56pm

yes!

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 7:31pm

"Je n'sais quoi" means something along the lines of "special quality", if I'm not msitaken.

[musicnmath]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 7:40pm

it literally means "i don't know what"....which you might use to allude to a "special quality"

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 7:54pm

She says "excuse me if I seem jejeune" not "too jeune" as previously stated...

I'm looking in the cd booklet.

Having taken four years of french, I still don't know what jejeune is though! lol I know that jeune is young..and Je is I...but jejeune as one word??

[teh_pretty]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 8:32pm

I think the running joke in the song is that she rarely pronounces the French correctly -- "je ne sais quoi" and "je suis ici" is kind of Americanized, so that may be why "jejeune" isn't really a word :)

[ProducersFan]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 9:28pm

She doesn't pronounce "veni vidi vici" correctly either - I love that little character detail.

~Jessica

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 11:46pm

That's what I thought at first..but Je na sais quoi sounds the way a fluent speaker would say it
Je'n sais quoi (Juhn say quaw) I was taught that fluent speakers combine the Je's with 'nes and stuff...but I could be wrong --my HS sucked :)

and I agree about the jejuene and veni vidi vici..that's way off! :)

[Thenardier]

Posted: 7/14/05 at 11:50pm

Je n'sais quoi is how she says it, and she says it right-ish...I mean, no French accent, but she gets the sounds pretty right.

It's usually used (in English) as...you have that certain, je ne sais quoi....something I can't even name.