Bana basadi balalo
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B2 · Upper-Intermediate
French
Bana Basadi Balalo
serge gainsbourg
Bana Basadi Balalo by serge gainsbourg — French lyrics with English translation, line by line. Learn French through music on Langooo.
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8 lines, first 8 translated
About this song
Bana Basadi Balalo by serge gainsbourg is a great song to learn French through music. This page breaks down 8 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as bana, basadi, balalo. Singing along is one of the fastest ways to pick up natural pronunciation and make new phrases stick — far more memorable than plain word lists. Tap any line to open interactive mode and practice the vocabulary until you own it.
Lyrics and Translation
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Dialecte bantou
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Bana basadi balalo
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Trois petits zoulous
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Bana basadi balalo
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Sont partis en guerre
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Bana basadi balalo
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Contre les Boers
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Song Vocabulary
Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.
bana
bana
basadi
basadi
balalo
to babble
dialecte
dialect
bantou
bantu
trois
three
petits
small
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