Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Song translation
Bana Basadi Balalo
Serge Gainsbourg
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33 lines, first 33 translated
About this song
Bana Basadi Balalo by Serge Gainsbourg is a great song to learn French through music. This page breaks down 33 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
Bantu dialect
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Trois petits zoulous
Three little Zulus
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Sont partis en guerre
Went to war
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Contre les Boers
Against the Boers
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Dialecte bantou
Bantu dialect
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Trois petits zoulous
Three little Zulus
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Tuent à la sagaie
Kill with assegai
Le néerlandais
Dutch
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Dialecte bantou
Bantu dialect
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Trois petits zoulous
Three little Zulus
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Dialecte bantou
Bantu dialect
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Trois petits zoulous
Three little Zulus
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Trois petits négros
Three little niggas
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Sont morts en héros
Died as heroes
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Bana basadi balalo
Song Vocabulary
Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.
bana
bana
basadi
basadi
balalo
to babble
trois
three
petits
small
dialecte
dialect
bantou
bantu