Song 3: EXO-M -- MAMA [2/3]
Learn Mandarin With Me! (Music Version) -- Extra Study Materials
(1st Verse)
(Lu Han)
MAMA
*可不可以请告诉我 [ke-bu-ke-yi qing gao-su wo] = Can you please tell me
-可以 = Can
-不可以 = Cannot
*请 = Please (marks formality)
*告诉 = Tell
*我 = Me, I
为什么人会变的不一样 [wei-shen-me ren hui bian-de bu-yi-yang] = Why do people become different
*为什么 = Why
*人 = People, Human, person
*会 = Will, Know
*变 = Change
*不一样 = Different
-不 is a negative particle
-一样 = Same
Hence, ‘not same’ would means different
那些听说过的美丽日子是真的存在过吗 = Those beautiful days that are heard of, do they really exist before?
[na-xie ting-shuo guo de mei-li ri-zi shi zhen-de cun-zai guo ma]
*那些 = Those
*听说过 = Heard of
-过 marks a Past Tense
*美丽 = Beautiful, Pretty
*日子 = Days
*真 = Real, True
*存在过 = Existed
*吗 marks a question
(Lay)
早就忘了应该要更努力爱着他= Long forgotten that I should love her even more
[zao-jiu wang-le ying-gai yao geng nu-li ai-zhe ta]
*早就 means ‘from a long time ago’
- I will explain the new terms here at the formal tutorial~
*忘 = Forget
*应该 = Should
*努力 = Word hard
早就忘了心去包容他 [zao-jiu wang-le xin qu bao-rong ta] = Long forgotten to forgive her with my heart
*包容 = Forgive
-This is a descriptive term, not an Action
自顾自的生活是否假装继续忙= Living our own lives, are we going to continue feigning busy?
[zi-gu-zi de sheng-huo shi-fou jia-zhuang ji-xu mang]
*生活 = Live
*假装 = Feign
*继续 = Continue
*忙 = Busy
(Team)
隐形在你的面具背后充满许多的表情= Emotions filled behind the mask are invisible
[yin-xing zai ni-de mian-ju bei-hou chong-man xu-duo de biao-qing]
*隐形 = Invisible
*面具 = Mask
*背后 = Back
*充满 = Filled
*许多 = A lot, Plenty
*表情 = Emotions
到最后却始终如一 [dao zui-hou que shi-zhong-ru-yi] = Till the end, it stays as one
*到 = Till, Until
*最后 = End, Last
*始终如一 (fixed phrase) means ‘the start and end is the same’
(Chen)
真的更好吗 [zhen-de geng-hao ma] = (Is this) really better?
*真的 = True, Real
*更好 = Better
-更 means ‘more’
-好 = Good
Hence, ‘more good’ means Better
*吗 marks a question
Overall Depiction
My analysis for this part would be that, the boys (EXO-M) are asking MAMA for an answer to "Why does people change?"
MAMA means 'Majesty' and so, formalities are used.
The boys are as though 'talking' to the girl that they love, but the couple seems to have drift away from each other.
The boys long forgotten how to love, long forgotten how to forgive and the couple are as avoiding this issue by using 'busy' as their excuse.
Team: Both the boys and the girl have got lots to express and tell each other but they didn't. Maybe a fight/quarrel happened and so when they see each other, they didn't say all the words that they wanted to say.
Chen: The boys are asking, is feigning busy and avoiding each other really better than not saying what they wanted to say?
Basically this is a review of what we had learnt, the phrases are all mentioned before~
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