Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)
Hey, there's no simple past here!
a. DJ's passed out in the yard;
b. I'm pretty sure it ruled;
c. Think we kissed;
d. So we hit the boulevard
a. DJ's passed out in the yard. - 's passed equals has passed out, present perfect
That's an auxiliar verb, buddy!
a. And no it didn't mend my broken heart;
b. I'm glad I did it 'cause you had to learn;
c. After what you did you deserved it;
d. Ooh, yeah, I did it, you should know it.
a. And no it didn't mend my broken heart;
Auxiliar "did" in the negative, not a main verb.
What is best for her?
a. stay alone than be unhappy.
b. be right, even if she's not ok.
c. make him go and only comes back after regretting.
d. take some more until she loses trust on him.
a. stay alone than be unhappy.
She says: I'd rather be alone than unhappy.
That’s she giving some nevermind feels shrugging her shoulder:
a. Yeah, we danced on tabletops;
b. I'm screwed, oh, well;
c. Yeah, I think we broke the law;
d. T.G.I.F.
b. I'm screwed, oh, well;
The expression 'oh, well' brings the feeling of one doing something regrettable, but doesn't care about it that much.
She didn't feel that way at all:
a. glad;
b. regretful;
c. revenged;
d. strong.
b. regretful;
She says 'I ain't sorry!' a couple of times.
We know when that happened in the past:
a. you and your boys went out to eat;
b. you came home around three;
c. you can leave town for a week;
d. four of you were really cheap.
c. you can leave town for a week;
There's no simple past here, it was used to talk in phrases in the simple present, as if they were watching what happend.
I’m sure there's is a non-simple-past verb over there:
a. I'm screwed;
b. but I forgot;
c. So we hit the boulevard;
d. Then had a ménage à trois.
a. I'm screwed;
'm = am = simple past.
screwed works as an adjective.
There's no irregular verb over there, at least that we can see, or hear, fellows:
a. After five whole years of this bullshit;
b. Oh, oh, you really hurt me, baby;
c. I bust the windows out your car;
d. You'll probably say that it was juvenile.
a. After five whole years of this bullshit;
There's no verb at all explicit here.
Nope, she didn't feel that way in the lyrics:
a. Glad to make him leave;
b. She was a fool;
c. Suspicious about he having an affair;
d. Disappointed because she trusted him.
a. Glad to make him leave;
She is not happy at all.
She’s sure about that:
a.They kissed;
b. There’s a hickey on her neck;
c. She had her car towed;
d. She damaged one dress.
d. She damaged one dress;
"Ripped my favorite party dress"
That's not one of the reasons she bust the windows of his car:
a. She's brokenhearted and doesn't think she will get rid of the scars.
b. She was sure he was cheating on her with another woman.
c. She thinks he's careless for playing with people's feelings.
d. They made some physical damage to something he likes just like he did to her.
d. They made some physical damage to something he likes just like he did to her.
Her damage was emotional, in her feelings.
Did he do it?
a. He answered the phone afraid she would notice it was something she should know.
b. He had dinner with 6 friends, but only four of them had money to pay the bill.
c. He saw how she was sad when he turned around and saw she crying one last time.
d. He spent one week out of town so she could think over their relationship.
a. He answered the phone afraid she would notice it was something she should know.
"I'll pack your bags, so you can leave town for a week
Yes I am
The phone rings
And then you look at me
(Why'd you turn and look at me?)"
You almost got me, that’s a verb in the simple past tense:
a. Yeah, we maxed our credit cards;
b. It's a blacked out blur;
c. I'm screwed, oh, well;
d. So we hit the boulevard.
a. Yeah, we maxed our credit cards;
Max out: use something until its limit, used in the simple past as a regular verb.
You know what?! We don't have this verb tense in the lyrics:
a. Simple present.
b. Present perfect.
c. Future.
d. Present continuous.
b. Present perfect.
Simple present to talk about how they feel.
Future to talk about what will probably happen.
Present continuous to talk about how she is feeling while she is singing the song.
The verb tense here shows that she has already had an experience like that:
a. It turns out
You were making a fool of me, ohhh;
b. I've been through all of this before;
c. That's why you have to leave;
d. I found your credit card receipt;
e. I'd rather be alone than unhappy, yeah, uh.
b. I've been through all of this before;
Present perfect showing something in the past whose time is not important, but the action.