快乐!Happy!

When a song comes out that kids LOVE, it is just begging to be used for all sorts of learning opportunities.  When my kids come home belting out a song because it is cool at school, we find a Mandarin version to learn, so we can belt it out in Mandarin! Or better still get the kids to create their own Mandarin version.

This is what the teacher at Brentwood School in the US does with her middle school students, and here is their version of Pharrell’s Happy in Mandarin.  I feel the students have done a fantastic job! And all we have to do is learn it to sing along and be HAPPY!  My kids love this song, so singing it in English or Mandarin to them makes them just as HAPPY!

I have typed out the lyrics in characters and toned pinyin for your convenience.  If you want to know the direct translation, then just copy and paste the characters into Google Translate, it will give you a basic literal meaning!

Verse

你们觉得我疯狂对不对?

作业太多大家累不累

我是一个气球一直往天飞

在天上我都不管世界很完美

Chorus

因为我快乐

拍拍手如果快乐就跟我拍拍手

因为我快乐

拍拍手, 如果快乐就谢谢好朋友

因为我快乐

拍拍手, 如果快乐就不需要理由

因为我快乐

拍拍手, 如果快乐就一直往前走

什么都, 不能, 让我酷

我太高兴了, 什么都, 不能, 让我酷

Verse
nǐmen juédé wǒ fēngkuáng duì bùduì?
Zuòyè tài duō dàjiā lěi bù lèi
wǒ shì yīgè qìqiú yīzhí wǎng tiān fēi
zài tiānshàng wǒ dū bùguǎn shìjiè hěn wánměi
Chorus
yīnwèi wǒ kuàilè
pāi pāishǒu rúguǒ kuàilè jiù gēn wǒ pāi pāishǒu
yīnwèi wǒ kuàilè
pāi pāishǒu, rúguǒ kuàilè jiù xièxiè hǎo péngyǒu
yīnwèi wǒ kuàilè
pāi pāishǒu, rúguǒ kuàilè jiù bù xūyào lǐyóu
yīnwèi wǒ kuàilè
pāi pāishǒu, rúguǒ kuàilè jiù yīzhí wǎng qián zǒu

shénme dōu, bùnéng, ràng wǒ kù
wǒ tài gāoxìngle, shénme dōu, bùnéng, ràng wǒ kù

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