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Grand Corps Malade - Je suis Charlie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dans cette chanson très emouvante Fabien Marsaud, AKA Grand Corps Malade a souhaité rendre hommage à sa façon à Charlie Hebdo. Il a choisi de le faire dans un slam qu'il explique avoir écrit la nuit dernière, et dont la mise en musique a été faite le matin même par John Mamann. « J'écris pour eux parce que je ne sais pas dessiner. »

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Français avec Nelly - "Demain, dès l'aube" par Victor Hugo - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly completes her explication of Victor Hugo's heartbreaking "Demain, dès l'aube," emphasizing the poem's autobiographical aspect and the hardship the author faced.

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Caption 38 [fr]: Et le jour pour moi sera comme la nuit.
Caption 38 [en]: And the day for me will be like the night.

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Français avec Nelly - "Demain, dès l'aube" par Victor Hugo - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly recites and explains in great detail Victor Hugo's poem "Demain, dès l'aube" (Tomorrow, at Dawn). Though initially it might read like a love poem, it turns out to be much more tragic.

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Caption 65 [fr]: Triste, et le jour pour moi sera comme la nuit.
Caption 65 [en]: Sad, and the day for me will be like the night.

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Sophie et Patrice - Marcel Proust

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patrice had the opportunity to portray literary icon Marcel Proust in a production on a beach. He and Sophie reflect on this wonderful experience.

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Caption 26 [fr]: la nuit tombait.
Caption 26 [en]: night was falling.

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Français avec Nelly - 12 Songs to Improve Your French - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly suggests some songs for more advanced French speakers: Charles Aznavour's "La bohème," Angèle's "Balance ton quoi," Stromae's "Formidable," Serge Gainsbourg's "La javanaise," and Orelsan's "Tout va bien."

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Caption 62 [fr]: qui a été écrite en une seule nuit par le génie Serge Gainsbourg,
Caption 62 [en]: that was written in a single night by the genius Serge Gainsbourg,

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Français avec Nelly - 12 Songs to Improve Your French - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

What better way to learn and improve your French than through songs? Nelly will share her favorites with you, some of which—including "Je veux" by Zaz, "Elle me dit" by Mika, and "Dernière danse" by Indila—are even available on Yabla! Why not check them out?

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Caption 140 [fr]: Je remue le ciel, le jour, la nuit
Caption 140 [en]: I move the sky, the day, the night

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Le saviez-vous? - "À une passante" de Charles Baudelaire

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia reads "À une passante" (To a Passerby), a classic poem from Charles Baudelaire's collection Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil).

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Caption 35 [fr]: La nuit [sic: rue] assourdissante autour de moi hurlait.
Caption 35 [en]: The deafening night [sic: street] around me roared.

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Le saviez-vous? - La poésie de Victor Hugo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Victor Hugo is best known for his novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables, but he also wrote numerous poems. In this video, Patricia reads an excerpt from his poem "À l'Arc de Triomphe," in which he pays tribute to the city of Paris.

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Caption 65 [fr]: C'est elle, hélas! qui, nuit et jour,
Caption 65 [en]: It is she, alas, who night and day,

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Lea & Lionel L - Bibliothèque François Mitterrand - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The François Mitterrand Library, part of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France), is comprised of four large towers in the shape of open books. Lea notes that most of the library's visitors are specialists in art, science, and architecture rather than students.

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Caption 29 [fr]: qui accueillent assez souvent le monde de la nuit,
Caption 29 [en]: that quite often welcome the nightlife,

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Lea - La Cinémathèque française

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lea shows us one of the largest film libraries in the world, the Cinémathèque Française, which contains over forty thousand films. After the Cinémathèque's original home in the Palais de Chaillot burned down, it relocated to a brand-new facility in Paris's twelfth arrondissement.

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Caption 41 [fr]: Ils ont évacué en une nuit
Caption 41 [en]: They evacuated overnight

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Le saviez-vous? - "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" de Louis Aragon

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia recites Louis Aragon's heartbreaking poem "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" (There Is No Happy Love), which has been set to music by a number of famous singers. You can listen to Françoise Hardy's version here.

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Caption 25 [fr]: Que pleurent dans la nuit nos cœurs à l'unisson
Caption 25 [en]: Let our hearts cry out in unison in the night

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Le saviez-vous? - La Cigale et la fourmi - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patricia recites one of Jean de La Fontaine's most famous fables, "La Cigale et la Fourmi" (The Cicada and the Ant). After spending the entire summer singing instead of storing food, the cicada is starving come winter. She hopes her neighbor the ant can help her....

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Caption 42 [fr]: Nuit et jour à tout venant
Caption 42 [en]: Night and day, to everybody

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Lionel L - L'art éphémère à Paris

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel shows us some ephemeral art in Paris, including an anamorphic installation on the Louvre Pyramid and a large steel sculpture with a cardboard "cave" inside. Check them out before they're gone!

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Caption 19 [fr]: un quartier particulièrement animé la nuit.
Caption 19 [en]: a particularly animated neighborhood at night.

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Zoom sur l'opéra - "Je t'aime, un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A theatrical spectacle called "Je t'aime, un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément" revisited the Oedipus myth, incorporating works on the same theme from twentieth-century French playwrights. The event took place in the Château du Grand-Pressigny, and the public was encouraged to wander around the castle as part of the show.

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Caption 3 [fr]: qui se tient actuellement au château du Grand Pressigny à la tombée de la nuit.
Caption 3 [en]: that is currently being held at the Grand Pressigny castle at nightfall.

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Le saviez-vous? - La poésie française: Baudelaire - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patricia brings to life Baudelaire's famous poem "L'horloge" (The Clock). The poet laments the passage of time and life's inevitable conclusion: death. Aside from the gloomy message, this poem is also an invitation to seize the day and enjoy all that life has to offer, including this poem!

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Caption 20 [fr]: Le jour décroît; la nuit augmente; souviens-toi!
Caption 20 [en]: The day fades; the night grows; remember!

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