le jour où tout à basculé à l'audience - Art/Culture - French Videos

Warmup Workout

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.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 9 [fr]: Et tu pourras en parler à tout le monde.
Caption 9 [en]: And you'll be able to talk about it to everyone.

Warmup Workout

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....

Matches in Transcript

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

Warmup Workout

Actus Quartier - Fête de quartier Python-Duvernois - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France, Morocco, West Africa

Enjoy a stroll through the Python-Duvernois neighborhood fair, where a lot of activities are going on––food stands, bike rides, and much more!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 9 [fr]: C'est ouvert à tout le monde, euh... bienvenue à tout le monde.
Caption 9 [en]: It's open to everyone, uh... everyone's welcome.

Warmup Workout

Lionel - Marsal - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We conclude our visit to Marsal with a few comments from Michel, who shows us a stone marking the passage of a Roman emperor in Marsal in the first century AD. And Lionel has a few salty expressions in store for you...

Matches in Transcript

Caption 48 [fr]: La note est salée, peut-être pour le restaurant tout à l'heure.
Caption 48 [en]: The bill is salty [huge], maybe for the restaurant shortly.

Warmup Workout

Lionel - Marsal - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to the Salt Museum in Marsal, dedicated to the history of the town's saltworks. He introduces us to Michel, president of the Friends of the Museum, and to Juliette, who is starting her first day on the job.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 10 [fr]: la demoiselle qui est à mes côtés. -Bonjour. -C'est son premier jour à Marsal.
Caption 10 [en]: the young lady who is by my side. -Hello. -It's her first day in Marsal.

Warmup Workout

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.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 75 [fr]: Le jour où Paris se tairait!
Caption 75 [en]: The day when Paris would fall silent!

Warmup Workout

Alsace 20 - Grand sapin de Strasbourg: tout un art pour le décorer!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

It takes a lot to decorate the 31-meter high Christmas tree on Strasbourg's Place Kléber: ten technicians, two bucket lifts, 75 thousand lights. Luckily, the operation is being managed by Antoinette Pfimlin, who has 20 years of experience decorating giant trees in a hard hat.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 6 [fr]: sont comme au premier jour.
Caption 6 [en]: are like the first day.

Warmup Workout

Le Monde - Pourquoi Molière est devenu aussi célèbre - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How did Molière become so successful? The French playwright, whose plays are still being performed today, did not just rely on his talent as a writer—he knew how to drum up publicity for himself as well.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 63 [fr]: Grâce à tout ça,« Les Précieuses ridicules » font le buzz.
Caption 63 [en]: Thanks to all this, "The Absurd Précieuses" creates a buzz.

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Rambouillet - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this last video on Rambouillet, Daniel shows us around the beautiful and enchanting Espace Rambouillet nature preserve, a large forest filled with deer, birds of prey, and other free-roaming animals. It's a perfect spot for nature lovers and animal lovers alike!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 34 [fr]: Dans la Forêt des aigles, il y a cet endroit où plusieurs fois par jour
Caption 34 [en]: In the Eagle Forest, there is this place, where several times a day

Warmup Workout

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.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 40 [fr]: Le jour, la nuit,
Caption 40 [en]: Day, night,

Warmup Workout

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!

Matches in Transcript

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

Warmup Workout

Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

In the second episode of Le Québec parle aux Français, we learn more about the complex relationship between the French and the Quebecois throughout history. We also learn about the evolution of the French language in Quebec—according to a former Prime Minister of Quebec, the province even "spoke French before France"!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 13 [fr]: Y a rien d'impossible ici. Même... même si effectivement c'est pas pour tout le monde,
Caption 13 [en]: Nothing is impossible here. Even... even if effectively it's not for everyone,

Warmup Workout

Actus Quartier - Fête de quartier Python-Duvernois - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

France, Morocco, West Africa

Viewer Discretion Advised

Our delightful young guide takes the opportunity to explain why she loves her neighborhood of Python-Duvernois. We meet some of the locals, including an aspiring Michael Schumacher and some young footballers.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 34 [fr]: Non, tout à l'heure. -Tout à l'heure? -Tout à l'heure.
Caption 34 [en]: No, soon. -Soon? -Soon.

Warmup Workout

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."

Matches in Transcript

Caption 109 [fr]: à tout ce que voit l'enfant.
Caption 109 [en]: for everything the child sees.

Warmup Workout

Claudine Thibout Pivert - 2ème Salon du livre et des vieux papiers Mazamet

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Claudine Thibout Pivert, a prolific poet, musician, and artist, talks about her latest books and the source of her inspiration, her childhood spent in the beautiful Anjou region of France.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 83 [fr]: Oui, justement, j'en écris. Tout à fait. Parce que depuis que j'ai eu... gagné ce ukulélé,
Caption 83 [en]: Yes, actually, I am writing some. Absolutely. Because since I got... won this ukulele,

Difficulty

Category

All

Field

You must be a subscriber to leave a comment.

Difficulty

Category

All

Field

Captions

You must be a subscriber to leave a comment.