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Le saviez-vous? - Mener une vie de bâton de chaise

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France

"Mener une vie de bâton de chaise," quelle curieuse expression! La langue française est truffée d'expressions de ce style qui sont souvent très anciennes. Vous voulez en savoir plus? Et bien ne manquez pas cette vidéo!

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Le saviez-vous? - Le dernier duel à l'épée pour l'honneur en France

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France

In centuries past, when a person's honor was offended, he would challenge the culprit to a duel. The last duel in France took place as recently as 1967, between two respected politicians!

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Caption 35 [fr]: Un autre passionné de la politique française
Caption 35 [en]: Another French politics enthusiast

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Le saviez-vous? - Nice et son héritage italien

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France

In this video on Nice, Patricia explains the history of the city, its Italian heritage, and its typically French atmosphere.

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Caption 35 [fr]: Pour finir, le Vieux Nice a surtout une ambiance typiquement française,
Caption 35 [en]: Finally, Old Nice has a typically French atmosphere above all,

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Le saviez-vous? - L'histoire de la dictée - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains the importance of dictation exercises for learning French. Now an essential teaching tool in the classroom, dictation was originally a pastime for French nobility. The author Prosper Mérimée created a dictation exercise for Empress Eugénie that stumped even the brightest intellectuals. Think you can beat them? Try it yourself here.

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Caption 9 [fr]: La dictée prend une telle importance dans la scolarité française
Caption 9 [en]: Dictation takes on such importance in French schooling

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Le saviez-vous? - L'histoire de la dictée - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

It took two hundred years to standardize French spelling before it could be taught in schools using a method called la dictée (dictation), in which a student writes out the words he or she hears. As a matter of fact, this is the exact same principle behind Yabla's Scribe game!

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Caption 3 [fr]: C'est un exercice essentiel dans l'éducation française.
Caption 3 [en]: It's an essential exercise in French education.

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la Chandeleur - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia delves into the festival of la Chandeleur, or Candlemas, which takes place on the second of February. In France, la Chandeleur is traditionally celebrated by eating crêpes.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Il y a une tradition française que j'aime particulièrement,
Caption 1 [en]: There is a French tradition that I particularly like,

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la galette des rois - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia discusses the galette des rois (kings' cake), a classic holiday delicacy associated with the festival of Epiphany. A small figurine is placed inside the cake, and whoever finds it in his or her slice is crowned "king" or "queen" for the day.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Cette vieille tradition française
Caption 23 [en]: This old French tradition

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Le saviez-vous? - Le romantisme français

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France

It's been said that Paris is the most romantic city in the world. In this video, you will discover the origin of the word "romantic" and learn about the romanticism movement, which originated not from France as one might expect, but from England and Germany and later took hold in France.

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Caption 7 [fr]: car il se préparait déjà lors de la Révolution française de dix-sept cent quatre-vingt-neuf
Caption 7 [en]: because it was already starting during the French Revolution of seventeen eighty-nine

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Le saviez-vous? - D'où vient le nom de la France? - Part 1

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France

This video is all about the people of France, from the ancient Franks and Gauls to the present-day population, which currently numbers over sixty-six million inhabitants.

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Caption 14 [fr]: date de la Révolution française
Caption 14 [en]: the date of the French Revolution

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Voyage en France - La ville de Senlis - Part 3

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France

In this third episode on the medieval town of Senlis, Daniel Benchimol introduces us to the Venery Museum or hunting museum. The museum displays not only traditional uniforms of the Spahis but also the special architecture, painting, music, and art linked to the "venery" activities.

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Caption 17 [fr]: qui a combattu auprès de l'armée française pendant près de cent cinquante ans.
Caption 17 [en]: that fought alongside the French army for nearly one hundred fifty years.

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Le Journal - French North African Film

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France, Morocco

Opening night in Casablanca for the movie Indigènes (English title "Days of Glory") provided a special opportunity for some of the subjects of the film to reflect upon their past, and for Moroccans and the French to talk about their future.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Pour montrer le sacrifice des Marocains à la, à... à notre deuxième nationalité française.
Caption 15 [en]: To show the sacrifice Moroccans made for our... our second French nationality.

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