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Le saviez-vous? - L'utilité des zeppelins français

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France

Connaissez-vous l'histoire du zeppelin français ? Ne manquez pas cette vidéo super intéressante pour en savoir plus sur les tout débuts de l'aviation.

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

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France

Le dernier duel pour l'honneur eut lieu en 1967 entre deux hommes politiques célèbres. Regardez cette vidéo pour en savoir plus!

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

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia nous parle de la dictée en France. C'est un exercice que tous les jeunes Français apprennent sur les bancs de l'école. On ne se sert plus d'ardoises, mais la difficulté est toujours la même...

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

Difficulty: Beginner

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 romantisme français

Difficulty: Beginner

France

On dit que Paris est la ville la plus romantique dans le monde mais pourquoi? Dans cette vidéo, nous allons explorer le sens du mot "romantique" et l'origine du romantisme français qui est issu d'un mouvement culturel apparu en Angleterre et en Allemagne.

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Français avec Nelly - L'histoire de Notre-Dame de Paris - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nelly tells us how she witnessed a moment in history on the evening when Notre-Dame Cathedral was engulfed in flames as firefighters fought an epic battle to save this iconic monument.

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Caption 65 [fr]: et de suivre l'événement d'un peu plus loin, de chez moi.
Caption 65 [en]: and to follow the event from a bit farther away, from my place.

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Français avec Nelly - L'histoire de Notre-Dame de Paris - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nelly remembers vividly what she was doing on the day she learned that Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris had gone up in flames.

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Caption 56 [fr]: je crois, ou vingt-et-un, je sais plus.
Caption 56 [en]: I think, or twenty-first, I don't remember.

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Le saviez-vous? - Le zeppelin français et le rêve de voler

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Humanity has always dreamed of flying through the air. That dream was made possible with the arrival of the zeppelin at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Caption 62 [fr]: était unique car elle était plus solide, plus robuste.
Caption 62 [en]: was unique because it was more solid, sturdier.

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Professeur Joseph Melone - Mes recherches en histoire

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Professor Joseph Malone share his thoughts on his research on western colonization in Africa. What he discovered was not at all what he expected.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Euh... des recherches... de plus de vingt ans
Caption 2 [en]: Uh... more than twenty years... of research

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Le saviez-vous? - Le casino ou la guerre

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nice's Jetée-Promenade is the site of a former casino by that name. Built on pilings over the sea, the original building was once a thriving casino attracting many tourists, especially British tourists who flocked to the Riviera.

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Caption 39 [fr]: attirant encore plus de tourisme
Caption 39 [en]: attracting even more tourism

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Le saviez-vous? - Nice et son héritage italien

Difficulty: Beginner

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 15 [fr]: Et plus tard, ce même territoire se fait appeler le comté de Nice.
Caption 15 [en]: And later, this same territory is called the County of Nice.

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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 22 [fr]: de lui créer une dictée la plus difficile possible.
Caption 22 [en]: to create for her the most difficult dictation possible.

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la Chandeleur - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia continues her series on the feast of Candlemas, which in France is centered around the crêpe. Due to its round shape and golden color, the crêpe was a symbol of the sun in pagan times.

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Caption 27 [fr]: il fallait les faire sauter le plus haut possible
Caption 27 [en]: you had to flip them as high as possible

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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 26 [fr]: et puis plus tard avec des chandelles,
Caption 26 [en]: and then later with candles,

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la galette des rois - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains in detail the tradition of the galette des rois (kings' cake), which predates Christianity. The tradition is linked to a Roman pagan celebration called Saturnalia, during which a lucky slave was crowned "king" for the day.

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Caption 25 [fr]: C'est plus tard que cette fève a été remplacée par une figurine,
Caption 25 [en]: It was later on that this bean was replaced by a figurine,

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