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Voyage en France - Chantilly - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dans ce dernier épisode de la découverte de Chantilly, vous pourrez visiter avec Daniel le Potager des Princes qui est beaucoup plus qu'un jardin potager classique. En effet, c'est aussi un musée vivant de la basse-cour avec des lapins dans un village à la française et aussi des animaux très originaux comme le boulant lillois.

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Lionel L - La Bastille

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel L est à la Bastille à une exposition en plein air qui raconte les évenements importants de l'histoire de France. La Révolution Française de 1789 est bien connue mais bien des choses se sont passées avant et après devant ce monument important.

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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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Français avec Nelly - Coco Chanel - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly continues to explore Coco Chanel's enormous contribution to the world of women's fashion and explains how the iconic perfume Chanel Number 5 got its name.

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Caption 43 [fr]: le luxe à la française.
Caption 43 [en]: French-style luxury.

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Français avec Nelly - Coco Chanel - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly tells the fascinating life story of French fashion icon Coco Chanel, beginning with what led to her career as a designer.

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Caption 33 [fr]: et passionnée par la langue et la culture française.
Caption 33 [en]: and passionate about the French language and culture.

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Français avec Nelly - How to Speak Like Marie Antoinette - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In part one of this video, you will learn how Austrian-born queen Marie Antoinette, whose native language was German, came to speak very good French. How did she do it? Watch this video and get inspired!

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Caption 45 [fr]: Marie-Antoinette n'était pas française.
Caption 45 [en]: Marie Antoinette wasn't French.

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Français avec Nelly - La Marseillaise - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Just in time for Bastille Day, Nelly explains the history of "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem, including how it got its name.

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Caption 18 [fr]: et aujourd'hui on va parler d'un monument de la culture française :
Caption 18 [en]: and today we're going to talk about a monument of French culture:

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

Difficulty: Beginner

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

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 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? - Les anciennes lois insolites - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia has unearthed some very interesting, obscure French laws. For example: "Any woman wishing to dress like a man must request permission from the police department." Thankfully, no one obeys these antiquated laws!

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Caption 26 [fr]: de diffuser soixante-dix pour cent de musique exclusivement française.
Caption 26 [en]: to broadcast seventy percent exclusively French music.

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Voyage en France - Nogent-sur-Marne - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Along the banks of the Marne, Daniel gives us some more insight into the town of Nogent-sur-Marne, including a few real estate tips and a brief biography of Jean Sablon, a famous crooner of French chansons who was born in the town.

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Caption 22 [fr]: un des grands crooners de la chanson française.
Caption 22 [en]: one of the great crooners of the French "chanson."

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Lionel - L'église de Liverdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our visit to Liverdun with Françoise and Lionel who will show you inside the collegiate church of Liverdun. It once housed the relics of Saint Euchaire, which were looted during the Revolution. Now all that remains is the statue of the saint with his head... in his hands!

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Caption 52 [fr]: pendant la Révolution française.
Caption 52 [en]: during the French Revolution.

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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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