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Yabla à Nancy - Le masculin et le féminin

Difficulty: Beginner

France

En français, comme dans la plupart des langues européennes, les noms ont un genre. Alors pour les anglophones, comment utiliser le, la ou l’ ? Regardez cette vidéo instructive et entraînez-vous dès maintenant!

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Joanna - Son nouvel appartement

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Joanna just moved into a new apartment, which is slightly bigger than her old one, and she invited us inside to show us around. She uses some essential household-related vocabulary in her tour, so keep your eyes open for any words you don't already know!

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Caption 34 [fr]: et pour finir, des couverts comme une fourchette, un couteau, ou une petite cuillère.
Caption 34 [en]: and finally, some cutlery like a fork, a knife, or a teaspoon.

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Yacine Boularès - La Famille des Saxophones

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Yacine Boularès, from the band Afro Groove Collective, talks about the different kinds of saxophones and gives a demonstration of each one. If you'd like to expand your saxophone knowledge even further, check out these Yabla videos from jazz musician Alex Terrier!

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Caption 21 [fr]: comme un big band ou, euh... dans un... dans un orchestre de chambre.
Caption 21 [en]: like a big band or, uh... in a... in a chamber orchestra.

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Le Mans TV - Benjamin Perrot: "La rébellion du combiné"

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Overwhelmed by the amount of text messages and other technological annoyances in his life, singer-songwriter Benjamin Perrot uses this acoustic session on Le Mans TV as an opportunity to "disconnect." Don't let your phone distract you while watching this video!

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Caption 12 [fr]: Comme allergique à l'appareil
Caption 12 [en]: Like I'm allergic to the device

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Le Mans TV - Benjamin Perrot: "Les voisins"

Difficulty: Beginner

France

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The young singer-songwriter Benjamin Perrot has some loud neighbors, and his walls made of cardboard aren't exactly soundproof. You'll see in the video why he wonders if his neighbors are actually "rabbits"....

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Caption 24 [fr]: Qu'est-ce qui la fait crier comme ça?
Caption 24 [en]: What makes her scream like that?

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Fanny présente - l'Association TransForme

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Volunteer Fanny Cardot presents TransForme, an association that promotes organ donation through sport. Happy to hear about the good work TransForme is doing? Don't forget to register as a donor!

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Caption 7 [fr]: Il y a donc, euh... diverses manifestations comme, euh...
Caption 7 [en]: So there are, uh... various events, such as, uh...

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Flora - et le théâtre

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Flora tells us about her love of theater, what it means to her, and how it helped her overcome her shyness.

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Caption 30 [fr]: Et ça a vraiment bien marché; le théâtre c'est... c'est... c'est fou comme ça apporte beaucoup.
Caption 30 [en]: And that worked extremely well; acting is... it's... it's amazing how much you get out of it.

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Micro-Trottoirs - L'endroit le plus insolite

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

It's not exactly an everyday occurrence in France to be stopped on the street and questioned about your sex life, but most of these pedestrians, both young and old, seem perfectly comfortable with revealing their romantic secrets on camera.

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Caption 44 [fr]: Et est-ce que vous vous définiriez comme un bon coup?
Caption 44 [en]: And would you consider yourself a good lay?

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Le Journal - Gstaad

Difficulty: Beginner

France

At nightfall in Gstaad, the preeminent ski resort in the Alps, a privileged few among the stars and high society can listen to the most popular classical musicians in the world…

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Caption 20 [fr]: C'est accessible, parfois, mais pas... pas... pas nécessairement comme ça,
Caption 20 [en]: It's attainable, sometimes, but not... not... not necessarily like that,

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Alex Terrier - Le saxophone - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Alex explains the differences between the soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones. This is one of those situations where size definitely matters.

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Caption 3 [fr]: c'est comme... comme vous allez pouvoir l'entendre.
Caption 3 [en]: is as... as you will be able to hear.

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Alex Terrier - Le saxophone - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Alex gives a detailed description of the saxophone and all its different parts. Did you know that, despite its association with jazz music, the saxophone was actually invented in the 1840s for use in military bands?

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Caption 15 [fr]: Ça c'est le bocal, on met comme ceci.
Caption 15 [en]: This is the neck, we put it on this way.

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Jean-Marc - La plage - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

It’s the perfect day for a stroll along the Atlantic. Jean-Marc shows off more of his hospitable surroundings. Check out the sun, sand, and cold, cold water.

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Caption 17 [fr]: C'est hyper fin, c'est très sympa, et puis comme vous pouvez le voir on...
Caption 17 [en]: It's super fine, it's very nice, and as you can see we...

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Jean-Marc - La plage - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Frenchman Jean-Marc takes a trip to the seaside and lets us know how the beaches of New York’s Long Island compare to those in France. (Though clearly he’s never been to Long Beach on a holiday weekend!)

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Caption 4 [fr]: des longues étendues de... de sable comme ça, avec pas beaucoup de gens,
Caption 4 [en]: long stretches of... of sand like this, with not too many people,

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Melissa Mars - Mozart, l'opéra rock - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Fate works in funny ways. Melissa’s tale of how she came to be in Mozart, l'opéra rock shows us that some things are just written in the stars. We’re glad she agreed.

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Caption 13 [fr]: comme ''Les dix commandements", "Le Roi Soleil", et... et il nous fait écouter, euh...
Caption 13 [en]: like "The Ten Commandments," "The Sun King," and... and he made us listen, uh...

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Melissa Mars - Et Alors!

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Melissa talks about the making of the music video for her second clip “Et Alors!” She was lucky enough to find a director whose vision matched her own. Great minds think alike!

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Caption 6 [fr]: "Et Alors!" ça raconte la rébellion d'une adolescente qui veut pas être comme tout le monde.
Caption 6 [en]: "So What!" it tells the story of a teenage rebel who doesn't want to be like everybody else.

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