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 1 [fr]: Il y avait une drôle de coutume en France. Caption 1 [en]: There used to be a funny custom in France.
Lionel will explain the difference between "matin" and "matinée", which both mean morning in English, and "soir" and "soirée" which both mean evening. You can read more about this distinction in our lesson Morning and Evening.
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Caption 42 [fr]: il est de coutume de dire bonsoir, Caption 42 [en]: it is customary to say "bonsoir" [good evening],
The first of April is the day of hoaxes, pranks, and jokes. In France, the tradition is to hang paper fish on people's backs and shout, "Poisson d'avril!" (April Fish!).
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Caption 8 [fr]: de cette coutume en France. Caption 8 [en]: about this custom in France.
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