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

Difficulty: Beginner

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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Sophie et Patrice - Les homonymes

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patrice and Sophie discuss homonyms, words that sound the same but have totally different meanings, something of a nightmare for French learners. Learn the difference between the same-sounding words verre, vers, ver, vert, and vair.

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Caption 17 [fr]: ben, en grattant la terre,
Caption 17 [en]: well, scratching [digging] the earth,

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Français avec Nelly - 25 Phrases for Mastering Everyday Conversation - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nelly will teach you some everyday expressions for making conversation in French. She covers everything from complaining to making a suggestion to a friend.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Très utile pour terminer,
Caption 23 [en]: Very useful for ending,

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Français avec Nelly - Fruits et légumes - Part 2

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Nelly teaches us how to pronounce and spell the names of many vegetables. There's enough here to make a delicious salad!

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Caption 2 [fr]: Une pomme de terre, une pomme de terre.
Caption 2 [en]: A potato, a potato.

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Lionel L - Les homonymes et homophones

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel explains the concept of homonyms and homophones in French, using the examples of leur, leurs, leurre, l'heure and l'heur.

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Caption 28 [fr]: Un tout dernier, c'est « l'heur », L apostrophe H E U R.
Caption 28 [en]: A very last one is "l'heur" [chance], L apostrophe H E U R.

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Français avec Nelly - Alternatives to "je veux" - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

There are many ways to express wishes and desires, from a polite request (je voudrais) to a rude demand (je veux). Nelly will explain how to use the appropriate language for the situation, and give you a refresher on grammatical moods.

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Caption 45 [fr]: Et le dernier, celui qui nous intéresse le plus,
Caption 45 [en]: And the last one, the one that interests us the most,

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Français avec Nelly - Masculin ou féminin ? - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nelly goes over the most common endings of feminine and masculine nouns, including some exceptions. Her tips will help you master the tricky subject of gender in French!

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Caption 53 [fr]: donc tous les noms qui vont terminer par -aison
Caption 53 [en]: so all the nouns that are going to end in -aison

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Français avec Nelly - Personality Vocabulary - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nelly concludes her lesson on personality vocabulary with some adjectives to describe negative traits.

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Caption 119 [fr]: Et enfin on va conclure avec le dernier adjectif.
Caption 119 [en]: And finally we're going to conclude with the last adjective.

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Français avec Nelly - 50 phrases courantes - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

France

If you want to sound like a real French person, practice the art of conversation by taking a few cues from Nelly. There are many polite ways to conclude a conversation. And, talking about the weather is always a good way to keep the conversation flowing.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Enfin pour terminer une conversation :
Caption 1 [en]: Finally, to conclude a conversation:

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Français avec Nelly - Les faux amis - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nelly discusses some more faux amis (false cognates) in English and French. You'll need to be especially careful with some of these, such as "excited" and excité.

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Caption 68 [fr]: Et enfin le dernier, euh... "preservative",
Caption 68 [en]: And finally the last one, uh... "preservative,"

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Sophie et Patrice - Les jours et les mois

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Sophie and Patrice introduce the months of the year and the days of the week. They also show us a trick to remember which months have 30 days and which have 31.

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Caption 19 [fr]: février,
Caption 19 [en]: February,

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition du poisson d'avril

Difficulty: Beginner

France

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 54 [fr]: On mettra un bout de Scotch derrière le poisson.
Caption 54 [en]: We'll put a piece of Scotch tape behind the fish.

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Le saviez-vous? - Le rouge et ses expressions - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

There are many expressions in French linked to the color red, several of which have direct equivalents in English. Discover a few of them with Patricia.

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Caption 54 [fr]: être le dernier du peloton
Caption 54 [en]: to be the last of the pack,

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Le saviez-vous? - Utilisation de "encore" et "toujours" - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia lists a few more usages of encore (still, again) and gives an overview of toujours (still, always). To learn more about these words, check out our written lesson on them.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Et enfin dernier exemple:
Caption 10 [en]: And finally, last example:

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Le saviez-vous? - "Ne plus", forme négative de "encore" et "toujours"

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video you will learn how to use the adverbs encore and toujours and how their meanings overlap. Encore and toujours can both mean "still," and share a common negative form: ne plus (no longer).

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Caption 75 [fr]: Et ce dernier exemple:
Caption 75 [en]: And this last example:

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