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Le saviez-vous? - "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" de Louis Aragon

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

"Il n’y a pas d’amour heureux" est un poème de Louis Aragon, écrit en 1943 et publié en 1944. Aragon y exprime sa conception de l’amour comme un absolu inaccessible. Il y fait également de nombreuses références à la Résistance, notamment dans la dernière strophe. De nombreux chanteurs l'ont repris et vous pouvez écouter une des version sur youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SccKLmENjpk

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Sophie et Olivier - Les avocatiers de Sophie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie likes to grow avocados from seeds in a jar of water. She shows off her avocado "farm" to Olivier and explains how she does it. He'll soon be the proud owner of an avocado plant!

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Caption 83 [en]: These are... It's going to be future gifts.
Caption 83 [fr]: C'est des... Ça va être des futurs cadeaux.

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Français avec Nelly - Les top 100 adjectifs à connaître - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly concludes her list of 100 essential adjectives. Once you master them all, you'll be a pro at describing things in French!

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Caption 6 [en]: We must always be optimistic about the future.
Caption 6 [fr]: Il faut toujours être optimiste pour l'avenir.

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Français avec Nelly - How to flirt in French

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In honor of Valentine's Day, Nelly has some excellent tips on what to say when you want to flirt or express your love to someone—and what not to say when you're talking to friends or acquaintances.

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Caption 52 [en]: Here, we have the verb "to love" in the future tense.
Caption 52 [fr]: Là, on a le verbe « aimer » au futur.

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Français avec Nelly - Learning French with Literature: "The Stranger" by Albert Camus - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly concludes her reading of Albert Camus's The Stranger, accompanied with some very useful comments.

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Caption 37 [fr]: j'étais tassé contre un militaire
Caption 37 [en]: I was pressed against a soldier

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Français avec Nelly - Learning French with Literature: "The Stranger" by Albert Camus - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly continues her reading of Camus's The Stranger, explaining some of the grammar and vocabulary in the excerpt.

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Caption 36 [en]: In this excerpt we also have the future tense:
Caption 36 [fr]: Dans cet extrait on a aussi du futur :

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Français avec Nelly - Learning French with Literature: "The Stranger" by Albert Camus - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly reads and explains an excerpt from the classic novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, who was a proponent of the philosophy of the absurd.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Si tu as envie d'enrichir ta culture générale
Caption 13 [en]: If you want to enrich your general knowledge

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Français avec Nelly - Leur ou leurs ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this short French lesson, Nelly will explain the difference between leur and leurs (their, them) with the help of examples.

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Caption 60 [en]: I'll see you soon in a future video.
Caption 60 [fr]: Je vous dis à bientôt dans une prochaine vidéo.

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Français avec Nelly - 12 Tips for Speaking More Sophisticated French - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly concludes her series on speaking sophisticated French with tips on liaisons, using vous instead of tu, and more.

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Caption 105 [en]: I'll see you soon in a future video.
Caption 105 [fr]: Je vous dis à bientôt dans une prochaine vidéo.

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Lionel L - Le truc

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel talks about a very handy little word, le truc, that can be used for just about everything. And no, it doesn't mean "truck"!

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Caption 13 [fr]: ou à un jeu ou même à un... un sport contre quelqu'un,
Caption 13 [en]: or a game, or even a... a sport against someone,

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Lionel - Les animaux - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel visits an animal park and teaches us the names of the male, female, and young of each animal he encounters. Did you know there's a word for "female duck" in French?

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Caption 60 [fr]: Le petit, par contre, se nomme le paonneau.
Caption 60 [en]: The little one, on the other hand, is called "le paonneau" [young peacock].

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Le saviez-vous? - La couleur blanche et ses expressions - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia takes us on a "white journey in the French language" by explaining some common French expressions using the word blanc/blanche (white).

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Caption 28 [fr]: Une histoire cousue de fil blanc
Caption 28 [en]: A story stitched with white thread

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Le saviez-vous? - La couleur blanche et ses expressions - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia tells us a fun story peppered with expressions involving the word blanc/blanche (white). You might recognize some of them from English, such as hisser le drapeau blanc (to raise the white flag), but others are a bit more difficult to decipher.

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Caption 12 [fr]: C'est une histoire cousue de fil blanc.
Caption 12 [en]: It's a story stitched with white thread [predictable].

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Le saviez-vous? - Les expressions à ne pas prendre au pied de la lettre - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the second installment on French expressions not to be taken literally, Patricia discusses the phrase se faire l'avocat du diable (to play devil's advocate).

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Caption 23 [fr]: contre des arguments qu'on nous présente,
Caption 23 [en]: against the arguments presented to us,

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Le saviez-vous? - Les homonymes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this lesson, you will learn the difference between homonyms, homophones, and homographs illustrated with amusing examples. Challenge yourself by repeating the words that sound the same and see if you can spell them correctly. Good luck!

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Caption 40 [fr]: Je sors de la voiture sans peur.
Caption 40 [en]: I get out of the car without fear.

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