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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 28 [fr]: Et il faut que le noyau trempe un petit peu dans l'eau.
Caption 28 [en]: And the pit has to soak a little bit in the water.

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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 22 [fr]: Première place : « Le Petit Prince » de Saint-Exupéry.
Caption 22 [en]: First place: "The Little Prince" by Saint-Exupéry.

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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 42 [fr]: On conclut par le petit test.
Caption 42 [en]: We conclude with the little test.

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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 88 [fr]: Un petit résumé de tout ce qu'on a vu.
Caption 88 [en]: A short summary of everything we saw.

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Français avec Nelly - 12 Tips for Speaking More Sophisticated French - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly gives us some more tips for speaking more sophisticated French, including when to use on, l'on, and nous (all meaning "we").

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Caption 65 [fr]: j'ai ajouté un petit L apostrophe.
Caption 65 [en]: I added a little L apostrophe.

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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 35 [fr]: il y a un petit truc noir.
Caption 35 [en]: there's a little black thingy.

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Lionel - Les animaux - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel shows us some of the fowl at the animal park, including the storks, which are the symbol of Alsace.

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Caption 11 [fr]: c'est un petit coq.
Caption 11 [en]: that's a young rooster.

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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 13 [fr]: c'est le mâle, la femelle et le petit.
Caption 13 [en]: is the male, the female, and the young.

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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 58 [fr]: Un petit blanc ou une bière blanche
Caption 58 [en]: A little white or a white beer

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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 36 [fr]: Allons prendre un petit blanc ou une bière blanche.
Caption 36 [en]: Let's go have a little glass of white [wine] or a white beer.

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Le saviez-vous? - La couleur noire et ses expressions

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia is in a dark mood.... Learn some expressions using the word noir (dark, black) and express your dark feelings in French!

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Caption 42 [fr]: Demain j'irai prendre un petit noir avec lui.
Caption 42 [en]: Tomorrow I'll go have a little black coffee with him.

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Manon et Clémentine - Virelangues

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Our friends Manon and Clémentine teach us some French tongue-twisters involving birds, turtles, armadillos, and mosquitoes. Try learning them all!

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Caption 3 [fr]: Manon, à toi de commencer. Dis-moi un petit truc en français.
Caption 3 [en]: Manon, your turn to start. Tell me a little something in French.

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Margaux et Manon - Magasin de chaussures - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Margaux and Manon are playing shop. Margaux is the lucky customer buying shoes and Manon settles for second best, playing the shopkeeper. Now you're all set to go shoe shopping on your next trip to France!

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Caption 30 [fr]: À mon avis, elles vont aller très bien avec le petit sac qu'on m'a offert hier.
Caption 30 [en]: In my opinion, they'll go very well with the little purse I was offered yesterday.

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Margaux et Manon - Le corbeau et le renard

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Margaux and Manon recite "The Crow and the Fox," a famous fable by the French poet Jean de La Fontaine, and explain some of the more difficult lines for us. It's a good poem to memorize to improve your French!

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Caption 38 [fr]: ou "lui dit comme ça". Mais ça, c'est un petit peu du langage familier.
Caption 38 [en]: or "says to him like this." But that's a little bit colloquial.

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