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Français avec Nelly - Les États américains

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Have you ever wondered why we say en Alabama (in Alabama) but au Texas (in Texas)? Nelly explains how to tell which prepositions to use in front of American state names.

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Caption 27 [fr]: Voilà.
Caption 27 [en]: There you go.

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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 16 [fr]: Voilà.
Caption 16 [en]: There you have it.

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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 29 [fr]: D'accord. -Voilà. Là, c'est plus le cas, hein.
Caption 29 [en]: OK. -That's it. Here, that's not the case anymore, you know.

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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 90 [fr]: Et voilà.
Caption 90 [en]: And there we have it.

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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 33 [fr]: Mais dans le sens commun, voilà,
Caption 33 [en]: But in the everyday sense, right,

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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 50 [fr]: Voilà pour la lecture de l'incipit de « L'Étranger » d'Albert Camus.
Caption 50 [en]: That's it for the reading of the incipit of "The Stranger" by Albert Camus.

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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 75 [fr]: euh, ben, voilà, du coup.
Caption 75 [en]: uh, well, right, so.

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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 79 [fr]: Voilà, c'est tout simplement un peu plus distingué.
Caption 79 [en]: There you have it. It's just a bit more distinguished.

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Français avec Nelly - 12 Tips for Speaking More Sophisticated French - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly offers twelve tips for speaking in a more sophisticated way so you won't sound like a beginner. Listen to her advice and try to implement it in your day-to-day speech.

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Caption 60 [fr]: Voilà donc, travaille les synonymes des adjectifs.
Caption 60 [en]: So there you have it, work on the synonyms of adjectives.

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Axel et Alice - Les mots bruxellois du français

Difficulty: Intermediate

Belgium, France

Axel, who is French, and Alice, who is Belgian, compare notes on various regional expressions. Find out what the difference between la pluie and la drache is in this video.

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Caption 18 [fr]: C'est quand il pleut très, très fort. Voilà.
Caption 18 [en]: It's when it rains very, very hard. That's it.

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Marie & Jeremy - Des erreurs de la langue française

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

While Jeremy tries to tell a joke, Marie schools him on adjective agreement and other spelling and grammar pitfalls. Even native French speakers make mistakes!

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Caption 63 [fr]: Voilà. T'es content?
Caption 63 [en]: There. Are you happy?

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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 70 [fr]: Voilà! Un beau voyage blanc dans la langue française.
Caption 70 [en]: That's it! A nice white journey in the French language.

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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 25 [fr]: Voilà! Et je sais pas si vous avez vu, mais nous avons un second coloris.
Caption 25 [en]: There you are! And I don't know if you saw, but we have a second color.

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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 70 [fr]: Voilà. Si notre petite fable vous a plu, on vous en racontera d'autres une prochaine fois.
Caption 70 [en]: That's it. If our little fable has pleased you, we will tell you more some other time.

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Margaux et Manon - Emplois du verbe faire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Faire (to make or to do) is one of the most basic verbs in the French language, and it is used in a large number of expressions and idioms. Margaux and Manon give us some colorful examples of the uses of faire in this video.

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Caption 49 [fr]: Voilà! C'est mieux!
Caption 49 [en]: There! That's better!

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