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Sophie et Patrice - Le français tel qu'il est parlé à Paris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice and Sophie have a conversation about the French language. They agree that French people speak too fast for the average learner, and abbreviations and contractions make it even more difficult to understand. Patrice has a few theories as to why Parisians in particular speak so fast.

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Amal et Caroline - Jurons

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

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Amal and Caroline admit that they use a lot of swear words (jurons) when they're having a bad day or just dealing with the stress of life in Paris. Amal suggests they take a yoga class to decompress.

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Le saviez-vous? - La poésie de Victor Hugo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia va lire un extrait d'un poème de Victor Hugo, qui s'appelle À l'Arc de Triomphe. Ce poème est un hommage sur la ville de Paris.

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Sophie et Olivier - Les différences de températures

Difficulty: Beginner

France

As temperatures warm up with spring, Sophie and Olivier don't know what to wear anymore. It's freezing in the morning and hot in the afternoon. Sophie may have found a solution... What do you think?

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Caption 34 [fr]: comme Paris est dans une... une cuvette...
Caption 34 [en]: as Paris is in a... a basin...

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Français avec Nelly - How to Speak Like Marie Antoinette - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In part one of this video, you will learn how Austrian-born queen Marie Antoinette, whose native language was German, came to speak very good French. How did she do it? Watch this video and get inspired!

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Caption 42 [fr]: dans des circonstances tragiques et à Paris.
Caption 42 [en]: under tragic circumstances and in Paris.

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Sara et Lionel - Les couleurs - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Does the color red remind you of beautiful architecture? In this video, Lionel asks Sara what various colors evoke for her. See if you feel the same way.

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Caption 45 [fr]: et ma ville c'est Paris,
Caption 45 [en]: and my city is Paris,

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Français avec Nelly - Comment remplacer "mais"

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nelly is here to help you enrich your vocabulary. Did you know there are many alternatives to the overused word mais (but)? Find out how to use them in this video!

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Caption 18 [fr]: Je suis professeur de français à Paris.
Caption 18 [en]: I am a French teacher in Paris.

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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 17 [fr]: Mes parents habitent à Paris,
Caption 17 [en]: My parents live in Paris,

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Français avec Nelly - Alternatives to "je veux" - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nelly lists some other alternatives for expressing a desire or wish. By the end of the video, you'll be able to order in a restaurant like a pro!

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Caption 8 [fr]: J'entends beaucoup d'étrangers à Paris qui l'utilisent.
Caption 8 [en]: I hear a lot of foreigners in Paris who use it.

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Le saviez-vous? - L'utilité des zeppelins français

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia discusses the various ways zeppelins were used in the twentieth century, as well as what led to their downfall.

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Caption 34 [fr]: sur des zones ennemies. [Cratère d'une bombe de zeppelin lâchée sur Paris]
Caption 34 [en]: onto enemy zones. [Crater from a zeppelin bomb dropped on Paris]

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Lionel L - Les liaisons et le h aspiré

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel gives us some tips about liaisons, a very important component of French pronunciation. He also talks about le h aspiré (aspirated h) and the debatable pronunciation of les haricots (the beans).

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Caption 35 [fr]: Vous habitez à Paris.
Caption 35 [en]: You live in Paris.

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Farid et Hiziya - Être et avoir

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Farid and Hiziya conjugate the two most basic verbs in French: avoir (to have) and être (to be).

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Caption 11 [fr]: Vous êtes à Paris.
Caption 11 [en]: You [plural or formal singular] are in Paris.

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Sophie et Patrice - Chiffres et nombres - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Sometimes numbers like cent (hundred) and quatre-vingts (eighty) take an S at the end, but other times they don't. Others, like mille (thousand), never take one. Sophie and Patrice explain these and other rules of writing numbers in French in this video.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Par exemple, j'ai une amie qui habite à Paris.
Caption 8 [en]: For example, I have a friend who lives in Paris.

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Le saviez-vous? - Louis Aragon

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, you will learn about the famous poet, novelist, and journalist Louis Aragon, who lived in the twentieth century. Many of his poems were set to music by famous French singers such as Georges Brassens, Léo Férré, and Jean Ferrat.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Il est né à Paris à la fin du dix-neuvième siècle,
Caption 4 [en]: He was born in Paris at the end of the nineteenth century,

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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 21 [fr]: Je vis à Paris.
Caption 21 [en]: I live in Paris.

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