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Français avec Nelly - 12 Songs to Improve Your French - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly suggests some songs for more advanced French speakers: Charles Aznavour's "La bohème," Angèle's "Balance ton quoi," Stromae's "Formidable," Serge Gainsbourg's "La javanaise," and Orelsan's "Tout va bien."

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Caption 121 [fr]: Et voilà. Ça fait du bien un peu de musique.
Caption 121 [en]: And there you have it. A bit of music does you good.

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Watt’s In - Indila : Dernière Danse Interview Exlu

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Indila, a French singer whose first single "Dernière Danse" (Last Dance) topped the chart in 2013, talks about her debut as a singer. She felt more comfortable as a writer and composer of melodies and only recently started singing onstage.

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Caption 58 [fr]: Euh... voilà. C'est... "only music".
Caption 58 [en]: Uh... that's it. It's... only music.

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Grand Lille TV - Un piano dans le métro!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Lille Piano Festival is taking place in a subway station, where pianists bring music to the train commuters for their enjoyment and perhaps a gentle introduction to jazz and classical music.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Voilà. Et puis je joue... ce qui me passe par la tête. Y a pas de programme.
Caption 13 [en]: That's it. And then I play... whatever passes through my head. There's no program.

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Yacine Boularès - La musique tunisienne

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Yacine Boularès, a young French musician of Tunisian origin, demonstrates some of the differences between Western and Arabic music on his saxophone. If you like what you hear, check out Yacine's jazz band, Afro Groove Collective.

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Caption 27 [fr]: une musique, euh... musi'... une musique au... au rythme rapide, euh... voilà.
Caption 27 [en]: a music, uh... musi'... a music... with a fast rhythm, uh... there you go.

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JT - La musicothérapie pour les aînés

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this nursing home in France's Pays de la Loire, musical therapy is used to stimulate the minds of residents suffering from Alzheimer's and other mental disorders. The directors of the program and the home explain the benefits of this still underdeveloped technique.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Chaque [sic] quinze jours, nous avons cette activité qui... qui revient. Voilà.
Caption 20 [en]: Every two weeks, we have this activity that... that happens again. There you go.

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Melissa Mars - Mozart, l'opéra rock - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How many singers do you know who could pull off a dress made of origami? Melissa sparkles in renowned director Olivier Dahan’s rock opera full of glitter, color, costumes, and music that shines just as brightly.

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Caption 20 [fr]: ben, j'avais plus de limites, voilà.
Caption 20 [en]: well, I had no more limits, that's it.

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Melissa Mars - Ses propos

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Melissa Mars talks about her third album, À la recherche de l’amour perdu, and the making of the video for her hit single "Love Machine."

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Caption 22 [fr]: quand il essaye de recontacter son euh... sa tribu, euh... dans... dans... dans le film, voilà.
Caption 22 [en]: when he tries to contact his uh... his tribe again, uh... in... in... in the movie, there you go.

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Télé Lyon Métropole - Instinct Lyrical

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The members of the Lyon-based group Instinct Lyrical are into “intergenerational” rap—rap they hope will have a message for their neighbors of all ages.

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Caption 27 [fr]: Voilà. Ça peut donner ça ou... même partir en: click, click, boom,
Caption 27 [en]: There. It can be like that or... even go into: click, click, boom,

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Télé Lyon Métropole - Buridane

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The original lyricism, the striking rhythms, and the fragile melodies of up-and-coming singer-songwriter Buridane have made her career take off. She’s now launching a tour all over France and has been asked to perform at several big music festivals.

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Caption 32 [fr]: La voilà présélectionnée pour le Printemps de Bourges,
Caption 32 [en]: Now she's been preselected for the "Printemps de Bourges,"

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Les Nubians - Le multiculturalisme

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We’re all a part of this big, happy family that is humanity. Now if only we could get our “universal citizen” passports…

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Caption 33 [fr]: Nous faisons partie de cette grande humanité, euh... voilà.
Caption 33 [en]: We belong to this vast humanity, uh... there you have it.

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Les Nubians - Les langues

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

What can multilingualism bring you? It sheds light, penetrates cultures, and gives off an emotional echo. In this clip, Les Nubians remind us of all the reasons we should be glad we’re using Yabla French!

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Caption 3 [fr]: Euh, on a toujours baigné, voilà, dans... dans... dans ce, on va dire cette... ce... ce côté polyglotte.
Caption 3 [en]: Uh, we've always been immersed, you know, in... in... in this, let's say this... this... this multilingual aspect.

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Les Nubians - Les origines et les influences

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Hélène and Célia tell us about their musical influences, origins, and inspiration. When they encountered prejudice about Africa and Africans upon coming back to France, Les Nubians used music to paint a truer picture of African culture.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Mais sinon les Nubians, ben voilà, nous sommes sœurs.
Caption 9 [en]: But otherwise, about the Nubians, well there you go, we're sisters.

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Les Nubians - Présentation

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Les Nubians, two singer-songwriter sisters who grew up in both Paris and Chad and whose music has been nominated for several awards, including a Grammy (and not just in the World Music category, thank you very much). We know we’re big fans!

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Caption 3 [fr]: Nous sommes sœurs... -Voilà.
Caption 3 [en]: We're sisters... -That's right.

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Bertrand Pierre - Victor Hugo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Bertrand Pierre was inspired by Victor Hugo, and Victor Hugo was inspired by his very active love life. As it turns out, Hugo’s little love poems make for great song lyrics.

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Caption 30 [fr]: Il avait une... une... une activité sentimentale et, euh, et sexuelle assez débordante, voilà. Euh...
Caption 30 [en]: He had... a... a rather overactive romantic and, uh, sex life, you know. Uh...

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Charles-Baptiste - Interview

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Men, women, love: Charles-Baptiste tells us what’s special (and what’s universal) about his love life in New York, and lets us in on the secret to his success. You have to get your hands dirty!

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Caption 4 [fr]: pour euh... pouvoir aller attraper des diamants. Voilà.
Caption 4 [en]: to uh... be able to go catch diamonds. There you go.

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