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Sophie et Patrice - Les homonymes

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patrice and Sophie discuss homonyms, words that sound the same but have totally different meanings, something of a nightmare for French learners. Learn the difference between the same-sounding words verre, vers, ver, vert, and vair.

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Sara et Lionel - Les Français sont-ils arrogants ?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Sara and Lionel wonder why French people are often seen as arrogant. Do French people actually mind or do they unconsciously cultivate this image?

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Sara et Lionel - La Fête de l'Humanité

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel and Sara reflect on how the traditional two-day Fête de l'Humanité (Humanity Festival) has changed over the years. Originally organized by the Communist newspaper L'Humanité, the festival is an occasion for the various factions of the French left to put aside their differences and come together.

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Leïa - Les bateaux, le port et les chats

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Leïa talks about the port, the boats, and the feral cats that lurk about the shore. She also explains a trick for remembering the words for "port" and "starboard" in French.

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Sophie et Patrice - L'astrologie

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patrice and Sophie discuss astrology. You will learn the twelve zodiac signs in French, and even a forgotten thirteenth one!

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Anna et Louis - Les élections présidentielles

Difficulty: Beginner

France

With the French presidential elections fast approaching, Anna and Louis are still deciding which candidate to vote for.

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Conversations au parc - Ep. 2: Café et en-cas

Difficulty: Newbie

France

In part two of our Conversations au parc series, you'll learn how to describe things as big and small, and how to say "me too" in French.

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Automne et Soline - Les temps libres

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Junior high students Automne and Soline discuss what they like to do in their free time and what they would change to make school more interesting. How about shortening the school day, for example?

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Caption 43 [en]: You can do French.
Caption 43 [fr]: [On] peut faire du français.

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Automne et Soline - L'école

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Junior high-school students Automne and Soline talk about their school day, their schedules, and which subjects they like best.

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Caption 40 [en]: I don't like French too much.
Caption 40 [fr]: J'aime pas trop le français.

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Sara et Lionel - Les copains, les amis

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Do you agree with Sara and Lionel that friendship is not what it used to be? Has social networking and texting changed the way we connect to each other? Do we favor quantity over quality? And do you make a distinction between les copains and les amis?

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Caption 45 [en]: But that... -Because... That's the subtlety of the French language, my dear.
Caption 45 [fr]: Mais ça... {-Parce que...} -Ça c'est la subtilité de la langue française, mon cher.

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Simon et Marion - Un petit musée ?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Simon and Marion want to visit a museum and are trying to figure out the best option. Which one will they choose?

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Caption 66 [en]: It's the m'... it's Italian, French, and other paintings.
Caption 66 [fr]: C'est les m'... c'est les peintures italiennes, françaises et autres.

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Sophie et Patrice - Le froid

Difficulty: Beginner

France

It's winter in France and Patrice and Sophie are feeling it! They list the many colorful expressions describing cold weather and talk about ways of warding off the cold with full winter regalia.

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Caption 14 [en]: Yes, in fact in the French language,
Caption 14 [fr]: Oui, en fait en langue française,

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Leïa - L'école

Difficulty: Newbie

Réunion

Leïa is twelve and lives on Réunion Island. There, she goes to a collège (middle school), where she is in cinquième, equivalent to seventh grade in the US. (In France, the grade number goes down as you progress.)

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Caption 9 [en]: The subjects I don't like are French and uh...
Caption 9 [fr]: Les matières que je n'aime pas sont le français et euh...

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Sophie et Patrice - Les grèves contre la réforme des retraites

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patrice and Sophie don't quite see eye to eye about the protests against pension reform in France. Listen to them discuss both sides of the argument.

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Caption 5 [en]: in... with the French people.
Caption 5 [fr]: dans... auprès du peuple français.

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Audrey et Nadjma - Le créole réunionnais

Difficulty: Beginner

Réunion

Audrey and Nadjma talk about the Creole languages in the overseas territories of Réunion, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, and why they all differ from one another.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 20 [en]: So it's a language that's a mixture of French,
Caption 20 [fr]: Alors c'est une langue qui est un mélange de français,

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