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Le saviez-vous? - La poésie française: Baudelaire (2 videos)

Patricia brings to life Baudelaire's famous poem "L'horloge" (The Clock). The poet laments the passage of time and life's inevitable conclusion: death. Aside from the gloomy message, this poem is also an invitation to seize the day and enjoy all that life has to offer, including this poem!

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

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

La langue française est difficile à comprendre pour les étrangers surtout quand les gens parlent vite. Sophie pense que les Parisiens en particulier sont très pressés et n'ont pas le temps de prononcer toutes les syllabes.

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Les Héritiers - Les bonnes recettes - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Depuis plus de dix ans, le restaurant Les Héritiers à Montréal, spécialisé dans la cuisine française à base d’ingrédients québécois, concocte des plats comme le risotto au gingembre mariné et le carré d’agneau à la sauce aïl et romarin. Mais la cuisine n’est pas la seule raison de la popularité des Héritiers; on peut apporter son propre vin!

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Pascale - Propos sur la musique - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Pascale, canadienne française et chanteuse-compositeur -qui préfère se présenter en vers plutôt qu’avec l’habituel « bonjour, je m’appelle… » – nous rappelle l’importance de rester optimiste d’une façon légère, face aux difficultés de la vie.

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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 45 [fr]: Marie-Antoinette n'était pas française.
Caption 45 [en]: Marie Antoinette wasn't French.

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Sophie et Patrice - La maison verte

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie loves plants so much that she isn't averse to snipping a cutting or two from a public garden. Her interest in plants comes from her grandmother, who spent endless hours tending to her plants and even climbed trees at 95 years old!

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Caption 18 [fr]: comment [ça] s'appelle, à la, euh... Versailles? -À la française?
Caption 18 [en]: what's [it] called, Versailles, uh... style? -French-style?

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Sophie et Patrice - Le handicap

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice discuss the evolution of the word "handicap," from its origins as a horce racing term to its current usage in French. Rather than les handicapés (the handicapped), the French now say les personnes en situation de handicap (persons with disabilities).

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Caption 75 [fr]: en tout cas c'est que dans la langue française
Caption 75 [en]: in any event is that in the French language

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Sophie et Patrice - Les couleurs

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice discuss the meaning of expressions involving colors, such as vert de rage and une peur bleue. They have their own theories about their origins.

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Caption 11 [fr]: C'est marrant les expressions de la langue française avec les couleurs quand même hein?
Caption 11 [en]: Anyway, expressions with colors in the French language are fun, right?

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Bicloune - Magasin de vélos à Paris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Bicloune is a unique bicycle shop in Paris with a wide variety of models, from antique bikes from 1905 to contemporary foldable ones. Audrey Hepburn supposedly used to ride a bicycle like one found in this store.

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Caption 87 [fr]: qui est une... une intellectuelle française très connue
Caption 87 [en]: who is a... a very well-known French intellectual,

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Le saviez-vous? - La Cigale et la fourmi - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patricia recites one of Jean de La Fontaine's most famous fables, "La Cigale et la Fourmi" (The Cicada and the Ant). After spending the entire summer singing instead of storing food, the cicada is starving come winter. She hopes her neighbor the ant can help her....

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Caption 8 [fr]: à la fois pour leur belle langue française,
Caption 8 [en]: both in their beautiful French language,

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De nouvelles découvertes avec Marion - Le parc des Buttes Chaumont

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Marion walks us through the Buttes Chaumont, a former limestone quarry transformed into a magnificent park, complete with an artificial lake, a grotto, dramatic cliffs, and even a Roman-style temple. On a more tragic note, the park is also home to a bridge that the poet Louis Aragon once called a "mecca for suicides." Luckily, the bridge is now protected by a wire fence.

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Caption 17 [fr]: est exploité après la Révolution française
Caption 17 [en]: was exploited after the French Revolution

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Mon Lieu Préféré - Jardin du Luxembourg

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Axel gives a tour of his favorite park, the "Gardens of Luxembourg", which remind him of his childhood and teenage years.

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Caption 45 [fr]: l'endroit où sont enterrées les grandes personnes de... l'histoire française.
Caption 45 [en]: the place where the great people, uh... of French history are buried.

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Fred et Miami Catamarans - Fred et sa vie à Miami

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Meet Fred, a young Frenchman who still feels French even though he lives in Miami. Student by day, sailor by night, Fred makes the most of Miami's sunshine, cultural diversity, and, of course, wind.

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Caption 36 [fr]: je... je mange toujours de la nourriture française, marques françaises.
Caption 36 [en]: I... I always eat French food, French brands.

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Les Héritiers - Les bonnes recettes - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Ever heard of a pleurotte mushroom? Lacking as we are in mushroom expertise, neither had we—until we visited the kitchen of Les Héritiers, that is! What’s better than getting to watch a scrumptious dish of pleurottes, brie, escargots, and garlic, all together in a puffed pastry, be prepared before your eyes? Getting to eat it, of course!

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Caption 13 [fr]: Après on va ajouter de l'échalote française.
Caption 13 [en]: And then we're going to add some French shallots.

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