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3:18

Manon et Clémentine - Conjugaison du verbe aller

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Manon et Clémentine s'en vont conjuguer le verb "aller" par tous les temps et l'examinent sous toutes ses coutures. Alors n'hésitez pas, allez-y!

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4:44

Le saviez-vous? - Le dernier duel à l'épée pour l'honneur en France

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

In centuries past, when a person's honor was offended, he would challenge the culprit to a duel. The last duel in France took place as recently as 1967, between two respected politicians!
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Caption 1 [fr]: Il y avait une drôle de coutume en France.
Caption 1 [en]: There used to be a funny custom in France.
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2:29

Lionel L - Matin, matinée, soir, soirée

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Lionel will explain the difference between "matin" and "matinée", which both mean morning in English, and "soir" and "soirée" which both mean evening. You can read more about this distinction in our lesson Morning and Evening.
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Caption 42 [fr]: il est de coutume de dire bonsoir,
Caption 42 [en]: it is customary to say "bonsoir" [good evening],
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1:58

Lionel L - L'Euro 2020

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Lionel talks about the 2020 Euro Cup, which actually took place in 2021 due to the COVID pandemic. He explains what happened to the French, the Spanish, and the Danish teams, among others.
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Caption 2 [fr]: Aujourd'hui, une fois n'est pas coutume,
Caption 2 [en]: Today, just this once,
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3:08

Le saviez-vous? - La tradition du poisson d'avril

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

The first of April is the day of hoaxes, pranks, and jokes. In France, the tradition is to hang paper fish on people's backs and shout, "Poisson d'avril!" (April Fish!).
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Caption 8 [fr]: de cette coutume en France.
Caption 8 [en]: about this custom in France.
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4:51

Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la galette des rois - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Patricia explains in detail the tradition of the galette des rois (kings' cake), which predates Christianity. The tradition is linked to a Roman pagan celebration called Saturnalia, during which a lucky slave was crowned "king" for the day.
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Caption 39 [fr]: c'est que cette coutume était pratiquée pour resserrer les liens sociaux.
Caption 39 [en]: is that this custom was observed to tighten social bonds.

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