Difficulty: Beginner
France
In this video you will learn how to use the adverbs encore and toujours and how their meanings overlap. Encore and toujours can both mean "still," and share a common negative form: ne plus (no longer).
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Marie and Jeremy are having an argument over the cat. Jeremy is fed up with the mess it makes, among other things. He gives her an ultimatum: it's him or the cat. It's a tough choice for Marie...
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Sam is suddenly popular with the girls, and even Nico is impressed. What made them change their minds?
Difficulty: Beginner
France
The artist Henri Matisse lived in a beautiful building, the Palais Caïs de Pierlas, in the Old Nice neighborhood. He captured the neighborhood's colorful atmosphere in many of his paintings.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Sacha is furious because Sam used her bike without her permission. She wants him out, but after he comes out of the shower, she and Annie are very impressed by his physique...
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Patricia will teach you how to say that you don't like something in tactful ways and in more direct ways. There are many interesting expressions to convey dislike, even disgust, but you might want to save some of them for private conversations.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
There's a little male competition between Sam and Nico, who throws a challenge to Sam: Can he pedal for fifty kilometers on Sacha's exercise bike?
Difficulty: Beginner
France
At just 16 years old, French YouTube star and actress Adèle Castillon released her song "Amour plastique" (Plastic Love) with her band Videoclub. This song portrays a sincere first love between two teenagers.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Amal and Caroline don't always see life through rose-tinted glasses (voir la vie en rose). Sometimes they have the blues (broyer du noir). This video gives you the opportunity to explore some interesting idiomatic expressions using colors.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Using her favorite fruits as examples, Patricia demonstrates some different ways of saying you "like" or "love" something in French.
Difficulty: Beginner
France None
Sam pulls on the curtain ropes for room service, and when Nico appears, he mistakes him for the porter. Sam has a few things to learn, and Nico is more than happy to teach him some French....
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Philippe apologizes to Claire for arriving late. He was not sure which platform he should have been standing on as both trains went to Versailles. He realized something was wrong when his train never came.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
It's Sam first day at Sacha and Annie's apartment. The girls are not impressed with Sam's attempts to communicate in French.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Sacha's American pen pal Sam arrives at her and Annie's flat. He doesn't quite live up to their fantasy, and his French needs a lot of improvement.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Patricia explains the multiple benefits of dictation exercises. Having fallen out of favor in recent years, dictation is making a comeback after the French Ministry of Education realized that language skills were deteriorating. Why not take full advantage of Yabla's Scribe game to improve those skills?
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