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Sophie et Patrice - Le tarot de Marseille

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Sophie has just bought a deck of Marseille tarot cards, which she's very excited about. However, Patrice is a little skeptical, since Marseille is "renowned for its lies." He references the expression C'est la sardine qui a bouché le port de Marseille (The sardine blocked the port of Marseille), referring to its inhabitants' supposed tendency to exaggerate.

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Fanny et Corrine - Leurs origines

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Fanny et Corrine débattent du mérite de leur ville respective. Crêpes et soirées? Ou bouillabaisse et chaleur? De toute façon, Rennes et Marseille vous garantissent toutes les 2 de bien jolies plages!

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Lionel - La Marseillaise

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Lionel discusses the life of Rouget de Lisle, composer of the Marseillaise. Written in 1792 as a march to spur on the troops during the war with Austria, only later did it become the French national anthem. And did you know that the Marseillaise was banned by Napoleon?
Matches in Transcript
Caption 40 [en]: In the beginning, it was of course the "March of the People of Marseille."
Caption 40 [fr]: Au départ, c'était bien sûr la « Marche des Marseillois ».

Automne et Soline - Mer ou océan ?

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Automne and Soline would both like to live by the sea, or even better, by the ocean in Tahiti. If only it weren't so far away!
Matches in Transcript
Caption 70 [fr]: Ben pour la mer, y a Marseille.
Caption 70 [en]: Well, for the sea, there's Marseille.

Automne et Soline - Les vacances de Pâques

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Soline and Automne discuss their Easter holiday plans. They will spend some of the time together and organize some fun outings.
Matches in Transcript
Caption 6 [fr]: Moi, je vais aller à Marseille avec...
Caption 6 [en]: I'm going to go to Marseille, with...

Lionel L - Les homonymes et homophones

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Lionel explains the concept of homonyms and homophones in French, using the examples of leur, leurs, leurre, l'heure and l'heur.
Matches in Transcript
Caption 18 [fr]: les leurs à Marseille.
Caption 18 [en]: theirs in Marseille.

Français avec Nelly - La Marseillaise - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Just in time for Bastille Day, Nelly explains the history of "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem, including how it got its name.
Matches in Transcript
Caption 59 [en]: A battalion from Marseille arrives in Paris
Caption 59 [fr]: Un bataillon marseillais arrive à Paris

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!
Matches in Transcript
Caption 40 [fr]: Gaston Defferre est maire de Marseille,
Caption 40 [en]: Gaston Defferre is mayor of Marseille,

Lionel L - Le couvre-feu

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Lionel describes the latest measures taken by the French government regarding the COVID pandemic. A curfew has been enforced in major cities in an effort to contain the virus.
Matches in Transcript
Caption 22 [fr]: Saint-Étienne, Marseille, Aix, Lyon et son agglomération,
Caption 22 [en]: Saint-Étienne, Marseille, Aix, Lyon and its urban area,

Le saviez-vous? - Gérard raconte Antibes et ses environs

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Gérard will tell you about the history of Antibes, an ancient city with a fascinating past. One of the oldest cities in the region, it was built by the Phocaeans before Roman times.
Matches in Transcript
Caption 2 [fr]: pour faire une halte en fait entre la Corse et Marseille.
Caption 2 [en]: to create a stopover, actually, between Corsica and Marseille.

Arles - Le marché d'Arles

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

If you’re ever in Arles, make sure to stop off at this scrumptious fresh food market, full of local cheeses, vegetables, and fish straight off the boat!
Matches in Transcript
Caption 40 [fr]: Le mercredi et le samedi, et le poisson a été pêché euh, à Marseille, en ce moment, euh...
Caption 40 [en]: On Wednesdays and Saturdays, and the fish was caught uh, in Marseille, right now, uh...

Melissa Mars - Melissa et son premier album

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Meet Melissa Mars: actress, singer, songwriter, storyteller, dreamer, “Martian.” In the first of her interviews with Yabla, Melissa tells us how her career got launched.
Matches in Transcript
Caption 3 [fr]: Depuis toute petite je voulais être actrice, et j'ai commencé à l'âge de treize ans à Marseille,
Caption 3 [en]: Since I was very little, I've wanted to be an actress, and I started at age thirteen in Marseilles,

Fanny et Corrine - Le Sud

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Corrine shares some more with us about the rich culture of the South of France, and she even puts on her best southern accent for us!
Matches in Transcript
Caption 2 [fr]: Euh, je suis de Marseille.
Caption 2 [en]: Uh, I'm from Marseille.

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