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Le saviez-vous? - Conjugaison des verbes du 2ème groupe au passé simple

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia teaches us how to conjugate second-group (-ir) verbs in the passé simple, or historical past. Unlike the more common passé composé, this tense is mainly used in literary works and in historical accounts.

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Caption 78 [fr]: Elles se sentent bien aujourd'hui?
Caption 78 [en]: Do they feel good today?

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France 24 - Réchauffement climatique : un danger pour le vin français - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How will climate change affect wine growing in France? Is the French wine reputation at stake? What can be done about it? Find out in this extensive news report.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Le vin français continuera-t-il à bien vieillir?
Caption 5 [en]: Will French wine continue to age well?

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sarah goes to work at the frozen food factory as usual, but her day is anything but ordinary. Temptation gets the best of her as her son's unethical suggestion echoes in her mind and drives her to do something she would never have imagined possible.

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Caption 24 [fr]: ils cuisinent bien de la viande?
Caption 24 [en]: they cook meat, right?

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Jean-Pierre's canine club is a very structured environment, where both the dog owners and the dogs receive a membership card. And the dogs even receive a report card as well, just like children in school!

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Caption 15 [fr]: Ça, c'est bien.
Caption 15 [en]: That's good.

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Christian Le Squer - Je ne fais que goûter!

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Chef Christian Le Squer, takes us into the kitchen of his three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Le Cinq. You will see the cooks at work making exquisite dishes. Le Squer wants the food cooked to perfection, even "sexy," as he puts it. His job is to taste only, but it's not as easy as it looks.

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Caption 29 [fr]: Une brigade bien organisée.
Caption 29 [en]: A well-organized brigade.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After her divorce, Sarah is raising her son Nino alone and is having trouble coping with his hostile behavior. Her financial situation doesn't allow for meat on the table more than twice a week. Nino proposes a dishonest solution, but his mother won't hear of it.

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Caption 44 [fr]: Écoute. Tu sais très bien que la viande,
Caption 44 [en]: Listen. You know very well that meat

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Alain Etoundi - Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

A black mother who joined the film project launched by Alain Etoundi is critical of movies that don't portray black people accurately and perpetuate stereotypes. She says there's a dearth of good movies with positive role models for young black people.

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Caption 19 [fr]: je pense toujours les avoir bien éduqués.
Caption 19 [en]: I still think I've raised them well.

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Chic is a very special dog who is the epitome of excellent training and good behavior. Jean-Pierre explains some important factors regarding training, like the sex of the animal. Apparently, male dogs respond better to female trainers and vice versa.

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Caption 24 [fr]: Parce que... si j'ai bien compris,
Caption 24 [en]: Because... if I understood well,

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Voyage en France - Auvers-sur-Oise - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel finishes up his tour of Auvers-sur-Oise with an appreciation of Vincent Van Gogh, who completed an astounding eighty paintings during his two-month sojourn in the village. In this video, you'll see the inn where the artist stayed during his visit, along with some of the gorgeous stops on the "painters' discovery" tour of Auvers-sur-Oise. It's easy to see why the village was such an inspiration to the impressionists!

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Caption 23 [fr]: avec bien entendu l'incontournable Vincent Van Gogh.
Caption 23 [en]: with, of course, the inescapable Vincent Van Gogh.

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Alain Etoundi - Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

After multiple organizations refused to finance his film Un frère comme moi (A Brother Like Me), Alain Etoundi decided to speak out by making a short film called Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! (Go Film Yourselves!). He criticizes the French film industry for not doing justice to suburban black communities, preferring instead to churn out films with stereotypical black characters.

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Caption 3 [fr]: [Le cinéma français est bien trop conservateur pour ce genre de brûlot blasphématoire.]
Caption 3 [en]: [French cinema is much too conservative for this kind of blasphemous broadside.]

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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Rokhaya Diallo draws a parallel between incidents of racial discrimination and police brutality in the United States and similar incidents in French suburbs. She notes that young people are mobilizing and becoming more politically engaged in the aftermath of the infamous Théo case.

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Caption 64 [fr]: Eh bien, euh... je... j'ai entendu, euh... Yannick Jadot
Caption 64 [en]: Well, uh... I... I heard, uh... Yannick Jadot

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mes grands-parents sont infidèles - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

When René, Edna, Sylvette, and Louise finally come face to face with each other, Edna and Louise can no longer hide their game of deception. The confusion that ensues slowly clears as confessions come forth. Will they all recover and forgive one another?

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Caption 47 [fr]: Je me sens pas très bien...
Caption 47 [en]: I don't feel very well...

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Voyage en France - Auvers-sur-Oise - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel introduces us to the town of Auvers-sur-Oise, famous as a source of inspiration for a number of impressionist painters, notably Vincent Van Gogh. He also gives us a sneak peek into the Daubigny Museum, dedicated to the work of the pre-impressionist Charles-François Daubigny.

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Caption 13 [fr]: À Auvers-sur-Oise, je vous invite bien sûr à vous arrêter pour découvrir
Caption 13 [en]: In Auvers-sur-Oise, I invite you of course to stop to discover

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Le saviez-vous? - La Cigale et la fourmi - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia sheds a new light on the renowned fable by Jean de La Fontaine, "The Cicada and the Ant." Maybe the cicada isn't such a bad character after all....

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Caption 56 [fr]: "Eh bien! Chantez [sic: Dansez] maintenant",
Caption 56 [en]: "Well then! Sing [sic: Dance] now,"

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel interviews his cousin Jean-Pierre, who is a dog trainer. Jean-Pierre explains that dogs are like children: the sooner they are trained, the better. As a dog gets older, it becomes increasingly difficult to fix bad behaviors. However, it's never too late to teach an old dog new tricks...

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Caption 25 [fr]: de façon à ce que le chien se tienne bien,
Caption 25 [en]: so that the dog behaves well,

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