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Les Nubians - Présentation

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Les Nubians, two singer-songwriter sisters who grew up in both Paris and Chad and whose music has been nominated for several awards, including a Grammy (and not just in the World Music category, thank you very much). We know we’re big fans!

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Caption 20 [fr]: pour que les amis comme vous et comme nous, euh,
Caption 20 [en]: so friends like you and like us, uh,

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Lionel L - Dans l'herbe

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel shows us that sometimes there are better things to do than stay all day in an office building to pay rent for an apartment we can’t even spend time in. (And yes, the word “travail” really is related to the word “torture.”) Remember, the revolution starts with you!

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Caption 7 [fr]: Mais je pense sérieusement qu'on est mieux allongé dans l'herbe, comme je le suis actuellement,
Caption 7 [en]: But I seriously think that we're better off lying in the grass, like I am right now,

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Pascale - Propos sur la musique - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

We hear a bit more from the lovely Pascale: on her beginnings in the musical world (she started early), her new album, and her music’s special combination of rhythm and soul.

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Caption 35 [fr]: Ça vous dit! C'est comme un petit, euh, un petit départ qui...
Caption 35 [en]: You're into it! It's like a little, uh, a little start that...

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Pascale - Propos sur la musique - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

French-Canadian singer-songwriter Pascale—who prefers to introduce herself in verse rather than give the usual “hello my name is”—tells us of the importance of maintaining optimism and lightness in the face of hardship.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Au lieu de me présenter de façon traditionnelle comme... comme tout le monde fait souvent,
Caption 6 [en]: In lieu of presenting myself in the traditional fashion... like everyone often does,

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Lionel L - Les genres

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Tired of stuffy old grammar exercises in text books? Come along with Lionel and learn something about the use of gender in French. This one’s fun, we promise — and no boring rules to memorize!

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Caption 5 [fr]: C'est comme le... le... la chaise, par exemple. La... la chaise est une femme.
Caption 5 [en]: It's like the... the... the chair, for instance. The... the chair is a woman.

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Bertrand Pierre - Victor Hugo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Bertrand Pierre was inspired by Victor Hugo, and Victor Hugo was inspired by his very active love life. As it turns out, Hugo’s little love poems make for great song lyrics.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Hein... ils ont été écrits comme ça, je pense, en un quart d'heure,
Caption 5 [en]: Eh... they were written like that, I think, in a quarter of an hour,

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Le Journal - Le dernier ancien combattant/14-18

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lazare Ponticelli was the last of the “Poilus” — French infantry soldiers who served in World War I. Ponticelli, who was actually an Italian immigrant to France, first served in the French Foreign Legion and then eventually, the Italian army. He died in 2008 at the age of 110.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Comme il dit: "Votre papa est un héros", ben, moi je dis non.
Caption 4 [en]: As he says, "Your dad is a hero," well, me, I say no.

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Allons en France - Pourquoi apprendre le français?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video brought to us by Allons en France, a French government program that encourages students to learn the language and culture of France, young people from all over the world tell us about what learning French means to them.

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Caption 25 [fr]: Le français c'est... c'est la langue de l'amour, comme on dit.
Caption 25 [en]: French is... it's the language of love, as they say.

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Paris Tour - Visite guidée de Paris

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Come along with Héloïse on a tour of Paris. See the Eiffel Tower, the Bastille, and more! Who needs a bateau-mouche when you can drive with Yabla?

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Caption 32 [fr]: Voilà. Comme nous le faisons maintenant, mais c'est mieux avec moi.
Caption 32 [en]: Right. Like we're doing now, but it's better with me.

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Le Journal - Dilemme des restaurants

Difficulty: Beginner

France

How should a restaurant owner go about finding the right recipe for passing on the increasing cost of basic ingredients to the customer? By math or by witchcraft?

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Caption 2 [fr]: mais pour ces clients, ce n'est plus tout à fait comme avant.
Caption 2 [en]: but for these customers, it's not quite as it was before.

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Bertrand Pierre - Sa formation

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Remember Bertrand Pierre, the smooth crooner of “Si vous n’avez rien à me dire”? He’s back to tell us about his background as a musician, and how he stumbled across the Victor Hugo idea…

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Caption 9 [fr]: qu'on allait piocher comme ça, dans des cultures vocales.
Caption 9 [en]: that we were digging up like that, in singing cultures.

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Fanny et Corrine - Le Sud

Difficulty: 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!

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Caption 6 [fr]: euh, dans des grandes villes comme ça, on... on... on peut avoir, euh... différentes euh... euh...
Caption 6 [en]: uh, in big cities like that, you... you... you can have, uh... several uh... uh...

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Hugo Bonneville - Gagner sa vie

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Hugo Bonneville talks about the relationship between music and money, the success of his first album, and offers us all the sound advice to take a good long look at ourselves.

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Caption 4 [fr]: vivre de la musique. J'a'... j'avais un band, et comme je disais pendant le spectacle,
Caption 4 [en]: to live from my music. I ha'... I had a band, and as I was saying during the show,

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Charles-Baptiste - Interview

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Men, women, love: Charles-Baptiste tells us what’s special (and what’s universal) about his love life in New York, and lets us in on the secret to his success. You have to get your hands dirty!

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Caption 12 [fr]: Alors j'vous aime, j'vous aime comme ça...
Caption 12 [en]: So I love you, I love you like that...

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Fanny & Corrine parlent de la mode - La mode à bas prix

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Fanny and Corrine show us that you don’t have to be rich to be fashionable! On this shopping trip, we get tips on where to get the best trends for less—and what the final touch to any outfit should be.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Comme vous pouvez le voir,
Caption 1 [en]: As you can see,

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