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Lionel - au club canin - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel says goodbye to his cousin Jean-Pierre and his "nephew" Chic. Jean-Pierre shares a few more thoughts on dog training, which he believes should be a joy for both dogs and their owners.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Comme quoi, y a...
Caption 10 [en]: It just goes to show, there's...

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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 33 [fr]: comme "Le Penseur",
Caption 33 [en]: like "The Thinker" [Auguste Rodin sculpture]

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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 3 [fr]: C'est comme le blouson que tu m'avais promis;
Caption 3 [en]: It's like the jacket that you promised me;

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Lionel L - La Butte aux Cailles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to the friendly Butte aux Cailles neighborhood in Paris. Its village-like atmosphere is a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of the capital. The Butte aux Cailles was formerly part of the small town of Gentilly before being attached to the city of Paris.

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Caption 39 [fr]: Le quartier de la Butte aux Cailles, comme le quartier de Mouzaïa,
Caption 39 [en]: The Butte aux Cailles neighborhood, like the Mouzaïa neighborhood,

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Alain Etoundi - Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

In the final segment of Alain Etoundi's Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! (Go Film Yourselves!), Etoundi denounces the French criminal justice system, which tends to punish poor people of color more heavily than affluent white people who commit similar crimes.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Comme un prophète, je suis au cœur de votre milieu.
Caption 8 [en]: Like a prophet, I'm in the heart of your world.

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Le saviez-vous? - Les verbes du 2ème groupe les plus utilisés

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains how to conjugate second-group verbs in the present indicative. Regular verbs ending in -ir all follow the same conjugation rules.

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Caption 5 [fr]: et se conjuguent comme le verbe "finir",
Caption 5 [en]: and are conjugated like the verb "finir" [to finish],

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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 26 [fr]: Mais comme... comme une collection de... couture.
Caption 26 [en]: But like... like a high fashion... collection.

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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 20 [fr]: J'en ai marre d'avoir une mère comme toi.
Caption 20 [en]: I'm sick of having a mother like you.

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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 27 [fr]: pour qu'il y ait plus de films comme le nôtre.
Caption 27 [en]: so there may be more films like ours.

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Le saviez-vous? - Conjugaison du verbe finir au présent

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video, you will learn how to conjugate the verb finir (to finish) in the present tense. This verb is used as a reference for all second-group verbs, which end in -ir.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Comme avec le "je",
Caption 23 [en]: As with "je,"

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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 44 [fr]: Et comme vous pouvez le constater, il est tout simplement en plein milieu des champs.
Caption 44 [en]: And as you can see, it's quite simply right in the middle of the fields.

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Jean-Pierre teaches us some dog commands in various languages, using his border collie Chic as a model. He also tells us why some breeds are easier to train than others.

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Caption 69 [fr]: un chien qui va... comme un teckel,
Caption 69 [en]: a dog that will... like a dachshund,

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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 69 [fr]: Alors ça! J'y ai cru dur comme fer.
Caption 69 [en]: Well then! I believed it hard as iron [I totally believed it].

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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 19 [fr]: comme il a pu le faire dans d'autres de ses fables.
Caption 19 [en]: as he was able to do in his other fables.

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Stromae - Te Quiero

Difficulty: Intermediate

Belgium

Stromae sings "Te Quiero" ("I love you" in Spanish). He describes a frustrating relationship that he knows he won't be able to quit.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Donc comme tout le monde je vais en souffrir jusqu'à la mort
Caption 15 [en]: So like everyone else I'll suffer because of it until death

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