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Sophie et Patrice - Chiffres et nombres - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Sometimes numbers like cent (hundred) and quatre-vingts (eighty) take an S at the end, but other times they don't. Others, like mille (thousand), never take one. Sophie and Patrice explain these and other rules of writing numbers in French in this video.

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Caption 2 [fr]: des chiffres et des nombres dans la langue française.
Caption 2 [en]: of digits and numbers in the French language.

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Claire et Philippe - Je suis malade

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Claire has a sore throat, and Philippe is concerned about her health. They exchange a few health tips and home remedy ideas. Claire loves aromatherapy, while Philippe recommends pans of water for humidifying the air to make it more breathable.

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Caption 6 [fr]: J'ai mal dans l'oreille, là,
Caption 6 [en]: My ear hurts, here,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon passé - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Julia, a rich novelist, suffers from amnesia. She has no recollection of her prior life at all, and her husband is a complete stranger to her. Will he be able to help her reconnect with her past?

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Caption 7 [fr]: Je suis convaincue que quelqu'un m'a poussée dans les escaliers.
Caption 7 [en]: I'm convinced that someone pushed me down the stairs.

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Le saviez-vous? - Gérard raconte l'histoire d'Antibes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Gérard will introduce you to Antibes, a beautiful city founded by the Phocaeans in the 400s BC. The Phocaeans were replaced by the Romans, who were replaced by the Christians. Nowadays Antibes has grown to become the third-largest city in the Alpes-Maritimes department.

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Caption 9 [fr]: petit à petit en déambulant dans les rues
Caption 9 [en]: little by little by wandering the streets

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Sophie et Patrice - Chiffres et nombres - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Sophie and Patrice introduce the basics of counting in French. They make it up to one sextillion (un trilliard), but if you're new to French, you can just focus on learning zéro to neuf.

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Caption 4 [fr]: dans la langue française.
Caption 4 [en]: in the French language.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Ma mère fait tout pour briser mon couple - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Henri confronts Sabine with overwhelming evidence that she has been lying all along. Finally unmasked, she apologizes to Gabriela and Yann for all the hurt she has caused.

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Caption 56 [fr]: Dans quelques semaines, il ouvrira son cabinet de kinésithérapeute.
Caption 56 [en]: In a few weeks, he will open his physical therapy practice.

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Sophie et Patrice - Le français tel qu'il est parlé à Paris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice and Sophie have a conversation about the French language. They agree that French people speak too fast for the average learner, and abbreviations and contractions make it even more difficult to understand. Patrice has a few theories as to why Parisians in particular speak so fast.

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Caption 18 [fr]: dans... dans la langue.
Caption 18 [en]: in... in the language.

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Amal et Caroline - Quartier du Louvre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Amal gives Caroline a trick for skipping the long line that inevitably forms in front of the Louvre Museum. Then they decide to have a peaceful breakfast in the Jardin des Tuileries.

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Caption 4 [fr]: pour rentrer dans les musées,
Caption 4 [en]: to get into the museums,

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la galette des rois - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains in detail the tradition of the galette des rois (kings' cake), which predates Christianity. The tradition is linked to a Roman pagan celebration called Saturnalia, during which a lucky slave was crowned "king" for the day.

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Caption 22 [fr]: dans sa part de galette.
Caption 22 [en]: in his piece of cake.

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Sophie et Patrice - Après Noël

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie and Patrice question the tradition of the Christmas tree and think it's not very environmentally responsible. They'd like to find of way of conserving the tree they bought and reuse it for next Christmas.

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Caption 16 [fr]: de voir tous ces sapins dans la rue après.
Caption 16 [en]: to see all those Christmas trees in the street afterwards.

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Zaz - Demain c’est toi

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Zaz sings "Demain c'est toi" (Tomorrow It's You) from her new album Effet miroir (Mirror Effect). She gives us a hint of things to come in her personal life. Who might she bring into the world?

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Caption 6 [fr]: Dans le souffle de ma voix
Caption 6 [en]: In the breath of my voice

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Ma mère fait tout pour briser mon couple - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sabine appears to be very apologetic toward Gabriela after falsely accusing her of stealing her necklace. Gabriela drops her guard and accepts her apology. But is this the end of the matter?

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Caption 25 [fr]: J'ai mon bracelet qui est accroché dans ton pull.
Caption 25 [en]: I have my bracelet caught in your sweater.

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Elisa et Mashal - Photos

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

While looking at old photos, Elisa and Mashal reminisce about fun times and embarrassing moments, like the time when Mashal's pants split open at a party!

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Caption 15 [fr]: Ouais, j'habitais chez toi. C'était dans le...
Caption 15 [en]: Yeah, I lived with you. It was in the...

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Adrien - Quai de la Seine

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Adrien explores the Quai de la Seine and the Bassin de la Villette in Paris. This basin is the largest artificial body of water in the city of Paris. It once served as a source of drinking water, which, incidentally, was much cleaner than the water from the Seine.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Alors nous nous situons dans le dix-neuvième arrondissement de Paris,
Caption 21 [en]: So we are situated in the nineteenth arrondissement of Paris,

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Le saviez-vous? - Le E muet - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

France

E is a tricky vowel in French: sometimes it's pronounced, sometimes it's not. As Patricia explains, it's usually silent at the end of a word, and often silent in the middle of a word.

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Caption 8 [fr]: sauf dans des cas très rares.
Caption 8 [en]: except in very rare cases.

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