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Contes de fées - Le chat botté - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enjoy the fairytale "Puss in Boots" as told by Lionel. A very resourceful cat helps his master become rich thanks to a cunning plan.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Il y a très longtemps vivait dans un pays reculé un pauvre meunier.
Caption 2 [en]: A very long time ago in a faraway country lived a poor miller.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père n'est pas mort - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After a first emotional reunion with her father, Adèle comes to visit him regularly on the streets, where he lives. But a shocking phone call will disrupt her happiness.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Adèle et Guillaume arrivent dans le centre-ville.
Caption 2 [en]: Adèle and Guillaume arrive downtown.

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Lionel - Voyage en train - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our series on train travel in the Moselle region, where we'll accompany Lionel on a short train ride from Faulquemont to Rémilly. Many commuters travel to and from work by train each day, some even to Germany, which is just a few miles across the border.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Je reste bien sur le quai avant de monter dans le train
Caption 13 [en]: I stay right on the platform before getting on the train

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Le saviez-vous? - Le vocabulaire de la tête

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia focuses on the thinking, listening, and seeing part of the body, the head. She'll teach you a lot of useful vocabulary for various parts of the head, as well as some fun expressions.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Et il y a plusieurs différences dans les marron.
Caption 14 [en]: And there are several differences among the browns.

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Lionel - Voyage en train - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

If you wish to travel in France by train, you will find Lionel's video very useful. He will teach you the necessary vocabulary for buying a train ticket from a ticket machine. Happy travels!

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Caption 2 [fr]: cette fois dans l'est de la région Lorraine
Caption 2 [en]: this time in the east of the Lorraine region

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1789: Les Amants de la Bastille - Je veux le monde

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Inspired by the French national anthem, "Je veux le monde" (I Want the World) is a song from the musical 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille (The Lovers of the Bastille). The music video features beautiful period costumes and superb choreography.

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Caption 6 [fr]: tu t'es perdu dans d'autres lits
Caption 6 [en]: you've lost yourself in other beds

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Lionel - Les bières artisanales Coin Coin

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel is at a local market in Toul near Alsace, where he samples a beer from a local micro-brewery that sells its products at several markets in the area. The beer goes by the name of "Coin Coin" ("Quack Quack") for no other reason than catching people's attention. The young lady, who brews the beer herself, reassures Lionel that consuming her beer will not give him webbed feet...

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Caption 37 [fr]: il faut vivre dans une pièce sans coins.
Caption 37 [en]: you need to live in a room without corners.

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Cœur de pirate - Oublie-moi

Difficulty: Intermediate

Canada

The French-Canadian singer Béatrice Martin, aka Cœur de Pirate (Pirate's Heart), sings a beautiful, sad song on love lost.

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Caption 23 [fr]: La verve qu'on avait reste dans les fonds
Caption 23 [en]: The verve that we had remains in the depths

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Le saviez-vous? - Les élections présidentielles - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia takes the opportunity to explain how the French presidential elections work. The vote happens in two stages. In the first round, voters choose from several candidates, and in the second round, they pick the president from the top two scoring candidates of the first round.

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Caption 24 [fr]: Dans ces cas-là, il est, bien sûr, directement élu Président de la République.
Caption 24 [en]: In these cases, he or she is of course directly elected President of the Republic.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père n'est pas mort - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Adèle discovers the whole truth about her dad and the tragic circumstances that led to his forced disappearance. Her mother's attempts to sugarcoat the truth do little to appease her anger.

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Caption 9 [fr]: C'est comme ça qu'il s'est engagé dans l'armée pendant cinq ans.
Caption 9 [en]: That's how he joined the army for five years.

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Le saviez-vous? - Conjugaison des verbes du 1er groupe au présent

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Learn how to recognize first-group verbs (ending in "er") and learn their ending patterns so you can conjugate them.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Par exemple, si c'est moi qui chante maintenant, dans le présent,
Caption 8 [en]: For example, if I'm the one who is singing now, in the present,

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Lionel L - La fête de la récup

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to a repurposing festival. It's the second edition of this festival in the Marais neighborhood, offering a great opportunity to recycle, repurpose, and reuse everyday objects that would otherwise be discarded. It's also a great way of taking care of our planet.

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Caption 2 [fr]: dans le quartier du Marais se passe la fête de la récup.
Caption 2 [en]: in the Marais neighborhood, the repurposing festival is happening.

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Lionel - Le vin de Toul - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel visits a winery in the Lorraine region, which was full of vineyards in Roman times. Only a fraction of those vineyards remain today. This particular winery produces a wine called "Gris de Toul" (Toul Gray) due to the grayish color of the grapes during the fermentation process.

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Caption 69 [fr]: Alors qu'aujourd'hui, euh... on a cent hectares dans les Côtes de Toul,
Caption 69 [en]: Whereas today, uh... we have one hundred hectares in the Côtes of Toul,

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Le saviez-vous? - Les verbes du 1er groupe les plus utilisés - Part 2

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Patricia introduces some more first-group verbs, which all end in -er, by creating little stories featuring them. Try creating some of your own!

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Caption 3 [fr]: les plus utilisés dans la langue française?
Caption 3 [en]: [that are] the most used in the French language?

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Le saviez-vous? - Les verbes du 1er groupe les plus utilisés - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Patricia goes over some of the most commonly used verbs of the first group (ending in -er). Once you learn them, try creating a story out of them!

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Caption 3 [fr]: qui sont les plus utilisés dans la langue française?
Caption 3 [en]: that are the most used in the French language?

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