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Le saviez-vous? - Comment dire qu'on n'aime pas?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia will teach you how to say that you don't like something in tactful ways and in more direct ways. There are many interesting expressions to convey dislike, even disgust, but you might want to save some of them for private conversations.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Dans la culture française,
Caption 9 [en]: In French culture,

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Lionel - L'église de Liverdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our visit to Liverdun with Françoise and Lionel who will show you inside the collegiate church of Liverdun. It once housed the relics of Saint Euchaire, which were looted during the Revolution. Now all that remains is the statue of the saint with his head... in his hands!

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Caption 52 [fr]: pendant la Révolution française.
Caption 52 [en]: during the French Revolution.

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Manon et Clémentine - French INTRO - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Are you a first time Yabla user? Manon and Clementine will walk you through the program and show you how easy it is to use.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Ces vidéos reflètent la vraie culture française,
Caption 10 [en]: These videos reflect real French culture,

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Le saviez-vous? - Les bénéfices de la dictée

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains the multiple benefits of dictation exercises. Having fallen out of favor in recent years, dictation is making a comeback after the French Ministry of Education realized that language skills were deteriorating. Why not take full advantage of Yabla's Scribe game to improve those skills?

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Caption 4 [fr]: que la dictée est essentielle dans l'éducation française.
Caption 4 [en]: that dictation is essential in French education.

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Le saviez-vous? - Comment faire des crêpes

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia shares her family recipe for crêpes. All you'll need is some flour, eggs, milk, orange blossom, salt, and butter to make this classic French staple. Happy cooking!

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Caption 1 [fr]: Que vous fêtiez la Chandeleur, cette vieille tradition française,
Caption 1 [en]: Whether you celebrate Candlemas, this old French tradition,

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Le saviez-vous? - L'histoire de la dictée - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains the importance of dictation exercises for learning French. Now an essential teaching tool in the classroom, dictation was originally a pastime for French nobility. The author Prosper Mérimée created a dictation exercise for Empress Eugénie that stumped even the brightest intellectuals. Think you can beat them? Try it yourself here.

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Caption 9 [fr]: La dictée prend une telle importance dans la scolarité française
Caption 9 [en]: Dictation takes on such importance in French schooling

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Le saviez-vous? - L'histoire de la dictée - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

It took two hundred years to standardize French spelling before it could be taught in schools using a method called la dictée (dictation), in which a student writes out the words he or she hears. As a matter of fact, this is the exact same principle behind Yabla's Scribe game!

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Caption 3 [fr]: C'est un exercice essentiel dans l'éducation française.
Caption 3 [en]: It's an essential exercise in French education.

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la Chandeleur - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia delves into the festival of la Chandeleur, or Candlemas, which takes place on the second of February. In France, la Chandeleur is traditionally celebrated by eating crêpes.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Il y a une tradition française que j'aime particulièrement,
Caption 1 [en]: There is a French tradition that I particularly like,

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Bicloune - Magasin de vélos à Paris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Bicloune is a unique bicycle shop in Paris with a wide variety of models, from antique bikes from 1905 to contemporary foldable ones. Audrey Hepburn supposedly used to ride a bicycle like one found in this store.

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Caption 87 [fr]: qui est une... une intellectuelle française très connue
Caption 87 [en]: who is a... a very well-known French intellectual,

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Le saviez-vous? - Le quartier du Vieux Nice

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Come visit the neighborhood of Vieux Nice (Old Nice), with its charming village atmosphere and interesting architecture. You will notice a definite Italian influence in this French city near the Italian border.

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Caption 36 [fr]: On trouve aussi une influence française dans le Vieux Nice bien sûr.
Caption 36 [en]: We also find a French influence in Old Nice, of course.

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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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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 saviez-vous? - La tradition de la galette des rois - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia discusses the galette des rois (kings' cake), a classic holiday delicacy associated with the festival of Epiphany. A small figurine is placed inside the cake, and whoever finds it in his or her slice is crowned "king" or "queen" for the day.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Cette vieille tradition française
Caption 23 [en]: This old French tradition

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Voyage en France - Chantilly - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Continuing his tour of the town of Chantilly, Daniel takes us to a bucolic vegetable garden called the "Potager des Princes" (Princes' Vegetable Garden), which was frequented by many of France's most famous writers and dramatists, including Racine, Molière, and the Madame de Sévigné. Today it also includes a goat petting zoo!

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Caption 26 [fr]: qui avait été détruit pendant la période de la Révolution française.
Caption 26 [en]: that had been destroyed during the time of the French Revolution.

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Le saviez-vous? - La prononciation des voyelles et groupes de voyelles - Part 3

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Patricia concludes her series on vowels and vowel groups with a discussion of the vowels O and U. She also mentions a French word that contains all five vowels, but none of them are individually pronounced. Can you guess what it is?

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Caption 59 [fr]: Ces deux mots "ou" ["où"] sont très utilisés dans la langue française,
Caption 59 [en]: These two words, "ou" ["où"], are widely used in the French language,

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