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Voyage en France - Dourdan - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dourdan is a historic town with a magnificent church called the Église de Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. Renamed the "Temple of Victorious Reason" during the Revolution, the church now contains a statue that bears a striking resemblance to Darth Vader (known as Dark Vador in France).

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Caption 28 [fr]: Durant la Révolution française, l'église est pillée puis fermée.
Caption 28 [en]: During the French Revolution, the church is looted and then closed.

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Voyage en France - Dourdan - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us inside the castle of Dourdan, with its belfry, arrow loops, and many fortifications. This castle has a somewhat unusual history: find out why its roof was knocked off and why it was pretty much impregnable.

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Caption 31 [fr]: alors l'ORTF, ça veut dire Organisme Radiodiffusion Télévisée Française,
Caption 31 [en]: so ORTF means French Televised Broadcast Organization,

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Le saviez-vous? - La prononciation des voyelles et groupes de voyelles - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

France

In this lesson, Patricia will show you how to pronounce the six French vowels and the vowel combinations ai, an, au, ain, and aim.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Il y a six voyelles dans la langue française:
Caption 3 [en]: There are six vowels in the French language:

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Voyage en France - Rueil-Malmaison

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to town of Rueil-Malmaison and its famous castle, which once housed Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Joséphine. Besides being Empress of France, Joséphine also invented the concept of the rose garden during her stay in the castle.

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Caption 31 [fr]: Il s'ouvrait alors à l'extérieur sur un bosquet à la française.
Caption 31 [en]: It opened up at the time to the outside onto a French-style grove.

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Le saviez-vous? - Les différentes négations - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In the first part of this series on negation, you will learn how to use the formula ne... ni... ni (neither... nor... nor) to construct a negative sentence in French.

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Caption 57 [fr]: Tout le monde ici aime la langue française?
Caption 57 [en]: Does everyone here love the French language?

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Le saviez-vous? - La liaison - Part 2

Difficulty: Newbie

France

In part two of her lesson, Patricia will explain in-depth which words require a liaison. Some liaisons are compulsory while some are optional or omitted.

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Caption 54 [fr]: mais de nos jours la grammaire française
Caption 54 [en]: but nowadays French grammar

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Voyage en France - Mont-Valérien

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to Mont-Valérien, the highest vantage point just outside of Paris, where you will be able to take in a sweeping view of the capital. Mont-Valérien also represents a sad part of history, a site where thousands were executed during World War II. General de Gaulle inaugurated a memorial in 1962 to honor its victims.

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Caption 29 [fr]: Elles sont ornées du "RF" pour "République Française".
Caption 29 [en]: There are decorated with "RF" for "République Française" [French Republic].

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Le saviez-vous? - "Non plus", forme négative de "aussi" - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In the second part of this lesson on ne plus and aussi, you will learn another meaning of aussi. In addition to "also," it can mean "therefore" or "so."

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Caption 39 [fr]: Vous avez bien étudié les règles de la langue française.
Caption 39 [en]: You have studied the rules of the French language well.

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Le saviez-vous? - L'élision - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In part two of her lesson on elisions, Patricia will help you navigate the rules of elisions with multiple examples. They're an essential part of French speech that will no longer be a mystery!

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Caption 25 [fr]: une autre particularité de la langue française: la liaison
Caption 25 [en]: another peculiarity of the French language: the liaison,

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Le saviez-vous? - "Non plus", forme négative de "aussi" - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains the use of aussi (also) and non plus (neither). Non plus is the negative form of aussi.

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Caption 10 [fr]: J'aime la langue française
Caption 10 [en]: I like the French language

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Le saviez-vous? - L'élision - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Patricia will show you how to create an "elision" in French, which is when you omit certain vowels and replace them with an apostrophe (similar to saying "it's" instead of "it is" in English).

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Caption 3 [fr]: Dans la langue française, il y a des mots
Caption 3 [en]: In the French language, there are words

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Voyage en France - Poissy - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Don't miss this rendezvous with Daniel Benchimol in the town of Poissy near Paris. Enjoy a visit to a twelfth-century Romanesque church called the Collégiale de Poissy. You can also visit its priory, which now houses a toy museum to the delight of the little ones.

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Caption 31 [fr]: pendant la Révolution française,
Caption 31 [en]: during the French Revolution,

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Lea & Lionel L - Le parc de Bercy - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Join Lionel and Léa, who are having a good time in the pleasant Bercy Park. It's a favorite for the locals, who congregate there as soon as the sun is out.

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Caption 51 [fr]: Je vais en profiter pour... reprendre une expression française
Caption 51 [en]: I'm going to take the opportunity to... use a French expression

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France 3 - Les conséquences de la crise du beurre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Faced with a butter shortage in France, this bakery is among the few that are choosing to wait in hopes that the price of butter will drop. Apparently, customers are too fond of the bakery's delicious pastries to let a price increase deter them. After all, pastries are one of life's essentials in France...

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Caption 2 [fr]: Le croissant au beurre à la française serait-il en péril?
Caption 2 [en]: Could the French-style butter croissant be in peril?

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Adrien - Rue des Martyrs

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Adrien talks to us about Paris's Rue des Martyrs [Martyrs Street]. There, a hapless bishop, Saint Denis, was decapitated. He supposedly carried his severed head in his hand all the way up the street. But rest assured, the street has none of this gruesome past. It's filled with restaurants, bars, cafes, and cabarets to keep you entertained and happy.

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Caption 57 [fr]: C'est une référence en... en termes de cabarets à la française.
Caption 57 [en]: It's a reference [a landmark] in... in terms of French-style cabarets.

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