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Lionel L - Le "Canard" a 100 ans

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Canard Enchaîné (Chained Duck) recently celebrated its 100-year anniversary. The independent satirical newspaper, known for its shocking headlines, survived many controversies and even censorship. It still has an avid fanbase today.

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Caption 42 [fr]: et qui avait eu des répercutions conséquentes sur la vie politique française.
Caption 42 [en]: and that had significant repercussions for French political life.

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TV Vendée - Vendée : Pierre Zucchi, 104 ans, raconte ses mémoires

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

TV Vendée interviews 104-year-old Pierre Zucchi, an architect and musician who helped build Queen Elizabeth's private hospital. So far, he's written five autobiographical books that he plans to share with his children.

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Caption 8 [fr]: d'un père italien et d'une mère française,
Caption 8 [en]: to an Italian father and a French mother,

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Le saviez-vous? - Les verbes du 2ème groupe

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video, you will learn to recognize the difference between first- and second-group verbs. First-group verbs end in -er in the infinitive and second-group verbs end in -ir. The verbs in each group have the same endings in each tense, which makes it a lot easier to learn how to conjugate them.

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Caption 7 [fr]: dans différents temps de la langue française:
Caption 7 [en]: in different tenses of the French language:

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Le saviez-vous? - La Cigale et la fourmi - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patricia recites one of Jean de La Fontaine's most famous fables, "La Cigale et la Fourmi" (The Cicada and the Ant). After spending the entire summer singing instead of storing food, the cicada is starving come winter. She hopes her neighbor the ant can help her....

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Caption 8 [fr]: à la fois pour leur belle langue française,
Caption 8 [en]: both in their beautiful French language,

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Voyage en France - Montmorency - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The quaint little town of Montmorency holds a few peculiar surprises, such as a gas station sign with an outdated phone number and a statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau that's been knocked over multiple times.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Derrière moi, une école à la française dans sa plus pure tradition,
Caption 4 [en]: Behind me, a French-style school in its purest tradition:

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Le saviez-vous? - La couleur blanche et ses expressions - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia takes us on a "white journey in the French language" by explaining some common French expressions using the word blanc/blanche (white).

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Caption 2 [fr]: La couleur blanche et ses expressions dans la langue française.
Caption 2 [en]: The color white and its expressions in the French language.

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Le saviez-vous? - La couleur noire et ses expressions

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia is in a dark mood.... Learn some expressions using the word noir (dark, black) and express your dark feelings in French!

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Caption 6 [fr]: La couleur noire dans la langue française est synonyme de mystères dangereux.
Caption 6 [en]: The color black in the French language is synonymous with dangerous mysteries.

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Le saviez-vous? - Les expressions à ne pas prendre au pied de la lettre - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Some expressions are not be taken literally, as they would not make a lot of sense. For example, vider son sac—literally, "to empty one's bag"—actually means something entirely different. Find out the real meaning of vider son sac and its origin in this video!

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Caption 3 [fr]: La langue française est pleine d'expressions imagées, de métaphores.
Caption 3 [en]: The French language is full of colorful expressions, of metaphors.

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Le saviez-vous? - Le mode subjonctif

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video, you will learn when to use the subjunctive mood in all kinds of everyday situations. Whenever you express a doubt, an uncertainty, or a wish, the subjunctive mood is usually required.

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Caption 32 [fr]: Vous aimez la langue française?
Caption 32 [en]: Do you like the French language?

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Le saviez-vous? - Exception dans les verbes du 1er groupe au passé composé

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this lesson, Patricia discusses some exceptions to first-group verbs in the passé composé, those that require the auxiliary verb être (to be) instead of avoir (to have). Don't worry, Patricia will conjugate them for you and illustrate them with a few examples.

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Caption 13 [fr]: En tout cas, ceux qui sont très utilisés dans la langue française.
Caption 13 [en]: In any case, those that are widely used in the French language.

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Le saviez-vous? - Le vocabulaire du corps

Difficulty: Beginner

France

If you are interested in learning the names of parts of the body in French, this lesson is for you! You will also learn some interesting expressions like prendre son pied, which translates as "to hold one's foot," but actually means "to have a good time."

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Caption 69 [fr]: il y a une autre expression française:
Caption 69 [en]: there's another French expression,

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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 43 [fr]: Il y a une expression française qui dit:
Caption 43 [en]: There is a French expression that says:

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Le saviez-vous? - Les élections présidentielles - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In part two of this series, you will learn about the political climate during the 2017 French presidential elections. You will also learn the prerequisites for being able to vote in France.

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Caption 13 [fr]: face à la politique française en général
Caption 13 [en]: toward French politics in general

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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 7 [fr]: qui deviendra le Président de la République française.
Caption 7 [en]: who will become the President of the French Republic.

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Le saviez-vous? - Paris, capitale de France

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this episode you will learn how Paris officially became the capital in the sixth century under the reign of Clovis. Paris was not built in a day, and in many respects, Paris is still being built today as many significant events, past and present, are still defining the history of the city.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Cette expression française, bien connue,
Caption 4 [en]: This well-known French expression

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