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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 7

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

In part seven of this series on Quebec, Olivier focuses on something that is dear to the hearts of many Québécois: the majestic Saint Lawrence River. He also explores their relationship with money and the way they conduct business. Olivier asks whether it's easier to do business in Quebec or in France. Quebec, it seems, offers more opportunities for companies, with fewer regulations and restrictions, while France remains a very productive country despite the thirty-five-hour workweek.

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Caption 25 [fr]: de la situation économique française.
Caption 25 [en]: the French economic situation.

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Voyage en France - La ville de Senlis - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this third episode on the medieval town of Senlis, Daniel Benchimol introduces us to the Venery Museum or hunting museum. The museum displays not only traditional uniforms of the Spahis but also the special architecture, painting, music, and art linked to the "venery" activities.

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Caption 17 [fr]: qui a combattu auprès de l'armée française pendant près de cent cinquante ans.
Caption 17 [en]: that fought alongside the French army for nearly one hundred fifty years.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

French Canada is a cultural mosaic that is still exploring its identity. Some French Canadians feel more American than French, while others feel more of an allegiance to their French roots. Somehow, a Quebecois nation is emerging out of all this, but not without some growing pains.

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Caption 74 [fr]: si tu vas derrière... la... grande nation française quand il a dix-huit ans,
Caption 74 [en]: whether you are going to stand behind... the... big French nation when he is eighteen,

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

One might think that the push to remove anglicisms from the French language would be stronger in France, but the larger movement to "purify" French is actually happening in Quebec. Many Québécois worry that the French language is endangered in Canada, and the Quebec government has taken measures to preserve it by inventing new words instead of borrowing from English. That's why an email is still un email in France, but un courriel in Quebec.

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Caption 19 [fr]: ils... ils.... ils aiment la langue française.
Caption 19 [en]: they... they... they like the French language.

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Caroline - et L'Express

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Caroline is an international business student with an interest in journalism. In this video, she talks to us about one of her school projects, which involved writing a supplement for the French magazine L'Express.

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Caption 31 [fr]: et que cela vous a permis d'apprendre un peu mieux la langue française
Caption 31 [en]: and that it enabled you to learn the French language a bit better,

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Manon et Clémentine - Conjugaison du verbe être

Difficulty: Beginner

France

To be or not to be? That is the question that our friends Manon and Clémentine address in this video on the verb être (to be). In their conjugations of the verb être, they demonstrate some of the concepts we covered in our lesson on liaisons.

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Caption 4 [fr]: "Être" est l'un des deux auxiliaires de la langue française.
Caption 4 [en]: "Être" is one of the two auxiliaries of the French language.

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Yacine Boularès - La Tunisie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The musician Yacine Boularès talks to us about his large family, which spans two continents, and explains the origins of French influence in Tunisia.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Euh... donc y avait un... une grosse influence de la langue française,
Caption 18 [en]: Uh... so there was a... a large influence of the French language,

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Voyage en France - Saint-Mammès

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol is in the charming little town of Saint-Mammès, south of Paris. Its unique location at the confluence of the Seine and the Loing was a source of inspiration for the famous impressionist painter born of British parents, Alfred Sisley.

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Caption 6 [fr]: d'être la deuxième ville de la batellerie française,
Caption 6 [en]: of being the second most important French inland water shipping town,

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Voyage en France - Fontainebleau

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol visits Fontainebleau, a town south of Paris that many French kings visited. Its magnificent Renaissance style castle was Napoleon's favorite residence.

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Caption 10 [fr]: La Révolution française n'a pas eu d'incidence notable sur le... le château.
Caption 10 [en]: The French Revolution had no significant impact on the... the castle.

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Margaux et Manon - Conjugaison du verbe faire

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Our charming teachers, Margaux and Manon, will inflict the verb "faire" on you. They did their best to make this grammar lesson on conjugation relatively painless.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Le verbe "faire" vient du latin comme de nombreux mots de la langue française.
Caption 5 [en]: The verb "faire" comes from Latin, like many words in the French language.

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JT - Douane: vigilance sur terre, en mer et dans les airs

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

French customs coast guards don't miss much, whether it's a freighter carrying drug traffickers or just a casual sailboat. But their main goal is to keep their country's waters pollution-free.

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Caption 14 [fr]: de la République française, qui est l'acte de francisation en l'occurrence.
Caption 14 [en]: of the French Republic, which is the Francization registration in this case.

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Voyage en France - La Normandie: Cabourg

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol shows us around Cabourg in Normandy. There, you'll find a casino and the famous Grand Hôtel, where Marcel Proust stayed and found inspiration for his book In Search of Lost Time.

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Caption 4 [fr]: face à un hôtel qui est un monument de l'hôtellerie française.
Caption 4 [en]: in front of a hotel that is a monument of the French hotel industry.

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L'auteur - Bernard Colin

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Bernard Colin, an author and publisher, shows us two books from his publishing house, Rebelyne Press: a work of autofiction that takes place in the 1970s and a collection of humorous short stories.

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Caption 36 [fr]: et donc, euh... pouvoir faire découvrir une littérature française, euh... régionale à l'Europe.
Caption 36 [en]: and so, uh... to be able to introduce a regional French literature, uh... to Europe.

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Voyage dans Paris - 7ème Arrondissement

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Whether you're a film fanatic or an architecture enthusiast, you'll surely find something to love about Paris's seventh arrondissement, presented to us by our trusty tour guide, Daniel Benchimol.

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Caption 20 [fr]: avec des affiches en version française.
Caption 20 [en]: with posters in French translation.

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Le Journal - La grippe aviaire - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Birds aren't the only ones who might feel their lifestyle's been a bit restricted lately. France’s rural cats enjoy a good hunt. But the avian flu has put the lid on sporting felines living in affected areas.

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Caption 3 [fr]: C'est ce qu'affirme ce soir l'Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments. En revanche,
Caption 3 [en]: That's what the French Agency of Sanitary Food Safety declared this evening. On the other hand,

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