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Le saviez-vous? - Les différentes négations - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia concludes her lesson on negation with a discussion of phrases using sans (without), double negation, and negation in the imperative mood.

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Caption 46 [en]: being able to speak French fluently one day?
Caption 46 [fr]: de pouvoir parler un jour couramment le français?

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Micro-Trottoirs - Macron, fais pas l'autruche !

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After one year in power, President Macron has lost some of his popularity. Opinions are divided as to his performance, but most agree that he is a very shrewd ruler, for better or worse.

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Caption 34 [en]: and that... what's happening with the SNCF [French National Railroad Company],
Caption 34 [fr]: et que... ce qui se passe avec la SNCF [Société nationale des chemins de fer français],

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Grand Lille TV - Un jeune champion de BMX

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this video, BMX champion Alexis Bonnay talks about his passion for his sport. Alexis recently came in second in the BMX World Championships in Zolder, Belgium. A pretty impressive feat for a fourteen-year-old!

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Caption 7 [en]: Present among the youth of the French team during these world championships in Belgium,
Caption 7 [fr]: Présent avec les jeunes de l'équipe de France lors de ces mondiaux en Belgique,

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Voyage en France - Le Mémorial de la France combattante - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol visits the Memorial of Fighting France on Mont Valérien, west of Paris. He reads us a moving message from an anonymous person who wrote a farewell letter to his family just before being executed by the Germans in 1942.

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Caption 11 [en]: The crypt houses sixteen cenotaphs of French combatants
Caption 11 [fr]: La crypte héberge seize cénotaphes de combattants français

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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 8 [en]: And it's a rule in French.
Caption 8 [fr]: Et c'est une règle en français.

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François - Livres conseillés

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

François selected three books to show us that are suitable for teens, adults, and French-language learners alike: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, La petite-fille de Monsieur Linh by Philippe Claudel, and Les Demeurées by Jeanne Benameur.

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Caption 2 [en]: that are, uh... by... by French authors,
Caption 2 [fr]: qui sont, euh... voilà, de... d'auteurs français,

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

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père s'oppose à ma passion - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Clara and Roger's persistence paid off. She passed her entrance examination to the sports-studies program. But first, she had to confront her father with the truth.

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Caption 59 [en]: Clara obtains good results in her French baccalaureate.
Caption 59 [fr]: Clara obtient de bons résultats à son bac français.

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Miniji - Michel

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France Brittany

Let's go to Brittany for a spot of sailing! A specially designed boat called the Miniji allows handicapped people to sail and compete in regattas.

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Caption 27 [en]: And we also have a French championship afterwards that takes place in August.
Caption 27 [fr]: Et on a un championnat de France par la suite aussi qui se déroule en août.

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

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père s'oppose à ma passion - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Clara has been taking dance classes for three months now. She's become friends with the other students, who help her prepare for her baccalaureate exam. Roger, her homeless friend, has also been a great help, and he's more educated than she realized!

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Caption 34 [en]: She's reviewed for her French baccalaureate
Caption 34 [fr]: Elle a révisé son bac français

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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 7 [en]: I like French, and you too [so do you].
Caption 7 [fr]: J'aime le français, et vous aussi.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père s'oppose à ma passion - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Clara's father finally catches up with her after she disappears for the afternoon. He sees her talking to the homeless man he saw earlier and is concerned for her safety. She goes home with her father and things quiet down a little, for now....

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Caption 4 [en]: Well, yes. You have a French baccalaureate exam to take, no?
Caption 4 [fr]: Ben oui. T'as un bac de français à passer, non?

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Le saviez-vous? - La négation - Part 3

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Patricia continues her lesson on negation. In part three, you will learn where to place ne pas (not) in a sentence with a conjugated verb and a verb in the infinitive.

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Caption 39 [en]: Yes, you studied French today,
Caption 39 [fr]: Oui, vous avez étudié le français aujourd'hui,

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

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