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Lionel - Les nombres

Difficulty: Beginner

France

You can count on Lionel to give you a fun and thorough introduction to numbers in French! From counting the thirteen ducks on the lake to explaining how the higher numbers are constructed, Lionel will tell you all you need to know to become an expert at French numbers.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Bonjour. Nous sommes à Diefenbach lès Puttelange.
Caption 1 [en]: Hello. We are in Diefenbach lès Puttelange.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Galileo is under close scrutiny because of his Copernican views. Unfazed, he carries on his research and his teachings. Will the Inquisition bring his demise or will his powerful friends, Pope Urban VIII among them, protect him?

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Caption 23 [fr]: Galileo, nous avons maintenant trois enfants,
Caption 23 [en]: Galileo, we now have three children,

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

In the second episode of Le Québec parle aux Français, we learn more about the complex relationship between the French and the Quebecois throughout history. We also learn about the evolution of the French language in Quebec—according to a former Prime Minister of Quebec, the province even "spoke French before France"!

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Caption 50 [fr]: Oui, ils nous le disent, vous avez un accent comme s'ils en avaient pas.
Caption 50 [en]: Yes, they tell us, "you have an accent," as if they didn't have one.

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Cap 24 - Les bus sont-ils toujours en retard ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Even the bus drivers will admit it: Parisian buses have a tendency to run late. But the drivers aren't to blame, since they're hindered by car traffic like everyone else. Luckily, the interviewer in this video has some "good humor patches" to soothe any frustrated straphangers!

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Caption 2 [fr]: Idée reçue ou vérité? Nous allons enquêter pour vous sur un échantillon représentatif.
Caption 2 [en]: Preconceived notion or truth? We will investigate for you on a representative sample.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Galileo is about to throw caution to the wind and reveal his startling discoveries about planet Earth.

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Caption 6 [fr]: C'est bien. Nous irons.
Caption 6 [en]: That's good. We will go.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

In the first episode of this documentary on Quebec, a young Frenchman shares his impressions on Canada. As the interviewees in the film demonstrate, the Quebecois have conflicting attitudes toward the French—some see them as "snobs," while others see them as just "polite."

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Caption 11 [fr]: Et puis, j'étais un petit peu stressé à l'idée de... savoir: qu'est-ce qu'ils pensent de nous?
Caption 11 [en]: And then, I was a little bit stressed at the idea of... finding out, what do they think of us?

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Visite de la chapelle de glace de Leysin

Difficulty: Beginner

France

A former bobsled champion created an ice chapel in Leysin, Switzerland. As you might expect, this unusual place of worship is only available during the cold winter months. If you're interested in visiting, make sure to do it before it melts away!

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Caption 2 [fr]: Nous sommes à Leysin, en Suisse, et cette chapelle a été conçue par Silvio Giobellina,
Caption 2 [en]: We are in Leysin, in Switzerland, and this chapel was designed by Silvio Giobellina,

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Lucette - La confiture d'abricots

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Lucette teaches us how to make some delicious, homemade apricot jam. She also skillfully recites an apricot-related tongue-twister!

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Caption 50 [fr]: ma mère nous faisait répéter "abricots cuits, abricots crus" le plus vite possible
Caption 50 [en]: my mother made us repeat "cooked apricots, raw apricots" as quickly as possible

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Oldelaf - Le Crépi

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Oldelaf turned his abhorrence for rough stucco walls that scrape your skin into a funky song, "Le crépi" (Stucco).

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Caption 5 [fr]: Pour nous pondre un truc pareil
Caption 5 [en]: To hatch out such a thing for us

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part four of this episode on "The Discoverers," Galileo, now a reputable scholar at the University of Padua, proceeds to make a telescope out of lenses with the help of his instrument maker, Marc'Antonio. In this cartoon, an attempt is made to explain Galileo's discoveries.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Et pour la première fois, nous avons ici les bases d'une loi.
Caption 10 [en]: And for the first time, we have here the bases of a law.

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Lionel - à la brocante

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to an Alsace flea market and unearths some shopping gems: old vintage postcards painted by a student of Picasso, a set of tires, a few saucepans, and a makeup kit that he buys for his four-and-a-half-year-old daughter, or so he claims...

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Caption 1 [fr]: Bonjour. Nous sommes ici à Grundviller sur la brocante.
Caption 1 [en]: Good morning. We are here in Grundviller at the flea market.

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Salon Eco Habitat - La peinture à l'ocre

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

How would you like to learn to make your very own ochre paint? Jean-Michel and Stéphane will share their recipe, which is not unlike crêpe batter. While the paint may not be fit for human consumption, it's non-toxic and extremely durable.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, c'est... c'est ben le village où nous sommes avec, euh... mon comparse, euh...
Caption 16 [en]: Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, it's... it's... well, the village where we are with, uh... our associates, uh...

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Ferme de la Croix de Pierre - Les lapins

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Have you ever wondered where the wool from your luxurious angora sweater comes from? At the Ferme de la Croix, a lovely lady breeds angora rabbits and goats on her farm. She explains the shearing process and how she cares for her pets. We learn that one rabbit can yield forty balls of angora wool every hundred days. That's a lot of sweaters!

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Caption 12 [fr]: Normal. Et donc, euh... avec cette mue, nous, on les aide seulement.
Caption 12 [en]: Normal. And so, uh... with this shedding, we, we only help them along.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Episode nine of this series focuses on Galileo, a prolific inventor and scientist. He discovered the principle of the simple pendulum motion, very useful in the measure of time and later in the making of clocks.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Et... qui êtes-vous, jeune homme, pour prétendre nous apprendre la médecine?
Caption 3 [en]: And... who are you, young man, to claim to teach us medicine?

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Alsace 20 - Rencontre avec les membres d'IAM

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Meet the members of IAM, a very popular French rap group originating from Marseille. They discuss their successful career and their latest album, Arts Martiens (Martian Arts).

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Caption 21 [fr]: qui nous intéresse beaucoup depuis le début, comme l'Égypte, comme, euh...
Caption 21 [en]: that has interested us a lot from the beginning, like Egypt, like, uh...

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