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Le saviez-vous? - La négation - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Patricia will teach you how to say "no" in French. It's not just a matter of saying non! Find out how to use ne pas (do not) in the right way.

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Caption 15 [fr]: C'est bien plus constructif et poli de répondre:
Caption 15 [en]: It's much more constructive and polite to answer:

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1789: Les Amants de la Bastille - Tomber dans ses yeux

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

"Tomber dans ses yeux" (To Fall into Her Eyes) is a song from the musical Les Amants de la Bastille (The Lovers of the Bastille), a love story set during the leadup to the storming of the Bastille in 1789. This video gives you a sneak peek of the musical as well as some behind-the-scenes footage.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Mais je n'irai plus nulle part
Caption 3 [en]: But I won't go anywhere anymore

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Voyage en France - Soissons - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part two of our discovery of Soissons, a very ancient town indeed (it was founded in the year 20 B.C.), Daniel Benchimol takes us on a sweltering summer day to visit some interesting places, including the Église Saint-Pierre, part of a seventh-century monastery where Charlemagne's daughter lived. He then shows us a baroque-style building on Little Red Riding Hood Street opposite a magnificent century-old fish market.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Nous nous trouvons plus précisément maintenant sur la passerelle des Anglais,
Caption 3 [en]: We are now, more precisely, on the Passerelle des Anglais [Footbridge of the English],

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is still in Liverdun, a small village in the Lorraine, to find out some more about the madeleine. It's a specialty of the region that comes in various delicious flavors, such as mirabelle plum and bergamot orange.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Et ensemble, nous allons apprendre encore un peu plus.
Caption 12 [en]: And together we'll learn a little bit more.

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Voyage en France - Soissons - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to Soissons, an ancient city that was the first capital of France. He shows us the memorial commemorating the victims of World War I and depicting the legend of the famous Soissons vase.

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Caption 10 [fr]: plus précisément dans le département de l'Aisne.
Caption 10 [en]: more precisely in the Aisne department.

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Jean-Claude and Rachelle, who own a specialty store full of delicious goodies. They talk to Lionel about the madeleine, a specialty of the Lorraine region that was supposedly invented by a cook named (you guessed it!) Madeleine.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Nous sommes une fois de plus en Lorraine,
Caption 9 [en]: We are once again in Lorraine,

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Le saviez-vous? - "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" de Louis Aragon

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia recites Louis Aragon's heartbreaking poem "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" (There Is No Happy Love), which has been set to music by a number of famous singers. You can listen to Françoise Hardy's version here.

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Caption 33 [fr]: Et pas plus que de toi l'amour de la patrie
Caption 33 [en]: And no more than your love for your homeland

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Aldo - L'empoisonneuse du 2e

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Aldo takes us to a very special house on 23 Rue Beauregard in Paris. In that house lived a shady character, Catherine Deshayes, who was responsible for the murder of thousands of infants. She and 36 others were burned at the stake by Louis XIV.

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Caption 10 [fr]: une des empoisonneuses les plus fameuses de Paris.
Caption 10 [en]: one of the most famous poisoners of Paris.

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Le Figaro - Elle a banni le sucre pendant un an - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Danièle Gerkens, who decided to give up sugar for a year, discovered some unexpected benefits on her health. She claims that she looks younger, feels healthier, and is free of cravings, but she cautions that everyone reacts differently. You can read another interview with her here.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Euh... teint plus lumineux.
Caption 11 [en]: Uh... a more luminous complexion.

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Le saviez-vous? - Conjugaison des verbes du 2ème groupe au futur simple

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia takes a glimpse into the future by showing you how to conjugate verbs of the second group (ending in -ir) in the future tense.

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Caption 63 [fr]: certains des verbes les plus populaires du deuxième groupe
Caption 63 [en]: some of the most popular second-group verbs

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France 24 - Réchauffement climatique : un danger pour le vin français - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this video, Jean-Marc Touzard explains the effects of global warming on wine growing and the quality of the wine in France.

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Caption 21 [fr]: des vins plus alcoolisés
Caption 21 [en]: more alcoholic wines

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sarah goes back to work feeling uneasy after having stolen a steak for her son the day before. Her colleague, whom she fancies, invites her for drinks. To her relief, he has no idea about the theft, so she is delighted to take him up on his offer.

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Caption 74 [fr]: Ça sera plus pratique pour Nino
Caption 74 [en]: It'll be more convenient for Nino

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Le Figaro - Elle a banni le sucre pendant un an - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Danièle Gerkens, a journalist working for Elle magazine, decided to eliminate sugar from her diet for a year. She related her experience in her book Zéro Sucre, explaining that sugar is indeed an addiction, similar to a drug addiction. Are you ready to give up your sweet tooth?

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Caption 77 [fr]: on a prouvé que l'addiction était plus forte...
Caption 77 [en]: it was proven that the addiction was stronger...

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Le saviez-vous? - Conjugaison des verbes du 2ème groupe au passé simple

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia teaches us how to conjugate second-group (-ir) verbs in the passé simple, or historical past. Unlike the more common passé composé, this tense is mainly used in literary works and in historical accounts.

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Caption 80 [fr]: certains des verbes les plus utilisés parmi les verbes du deuxième groupe.
Caption 80 [en]: some of the most commonly used verbs among the second-group verbs.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sarah goes to work at the frozen food factory as usual, but her day is anything but ordinary. Temptation gets the best of her as her son's unethical suggestion echoes in her mind and drives her to do something she would never have imagined possible.

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Caption 7 [fr]: à faire des heures sup' [supplémentaires] à n'en plus pouvoir?
Caption 7 [en]: working long hours until you can't take it anymore?

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