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Alain Etoundi - Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

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In the final segment of Alain Etoundi's Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! (Go Film Yourselves!), Etoundi denounces the French criminal justice system, which tends to punish poor people of color more heavily than affluent white people who commit similar crimes.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Je m'en fous! J'existe quand même.
Caption 2 [en]: I don't give a damn! I exist anyway.

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Jean-Pierre's canine club is a very structured environment, where both the dog owners and the dogs receive a membership card. And the dogs even receive a report card as well, just like children in school!

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Caption 24 [fr]: quand on lui dit:
Caption 24 [en]: when we tell him:

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Le saviez-vous? - Les verbes du 2ème groupe les plus utilisés

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains how to conjugate second-group verbs in the present indicative. Regular verbs ending in -ir all follow the same conjugation rules.

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Caption 13 [fr]: C'est-à-dire quand il y a plusieurs options
Caption 13 [en]: That is, when there are several options,

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Christian Le Squer - Je ne fais que goûter!

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Chef Christian Le Squer, takes us into the kitchen of his three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Le Cinq. You will see the cooks at work making exquisite dishes. Le Squer wants the food cooked to perfection, even "sexy," as he puts it. His job is to taste only, but it's not as easy as it looks.

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Caption 42 [fr]: C'est quand même un rôle...
Caption 42 [en]: It's still a role...

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After her divorce, Sarah is raising her son Nino alone and is having trouble coping with his hostile behavior. Her financial situation doesn't allow for meat on the table more than twice a week. Nino proposes a dishonest solution, but his mother won't hear of it.

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Caption 42 [fr]: Quand c'est pas des pâtes, c'est des pâtes.
Caption 42 [en]: When it's not pasta, it's pasta.

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Alain Etoundi - Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

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A black mother who joined the film project launched by Alain Etoundi is critical of movies that don't portray black people accurately and perpetuate stereotypes. She says there's a dearth of good movies with positive role models for young black people.

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Caption 13 [fr]: parce que quand votre fils est arrêté avec trois grammes de drogue,
Caption 13 [en]: because when your son is arrested with three grams of drugs,

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Chic is a very special dog who is the epitome of excellent training and good behavior. Jean-Pierre explains some important factors regarding training, like the sex of the animal. Apparently, male dogs respond better to female trainers and vice versa.

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Caption 72 [fr]: Et puis quand il est content, un peu...
Caption 72 [en]: And then when he's happy, a little...

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Le saviez-vous? - Conjugaison du verbe finir au présent

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video, you will learn how to conjugate the verb finir (to finish) in the present tense. This verb is used as a reference for all second-group verbs, which end in -ir.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Quand c'est toi qui fais l'action,
Caption 18 [en]: When it's you who does the action,

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Voyage en France - Auvers-sur-Oise - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel finishes up his tour of Auvers-sur-Oise with an appreciation of Vincent Van Gogh, who completed an astounding eighty paintings during his two-month sojourn in the village. In this video, you'll see the inn where the artist stayed during his visit, along with some of the gorgeous stops on the "painters' discovery" tour of Auvers-sur-Oise. It's easy to see why the village was such an inspiration to the impressionists!

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Caption 27 [fr]: Et puis quand on dit qu'à Auvers-sur-Oise les gens aiment la peinture,
Caption 27 [en]: And then, when it is said that in Auvers-Sur-Oise people like painting,

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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 15 [fr]: c'est-à-dire quand une action dépend d'une condition;
Caption 15 [en]: that is, when an action depends on a condition;

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Alain Etoundi - Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

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After multiple organizations refused to finance his film Un frère comme moi (A Brother Like Me), Alain Etoundi decided to speak out by making a short film called Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! (Go Film Yourselves!). He criticizes the French film industry for not doing justice to suburban black communities, preferring instead to churn out films with stereotypical black characters.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Dans la rue, quand je voulais quelque chose, je me servais.
Caption 21 [en]: On the streets, when I wanted something, I helped myself.

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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Rokhaya Diallo draws a parallel between incidents of racial discrimination and police brutality in the United States and similar incidents in French suburbs. She notes that young people are mobilizing and becoming more politically engaged in the aftermath of the infamous Théo case.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Quand on voit le... le reportage,
Caption 3 [en]: When we see the... the news reports,

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel interviews his cousin Jean-Pierre, who is a dog trainer. Jean-Pierre explains that dogs are like children: the sooner they are trained, the better. As a dog gets older, it becomes increasingly difficult to fix bad behaviors. However, it's never too late to teach an old dog new tricks...

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Caption 66 [fr]: avec dix os dessus, oh oui en fait... -Alors on parle... quand on parle de l'âge,
Caption 66 [en]: with ten bones on top, oh yes in fact... -So we talk... when we talk about the age,

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Stromae - Te Quiero

Difficulty: Intermediate

Belgium

Stromae sings "Te Quiero" ("I love you" in Spanish). He describes a frustrating relationship that he knows he won't be able to quit.

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Caption 41 [fr]: J'aurai l'air d'un con quand je sauterai dans le vide
Caption 41 [en]: I'll look like a fool when I jump into the void

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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 27 [fr]: Quand la bise fut venue.
Caption 27 [en]: When the north wind came.

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