All

Warmup Workout

Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part two of this series, "Once upon a Time... the Discoverers," Maestro talks about Cugnot, the inventor of the steam traction engine.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 26 [fr]: La vapeur, elle fait "chi", c'est tout!
Caption 26 [en]: Steam goes "shee," that's all!

Warmup Workout

Voyage dans Paris - Le 10ème Arrondissement - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to the tenth arrondissement to discover the Trinity Church, the "Peinture Céramique" building, and other little havens of peace in Paris. Daniel also introduces us to the Brabant Hotel and the 1950s-themed restaurant Playtime, inspired by Jacques Tati.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 30 [fr]: C'est un immeuble des années cinquante. On se croirait tout droit sorti d'un film d'Audiard.
Caption 30 [en]: It's a building from the fifties. You'd think you were straight out of an Audiard film.

Warmup Workout

Alsace 20 - Grain de Sel: le titre de Maître Restaurateur, c'est quoi?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

"Maître Restaurateur" (Master Restaurant Owner) is a title bestowed upon a select number of restaurants in France. What does it mean and how does a restaurant achieve this honor? Find out in this episode of "Grain de Sel" (Grain of Salt).

Matches in Transcript

Caption 22 [fr]: Alors tout simplement parce que ça fait maintenant dix ans qu'on travaille à notre compte.
Caption 22 [en]: So quite simply because it has now been ten years since we've been self-employed.

Warmup Workout

Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the series "Once Upon a Time... the Discoverers," the Maestro lets off some steam. Some two thousand years ago, Heron invented the steam machine in Alexandria, but it took two millenia to perfect the invention and put it to practical use.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 4 [fr]: Deux petits siècles, tout au plus.
Caption 4 [en]: Two short centuries, at the very most.

Warmup Workout

Oldelaf - Je mange

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Oldelaf, aka Olivier Delafosse, sings "Je mange" (I Eat). This darkly humorous video paints a portrait of a modern man's dysfunctional relationship with food. If it sounds a little too familiar to you, that could mean it's time for a game of table tennis (with a partner)!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 1 [fr]: Quand je suis tout seul chez moi toute la journée
Caption 1 [en]: When I am all alone at home all day

Warmup Workout

Joanna - Son quartier

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Joanna is proud to show us her neighborhood. Follow her around her new apartment, her favorite bar, the pretty little garden where children love to play, and learn some useful everyday vocabulary.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 38 [fr]: Le Jardin du Joli Cœur est un tout petit parc où on peut s'asseoir tranquillement
Caption 38 [en]: The Jardin du Joli Cœur is a very small park where you can sit quietly

Warmup Workout

TV Vendée - Fêtes de fin d’année : manger léger et équilibré

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Losing weight is one of the most common New Year's resolutions, probably due in part to the richness of holiday feasts. As you'll see in this video, a lot of French people switch to a diet of fresh fruit, vegetables, and soups as they get ready for the new year or recover from holiday indulgences. Clementines are an especially popular and low calorie wintertime snack.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 13 [fr]: Et tout ce qui est poireaux, euh... on va faire poireaux, carottes, euh... voilà la soupe.
Caption 13 [en]: And everything that is leeks, uh... we're going to make leeks, carrots, uh... that's it, the soup.

Warmup Workout

Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Cortés sets out to conquer Mexico with his four hundred men, sixteen horses, and seven cannons. He is joined later by native forces, the Totonac warriors.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 14 [fr]: Grande cité, beaucoup de guerriers, pas amis avec les Aztèques, pas amis du tout!
Caption 14 [en]: Big city, lots of warriors, not friends with the Aztecs, not friends at all!

Warmup Workout

Stromae - Tous les mêmes

Difficulty: Intermediate

Belgium

In the music video for "Tous les mêmes" (All the Same) Stromae impersonates both the man and the woman in a stormy relationship. He wants children. She doesn't want any because she thinks "men are all the same" and can't be trusted to raise them. Stromae concludes the song with a beautifully choreographed dance equal to none—except for the late Michael Jackson, perhaps.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 16 [fr]: Tu ne vois même pas tout ce que tu perds
Caption 16 [en]: You don't even see all that you're losing

Warmup Workout

Télésonne - Micro-trottoir : La neige

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

In this Micro-Trottoir episode, people are asked whether they are for or against snow. Most of the interviewees welcome snow and find it very pretty; it also makes them look forward to Christmas. But some people pointed out that snow has its drawbacks: it complicates things on the road for those who have to drive to work.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 11 [fr]: La... la meilleure c'est... c'est la neige. Quand il neige plus, tout de suite les sécheresses.
Caption 11 [en]: Snow is... is the best. When it's not snowing anymore, immediately the droughts.

Warmup Workout

Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 9

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

Quebec may never answer the vexing question: Should Quebec remain part of Canada or not? While opinions are divided, Quebecois don't necessarily show the same passion as the French when debating hot issues.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 22 [fr]: d'... des hôpitaux, des routes et tout ça,
Caption 22 [en]: of... of hospitals, of roads and all that,

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Rambouillet - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this last video on Rambouillet, Daniel shows us around the beautiful and enchanting Espace Rambouillet nature preserve, a large forest filled with deer, birds of prey, and other free-roaming animals. It's a perfect spot for nature lovers and animal lovers alike!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 37 [fr]: Le dernier espace s'appelle tout simplement la Forêt sauvage.
Caption 37 [en]: The last area is quite simply called the Wild Forest.

Warmup Workout

Cap 24 - Charlie Hebdo, Alessandro Di Sarno enquête...

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Alessandro Di Sarno takes us behind the scenes of the highly controversial French newspaper "Charlie Hebdo." After due consideration and in honor of the victims of the tragic attack on the magazine, Yabla made the decision to keep this video.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 6 [fr]: on est... on est en'... on est envahi d'ext'... d'extrémistes de tout bord et tout ça.
Caption 6 [en]: we are... we are in'... we are invaded by extr'... extremists on all sides and all that.

Warmup Workout

Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Cortés exchanges gifts with the Aztec Emperor, Montezuma. An excellent diplomatic move on both sides!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 25 [fr]: qu'il n'aura plus à accepter tout cela, que nous allons les protéger et...
Caption 25 [en]: that he won't have to put up with all this any longer, that we'll protect them and...

Warmup Workout

Leçons avec Lionel - Émotions

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Lionel gives a simple, step-by-step lesson on feelings that will enable you to express a range of emotions in French. We hope that you will be happy—heureux (masculine) or heureuse (feminine)—and not too fatigué(e) (tired) by the end of class!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 14 [fr]: Comme émotion positive, nous avons tout d'abord, par exemple, heureux.
Caption 14 [en]: For a positive emotion, we have first of all, for example, happy.

Difficulty

Category

Field

You must be a subscriber to leave a comment.

Difficulty

Category

All

Field

Captions

You must be a subscriber to leave a comment.