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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

The situation of the French language in Quebec is controversial and complex. Montreal was an English-speaking city until 1920, and it wasn't until the passage of Law 101 in 1977 that French became the official language of Quebec. According to some of the interviewees in this video, Québécois French is in a precarious position once again, with municipal signage and corporate names in Montreal reverting to English, as well as shopkeepers who refuse to speak French.

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Caption 52 [fr]: Elle est devenue française à compter de dix-neuf cent vingt. C'est tout récent!
Caption 52 [en]: It became French beginning in nineteen twenty. That's quite recent!

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Indila - Dernière danse

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In her first hit single, "Dernière Danse" (Last Dance), Indila shares her troubles, her loneliness, and her sense of rejection in the big city of Paris. Her sweet suffering (douce souffrance or douce France) is a melancholy echo of classic French songwriting, underlining her struggles and lending pathos to her courage.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Je veux m'enfuir que tout recommence
Caption 8 [en]: I want to run away to start everything over

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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 12 [fr]: tout au moins, leur construction.
Caption 12 [en]: at least their construction.

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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 13 [fr]: Y a rien d'impossible ici. Même... même si effectivement c'est pas pour tout le monde,
Caption 13 [en]: Nothing is impossible here. Even... even if effectively it's not for everyone,

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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 6 [fr]: C'est rare que... j'ai l'autobus tout de suite, hein!
Caption 6 [en]: It is rare that... I get the bus right away, you know!

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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 18 [fr]: Balivernes que tout ça!
Caption 18 [en]: Nonsense, all that!

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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 34 [fr]: Dès que t'arrives, tout de suite, tout est plus gros.
Caption 34 [en]: As soon as you get here, right away, everything is bigger.

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Ferme de la Croix de Pierre - Les chèvres

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the second episode of Ferme de la Croix de Pierre, the goat breeder gets all warm and cuddly with one of her baby goats, which become like plush toys when bottle-fed. She'll teach you all you need to know about caring for these adorable animals.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Puis, là, les chevreaux, ils mangent tout normalement quoi.
Caption 17 [en]: Then, there, the kids eat completely normally, you know.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part five of this episode on "The Discoverers," Galileo is warned. His belief that the Earth revolves around the sun is sacrilegious. Giordano Bruno, who claimed this fact, was burned as a heretic by the Inquisition Tribunal.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Non, c'est juste pour voir si tout marche bien.
Caption 3 [en]: No, it's just to see if everything is working well.

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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 65 [fr]: Et on met en pot tout chaud.
Caption 65 [en]: And we put it in jars still warm.

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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 52 [fr]: Du casque de VTT [vélo tout terrain]
Caption 52 [en]: Of the all-terrain bicycle helmet

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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 38 [fr]: C'est bien! Maintenant, tu vas fabriquer un tube autour de tout ça.
Caption 38 [en]: That's good! Now you are going to make a tube around all of that.

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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 18 [fr]: Un aspirateur français. -Ben. Vous... vous êtes allergique à la poussière ? -Tout à fait.
Caption 18 [en]: A French vacuum cleaner. -Well. You... you are allergic to dust? -Exactly.

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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 12 [fr]: Tout ça ne sert à rien!
Caption 12 [en]: All this is of no use!

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Cap 24 - Alessandro Di Sarno au Salon des vins et vignerons

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Alessandro visits a wine festival with his breathalyzer to make sure that nothing more than some innocent dégustation (sampling) is going on. Some of the people he interviews fail the test, but one expert claims it might not be that accurate to begin with!

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Caption 9 [fr]: Nous allons le vérifier tout de suite.
Caption 9 [en]: We're going to check it immediately.

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