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Cap 24 - Découverte d'un restaurant parisien

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Come inside this fabulous restaurant and bar in Paris’s 19th arrondissement and see what the chef is preparing and the bartender is mixing. Just don’t watch this one on an empty stomach!

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Caption 8 [fr]: Voilà! Alors je vais d'abord vous présenter le chef de cet endroit, propriétaire de l'endroit.
Caption 8 [en]: All right! So first I'm going to introduce you to the chef of this place, the owner of the place.

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Sports Shop - D'un sport à l'autre

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Meet Pierre Carl and take a tour around his Montreal sports shop, called D’un sport à l’autre (which means “from one sport to another”). Bikes are the top-seller in summer, but you’ll see they have fun stuff for any season!

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Caption 31 [fr]: Et voilà, on revient au point de départ.
Caption 31 [en]: And there you have it, we're back at the starting point.

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Visiter un yacht - Dans la cuisine

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Sure, the kitchen might be a little smaller on a yacht, but that doesn’t mean you can’t prepare a delicious dish! Patrick Barbary whips up some pasta for us and invites us to dine with him. Cheers, Captain!

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Caption 11 [fr]: Voilà! Maintenant la sauce: tomates et euh... chair à saucisse, oignon, ''garlic'', sel.
Caption 11 [en]: There! Now, the sauce: tomatoes and uh... sausage meat, onion, garlic, salt.

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Les Nubians - Le multiculturalisme

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We’re all a part of this big, happy family that is humanity. Now if only we could get our “universal citizen” passports…

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Caption 33 [fr]: Nous faisons partie de cette grande humanité, euh... voilà.
Caption 33 [en]: We belong to this vast humanity, uh... there you have it.

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Visiter un yacht - La timonerie

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Ever wanted to spend some time on a yacht in the Bahamas? No, that’s not a trick question — now you can! Take a tour with Patrick Barbary and his captain’s chair.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Voilà dans ma... dans la chaise du capitaine.
Caption 21 [en]: Here I am in my... in the captain's chair.

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Les Nubians - Les langues

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

What can multilingualism bring you? It sheds light, penetrates cultures, and gives off an emotional echo. In this clip, Les Nubians remind us of all the reasons we should be glad we’re using Yabla French!

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Caption 3 [fr]: Euh, on a toujours baigné, voilà, dans... dans... dans ce, on va dire cette... ce... ce côté polyglotte.
Caption 3 [en]: Uh, we've always been immersed, you know, in... in... in this, let's say this... this... this multilingual aspect.

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Les Nubians - Les origines et les influences

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Hélène and Célia tell us about their musical influences, origins, and inspiration. When they encountered prejudice about Africa and Africans upon coming back to France, Les Nubians used music to paint a truer picture of African culture.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Mais sinon les Nubians, ben voilà, nous sommes sœurs.
Caption 9 [en]: But otherwise, about the Nubians, well there you go, we're sisters.

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Les Nubians - Présentation

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Les Nubians, two singer-songwriter sisters who grew up in both Paris and Chad and whose music has been nominated for several awards, including a Grammy (and not just in the World Music category, thank you very much). We know we’re big fans!

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Caption 3 [fr]: Nous sommes sœurs... -Voilà.
Caption 3 [en]: We're sisters... -That's right.

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Lionel L - Les genres

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Tired of stuffy old grammar exercises in text books? Come along with Lionel and learn something about the use of gender in French. This one’s fun, we promise — and no boring rules to memorize!

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Caption 17 [fr]: Alors on sai'... on sait pas pourquoi c'est un homme. C'est... mais c'est comme ça, voilà.
Caption 17 [en]: So we don't kno'... we don't know why it's a man. It's... but that's how it is, that's it.

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Bertrand Pierre - Victor Hugo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Bertrand Pierre was inspired by Victor Hugo, and Victor Hugo was inspired by his very active love life. As it turns out, Hugo’s little love poems make for great song lyrics.

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Caption 30 [fr]: Il avait une... une... une activité sentimentale et, euh, et sexuelle assez débordante, voilà. Euh...
Caption 30 [en]: He had... a... a rather overactive romantic and, uh, sex life, you know. Uh...

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Paris Tour - Visite guidée de Paris

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Come along with Héloïse on a tour of Paris. See the Eiffel Tower, the Bastille, and more! Who needs a bateau-mouche when you can drive with Yabla?

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Caption 11 [fr]: Et voilà. Donc on va continuer...
Caption 11 [en]: And so it goes. So let's move on...

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Le Journal - Dilemme des restaurants

Difficulty: Beginner

France

How should a restaurant owner go about finding the right recipe for passing on the increasing cost of basic ingredients to the customer? By math or by witchcraft?

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Caption 11 [fr]: donc mettre des portions plus petites, soit acheter des produits de basses catégories, voilà.
Caption 11 [en]: that is to say give smaller servings, or buy products of lesser quality, that's it.

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Fanny et Corrine - Langues et cultures

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In our last interview with Fanny and Corrine, we hear a bit more about Brittany and learn about multiculturalism in France and how cultures can influence languages.

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Caption 3 [fr]: pour, euh... -Le garder dans la culture. -Le garder, voilà, dans la... dans leur culture.
Caption 3 [en]: to, uh... -Keep it as part of the culture. -That's it, to keep it in the... in their culture.

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Bertrand Pierre - Sa formation

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Remember Bertrand Pierre, the smooth crooner of “Si vous n’avez rien à me dire”? He’s back to tell us about his background as a musician, and how he stumbled across the Victor Hugo idea…

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Caption 25 [fr]: il joue du bouzouki, qui est un instrument grec. Voilà.
Caption 25 [en]: he plays bouzouki, which is a Greek instrument. That's it.

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Charles-Baptiste - Interview

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Men, women, love: Charles-Baptiste tells us what’s special (and what’s universal) about his love life in New York, and lets us in on the secret to his success. You have to get your hands dirty!

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Caption 4 [fr]: pour euh... pouvoir aller attraper des diamants. Voilà.
Caption 4 [en]: to uh... be able to go catch diamonds. There you go.

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