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EP 9| De quelle année date mon film préféré ? (What year was my favourite film made?) · The Learn French With Alexa Podcast

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  Bonjour et bienvenue à notre podcast numéro 9 de Learn French
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  with Alexa. That's right, we are at number 9
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  of this special series titled "Fun Fact About Me, Alexa
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  Polidoro". How narcissist is that?
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  I'm asking you. By then, you must think, "Okay,
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  I've had enough of her. I don't even know who she is."
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  That's fine. As long as you learn something
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  in French, that's what matters to me.
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  Anyway, I'm going to read a short passage on a fact about
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  me. We've heard so far 8 facts about
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  me, and I'm going to teach you some stuff, but tell you the
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  title of this podcast is "Mon film préféré".
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  Now, my favourite film. "Quel est mon film préféré ?"
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  That's not the main question of the text, by the way.
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  We have something else for you. But "quel est mon film préféré
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  ?" I'm sure you're going to be
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  surprised and probably not know the film I'm referring to.
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  But it's a film that somehow marked me.
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  I don't know why, when I saw it in the '90s.
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  Why do I like this film so much? Now, I like hundreds of films,
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  hundreds of films are my favourite ones, but this one in
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  French is the one I always go back to.
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  I don't know. I'm sure you have one as well in
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  your language, if it's not English.
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  What is your favourite, the first film that you remember and
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  that marked you, I don't know, and you can remember.
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  Anyway, here's the text. Listen carefully.
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  Écoutez attentivement. Mon film préféré est assez
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  vieux. Il s'intitule « La Discrète ».
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  C'est un film français du réalisateur Christian Vincent,
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  sorti en 1990. C'est l'histoire d'un homme qui
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  s'appelle Antoine et qui est écrivain.
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  Il est triste et en colère parce que sa petite amie l'a quitté.
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  Alors, il décide de faire quelque chose de cruel pour se
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  venger. L'acteur principal s'appelle
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  Fabrice Luchini. Je l'adore, car il joue très
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  bien. Il est souvent très drôle dans
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  les films qu'il fait. Ce que j'aime dans ce film,
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  c'est qu'il y a une morale très claire à cette histoire, mais
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  c'est aussi l'intelligence des dialogues.
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  Now we are in episode number 9. We've gone up a level.
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  It's no longer A1/A2, it's A2/B1 level.
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  Now, because it's A2/B1 level, I would like to focus on something
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  that we cover in lesson 24 of the course.
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  So we are going to cover les pronoms relatifs.
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  Relative pronouns. So we cover, in the complete
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  French course, the direct object pronoun, and then move on to
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  indirect object pronouns, which you will find in lesson 26 of
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  the course. And by the way, we've got 40
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  core lessons attached to a lot and a lot of supplementary
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  lessons and quizzes and support guides and access to live
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  lessons, etc. As a matter of fact, let's
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  So we've heard from our sponsor. I don't know who they are, but
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  they seem really lovely. Anyways, let me ask you this
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  question: De quelle année date mon film préféré ?
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  From which year? De quelle année date mon film
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  préféré? Is my favourite film, in effect.
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  So this is my first question. My second question, if you have
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  time to listen to this: Pourquoi est-ce que j'aime Fabrice
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  Luchini? Why do I like Fabrice Luchini?
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  Pourquoi est-ce que j'aime Fabrice Luchini ?
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  Now, we are going to stick to these two questions for the
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  second reading. But you can answer just one.
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  It doesn't matter. Nothing is set in stone.
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  You do whatever you want. De quelle année date mon film
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  préféré ? What is the year of the film
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  that I like, the French film? Listen really carefully to the
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  second reading. Écoutez attentivement.
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  Mon film français préféré est assez vieux.
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  Il s'intitule « La Discrète ». C'est un film français du
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  réalisateur Christian Vincent, sorti en 1990.
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  C'est l'histoire d'un homme qui s'appelle Antoine et qui est
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  écrivain. Il est triste et en colère parce
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  que sa petite amie l'a quitté. Alors, il décide de faire
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  quelque chose de cruel pour se venger.
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  L'acteur principal s'appelle Fabrice Luchini.
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  Je l'adore, car il joue très bien.
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  Il est souvent très drôle dans les films qu'il fait.
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  Ce que j'aime dans ce film, c'est qu'il y a une morale très
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  claire à cette histoire, mais c'est aussi l'intelligence des
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  dialogues Okay, guys, we've listened to it twice now.
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  Did you manage to answer: "quelle est la date de mon film
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  préféré ?" Did you hear that?
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  Numbers, let alone for me in English, are hard, but if you're
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  learning French, getting numbers in text or audio is really hard.
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  Now here, this film dates from mille neuf cent
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  quatre-vingt-dix, ou dix-neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix, I could
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  have said. So "l'année, la date de mon film
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  préféré, c'est mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix". 1990, not
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  1919. Sorry, 1990, quatre-vingt-dix.
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  Okay. Now remember that when we do
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  numbers in French, from 70 upwards, 60 is soixante, but 70
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  is 60 ten, so soixante-dix. And 80 is four 20, so
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  quatre-vingt. And 90 is four 20 ten, so
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  quatre-vingt-dix. Okay, you've got to do maths in
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  French. Seriously.
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  And so you can imagine 99, quatre-vingt-dix-neuf.
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  So that will be four 20s plus 10 plus nine.
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  Yeah, I know, quatre-vingt-dix-neuf.
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  In that case, we have "mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix", the
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  date of the film. It's very old, 36 years old.
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  Ce film a 36 ans. But I was young then.
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  I was 19 when I watched it, so that tells you my age.
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  Ooh là là. I was old.
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  No, I was not old, sorry. I was young.
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  That's what I mean. So I wonder why the story
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  appealed to me. Now, I'm going to read it a
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  third time, okay? And I'll tell you what the story
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  is about, unless you want to watch it.
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  Maybe you watch it. Okay.
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  So, I'll tell you a little bit about the film then, and I'll
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  let you watch it, okay? By the way, the title "La
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  Discrète" means "the discreet," as in the discreet girl, okay?
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  But it has nothing to do with the fact that the girl is
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  discreet. It has all to do with the place
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  the beauty spot was placed on someone's face.
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  So let me go back here. "La discrète" is the name of a
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  beauty spot. The beauty spot that back in
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  time, let's say the 18th century, potentially early 18th
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  century, maybe late 18th century, I don't know.
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  People, as a beauty, just like we put lipsticks nowadays or
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  whatever, used to place a beauty spot on their face.
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  And depending on where that beauty spot was placed, it was
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  giving a message to people. So "la discrète" would have been
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  here. I don't know if you see here
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  where I'm pointing, if you're listening to it, I'm pointing at
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  the top of my cheek here. Okay.
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  And that would have been a place which meant "discrète".
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  I am discreet. And wherever it was placed
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  throughout your face and even on the top of your chest as well,
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  was a message. Right.
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  So my second question was: pourquoi est-ce que j'aime
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  Fabrice Luchini ? Now, Fabrice Luchini is our
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  national treasure in France. Everybody knows Fabrice Luchini.
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  Well, at least my generation. I'm not sure about the young
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  ones. But he's been in so many films,
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  and I think originally, he fell into acting completely by
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  accident, I think. He originally was a hairdresser,
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  I think. I want to say something like
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  that, but you can Google him anyway.
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  But I don't think it was what he was meant to do, and the thing
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  is, we discovered that this actor could do all kind, even a
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  very complex text. He can deliver a Molière text,
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  the equivalent of Shakespeare in the UK.
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  He can deliver a text such as Molière without any problems and
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  giving it life. And this is what's amazing about
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  Fabrice Luchini, is that he's a very versatile actor.
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  Anyway: pourquoi est-ce que j'aime Fabrice Luchini ?
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  Why do I like Fabrice Luchini? Parce que il joue très bien.
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  Je l'adore. I love him.
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  L'adore. L apostrophe here is a direct
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  object to "adore". So, donc je l'adore.
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  Okay. Car il joue très bien.
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  Because he plays really well. I think he's an amazing actor.
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  Il est souvent très drôle dans les films qu'il fait.
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  He's often very funny in the films that he makes.
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  That he makes. Here, We have "que il fait".
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  Okay, you've got a pronom relatif "que".
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  We've got two. We've got "que" and "qui".
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  So what I want to do here, we've read it twice, so I want to read
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  it again, and then read it again when translating it, and
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  pointing out the indirect object pronouns and the direct object
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  pronouns and the relative pronouns, the "qui" and the
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  "que". Now, mon film préféré est assez
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  vieux. Il s'intitule "La Discrète".
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  C'est un film français du réalisateur Christian Vincent
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  sorti en 1990. C'est l'histoire d'un homme qui
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  s'appelle Antoine et qui est écrivain.
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  Il est triste et en colère parce que sa petite amie l'a quitté.
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  Alors il décide de faire quelque chose de cruel pour se venger.
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  L'acteur principal s'appelle Fabrice Luchini.
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  Je l'adore car il joue très bien.
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  Il est souvent très drôle dans les films qu'il fait.
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  Ce que j'aime dans ce film, c'est qu'il y a une morale très
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  claire à cette histoire, mais c'est aussi l'intelligence des
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  dialogues. So I could have asked you: Why
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  do I love this film so much ? C'est qu'il y a une morale très
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  claire à cette histoire. There is a very clear moral to
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  this story. Mais c'est aussi l'intelligence
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  des dialogues. But it's also how intelligent
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  the dialogues are. It's clever.
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  The story is really clever. It's all about vengeance, but
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  getting stung by it at the same time.
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  And it hurts. And I think that's why I love
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  that film so much, but I'll let you discover it.
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  But it's how the plan of a man doesn't end up the way he
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  planned it. And on the contrary, it bites
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  you back. But watch it and you'll
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  understand. Let's have a look at the text.
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  And in the meantime, you could say what is your favourite film
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  ? Quel est votre film préféré ?
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  I know that there would be categories.
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  Quel est votre film préféré d'aventure, par exemple ?
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  Quel est votre film préféré d'action ?
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  Quel est votre film préféré de science-fiction ?
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  De film noir ou d'horreur ou d'épouvante ?
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  Etc. You could tell me, couldn't you
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  ? So leave that in the comments.
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  And of course, my favourite film of all time, as in all together
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  internationally, is "The Wings of Desire" by Wim Wenders.
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  I'm a big fan of Wim Wenders. Anyway.
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  Here is the last reading with translation.
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  Mon film préféré est assez vieux.
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  My favourite film is quite old. Assez vieux.
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  "Assez" means quite. Assez vieux.
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  Now have a look at "mon film préféré".
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  Now the order is my favourite film.
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  Do you see the order of that? My favourite film.
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  So in French, we have "mon" and then "film préféré".
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  So it's my film preferred. It's quite old.
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  Il s'intitule "La Discrète". I could have said : ça s'appelle
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  "La Discrète" or it's called "La Discrète".
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  C'est un film français. It is a French film.
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  Du réalisateur Christian Vincent.
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  It is a French film from the director Christian Vincent.
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  Sorti en 1990. Which came out or released in
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  1990. C'est l'histoire d'un homme qui
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  s'appelle Antoine et qui est écrivain.
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  It is a story of a man who is called Antoine and who is a
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  writer. Qui s'appelle Antoine et qui est
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  écrivain. Now, I would like you to have a
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  look at lessons 24 and 26 of the French course.
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  And if you haven't bought the course, look at the outline as
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  well, the French course outline, and that gives you an insight of
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  how we cover these direct object pronouns and indirect object
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  pronouns and relative pronouns as well.
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  So here, un homme qui s'appelle, a man who is called Antoine and
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  who is a writer. And I cover the difference
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  between "que" and "qui". Whereby "que" is followed by a
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  subject. As for "qui", it's followed by a
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  verb, such as qui s'appelle and qui est écrivain.
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  Il est triste et en colère parce que sa petite amie l'a quitté.
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  Now, he's sad and angry because his girlfriend, sa petite amie,
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  left him. Here, the direct object pronoun
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  has been put in front of the auxiliary "a", as in "a quitté",
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  has left. This is a passé composé.
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  Alors il décide de faire quelque chose de cruel pour se venger.
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  So he decides to do something cruel to get his revenge.
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  So "se venger": il se venge. That's a reflexive verb.
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  Je me venge. Il se venge.
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  Nous nous vengeons, etc. Now, what cruel thing can he do
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  to have revenge ? But I invite you to watch « La
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  Discrète ». It's a great story.
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  Now, l'acteur principal s'appelle Fabrice Luchini.
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  The main actor is called Fabrice Luchini.
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  Je l'adore. I love him.
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  Je l'adore, car il joue très bien.
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  Because he plays really well. Now, again, we can't say I like
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  him or I love him. We would say I him love.
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  Je l'adore. L apostrophe + adorer.
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  Car il joue très bien. Because he plays really well.
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  He's a good actor. Il est souvent très drôle dans
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  les films qu'il fait. He's often very funny in the
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  films that he makes. Now here, Q U apostrophe would
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  be "que" if we didn't have the apostrophe.
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  So "que il fait" as opposed to "qui il fait".
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  Now remember that "qui" is always followed by a verb, and
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  here, "que" is always followed by a pronoun, or the subject of
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  the sentence that follows. Now, I cover this in great
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  details in live lessons, in my course, and you can check the
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  course outline. This time, I don't want to force
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  you to do something you don't want to do.
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  Unless I hypnotise you. Listen to my voice.
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  Listen to my voice. Now, after three, you're going
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  to go into learnfrenchwithalexa.com, and
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  you are going to buy my course. Three.
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  No, one. I said three, two, one.
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  I said after three. One, two, three.
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  You are hypnotised. Maybe that's the new job I
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  should do, or ASMR. ASMR. Anyways, let's carry on because
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  my ADHD brain is going off on a tangent, which doesn't help.
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  Anyway. Ce que j'aime dans ce film, what
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  I love in this film. Ce que, what.
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  It's funny that "ce qui" and "ce que" as well.
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  If you wanted to start a sentence by what I like about
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  you, you would start by "ce que j'aime".
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  Okay? And again, "ce que" is followed
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  by a pronoun. Okay?
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  Ce que j'aime, what I like. But if you wanted to say what is
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  beautiful about it, you would say "ce qui est", and then "qui"
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  followed by a verb. Okay?
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  Ce qui est beau dans ce film, and so on.
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  So a difference between "ce que" and "ce qui".
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  But replaced in English by what. What I like about it, what is
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  nice about it, and so on. Ce qu'il y a, it is that there
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  is. Il y a une morale très claire.
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  There is a very clear message, morale, à cette histoire, to
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  this story. Mais c'est aussi l'intelligence
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  des dialogues. So it's not only the very clear
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  message, but it's also the intelligence of the dialogues.
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  Okay? The dialogues' intelligence.
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  So that's, of course, my opinion.
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  So I could ask you something. Et vous, c'est quoi votre film
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  préféré ? What is your favourite film?
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  Quel est votre film préféré ? Please leave a comment, and I
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  will endeavour to read your comment and answer.
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  So we've read this four times. We have translated it once at
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  the end, and we focused on direct object pronouns, indirect
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  object pronouns, and relative pronouns.
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  Okay? Now, this text is level A2/B1.
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  Okay? We've got three more to go, and
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  they are going to get slightly more difficult.
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  Just a little bit. A tint more difficult.
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  Okay? And again, if you're not
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  familiar with any grammar points that I make, have a look at the
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  course, have a look at the free YouTube resources that we have
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  on the channel, Learn French with Alexa.
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  That's it for me. Au revoir.
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  À bientôt. Bisou, bisou.