French listening practice with transcript and grammar notes
Video introduction to la bise, that oh-so-French way of saying hello, including interactive subtitles (click any word for translation and more).
Video courtesy of FRANCE 24.
Linguistic features added by Lawless French Immersion (Ilini). Supplementary materials for students and teachers (quizzes, puzzles, hand-outs…) are available at LF Immersion: “La bise” en France.
Listening comprehension
Expressions
Vocabulary
Grammar
- on va, on constate – indefinite subject pronoun
- on va s’intéresser, on va y venir – near future
- s’intéresser – pronominal verb in the infinitive
- je me permets, qui se fait – pronominal verbs
- de lui faire la bise, Je vous rassure – indirect objects
- ce sujet, cette coutume – demonstrative adjectives
- qui peut surprendre, dont "basium" – relative pronouns
- moi ce n’est pas le cas, je crois nous – stressed pronouns
- on la fait, le remarquer – direct objects
- Les Romains avaient, c’étaient – imperfect
- cette coutume est pratiquée, la bise est réservée – passive voice
- ça prete – indefinite demonstrative pronoun
- on va y venir – adverbial pronoun y
- j’ai trouvé, on a commencé – passé composé
- sa bise – possessive adjective
Bises à gogo
- Introduction to bises
- How to do la bise
- Starting off on the right cheek
- How many bises?
- Bises à la française (listening)
- « La fête de la bise » (video)
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