Les Outre-mer

French listening practice with transcript and grammar notes

 Listening comprehension: See the links at the bottom for lessons related to the grammar and vocabulary used in this video.

Did you know there’s a lot more to France than the roughly hexagonal country in Europe? Learn about les Outre-mer in this cartoon video with interactive subtitles (click any word for translation and more).

 Video courtesy of 1 jour, 1 question.

Linguistic features added by Lawless French Immersion (Ilini). Supplementary materials for students and teachers (quizzes, puzzles, hand-outs…) are available at Overseas France Explained.

 Listening comprehension

Expressions

• c’est
• grâce à

Vocabulary

• 7 names for France
• acronyms
• numbers

Grammar

• Asking questions
• À quoi ça sert – indefinite demonstrative pronoun
• C’est qui lui; nous, on y répond – stressed pronouns
• des terres situées, la France appelée – past participles
• ces DROM-COM – demonstrative adjective
• la France est divisée, 13 sont situées – passive voice
• on les appelle – indefinite subject pronoun
• on les appelle – direct object
• ce n’est ni une région, ni une collectivité – negative conjunction
• ses terres – possessive adjective
• Tu te poses – pronominal verb
• on y répond – adverbial pronoun y