Need-to-know vocabulary for your next visit to Paris
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- Repeat after me as we explore les arrondissements together to improve your French pronunciation and vocabulary.
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It’s no secret that travel (and total immersion) is one of the best ways to learn a language. You may not be able to physically travel to Paris right now, but we can go on a virtual tour of the city together!
In today’s lesson, I’ll walk you through the different “arrondissements” of Paris, pointing out common landmarks and explaining why the city is arranged in this way. Repeat after me as I slowly pronounce some new vocabulary words. Then, let me know in the comments: did you learn anything new?
Take care and stay safe.
😘 from Grenoble, France.
Géraldine
The way she teaches French and about Paris, you've already been there even if you've never. Thank you.
I lived in the 11eme for 14 years, right on the edge of the 20eme, Pere Lachaise was my go to place for a quiet walk to get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. The 11eme, while not as popular as other arrondissements, is filled with a diversity of shops, people and tiny streets--and history--which makes it exciting. I love Paris, and even though I can get back once or twice a year, I miss it horribly, so thank you, Geraldine, for this quick and lovely tour! Stay safe!
En 2019, mon mari et moi, nous avons loué un air bnb dans le 14ème. Il y avait un boulangerie, un fromagerie, un charcutier, un petit épicerie et des cafés sympas. Un séjour mémorable 😊.
Thank you for this. I've never understood how Paris fits together. You are the best presenter. Ya pas photo!
Thank you! You teach with love ❤️
ta chaîne est l’une de mes favoris !! merci pour une autre vidéo incroyable
Merci beaucoup pour cette magnifique information et leçon pour pouvoir apprendre á parler français pour voyager á Paris
I saved this as I will eventually come to Paris. Thank you for this one
Thank you very much for making this in English!
Bonjour Geraldine, I am a new subscriber to your channel, and I would like to say thank you for the wonderful videos
Thank you so much! This is very helpful!
Je vais à Paris dans 4 jours! La video est très utile de regarder avant la visite:)
When I studied abroad, I lived in the 14th, my temporary home (Blvd Raspail) being right down the road from la Tour de Montparnasse. I could get there on foot in less than ten minutes, and any time I walked home from wherever I may have been, I'd use the building as a guide the whole way in order to not get lost, lol.
Love Paris and enjoyed this language based description of some of the geography.
I passed the test!
Enseignement excellent! J’adore Paris. Je suis américain, et j’ai déjà passé à peu près 15 jours à Paris comme touriste. Mon travaille m’empêche à y retourner dans le futur proche, mais j’espère que cela ne sera pas trop longtemps d’y rendre visite. Paris est sûrement une ville très, très belle.
Pardon. Je pense que c’est plutôt “m’empêche d’y retourner”?
Thank you for your explanation but I really wish you do more videos in French.
It was interesting to see.
Geraldine: Your class is the most helpful and informative I have ever encountered and I've been studying FRENCH "off and on" for years. Thank you. In love with France and everything French, Marianne, Chicago.
(French, Parisian, Living on the "Butte Montmartre" 100m or so from the Sacré Coeur)..
Factoid : Paris originally only had 12 Arrondissements - the rest were called the "faubourgs" (originally faux bourgs - or fake villages) - this still is visible by a certain number of arched gates near the center of Paris which guarded entry (there used to be a wall). Also, each arrondissement has its own townhall and mayor - with an overall Paris mayor seated at the "hotel de ville" - so it pretty much works as a federated city. But anyways, the old saying of "Marié à la mairie du 13ème" (married in the townhall of the thirteenth) meant living together without being married - something that was shunned upon at that time.
Walking through Pere Lachaise was so interesting....I was looking for Edith Piaf, and some guys with a small truck drove me to her....like stepping backwards into time from Sarah Bernhard to Jim Morrison of the Doors.
I am so glad I found your channel. I am absolutely in love with everything French and have been dreaming about visiting. Considering doing my MBA in France.
Thanks for this video
Bonjour Géraldine. This is an interesting so useful for French learners and enthusiasts of French culture. I will keep learning French using your channel. Merci mille fois.
My favorite French teacher! Thank you so much. Love your videos
You are amazing when it comes to teaching FRENCH, I look forward to seeing your next video.
I’m so glad you finally did a video on this. I memorized les arrondissements some months, and it’s stuck. Thank you nonetheless!
Thank you for doing this. I stayed in the Latin Arrondisement a couple of years ago. I tried to use my little bit of French knowledge, but the French I spoke with would immediately switch to English. Not sure if they just felt sorry for me or wanted me to get to the point!😄
If you persist with your French, most will accommodate you. I usually ask for them to speak slowly, and most do and are quite patient. Some want to practice their English ... some are impatient with slowly and improperly spoken French, but overwhelmingly most appreciate the effort to speak French in France. (I'm a historian of French history who has live in Paris during research trips numerous times--my French is not great, but I survive ... and this is my actual first-hand experience). And I agree, this is a great UA-cam channel!!😉
Nothing personal but French students take mandatory two or four years os English. So, if they think you are American, they get to practice. My French accent sounded eventually like a German - French accent that they had to endure my french, and I got to practice!
Unfortunately, even if you speak relatively good French they tend to switch to /their lousy/ English.
I tried to get into a 'Mission Impossible' screening at 'Le Grand Rex' in the deuxieme, dubbed French but the ticket seller tried (repeatedly) to divert me to an English version showing later. You just have to insist.
Yes of course. They prize their English ability and want to show it rather than baby sit your French, which is typically arrogant of them.
Excellent video!!! Love it!!! Merci beaucoup!! Odalis from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Excellent! Merci pour votre travail. C'est très intéressant à regarder et très utile. I love Paris!
Elle est une professeur merveilleuse
Excellent Geraldine! I moved here about 3 years ago and while looking for an apartment (which is very hard) we had a few air bnb's in Montmartre, then just outside montmartre in Saint ouen, then back to montmartre on rue Remy. It was wonderful we finally found an apartment in the 20 eme. it's not my favorite arrondissement but it can be quite convenient with the tram practically 5 minutes from our front door, also there is the lovely La Compagne à Paris. Thank you I always learn so much from you.
Merci!!! I adore Paris!!! Most of the time I walk but so easy to use metro! Just looove your city!
The Grand Paris is in the midst of new face with promising the most beautiful garden in the world in the making now . More walking lanes and wheels are restricted except bikes and E-scooter.
Éme 7, 8 is heavily renovated. I still prefer the Café along Avenue Kleber especially nite life. Champ-Elysée isn't that pleasant for nite clubbing. Known for drunken trouble makers.
Thank you Geraldine for the recall of Arrondissement. Your clarity makes it perfect. 👏🙏
je kiffe beaucoup cette vidéo puisqu'elle m'a rappelé de très beaux souvenirs! Merci, Géraldine !
Very useful!!
I stayed at a hotel in the 15th arrondisement in 2019 and thought it was a great location.
The 15th is very residential, it's where middle-calss/upper middle-class families live. So it has a lot of commodities, such as shops, restaurants, good transportation etc. but there isn't a huge lot to see for a tourist. There are things to see nevertheless :
- in the south near the border of the city there is a portion of "la Petite Ceinture", an old railway reconverted as a "promenade"
- Parc Georges Brassens in the southeast is interesting because it used to be a slaughterhouse
- in the east near Montparnasse you can see the Institut Pasteur (Montparnasse is also partly in the 15th)
- in the north near the 7th the metro is overground
- in the northwest there is the Beaugrenelle neighbourhood which has a big shopping centre and high towers
- in the northwest too there is the Commerce neighbourhood which is quite charming, with commercial streets and cafés
- in the west there is the Bir-Hakeim bridge which offers some of the best views of the Eiffel Tower
That's it for the tourist guide :)
Great video!
Je pense que la meilleure façon d'explorer cette belle ville est de marcher ou de prendre le métro sur de longues distances. ...Mais en raison de covid, on ne sait pas quand pouvons-nous visiter ensuite ?
Salut Géraldine ! Merci beaucoup pour ce video ! J'ai regardé votre videos et j'aime tous. C'est super d'en savoir plus sur votre belle ville. Merci d'avoir ajouté les vidéos qui montrent les lieux. Ils me font rêver de Paris !
Brava! Your videos are tres excellent! Merci.
Merci pour the explanations!
I’d loooooove to visit to Paris soon❤️
I've lived in the 4th, 14th and the 11/20th. I really love Jourdain.
Merci Géraldine.
Je vien d’ajouter votre chaine. Merci, les vidéos sont superbes!
You're lovely.
Your channel we come in very handy in my french learning journey.
これからよろしくお願いします
Merci bcp!
Great video but it would be so much better if you were speaking French! Maybe with subtitles 😁
Bonjour Madame 🙏
Nice
👍useful)
Great video! The 21st arrondissement of Paris: Mont-Royal in Montréal LOL
That map lol 😂
In a large city like Paris, which is a Departement for its own,an Arrondissement is a ,Stadtteil' in german. But outside of a large city , an Arrondissement is that , what we Germans call ,Landkreis'.
Salut, ton video est très interèssant mais je le prefère en française s´il vous plaît!
When I went to France I was so shy that I spent 2 hours at the airport going in circles and 2 hours at the train station in Paris until I figured out what to do by myself 😭😭🤦🏻♀️
Sadly I can confirm that the stereotype about a minority of French waiters being rude to English tourists is true, regardless of how polite you try to be to them and how much you try to speak French: it doesn't make any difference. But I repeat that it's only a minority of them. Most are okay.
Les Batignolles is it a nice place?
Geraldine, J'adore tes videos mais je pense toujours que c'est si dommage que tu parles tous les temps en anglais. Ce serait beaucoup mieux pour nous tous si tu les faisais en français. Qu'en penses-tu? Néanmoins, merci du font du coeur pour ton effort et surtout pour cette continuité!
Je pense que c'est à cause du niveau des élèves. Si vous voudriez voir une vidéo en français, regardez celle-ci:
ua-cam.com/video/DZEv01cJuLI/v-deo.html
I lived in the 16th which she said nothing about...
Notre Dame is in the 4th arrondissemont
Notre Dame is in the 4th arrondissement
Ouh la : les Grands Boulevards ont été percés sous Louis XIV et pas Haussmann....
Paris est un escargot? C'est franchouillard, non?! ;-)
I'm from America and I always thought Notre-Dame was Irish lol
London's better.
Merci!!! I adore Paris!!! Most of the time I walk but so easy to use metro! Just looove your city!