A Paris Cruise - Today’s French

Croisière à Paris - Le Canal Saint-Martin

Part of 5 minutes of French a Day | Clear and Authentic French

Tackle this topic in clear, easy and slow French before you can grasp the authentic French and understand the French, the way they speak.

Today, we’re embarking on a cruise to discover the Paris Parisians know. We’ll listen to people talk about their cruise on the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris. I took it a while ago and I loved it. I hope you can take it too, one day.

This lesson is based on a video. In this lesson, you’ll hear a short passage in clear and slow French, followed immediately by the same passage in authentic French, the way you’d hear it in France. The whole video and texts are available when you click on the button in the lesson called ‘A Paris Cruise - Today’s French’.

Your task? Listen to the 2 versions several times before you read the French and the English - downloadable online. After several times, you’ll find you’ve improved your French a bit - one step at a time.

Recording, in case you can’t view the video

En français

Loin de la tour Eiffel et de la cathédrale Notre-Dame, nous embarquons sur une croisière pour découvrir le Paris des Parisiens. Deux heures et demie de balades, au fil de l’eau, depuis le nord de Paris, depuis le Bassin de la Villette jusqu’au Port de l’Arsenal, à Bastille. Alors, forcément, pour les touristes qui sont à bord, c’est une façon originale de découvrir la capitale.

In English

Far away from the Eiffel Tower and the Notre-Dame Cathedral, we embark on a cruise to discover the Paris Parisians love. a journey of two and a half hours, along the water, from the north side of Paris, from the Bassin de la Villette to the Port de l’Arsenal, at Bastille square. So, inevitably, for the tourists who are on board, it is an unusual way to discover the capital city.

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