3:08
Cyprien - Make a Wish
What did you want to be when you were younger? I think many of us would look back at our priorities then and have a giggle. In this silly skit, focus on the use of interjections and stressed pronouns to make your spoken French breezy and natural. Plus, see how the passive "on" is used, it'll for sure come in handy.
0:52
Test Your French with Cyprien - Christmas Edition
Cyprien is one of the most popular Youtubers in France. Find him in this humorous clip where he can't help but ruin Christmas… Don't forget to watch our lesson at the end of the video to find a quiz on the vocabulary you have just learned!
1:29
Apple Watch by Cyprien
Ready for the Apple Watch? Enjoy this two-sided advertisement as Cyprien plays Tim Cook, touting the features of the watch and his friend tells you the 'reality' of those features! In this video, there are a variety of negations used and lots of opposition. Pay attention to how those oppositions are expressed!
3:00
The Good Old Days - Cyprien
Cyprien points out how much better life was "way back when," ... When people didn't automatically know what was going on in your life, when telephones couldn't do everything, when you bought video games and could play them immediately without waiting for it to download updates. As usual, Cyprien's videos are more suited to those comfortable with fast, informal French, but the vocabulary used here should be simple.
2:44
Let's Talk About the Train System in France
All aboard as video blogger Cyprien discusses his qualms with the French train system! This is a must-see for anybody considering a trip in France that will require train travel! France has a unique system for validating tickets that Cyprien just adores. In addition to this valuable tip, you'll also get practice with direct object pronouns and some practical train vocabulary.
2:31
Tennis
Are you a tennis fan? Do you dream of visiting France to see the French Open? Or maybe tennis isn't your thing? In his video blog Cyprien, explains why you'll never see him at the French Open. Brush up on your French sports and tennis vocab with Cyprien, whether you use it to praise tennis or to explain why it's on your list of dislikes!
3:14
Cyprien - The Boss of YouTube vs TikTok
Cyprien and Valentin Jean team up to bring you an imagining of what goes on between social media bosses behind the scenes. In this skit, filled with fast and informal French, brush up on trendy words like "boomer", "filters" and "algorithm". How accurate do you think it is?
3:55
Museums - Cyprien
Cyprien and Norman team up for this tongue-in-cheek take on museum culture. Cyprien's videos are best suited to those comfortable with fast, informal French. The challenge is more in keeping up with the duo than the vocabulary and grammatical structures used.
1:40
Meetings - Cyprien
This video is not for the French faint-hearted! If you can keep up with the rapid, informal speech, you're sure to be laughing at Cyprien's best guess at what really goes on behind the doors of some well-known brands.
4:05
Video Games - Cyprien
In his second blog on the subject, Cyprien goes through more of the irritations in video games which really get to him, such as not necessarily being killed when you are shot, or having two people talk about a video game that you've never played, and therefore don't understand. Let this video open your eyes to some gaming oddities, and teach you some unusual vocabulary along the way!
3:06
TV Series - Cyprien
Cyprien talks about his experience with American TV series, to be exact. A look at how informal French uses verbal fillers, drops the 'ne' in negative clauses and employs stressed pronouns. See how many you can spot!
4:40
The Robbery - Cyprien
Cyprien got robbed! He talks about his experience and the follow-up. This extended video will give more advanced users the opportunity to check they know when to use the imperfect vs. the passé composé, as well as several examples where the impersonal subject pronoun 'on' is used to create a passive sentence in English
5:43
Inventing Mythical Creatures - Cyprien
Cyprien, McFly, Natoo and Julien Chièze team up for this epic mickey-take. Their re-imagining of how the legendary creatures from Greek mythology came to be is full of informal speech and names of some funky beings.
4:23
Social Media Customer Service - Cyprien
If only a place existed to directly speak to social media services, because I'm sure many of us have some complaints to make! Cyprien has imagined this situation in his typically hilarious way with the bosses of TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
3:46
If the President Were a Youtuber - Cyprien
Cyprien paints us a picture of what it would be like if he were President - and it looks like chaos! A video with varied styles of speech and levels of formality, plus see if you can spot the past historic hidden in there!
3:44
Cyprien the Music Critic
Cyprien picks apart a recent song by two artists, one of whom is a 10-year-old, and has some things to say about the logic and grammatical accuracy of the song lyrics. You'll enjoy picking apart the song along with Cyprien and picking up on all the excellent informal language he uses while doing it!
