{"id":3142,"date":"2016-11-10T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=3142"},"modified":"2023-12-22T14:38:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T14:38:21","slug":"encore-plus-de-faits-interessants-sur-le-francais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/encore-plus-de-faits-interessants-sur-le-francais\/","title":{"rendered":"Encore plus de faits int\u00e9ressants sur le fran\u00e7ais"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the success of our\u00a0<strong><a href=\"\/learn\/reading\/quelques-faits-interessants-sur-le-francais\">1st article<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on interesting facts about French, and by popular demand, here are more interesting facts about French!<\/p>\n<p>After listening to the audio, scroll down for the bilingual reader, where you can click any French phrase for the English translation and related grammar lessons.<\/p>\n<p>Part 1<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-player audio-player--full 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data-audio-control-element=\"duration\">0:00<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"audio-player__control audio-player__control--volume\">\n                        <button \n                            class=\"audio-player__control audio-player__control--button audio-player__control--button-compact audio-player__control--button-mute\" \n                            data-audio-config-target=\"kwiziq-wp-audio-player-1\" \n                            data-audio-control-action=\"toggle-mute\" \n                            title=\"Mute\/Unmute\"\n                        ><\/button>\n                        <input \n                            type=\"range\" \n                            class=\"audio-player__volume-slider\" \n                            data-audio-config-target=\"kwiziq-wp-audio-player-1\" \n                            data-audio-control-element=\"volume\" \n                            min=\"0\" \n                            max=\"1\" \n                            step=\"0.01\" \n                            value=\"1\" \n                            autocomplete=\"off\"\n                        >\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<p>Part 2<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-player audio-player--full audio-player--box kwiziq-wp-audio-override\" \n                  data-audio-config-id=\"kwiziq-wp-audio-player-2\"\n                  data-audio-config-src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2022\/07\/Reader-Plus-de-faits-interessants-sur-le-francais-2-2.mp3\"\n                  data-audio-config-volume=\"1.0\"\n                  data-audio-config-rate=\"1\"\n                  data-audio-config-preserve-pitch=\"true\"\n                  tabindex=\"0\">\n                <audio class=\"audio-player__audio-element\" preload=\"none\"><\/audio>\n                <div class=\"audio-player__controls\">\n                    <button class=\"audio-player__control audio-player__control--button 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<div class=\"kwiziq-reader__logo\"><\/div>\n                        <ul class=\"kwiziq-reader__header-links\">\n                            <li class=\"kwiziq-reader__header-links-item\"><span class=\"btn btn-link\"  data-tooltip=\"<strong>Kwiziq interactive readers<\/strong> are great way to practice your reading skills without getting lost. <strong>Click on any phrase for the English translation and related  grammar lessons<\/strong>, that you can study now or add to your Notebook.\" data-tooltip-theme=\"tooltipster-generic\"  data-tooltip-interactive=\"true\">What's this?<\/span><\/li>\n                            <!-- <li class=\"kwiziq-reader__header-links-item\">More <a href=\"%s\">%s reading practice<\/a><\/li> -->\n                        <\/ul> \n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"text-panel text-panel--tip text-panel--tip-basic-icon\">\n                        <p>Click any word in the text to see its translation and related grammar lessons.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kwiziq-reader-body\"><div id=\"event-dispatcher\"><\/div> <!--  an ugly hack just to make dispatching \"global\" events in jQuery easy -->\n<div class=\"css-hidden\" id=\"speech-container\"><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"KwiziqReader\" class=\"\">\n    <!-- new reader entry point -->\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"flash-message\">\n    <div id=\"flash-message-action\"><\/div>\n    <div id=\"flash-message-progress\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"watchdog-footer\" class=\"\">\n\t<!--  VERSION:     <div class=\"ui-grid-b\">\n        <div class=\"ui-block-a\">\n            Backend layer signals\n            <ul id=\"layer-backend\">\n\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"ui-block-b\">\n            User layer signals\n            <ul  id=\"layer-user\" >\n\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"ui-block-c\">\n            Timing signals\n            <ul  id=\"layer-timer\" >\n\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div> -->\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function() {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ todo :: move those templates out of here\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar readerPopoverTemplate = '<div class=\"reader-popover bottom\"><div class=\"reader-popover-container\"><div class=\"arrow arrow-up\"><\/div><div class=\"arrow arrow-down\"><\/div><div class=\"reader-popover-close\">&times;<\/div><h3 class=\"reader-popover-title\"><\/h3><button class=\"listen btn btn--primary\">Listen<\/button><div class=\"reader-popover-content\"><h4 class=\"reader-popover-content-title\">Related grammar lessons:<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>';\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfunction ReaderPopupInit(config , title , links , hasAudio) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthis.find(\".reader-popover-title\").text(title);\n                            var readerPopoverContent = this.find(\".reader-popover-content\");\n                            var level = 0;\n                            \n      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