8 mai 1945 : la capitulation de l'Allemagne à Reims

On the 8th of May 1945, Germany surrendered to Allied forces. Find out more in this video with archive footage.
After watching the video, scroll down to the transcript and click any word for the English translation and links to related grammar lessons.

Note: The tenses in this French article and its English translation don't match! In French, we use the present tense to describe historical stories like this to evoke a sense of immediacy, whereas in English, we commonly use the past tense - learn more about historical French tenses.

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StephenB2Kwiziq community member

Is this documentary available in full with transcript?

I really enjoyed this short video and transcript, thank you for this Kwiziq. Can anybody answer the above for me please? I have recently moved to France and could really benefit from watching programs with accurate subtitles as i find Netflix etc really poor and i can't find any channels on TV with available subtitles. Can anybody recommend to me some good resources? Many thanks to all.

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LauraKwiziq team member

Bonjour Stephen,

>>Is this documentary available in full with transcript?

Not that I know of.

For other quality resources, please take a look at these features:

https://french.kwiziq.com/learn/listening/listening-links

https://french.kwiziq.com/learn/listening/tv-listening-practice

https://french.kwiziq.com/learn/listening/news-documentaries-game-shows

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VikkiC1Kwiziq community member

I live in France and have my tv though Orange, with their decoder you can set subtiles on most programmes, including the adverts. I assume it will be the same for any of the network providers decoders.

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Is this documentary available in full with transcript?

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TomC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No articles with some of the nouns

He does not say 'installent DES projecteurs et DES caméras' as I would have expected. Is what he says an acceptable grammatical alternative?

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CélineKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Bonjour Tom,

It is an acceptable usage especially in a poetic context or in literature (when listing two things).

Poetry: Adieu veau, vache, cochon, couvée. (de la Fontaine)

Literature: Enfants et vieillards font souvent cause commune (Sartre)

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée!

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No articles with some of the nouns

He does not say 'installent DES projecteurs et DES caméras' as I would have expected. Is what he says an acceptable grammatical alternative?

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TC1Kwiziq community member

Négociations autour le capitulation patine

Je ne comprends pas le verbe “patiner” dans ce cadre, où il veut dire “Come to a standstill.” Je cherche des définitions, mais je suis pas arrivé à le reconciler le traduction.

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CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi T,

Normally the verb 'patiner' means to skate, here, taken in its figurative sense it is:

ne pas avancer, manquer d'efficience , although I do admit that the metaphor is quite contradictory.

Having said that, in the context of negotiations, it will be understood as just not making any headway

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JimC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

There is a meaning of patiner which refers to negotiations. In this context it takes a meaning of "to be at a virtual standstill" or "to be making no headway" I suppose the normal meaning of "to slip" with respect to skating may be loosely linked in the sense that the negotiations "are slipping" ie making no progress.

Hope this may help you.

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T asked:View original

Négociations autour le capitulation patine

Je ne comprends pas le verbe “patiner” dans ce cadre, où il veut dire “Come to a standstill.” Je cherche des définitions, mais je suis pas arrivé à le reconciler le traduction.

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RichardC1Kwiziq community member

Pronunciation of Reims

Please could you tell me how Reims should be pronounced

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CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Richard,

Found this on the internet and it is correctly pronounced...

https://forvo.com/word/reims/

Hope this helps!

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RichardC1Kwiziq community member

Merci Cécile

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Pronunciation of Reims

Please could you tell me how Reims should be pronounced

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GiffordA0Kwiziq community member

Qu'est-il arrivé au général Alfred Jodl après la guerre?

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CharlesC1Kwiziq community memberCorrect answer

Il a été jugé à Nuremberg, condamné et pendu en 1946.

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Qu'est-il arrivé au général Alfred Jodl après la guerre?

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