0:00Hi, this is Elisabeth from the HelloFrench channel. Welcome to this new French video.
0:06Today, we will see together 120 important questions, 120 basic questions
0:13in French and of course, their answers. It's Mathieu, my husband, who you know, who will come and
0:20ask me all these questions. Hello, hello! He will go behind the camera, so you can concentrate.
0:30On the screen, I display the 120 questions and the answers. It's okay, are you ready? I'm ready.
0:37But first, don't you want to talk about the online course? Oh yes, it's true, we can talk about it.
0:41Is everything ready? Are you sure it's good? Everything is ready! With Mathieu, we reworked the
0:47online course that we launched some time ago. What will you find? 30 modules with dialogues from
0:54everyday life, which are accompanied by vocabulary sheets, quizzes and transcriptions
1:01to work on French truly spoken in France. You also have access to conversation tables
1:08to talk with each other. You also have access to a private group on Facebook where we can discuss.
1:16You have access to a private chat to ask me all your questions about the courses
1:22or about French in general. You also have a 30-minute conversation class included, free, with me.
1:31I'll put the link in the description. Don't hesitate to click to find out. We start right away
1:38with the first question. I hope you are focused. Do you have a minute? Always for you.
1:46What's your name? My name is Elisabeth. Can you spell your first name? Of course.
1:52E, acute accent, L, I, S, A, B, E, T, H. How are you? I'm doing very well, thank you. What's new?
2:06Nothing special. The daily routine. What's the weather like today?
2:13Today the sky is a little overcast. How old are you? I'm 33, just a few days old.
2:25What is your astrological sign? I am Scorpio. Where were you born? I was born in Namur, Belgium.
2:35Where did you grow up? I grew up in the same town, in Namur, Belgium. Where do you currently live?
2:42I live in France, in Paris. Do you like your neighborhood? I really like my neighborhood.
2:49There are a lot of shops, small restaurants, a gym within a five-minute walk.
2:55So I love my neighborhood. It's perfect for me. What city have you ever lived in?
3:01So, I have already lived in Namur, Brussels, Rome, and a few months in Grenoble and Paris.
3:14Do you prefer to live in a hot country or a cold country? A hot country, that,
3:20no debate on this question. I would 1000% prefer to live in a warm country. Do you live in a house
3:28or apartment? I live in an apartment, unfortunately. What is the most important piece to you?
3:40I'm a little hesitant between the living room and the kitchen,
3:47but I would still say the living room because it's the place where I spend the most time.
3:54Do you prefer red wine or white wine? Red. I hate white wine. How tall are you? I am 1m64 tall.
4:07What is your shoe size? I wear size 38. What do you do for a living? I am a content creator
4:17and French teacher. What do you like best about your job? My favorite thing is to have the chance
4:26to be able to interact with people all over the world and learn more about different cultures,
4:35about how all these people live in their respective countries. I find it super interesting
4:41and super enriching for me as a person. Do you telework? Yes, but mostly I work from home.
4:54It's not even teleworking anymore, it's working from home. What was your favorite subject at school?
5:04Good question. I would say... The last two years, I had psychology classes, I would say that.
5:17And also, I really liked the Spanish classes. But I've forgotten everything now.
5:22What extracurricular activities did you do when you were young? I've done a lot of things.
5:28I did dance, modern jazz. I did theater for many years at the Conservatory in my city.
5:37I also did athletics, as a sport. And what else was I doing? When I was a child,
5:45I played music, music theory and took guitar lessons. Did you study? Yes, I studied.
5:55What did you study? I studied communication with a master's degree in journalism.
6:04What career did you want to do when you were a child? When I was a kid, I would say
6:09I wanted to be a singer. And today, what is your dream job? My dream job?
6:18It's true that I really like what I do, but I wouldn't say no to maybe acting in films,
6:26maybe being an actress? I think it's... it's quite cool because I'm quite curious
6:34and I like a lot of things. So, I find that immersing yourself in a role, in a character,
6:39having the opportunity to do all the jobs when you play roles, I find that it's...
6:44It can be quite interesting. What do you do in your free time? In my free time,
6:53I go to the gym a lot. In any case, I used to go there a lot before having my baby.
7:01But so we're still going to say that. I take Pilates classes. And otherwise, in my free time,
7:09I like to walk with my dog, with my son, go for walks, see friends, have brunches. I love brunches.
7:21Do you have anything planned this weekend? This weekend? Yes, there is my best friend,
7:29my son's godmother, who is coming to Paris. And so I planned to spend the weekend with her.
7:38Do you listen to podcasts? So, for now, no. But before, I listened to it from time
7:47to time, once a week. There was a podcast that I really liked called "Ex". The theme of this podcast
7:53is to highlight extraordinary love stories. Do you like watching documentaries? Yes, I love it.
8:01I'm very curious, so I love watching documentaries, learning more about subjects,
8:07delving deeper into themes. I love it. Do you collect anything? No, I don't collect.
8:20Do you do sports? Yes, I play sports. It's very important to me. And what do you do for sport?
8:27I do Pilates, yoga and also cycling at the gym. Do you support a football club?
8:39Already, the Red Devils, that, This is the Belgian national team.
8:44Even if I spend my whole life in France, I will always support the Belgian national team.
8:51And in France, yes, I support OM, it's Olympique de Marseille. Do you play an instrument?
9:00When I was a kid, I played guitar, but I haven't played it for quite a long time.
9:09But I think if I got back into it, it could come back quite easily. Do you have a special talent?
9:23No... I have a talent? Yes. What? You cook well, I think. Yeah, but it's not really a talent.
9:36I don't do extraordinary things either. No, but afterward, talent also means being very empathetic,
9:45friendly with people. Yes, I'm social, but hey, lots of people are social. It's not really a talent.
9:51I don't know how to do magic or I don't draw very well, I don't sing very well.
9:59I don't have a talent. Okay, that's a bit sad. Do you like to dance? Yes, I love dancing.
10:07I love dancing and in the early years, when I arrived in Paris, I took dance classes and I loved it.
10:18But unfortunately, with the confinement, with the Covid, it stopped for one or two years.
10:28And after that, I didn't start again because it was next to my old job. It was far from home.
10:36My friends had moved away, so I didn't go there anymore. But from time to time, I go
10:43to a nightclub, to a club, to dance with friends. Is there an activity you would like to try? What
10:57activity would I like to try? It's true that overall, I like all activities that are a bit manual.
11:09There are plenty I haven't tried yet, but I'm thinking. Have I ever talked to you about something
11:18where I said , "I would love to… ". Maybe pottery? I would love to try it once.
11:23Because I've done ceramic painting before, but I've never made an object myself. It could be...
11:31Why not? Archery too, right? Yes, archery. Yes, I would like that.
11:36I looked several times in Paris to make it, but I never found it. Archery can be fun,
11:44but I don't think I 'd be very good at it. Everyone would have to move aside.
11:53What is your biggest dream? My biggest dream, I would say that I have already achieved it,
11:59was to have a child and to have a family and also to have a dog. But if I had to say something
12:11more, it would still be that we have a house, to perhaps expand
12:16the family, to be a little more comfortable, so that our child can grow up
12:22with a garden and not in a small apartment where it's a bit annoying for him if he wants to
12:27exercise and run around. Do you have tattoos? No, I don't have a tattoo. Do you have any piercings?
12:36My ears are pierced, I have two holes. And I used to have a nose piercing,
12:45but I don't have it anymore. What is your greatest quality? My greatest quality,
12:53I would say my determination. What do you think? I agree. What is your biggest fault?
12:59My biggest fault, I think it's... Sometimes I have trouble reasoning with myself.
13:08I can get overwhelmed by stress and I can't be rational about situations. But often, in addition,
13:19it's in somewhat stupid situations where I will quickly feel stressed.
13:24Do you have any brothers and sisters? Yes, I have two little brothers.
13:30What year were your parents born? My parents were born in 1965 and 1966. Are you more like
13:44your father or your mother? I'd say my mother, anyway, right? Physically or intellectually?
13:52Physically. What would you say? I find that especially when you were younger, you were very similar.
14:02But now, she has short hair. I still have fairly long hair. She wears glasses.
14:07Well, me too, but I hide them. But yes, I would still say my mother. Do you see your family often?
14:17Not enough, but a little more than before. We still try to go to Belgium
14:26every three months, I would say. And then, my parents come, so maybe we see each other every
14:35two months, but we still call each other a lot, on the phone and also by video.
14:41Are you more extroverted or introverted? I would still say extroverted. Yes, I think so too.
14:49Yes, I am still more extroverted. Do you have children? Yes, I have a son.
14:58Do you want more children? Yes, at least one or two others. Who are your son's godfather
15:06and godmother? My son's godfather is Mathieu's best friend, whose name is Jonathan.
15:14And my son's godmother is my best friend called Eva. Are you single? No. Are you in a relationship?
15:25Yes, I am in a relationship. Are you married? Yes, I am married. How did you meet your husband?
15:34I met my husband at work. What is your favorite dish? My favorite dish? The parmigiana.
15:47Yes, I would have said that too. From my grandmother, preferably. And the Greek salad.
15:52Greek salad is really... I can eat it every day. Do you eat everything? No, I don't eat meat.
15:59Do you have a pet? Yes, a dog. A little chihuahua who is almost two and a half years old. No!
16:12It's a ferocious animal. What is your dog's name? My dog is called Pastis.
16:18Do you have a favorite color? I don't know if I have a favorite color. It's true that I
16:27like pastel colors. I like pastel green and maybe lilac. It's a kind of mauve, yes, lilac.
16:41What is your favorite color to wear? Rather the colors a little... Or green, I have the impression
16:48that it suits my complexion well. Otherwise, yes, the colors are a little beige, a little neutral.
16:55I like white too. How would you describe your clothing style? Ah... Eclectic? Yes, it's true that
17:07it varies quite a bit depending on the seasons, depending on my mood. It is quite variable.
17:16Yeah. I don't have a defined style, right? How would you say it? Yeah, no, it's quite broad.
17:22What style of music do you like? I really like rap and French songs. What was the first
17:30concert you went to? It was a Diams concert, in fact, she was a rapper,
17:38but who doesn't make music anymore , who was very, very popular when I was little. Do you have a
17:45favorite actor or actress? I really like Adèle Exarchopoulos. I hope I pronounced it correctly.
17:57I like the films she stars in and her way of acting. I like her as a person. I find that...
18:03I like what she gives off, I like her voice, I like the way she expresses herself and what she says.
18:09And as an actor, I don't know if I have a favorite, but it's true that
18:14we like Pierre Niney all the same. Yes, Pierre Niney. He's funny. What was the last film
18:20you saw at the cinema? Ooh there! It was a long time ago, because it was before the baby was born.
18:31We were going to see a movie at the cinema together. We were going to see Barbie, but we went
18:37to see someone else afterwards, I think. It's not possible that it was Barbie after all.
18:43We were going to see the weird movie about the plane. Oh yes! We went to see another one
18:47afterwards, don't you think? No, that wasn't it. No, I know what it is! The last film I went to see
18:53at the cinema, I think it was "Simple as Sylvain". It's a film by a Quebec director.
19:01What was the last concert you saw? The last concert? It was Juliette Armanet with you, right?
19:09We saw Robbie Williams afterwards, right? We saw Robbie Williams afterwards. Yes, maybe it was
19:15Robbie Williams, actually. What is your favorite season? Summer. Are you allergic to anything?
19:24A little bit to cat hair. What is the object without which you could not live?
19:30A blanket, because I'm always cold. What time do you usually get up? Around 8:00 a.m.
19:41I think so too. What's the first thing you do in the morning? I brush my teeth. I hate the feeling
19:50of having my teeth dirty. Do you tend to get up early or go to bed late? Before, stay up late. Now,
20:05neither, I sleep when I can. Which side of the bed do you sleep on? It's not really
20:14one side, it's more... It's not right or left. I tend to sleep on the side farthest from the door.
20:22I would say that. That way, Mathieu is on the side of the door to protect me if there is ever
20:27an intruder who comes in. What do you like to eat for breakfast? Before, I was very "salty"
20:36for breakfast. I had bread with cheese. And it's true that since my pregnancy,
20:44I have had a slight sugar addiction. Lately, I often make myself a piece of baguette with butter
20:56and jam. Or, I also like porridge, where I will put a banana and chocolate chips or
21:05apples with cinnamon. I like it a lot. Are you more sweet or salty? Basically, still "salty".
21:14Even when I was a child, often, instead of... When we were in restaurants
21:18in France, sometimes you could choose between cheese or dessert. I often had cheese. But lately
21:24I'm very, very, very "sweet". What is your favorite cuisine? I like many different things,
21:31but I like Greek and Italian cuisine. And still... Yeah, Greek and Italian, I would say.
21:44Do you prefer to cook or do the dishes? Cook. It's always Mathieu who does the dishes.
21:50Do you prefer to eat at home or out? It depends. It depends because... Obviously, it's still better
22:03when it's outside and there's nothing to do. But sometimes, if I go
22:10on vacation for too long, I miss being able to cook, to do exactly what I want in the way I want.
22:15So it depends. Do you like trying new restaurants? Yes, I love it.
22:21I love walking around, writing down addresses, checking reviews on Google and trying new things.
22:27I always have a huge list of restaurants to try. What is your favorite fruit? Watermelon. I agree.
22:40It's also Mathieu's favorite fruit. When we buy it, we can't control ourselves, we could eat
22:45a huge watermelon in one go. What is your favorite vegetable? Eggplant. And cucumber, but eggplant
22:54above all. Are you more of a tea or coffee person? Both. Really both, for once.
23:02Where do you do your shopping? So where do I shop? Not very far from us, we have a store to buy
23:13organic fruits and vegetables. And for Mathieu, sometimes I pass
23:18right by, there is a butcher's shop. So, from time to time, we buy him meat there.
23:23And otherwise, the classic shopping for, I don't know, rice, pasta, I
23:27go to a traditional supermarket. How many languages do you speak? Perfectly or a little?
23:37Yes, you can make yourself understood, you can go into the country and speak.
23:43I would say three languages. Do you prefer the city or the countryside? The city.
23:50Do you like to travel? I love traveling. What is your last trip? The last trip
23:56was a few days in Rome. What do you like to do when you travel? I love walking around,
24:06discovering the atmosphere of the city. And what I love most of all is returning
24:16to the same place several times. That way, I feel like I have my own little habits there.
24:22I really like that, going two or three times to the same place and of course,
24:27always discovering new things. But I also like to have stayed a little long, long enough
24:32to have a bit of a habit. Which country do you dream of visiting?
24:37Which country do I dream of visiting? I would really like to visit Jordan, Japan perhaps too.
24:48And a little more visiting the United States. It's true that there are so many
24:53things to see in the United States. I would like to go a little deeper. Do you have a vacation
25:00planned soon? I don't know. You organized a surprise vacation for me.
25:07No, we don't have a vacation... For Christmas, but we're going to my family.
25:12There, we have nothing planned. Do you prefer a vacation by the sea or in the mountains? At the sea.
25:21There, there is... You too?! Yes. Do you have your driving license? Yes, I have my driving license.
25:30I don't drive, but I have my driver's license. Do you have a car? I have a car.
25:37Do you like watching TV? Yes, I admit, it's a bit of my guilty pleasure. I love watching TV.
25:44I really like the shows on TV, follow them. What is your favorite show? Pékin Express, I think.
25:57I really like Pékin Express. It's a show where, in fact, it works in pairs.
26:05There are around ten pairs and they go to a country. For example, this year it was
26:16in India, I think. They have to do tests, they have to hitchhike, stay with locals.
26:27They only have one euro a day to get by. I really like this show. I find it very engaging.
26:32We quickly get into the game. Do you prefer series or films? I think it really depends on my mood.
26:45It really depends. But it's true that I like the series because we get attached to the
26:49characters, we follow them for longer. So maybe for now, series and also because we can watch
26:56shorter episodes and we have a little less time at the moment.
27:02So at the moment, "series", but otherwise, it's true that for a long time, I was very "films".
27:06Do you have a favorite series? Yes, Modern Family. Do you like shopping? Yeah, I like shopping.
27:19In Paris, a little less because I find that the interesting stores
27:22are not necessarily nearby, at least the stores that interest me. But it's true that I still
27:29really like shopping. I do a little more online at the moment. Do you read novels?
27:36Not enough, unfortunately. Are you afraid of injections? No, not at all.
27:43I'm not afraid of needles at all, I'm not afraid of blood tests. No. What is your phobia?
27:51My phobia... It's not really a phobia, but it's true that I don't like heights.
28:00I'm very afraid of all the... bungee jumps, parachute jumps, I could never.
28:07What is your biggest fear? My biggest fear is that the people I love will die.
28:18Are you a sensitive person? Yes, yes, I am sensitive. Yes, yes. Are you manic? No, not too much.
28:31What household chore do you hate the most? Make the bed. It's not making the bed,
28:37It's putting on the new sheets. It's putting a sheet on the duvet.
28:43Yes, once you have washed the cover, the duvet cover, the cushion cover, remaking the bed,
28:51I really hate that. That's my phobia, actually. Are you a bad loser? Some people will say yes, but
29:05not really, but a little nonetheless. It's true that... I'm not a bad loser.
29:11I'm not going to be stuck for days, but hey, I don't like losing. Like everyone else, right? Yes.
29:20What is your greatest pride? My greatest pride? To have, I think, succeeded in building a life which
29:35still leaves us time to enjoy our son, time to be together, to not be constrained by a
29:46work schedule, a boss, I would say that. Do you have a favorite song? A favorite song?
29:57I really like "Mad About You" by the band Hooverphonic. I really like this song.
30:05I would say it was part... I don't know if it was my favorite song, but it was one of my
30:10favorite songs, that's for sure. Do you have a complex? Yes. Everyone, right?
30:20I don't really like my legs. What? Nothing. What is it? Nothing. I find that this is not justified.
30:26Afterwards, everyone has their own complexes. Yes, my legs, I would say. I have big knees. No way.
30:36Do you believe in karma? Yes, of course. What's your guilty pleasure? I like watching
30:49reality TV shows. What is your favorite holiday? My favorite holiday? Christmas, I think.
31:03I really like Christmas. Are you celebrating your birthday? Not often.
31:12We always do a little something, but I don't have big parties where I invite lots of people.
31:18It's quite rare. We're doing a little thing, but... Do you believe in love at first sight?
31:26Of course. Would you rather have remorse or regrets? Regrets. Do you like board games?
31:38Yeah, I like it a lot. I really like playing board games with my family, with my brothers.
31:44And I have friends, when we see each other, we play board games all the time, always the same ones.
31:50I like it a lot. What's something you don't like that everyone loves?
31:57Do you know what I'm going to say? It's Queen. I don't really like it. Sorry, I know everyone
32:06loves it, but... The band Queen. Yes. I don't really like it, sorry. The video is finished.
32:13Thank you very much, Mathieu, for your participation. My pleasure. I hope you liked it.
32:18In any case, these 120 questions are a very good basis for you in French.
32:24Feel free to watch the video again and answer these questions yourself to practice your French.
32:31I put all these questions in the description of the video, so you can review them if you wish.
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