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À quoi ça sert ? Ça veut dire quoi ça ? Pourquoi c'est comme ça ?
What's the point? What does that mean? Why is it like this?
C'est où ? C'est qui lui ? Un jour, une question !
Where is it? Who is this person? 1 day 1 question
C'est quoi les Outre-mer ?
What are the French overseas territories?
Les Outre-mer sont des terres situées au-delà des mers par rapport à la France, appelée la métropole.
The French Overseas Territories are lands located beyond the seas, in relation to mainland France, called the metropolis.
Il s'agit de 13 morceaux de France : la Guyane, située sur le continent américain et 12 îles et archipels dispersés sur les océans de la planète.
These are 13 pieces of France: Guyana, located on the American continent and 12 islands and archipelagos spread across the planet's oceans.
Des îles Caraïbes de l'Océan Atlantique : la Martinique, la Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélémy, Saint-Martin et Saint-Pierre .
Caribbean islands in the Atlantic Ocean: Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélémy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
Des îles de l'Océan Indien : la Réunion, Mayotte.
Islands in the Indian Ocean: La Reunion, Mayotte.
Et les Terres australes et antarctiques françaises.
And French Southern and Antarctic Territories.
Et plus loin encore, des îles de l'Océan Pacifique : la Nouvelle-Calédonie, Wallis-et-Futuna et la Polynésie française.
And even further, islands in the Pacific Ocean: New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna and French Polynesia.
En tout, près de 2,8 millions d'habitants vivent dans ces DROM-COM.
In total, some 2.8 million inhabitants live in these DROM-COMs.
Des DROM-COM, qu'est-ce que c'est?
DROM-COM, what is that?
La France est divisée en 18 régions.
France is divided into 18 regions.
13 sont situées en métropole.
13 are located in mainland France.
Les 5 autres sont les régions d'Outre-mer : la Martinique, la Guadeloupe, la Guyane française, Mayotte et la Réunion.
The other 5 are the overseas regions: Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Mayotte and Réunion.
Ces régions ne comptent qu'un seul département : on les appelle donc les départements et régions d'outre-mer ou "DROM".
These regions have only one department: they are therefore called the overseas departments and regions or "DROM".
Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon ou Wallis-et-Futuna et la Polynésie française sont les 5 collectivités d'Outre-mer de la France ou "COM".
Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or Wallis-et-Futuna and French Polynesia are the 5 overseas collectivities of France or "COM".
La Nouvelle-Calédonie a un statut spécial : ce n'est ni une région, ni une collectivité.
New Caledonia has a special status: it is neither a region nor a community.
Grâce à ses terres, la France est responsable de kilomètres de littoral, de récifs coralliens et d'une incroyable biodiversité.
Thanks to its territories, France is responsible for kilometers of coastline, coral reefs and an incredible biodiversity.
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Overseas France explained
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- À quoi ça sert - indefinite demonstrative pronoun
- C'est qui lui; nous, on y répond - stressed pronouns
- des terres situées, la France appelée - past participles
- ces DROM-COM - demonstrative adjective
- la France est divisée, 13 sont situées - passive voice
- on les appelle - indefinite subject pronoun
- on les appelle - direct object
- ce n'est ni une région, ni une collectivité - negative conjunction
- ses terres - possessive adjective
- Tu te poses - pronominal verb
- on y répond - adverbial pronoun y
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