Ever wanted to Study French in France? Ever visited
France but you could not speak French? Ever heard the French greeting
each other in the French language with bonjour, but curious
to know what is the French-English translation? This French greetings
page will reveal all the French secrets of Greeting the French in
their French language.
French Greetings: be a parrot
The easiest way to greet French people is by repeating
their French greetings! Wait until the French speak and then repeat
as good as you can those French words...
Bonjour ! Comment
ça va? Très bien merci, et vous? Très bien aussi, merci!
Day 1: Bonjour, Salut and more Greetings!
Salut, ça va? (Hi, how are you?)
Bonjour and welcome to French greetings! In this page we will lead you through the basics
to the French language! This is a short-form course designed to give you
familiarity with well-used French greetings: we start with typical greetings that you would use
when meeting a French person…
When you meet a French person for the first time it is
common to shake hands, as you would in most English cultures. It is also
commonplace to use more formal greetings and phrases. For example:
» Audio
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Good day, Sir
Bonjour, Monsieur
Good day, Madam
Bonjour, Madame
Good day, Miss or
Ms
Bonjour,
Mademoiselle
How are you?
Comment
allez-vous?
If you are meeting a French friend (male or female), or
someone that you have met several times before, then use
“Salut!” followed by a kiss on both cheeks. Kissing both
cheeks is a European tradition, except for in Holland where they kiss
three times rather than twice!
Other casual greetings:
» Audio 2
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Hi, how are you?
Salut, ça va?
How are you?
Ça va?
Á plus tard! (See you later!)
Learn how to listen to French words. Listen and watch how French people greet each other with
words and gestures.There are 3 videos on this webpage (Scroll down)
Nasal
Sounds
French people use "their
noses" not only to eat, but to pronounce the "nasal sounds" : when a vowel
(a,e,i,o,u) is followed by m or n, the 'm' or 'n' is silent and
the vowel is pronounced in your nose : the sound when kids close there
noses to act as if they are speaking on the phone.
