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Informally, the French use: "Ca va?" ("Sa va") or "Comment ca-va?" ("Komo sa va") (Say this to a good friend/someone you know quite well :) It's like saying 'Hi! How's it going?" This is the most common greeting used with teens! :)

S'il vous plait....please go home tonight and teach your Mom, Dad, little brothers & sisters how to greet one another and also say goodbye "en francais!" (in French!) :D Merci!

  • Let's practice!! :) Please find a partner, and practice as to how you would greet the people listed below (in French, of course!) or, how you would tell them goodbye or ask how they are! :)
  • Your doctor--Hello!
  • Your best friend-Bye!
  • Your boyfriend or girlfriend--Hi!
  • The President of the U.S.--Goodbye!
  • Mr. Hall--Hello!
  • Your teacher--Goodbye!
  • Your classmates---Until tomorrow!
  • Your principal--How are you?
  • Your brother--How's it going?

Formal and Informal Greetings in French!

An Example:

More informal greetings:

Let's start with the most common formal greeting! To say "How are you?" formally

Now let's work on some common ways to say "Goodbye!" in French! :) The most common formal or polite way to say "Goodbye" in French is "Au revoir!" ("oravwa")

There are lots of less formal ways to say "Bye!" or "See you soon!". A few of these are:

  • "Ciao!" ("chow")="Bye!" Yes, it's Italian, but the French have claimed it as their own! :)
  • "A bientot!" ("Ahbiento") ="See you soon!"
  • "A demain!"("Aduhman")="See you tomorrow!"
  • "A tout!" ("Ahtoot")="Soon!" (Literally taken from "A tout a l'heure!", but abbreviated and made very cute---really used often by girls and their good friends. :)

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"Salut!"("sahlu")="Hi!"

"Ciao bella!" ("chow bella")= "Hey beautiful!"

"Ca gaze?" ("sa gahz")="What's booming? What's blasting?"

Say "Comment allez-vous?" to an adult/anyone you must show respect to :)

In French, it's very important to realize that one must show great respect when greeting elders, teachers, doctors, lawyers--anyone that is older and wiser than you! :) We'll use certain greetings for those we don't know well, and other greetings for our good friends and family :) Do we do this in English? Please visit with your table partner about this for a moment! :)

The formal way to say 'Hello' in French is.....

"Bonjour!" (sounds like 'bow-jur' :)

  • Bonjour=Hello!
  • Use with adults--anyone you must show respect to.
  • Literally means "Good day"

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