First, let's get know how to greet people and introduce yourself:
1. To greet someone
•"Bonjour!" - it means "hello" "good morning" and "good afternoon" (Pron: Bon-jor)
•"Bonne Journée" - it means "have a nice day" (Pron: Bon Jor-no)
•"Bonsoir" - it means "good evening" (Bon.swa)
•"Bonne soirée" - it means "have a nice evening" (Bon.swa.ree)
Example:
Bonjour! Belle dame.
( hello! beautiful lady )
Bonne Journée, Ana.
( Have a nice day, Ana )
Bonsoir! Belle dame.
( Good evening! Beautiful lady )
Bonne Soirée, Ana.
( Have a nice evening, Ana )
2. Introduce yourself
Je m'apelle - "my name is" (pron: jo ma.pel)
Je suis - I am ( jo swe )
Mon nom est - my name is ( mon nom e )
Example:
Bonjour, je m'appelle Dong Si Cheng et je suis chinois.
( hello, my name is Dong Si Cheng and I am Chinese. )
Bonjour, je suis Mark Lee et je parle coréen et anglais.
( Hello, I am Mark Lee and I speak korean and english. )
Mon nom est Qian Kun. Comment ça va?
( My name is Qian Kun. How are you? )
3. Let know how to ask someone how they going/ they are okay
Questions:
Comment ça va?- how are you? ( Pron: Como se va )
Comment allez- vous? - how are you? (pron: como ta.le vo )
Comment vas-tu? - how are you going? (pron: como va two )
Ça va? - are you okay? ( pron: se va )
- it is informal way of asking, you can ask this if you don't care for someone.
Tu vas bien? - Are you okay?(informal) (pro: to va byen )
- it is informal way of asking, you can ask this if you don't care for someone.
Tout va bien pour toi (Or pour vous)?" - are you okay (pron: to va byen po twa )
- formal way of asking. And you really care for someone.
Answers:
ça va bien - I'm okay (Pron: se va byen )
Ça va mal - I'm not okay (Pron: se va mal )
Ça va pas mal - I'm not bad ( Pron: se va pa mal )
Ça va comme ci comme ça ---- so-so ( like this , like that) (Pron: se va com.si com.sa )
Ça va - I'm okay (se va )
4. French polite phrases: thank you, your welcome, excuse, pardon, and ect.
Merci - thank you (when you say Merci, that's not mercy, it's pronounced Mer-ci, there's a stress on the "r".)
Merci beaucoup - thank you very much (pron: Merci bu.cop)
De rien - you're welcome/ it's okay (pron: Dor-yen)
Pardonnez-moi - forgive me (pron: Pardo-nez mwa)
Pardonne-moi - forgive me ( pron: pardon mwa)
Pardon - pardon (pron: pardom)
Excusez-moi - excuse me ( pron: excu.see mwa )
Excuse-moi - excuse me (pron: excuse mwa )
S'il te plaît - please ( pro: sil to ple)
S'il vous plaît - please (pron: sil vo ple )
Au revoir - goodbye ( pron: au ver-vwa )
Salut - goodbye ( pron: salut )
À bientôt - goodbye see you soon ( pron: a byen.to )
À tout à l'heure - see you later ( today or tomorrow) ( pron: a to ta lo )
Bonne nuit - goodnight ( pron: bo-non we )
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Thank you so much!! Sana po may na tutunan kayo, if may mali ako just correct me. Mwaaaaaa :* If you want to learn more how to pronounce the word just visit French learn with Alexa on YouTube.
