Throwback Thursday S1 #5 - How to Say Hello In French
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Welcome to Fun and Easy French by FrenchPod101.com. There is one French greeting that makes you sound like a bird. Salut, je suis Laurine. Hi everyone, I'm Laurine. In this lesson, you'll learn 15 ways to say "hello" in French. "Hello" is more than just a word. It can be the beginning of a conversation or the body language you use. In this video, you'll learn : First,

the most common greetings, second, some slang greetings, and third, the body language related to greetings. After watching this video, you'll be greeting both friends and strangers as naturally as any French person. I'll give you all the advice you need to greet people like a native speaker. Let's start with Bonjour and Salut.

"These are two easy ways to greet people at any time of day." Bonjour ! "Bonjour !" literally means "good day". Bonjour ! Bonjour ! "You can use this with anybody in any kind of situation. It's not too formal, but it's not too relaxed either." Easy, hein ? Salut ! "Hi !" Salut !

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Vous pouvez aussi dire : "Ravie de vous rencontrer." "Ravie de vous rencontrer." Ou "heureux de vous rencontrer." "Heureux de vous rencontrer." Ils ont tous le mot "faits heureux de vous rencontrer." Maintenant, voyons quelques écrits spécifiques. Sûrez que vous les utilisez seulement au bon moment avec les personnes correctes. Le premier est : "Coucou." "Hey, coucou."

This comes from the sound of a cuckoo bird. As you can probably guess, it isn't a formal greeting. This is as informal as it gets and is used between friends, families or lovers. It's childish and playful. Next is Bonsoir. "Good evening." Bonsoir. Bon-soir. You can use this when it's too late in the day to use Bonjour.

Don't worry, if you get your "bonsoir" and "bonjour" mixed up, nobody will be offended. So, if "bonsoir" is "good evening" and "bonjour" is "good day", what is "good morning"? Actually, we don't say "good morning" in France. French speakers in Québec might say "bon matin", but that's not common in France and it's best avoided. Bon matin.

Rappelez-vous, certaines formules peuvent ressembler à des salutations, mais elles ne le sont pas. Ce sont : Bonne matinée. "Bonne journée." "Bonne soirée." Ils sont tous utilisés pour dire "Au revoir." La prochaine est : Allô ? "Hello." Allô ? Allô ? This is only used on phone calls.

If you're not sure if the person you're calling can hear you, then you can say "Allô?" You can always start phone conversation with this. Next, we'll look at how to say "How are you?" in French. Here are some examples. The first expression is formal. Comment allez-vous? "How are you doing?" Comment allez-vous? The casual version is Comment vas-tu?

Comment vas-tu ? Other common casual forms are : Comment ça va ? "How's it going ?" Comment ça va ? Comment ça va ? Or, Tu vas bien ? "Are you good ?" Tu vas bien ? Tu vas bien ? If somebody says "Comment ça va ?" to you, how should you answer ? Well, the common answer is "ça va", which literally means "it goes". Ça va. Ça va.

Une réponse plus personnelle est : Ça va bien. "It's going well." Ça va bien. Ça va bien. Ou vous pouvez même dire : Comme ci, comme ça. So, so. Comme ci, comme ça. Comme ci, comme ça. Maintenant, faisons le slang, parce que quand vous êtes en France, vous n'allez pas toujours utiliser le français texte. Un peu de façons amusantes de dire "Hi" sont : Yo, yo, yo.

The other one is "wish". You can also say "ça fait un bail". It means "long time no see". Ça fait un bail. Next is "la forme". Literally means "the shape", but we use it to mean "how are you doing". La forme.

Une autre question rapide que vous pouvez poser est : Bien. Ça signifie littéralement : bien. Bien. Bien. Ensuite, il y a la langue du corps. Et il y a une façon assez infamée de saluer les gens en France. On y reviendra dans un second. D'abord, les mains en bouche sont la plus populaire saluée en France. Sûrez que vous prenez les mains de l'autre personne dans un grip firme et que vous vous battez vraiment bien les mains. Le contact haut est un must.

"You can shake hands with anyone, whether it's the first time you've met them or the hundreds." "We don't usually hug as a greeting." "That's something that's kept for close family members or romantic partners." Now, it's time to move on to the greeting you might have thought about earlier. la bise "the kiss" La bise "la bise" "It's a kiss on the cheek." "It isn't really considered as a kiss though."

It's just a way of saying hello. Anybody can practice la bise, no matter what gender, age, sexual orientation or relationship they have. A similar greeting is "faire la bise", literally "to do the kiss". Faire la bise. Faire la bise. With this one, there is no contact between lips and cheek. You make kissing gestures and sounds but don't actually kiss.

Make sure that your cheeks do touch though. It's easy to get stressed out by la bise. "What side should I kiss? How many kisses should I do?" Don't worry, just go with the flow and see what the other person does. Most French people will do two kisses, but some regions will do three or four. Try and be prepared for anything. In this lesson, you'll learn how to greet people in France in different situations.

Remember, in case of doubt, you can always just say bonjour. That's it for today. See you next time. À la prochaine!