Common French Greetings: Bonjour, Au revoir, Salut

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French greetings are useful to know!

You use them in small talk and long discussions alike, you can ace a first impression, and be generally more friendly and polite.

It’s one of the first topics to learn in any language. In this episode we'll tackle the basic and widely used greetings in France, learn to say “Bonjour”, “Au revoir” – hellos, goodbyes, and more! Let’s go!

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[dale]

ive been studying French for several months, and ive made significant progress. Although, i still struggle with asking even the most basic of questions. i cant grasp the concept very well.

[kungachoyang]

TASHI DELEK(bonjour) in TIBETAN videos are very helpful ...thank you....

[sherazadefatun]

Tu és super! En portugais on dit "olá ". OLá Geraldine!

[katiebroadway]

Avez-vous un vidéo à propos de quand faire des bises? Merci pour des vidéos!

[gaston.]

thanks Geraldine. One of the 1st, most common awkward interactions is the response to the shop keeper. Un façon poli de refuser l'aide d'un vendeur dans un magasin? Perhaps you answer this in other videos? "No thank you, I am just looking" etc.

[kirenkaur]

Teka. In punjabi. And hello in English 😊

[vaelmorhan]

Coucou, Géraldine! Je trouve tes vidéos utiles. Merci beaucoup.
Bon, je suis Indonésien et on dit "Hey! Apa kabar?" en Indonésie, ça veut simplement dire "Bonjour! Ça va?" :)

[rafaellima]

Olá, bom dia! = Salut/Bonjour!
Tudo bem?/Como vai? = Comment ça va?
Tchau! = Au revoir

[DeepaVasudevaniiml]

Thank you for your channel. I keep coming back to hear the " native" speaker version of French. I struggle with Au revoir. Is the '-r-' pronounced? I hear people sounding like au-voir also.

[tatyanamyasnikova]

Bonjour Géraldine, merci pour tes vidéos largement utiles !
Est-il possible de combiner les deux " bonne journée + au revoir " à la fin de dialogue ? Ou ils sont incompatibles ?
Merci, Tatyana

[danaferber]

why why why is "Le temps que je fasse mes adieux, j'ai raté mon avion" in the subjunctive? I thought it was only for expressing doubt, or a wish or a hypothetical situation. :(

[xhncx]

I HAVE BEEN STUDYING FRECH FOR 1 HOUR LOOK AT ME!!

Je m'appelle Aiden :))

[victoryalways]

Hi, salut Somebody can help me, i have a question about use adieu And adieux. I dont understand when use one or the other. I thanks very much.
Bye.
Hola salut a tous alguien puede ayudarme. Yo tengo una pregunta acerca del uso de adieu y adieux. Yo no entiendo cuando usar una o la otra. Agradezco mucho la ayuda.
Adiós.

[jonnovick]

In English, we say "see you soon" when we know we're going to see each other again shortly (in an hour, at the end of the day) and "see you later" when we're not exactly sure when we're going to see each other again. But in French, I've been told it's the opposite: "à tout à l'heure" means we're going to see each other again the same day and "à bientôt" means we're not sure when. Confusing!

[digitalimpulse]

Is « Hé » rude ? I've also seen « Állo » but only on recent social media, not in books.

[AeolianSkinner]

I would like to say, "Welcome to New York, I am happy to see 'YOU'" (plural). Is it Bienvenue a new york, je suis heureux de vous VOIR or VOYEZ? Is there a better way to say this?

[NerezzaErsilia]

I struggle with "R" in french, like "rouge" and "revoir".

[edgarsalgadoguerrero]

Je ne savais pas qu'il y a plus de manières pour utiliser << bonjour >>. En espagnol on dit, << Hola >>.

[hoshmandhamadamin]

Kurdish language
سڵاو(Slaw)=Hi, Hello ..